by Jaclyn Zumwalt

Created on: December 25, 2008

Music made by Earth...

The trees moving in the wind,the whistling of leaves,the claps of thunder,the drumming of stones and rocks, all of this and more is pagan music. Call it new age,but isn't the earth older than any of us? Was she not here to birth us? Did she not create a abundance of resources for us all to share? Then,it goes to figure that she made the music as well.

All musical instruments are made from earth. We take the basic form and just listen, there is great peace and wisdom in listening to something we were created from. It feeds the soul,and opens the mind. Imagine,Close your eyes for a second and listen. What do you hear? The TV? radio, kids? When was the last time you heard nothing, and everything? For pagan music is just that. Nothing and everything combined.

When i first bought a CD of pagan music I think I feel asleep. The next day I listened while driving. funny thing,I actually just listened. Is that not what we keep wanting anyways? A connection to our higher source, be it God, Goddess,Jesus,whatever the name music can remind us that if we just listen we can hear the most wonderful thing. I listen to R&B,rock, etc. still, don't get me wrong. But I notice that when I do, I forget who I am and what I like and focus on things and what someone else is doing. Isn't it a wonderful thought that we can listen to the earth and be blessed for just being us? For she has created a world for us with life,laughter and love. Her music reminds us of that.

When I was a child in the church I remember singing to someone "up there", a male of course, who would love me if I was good,asked for forgiveness for being female,(heaven forbid) and I would sing so loud, hoping I would not go to hell as my father always said I would. After church one day it was raining, I remarked to my Father that it sounded like God was singing back to us, and I thought it was truly the most beautifulsound I ever heard. He told me that I was not to say things like that,it was a sin, but deep down I knew it could not be. But I stayed quiet after that. I did learn to listen more to the earth, as if she were trying to tell me something.

Now, As a woman I know the child Iwas then heard the pagan music and rejoiced. She was blessed with the sound of nature and peace and a power so great she could only fathom. The woman now knows that power is within and pagan music can release it.

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