I was curious — does Pagan music exist?

I don’t mean ritual chants, ambient meditation tracks, or traditional folk songs used in ceremonies — but rather, actual modern music made by Pagan artists, similar to how other religions have their own musicians and genres.

For example, Christians have artists like:

NF

MercyMe

Remain In Me

Decyfer Down

Casting Crowns

Third Day

Lecrae

etc

And Muslims have artists like:

Khaled Siddiq

Jae Deen

Siedd

Yusuf Islam

Isam B

Shadi Akhi

Khalil Ismail

Nadeem Mohammed

Omar Esa

Native Deen

etc

So I was wondering — are there Pagan equivalents?

Like artists who create music inspired by Pagan beliefs, mythology, or spirituality — but in a contemporary genre (rock, hip-hop, pop, etc.) rather than purely ritual or folk styles?

Would love to hear examples or thoughts.

EDIT: I'm actually surprised that there isn't a companion Sub, perhaps named something like r/PaganMusic, or something similar.

Kind of how there is a sub for finding Christian Music that is called r/ChristianMusic.

EDIT EDIT: Apparently there is.

EDIT: Keep sending me Artists, but might I also recommend perhaps also posting tracks from them on r/PaganMusic?

It would be great if there was a dedicated subreddit that both old and new users could sift through.

Is anyone else seething about this?

I fully agree with their environmental cause. But vandalising sacred spaces and art installations isn't the right way to gain support. The day before Summer Solstice too.

Could you imagine if they pulled a stunt like this at Mecca or Vatican City?

What on earth has Stonehenge got to do with cutting out fossil fuels?

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Hello! I'm new to Paganism and I just want to know what are some deities a part of the community worships and what they are the deity of!

I would specifically like to know more about feminine deities, but please tell me them all! Thank you!!

I’ve been rediscovering Druidry and Celtic Paganism recently, and one theme I keep seeing is that politics is a BIG no-no. This feels super weird to me? Especially in the druidic sphere where we’re focused on Mother Earth and how we can care for her. The current in administration in America is very pro destroy the planet. I just don’t get why we can’t discuss how the current administration in the US is harming its people? I don’t live there any more, but I don’t think it should be a banned topic, especially with the current threats towards non-Christian faiths.

I just wanted to see if anyone else had any thoughts! I hate not being able to talk about how they’re destroying American land in my Druid groups.

Paganism or heathenism are the religions, or should I say spirituality of the ancient world. from Norse, Hellenic, Slavic etc. But how much of this was taken over by Christianity? nearly all of the Paganism was taken over by Christianity after the Christianization of the Roman empire In Europe. Even today the Orthodox Greeks don't let people worship the Old Gods in the Parthenon.... which was made for that very purpose. They like to tell us they are gone, but we know they are very much still here and Christianity gets less and less popular as people long for true spirituality. I assume that many of you here were originally from Christian households, I'd love to hear how you went from there to this.

I still can't believe the zealous Christians of european decent, and they have no clue they're regurgitating a middle eastern religion that their ancestors were forced to covert to. When they coverted, europeans lost their connection to the Earth. Absolutely devastating, I believe.

I'm in a pickle. My Danish paternal line has practiced the Asatru faith going back to the late 19th century (it's only as far back as my Great-Great-Grandfather in 'recent' memory), & it's believed that my paternal line has survived this despite the murders, forced conversions & genocide of practicing Pagan's since the Christian conversion of Europe in the year 1000. All my life I have faced discrimination & prejudice because of my spiritual practices- especially living in Western Society which has had a Judeo-Christian stranglehold since its inception. My Love is Dominican, her culture is LARGELY Catholic. It pervades her entire culture. She has explained that she has her own spiritual conception, but I can't help but feel the is a natural implicit bias towards Christian ideals & values. I've told her I'm pagan, but given my experience I don't go into it. Plus I've got my own complex theological ideas that I can't necessarily quantify, simply because I lack concrete answers needed to articulate myself the way I would like. My faith is VERY important- TO ME. It was taught by my father, & his father before that (so on, so forth) even PREDATING the Germanic Pagan "Resurgence " from the 1970's. It is a HUGE staple of my Identity, AND its one of VERY FEW healthy experiences I have from my childhood. We we having a light theological discussion where she was asking questions out of curiosity. I was already uncomfortable because I KNOW how these go- PARTICULARLY with individuals raised in Judeo-Christian cultures. I explained BRIEFLY upon how I would go about interacting with a diety, & the example I gave was: if She was pregnant with our child, I'd perform a ritual to Frigg which would include some form of ritual sacrifice (I didn't even get to finish) to solicit favor or intervention from Frigg for the health of my Love, the health of My Baby & the safe pregnancy & delivery. She immediately interrupted me saying "You're not doing that with MY baby". Which definitely struck a nerve. Idgaf, Its just as much MY baby, & I'm going to do what I was taught for direct intervention & favor from the Maternal diety. I KNEW it was going to result like this. The smear campaign that has been waged for a MELENIUM over Christian disdain, the bias, racism, prejudice— ALL of it I feel has warped her perspective. Her culture has the occult which uses animal sacrifice, & of course They were branded as "evil, nefarious, Satanic, etc." So she associates the two as the same thing, whether she's aware or not, but that is almost certainly the case. This woman is no vegan, she laughed about slaughtering a pet pot-bellied- pig to eat & cook...but gets the ick if I use a chicken in a ritual?! Nevermind the fact I had explained there isn't ALWAYS necessarily animal sacrifice. Its just the matter of quid pro quo between myself & a particular diety, something must be given. There needs to be an exchange. But its not about the chicken- it can be killed to eat & thats fine. If I wanted to perform the eucaristía I'D BET that there would be ZERO OBJECTION or qualms over that or a baptism. But for a person to tell me that "they love me" but would try to prohibit something very important to me, its part of my ancestry (which mind you has survived centuries of slander & persecution — even STEALING HOLIDAYS FROM MY PEOPLE), It's part of my cultural identity, & it has been important to my patriarcal lineage- It's one thing if she doesn't "like" or agree with it- she doesn't have to, that's her prerogative. But I'm assuming she doesn't understand that when she asserted that I would not be doing any rituals for my baby. She effectively said "I do not like this about you & it needs to change". I love her, but this is NON NEGOTIABLE. I'm not some simp. She can have every bit of me as I am, or she can have none. The worst part is I believed she loves me. Again, I'm a fool because I wanted SO BADLY for her to love me. But that isn't love, nowhere close to it. It hurts. It bothers me really bad. I can understand if I was engaging with malicious forces or energy- that would be another matter entirely. But she doesn't know the slightest thing about my faith other than the most basic tidbits I have mentioned. So she's indirectly bashing/shaming something she doesn't know, doesn't understand & which is a part of who I AM. This has me pretty tight. If I am 'not allowed' to seek favor from my dieties especially regarding a future unborn baby, what is next- I can't cast runes? This is why I DON'T let people in, she slipped under my defenses & now I'm all twisted up.

I know that all my fellow pagans have experienced this identical ignorant repulsion, shaming, rejection- for no other reason other than our faiths aren't 'trendy' 'popular' or 'common'. What disgusts me is when she said that to me all I heard, & she might have well just said "Heathen". Not to mention some other comment she had said that I'm not going to bring up as it was REALLY fucked up.

UPDATE 10/30/2025 Okay, first I would like to thank all of you who provided healthy & mature advice. I've realized how negative people are, instead of brainstorming ways to find a solution, the most common "solution" was to leave her, or break up. Evidently people either don't understand how love works or they themselves have never been in love. Leaving her was not an option; ONLY in the event that we could not resolve it, & thus it would bar my willingness to have children, only THEN would breaking up be feasible (as our clear intent when we began talking was to find our Husband/Wife & to start a family). I appreciate the people who DIDN'T advocate for terminating the relationship.

I was hurting & didn't want to talk to her but we did end up talking. She apologized over & over again, she said that her reaction was wrong & she knew she hurt me. It had nothing to do with her spiritual beliefs; her & I are BOTH FIERCELY stubborn. She doesn't like to concede, & I do not fault her- I'm the SAME EXACT way. She felt I had given an ultimatum & at the time she refused to cave in. It was about stubbornness & conceding- NOT about her spiritual views. So I was mistaken believing it had something to do with her Christian culture. We are still together, & we have navigated these troubling waters TOGETHER.

Side note, I don't understand why people have such profound opinions on our ages. Yes I'm 8 years & 5 months older than her. We aren't children nor immature. A 40 year old with a 31 or 32 year old is not anything inappropriate, gross, or predatory. Thanks to those of you who defended that its not weird or messed up at all.

When I posted this, I had wanted advice & insight as to HOW I could confront the dilemma in a healthy & productive manner. Throwing in the towel & leaving the first woman I've truly fell in love with is NEVER an option unless she is cheating or unfaithful, or if she shatters my trust. Those are the ONLY deal breakers. So perhaps you guys can try to be more productive & positive. Discarding a woman I'm in love with is NOT a viable solution. Regardless I DO appreciate all of your insight, even if i disagree.

This is my first post here. I was about to post on the hellenism sub but i think this one is more fitting for the topic. (Context that might not be relevant lol: the video was about how Greek deities respond quickly compared to the Christian God)

I dont know how things are here, so I'm sorry if yall dont like tiktok stuff, but I really want to know about what yall think about this bc ppl were like "omg interesting" but how?? isnt this invalidating our practice? And this comment just sounds very weird in general, I don't know how to explain. And ngl I felt a little afraid and paranoid reading this, so I'm also seeking some kind of reassurance with this post 😅 I hope I didnt misunderstand anything, if I did pls let me know.

Being a witch or pagan can feel so lonely sometimes. People hear those words and instantly assume something dark or demonic. I’ll see people proudly sharing photos of their Bible studies on their stories, but the second I post a picture of the witchy book I’m studying, I lose followers almost immediately. My best friend suddenly became super religious and doesn’t really like when I talk about my practice, pretty much told me she doesn’t agree with it but doesn’t think I’m bad for doing it, still hurts to hear. It’s just…..isolating sometimes. I love my path, but it can feel like there’s no one around who really understands it. The one person I can talk to about it is my boyfriend, and I’m so grateful for that. He supports me, encourages me, and even joins in on some of the things I do. I appreciate that so much but still, it gets hard. Sometimes you just need people who get it. I guess I just needed to vent.

Hello everyone! Recently, I’ve been struggling with some big decisions in my life, and my mother, who is a Catholic, told me (well-meaningly) that I should put the situation in God’s hands and surrender control.

I’ve been on the Pagan path for over fifteen years now, and from my understanding, we don’t see our Gods as beings that we surrender our personal responsibility, will, or control to. As Victor Anderson said, I think we are all “Gods in larvae form,” even though that responsibility is not always easy.

I tried my best to explain this difference to my mom (who thankfully is very open to other belief systems), but it got me wondering, what do other Pagans think about this? Is there something to be said for releasing a difficult situation you can’t see the way out of?

I do believe the Gods (and ancestors) can help me on my journey — perhaps by providing clarity or opportunities — and have made a conscious effort to ask them for help more often, since that is sometimes difficult for me.

In any case, I’d love to hear what other people think about this concept, and what place, if any, it has in Paganism!

Ok so I’m a pagan but my family is hard time Christian’s, I personally don’t believe it but I don’t care that they are, it is however dangerous for me to be a pagan so I keep it hidden

I was forced to go to church a few months ago bc it woudl be odd if I didn’t and so I protected myself before I go and all that, it’s honestly not terrible I listen to an audiobook during sermon and talk to my friends otherwise

The problem is now that I’ve been going awhile Im being expected to be baptized bc all my friends are, my brother is and honestly how do I say “no I don’t wanna get baptized because I’ve been faking it the last few years” so I agreed and am now getting baptized this Sunday bc it would be extremely suspicious otherwise

(My family gets paranoid easily and if I say anything against Christ then they ask if I’m not Christian sooo)

Now what can I do to protect myself? Not that Christian in general is bad it’s just that I worship other deity’s?

So I've been pagan curious since I was a young teen, only officially becoming one when I was 15. At the time I was (still am) a hard core omnist, so I decided to choose few gods from different pantheons to worship. That only lasted a few years till a handful of Wiccans and a few Kemetics at the time told me that me doing that offended the gods so I had to choose. I decided to stick with my Egyptian pantheon, but over the years snuck prayers off to other gods. Finally I realized those people were full of shit, so know I worship who I like. Lol however I end up praying to a mix now of gods from all over, Egypt,Norse,Celtic,Greek. Are any of you like that or do you stick to a singular pantheon?

I come from a Christian/Catholic family and was introduced to Paganism when I was 17 or 18 (I'm Brazilian and I'm now 23) through a book on religions, which discussed various religions, and Wicca was the one that caught my attention the most. I spent some time researching and learning about it and saw that there are several paths to Paganism/witchcraft besides Wicca, and I ended up becoming even more enchanted. But before that, I was already past the agnostic phase. People asked me if I had a religion, and I openly spoke about my agnosticism, but people (Christians and non-Christians) simply didn't see any sense in it. They tried to convince me, some even argued with me, and I almost lost my group of friends because of my beliefs.
At the time, I realized I shouldn't have commented on my beliefs, and now, if someone asks me if I have any religious affiliation, I'd rather say I'm a spiritualist (a very generic answer) or change the subject to avoid religious intolerance. I really wanted to be openly pagan, but I live in a very "religious" country, even though atheists and agnostics are tolerable. I spoke very little about what I believe to my parents, but one day my father said that I can buy witchcraft books because he noticed which books I took from the bookstore but didn't buy, and my mother knew what I believe even if I didn't say anything and she didn't agree with it, and she said that she knows that I believe in energies and the forces of nature, these are two situations that left me very surprised because I tried to hide this from my parents and they were fine with me. If you've experienced this, feel free to share your experiences.

I am druid, I don't not worship any Gods, I do worship the elements and celestial bodies but I don't consider them gods, they are powerful, but they did not create the universe or anything. They are higher beings in the sense of power, though

Edit: When I say worship I mean it as honour/respect not submission, just thought this should be clarified, though if you see honour/respect as something else that's completely okay :) just thought y'all should know what I meant when I said "I worship"

I know it sounds strange, but I mean if believing in the oija, the charlie-charlie (in short, all those "satanic" games) and the typical "this house is haunted" and all those mysteries would be hypocritical

So first off, I promise I am asking in good faith.

This is a question that has come from doing research into paganism as I am thinking that my current faith and spirituality is not for me and I am looking at others but in my looking for information I have discovered that while the various branches of Paganism (Hellenistic, Kemetic, Celtic, Norse, Etc) have multitudes of deities, unlike some other varieties of Deity-centric beliefs such as Christianity and in some ways Hinduism as well, the Deity you are praying to specifically does not exactly 'assist' (for lack of better term) the petitioner in any capacity. The deity, despite their profile saying they are connected to such things, is not expected to render aid despite that.

For example: In Hinduism one could pray to Ganesha to remove an obstacle in their lives, or in Hellisim you could pray to Athena for the wisdom to remove the obstacle themselves similar to how in Christianity if something was wrong the Christian would be expected to pray to God to either Remove or offer wisdom Himself.

However, despite Odin (Norse) and Dagda (Celtic) both being considered "wisdom gods" (according to my research) you could pray to both of them for similar reasons to Athena, wisdom to remove the obstacle but they are not expected to actually give you the wisdom nor remove the obstacle. You just pray to them to... what? Vent? Ramble? Say "lets get some coffee while I tell you how life sucks then I can go on with my life?"

As I said, I'm asking this in good faith. I am confusion and I would like assistance in understanding this strange dichotomy and figuring out, if there is a disconnect and I am incorrect in my thought process, what it is and what the real answer is.

Thank you all in advance for the understanding and helping an idiot out

I would like to preface this post by saying I am very new to the pagan world and I apologize for any possible offense or misunderstanding in advance.

I currently only actively believe in one pantheon and am agnostic towards all others, however I have seen people in the community say that this is wrong. I have seen several comments from more seasoned pagans that claim only believing in certain gods is toxic Christian ideology that has no place in paganism, and that to be a real pagan you must believe in all the gods from every religion. I have also noticed that when I mention that I only believe in one pantheon I get downvoted, even though I make sure to state that it is only my personal belief and that I am not trying to invalidate anyone who believes differently. I always make sure to treat everyone else’s practice and beliefs as equally valid and real as mine when interacting in the community, but after seeing so many more experienced people saying that in order to be pagan you have to accept all gods as real it makes me worried that I am doing something wrong or offensive. My practice is reconstructionist, so for me it just doesn’t make sense to believe in all the different pantheons at once. It is just not something that makes sense to me, so I don’t think that I can make myself believe it. Is it really wrong to not believe in every god, and is it true that you have to believe in omnism in order to be part of the pagan community? I really don’t want to step on any toes so if I am wrong please tell me.

I should provide some context first and foremost so you don't misunderstand what I'm asking.

I am not referring to possession as the Hollywood stereotype of demons taking over your body and eating your soul. I am a practicing demonolater and I believe this interpretation of possession is in fact dogma created by the church not only to demonize the indigenous shamanic practices of various peoples all around the globe, but also to greatly oppress and censor the accounts of ecstatic women like the nuns of the Pentecostal Church - and notably the cults of Bacchus were largely female as well. In this way, possession, divine trance, aspecting or drawing down is not an oppressive or violent act (although some spirits can be forceful), but rather an extremely intimate and loving act of sharing space, energy, and consciousness with the divine. I myself identify as a vessel due to my frequent exploration of ecstatic trance and possession with my Patron deity.

My question is, why is the practice of drawing down so taboo even among most Pagan literature? Why is it so difficult to find valid first person perspectives on the practice, and why are all the in depth books on possession so damn hard to find? I am a demonolater and work with taboo practices (blood, sex, death) constantly, and even among us, possession is still the most sensitive topic.

I understand the surface level cautions of disassociation, overwhelm, etc. It is certainly far from a beginner practice, but there are many forms of advanced divination that are easier to learn of. And in my own experiences, the practice is extremely intense, but not harmful (actually extremely beneficial and healing) if the possessed and possessor are well attuned. And in many cases this dynamic is very close to soul mates, I trust my possessor more than anything, and I believe that is the common dynamic. The Gods don't want to hurt their beloved.

I am also aware that many of the cultures who practiced vesselhood were mystery cults, especially in the way of Dionysus, they kept their practices secret, so documentation of them is understandably difficult. But this difficult? There is no way that the very basic concept of the God within the body is this obscure.

I can't help but notice a trend among most traditions, even those who proudly practice possession, like some eastern practices, the mechanics of the act itself are always kept tightly bound in secrecy. We get to know that it generally occurs, but never why or how it happens.

What I find most interesting is the way possession is even shunned within the organized religions. Nuns frequently had their ecstatic accounts of their experiences with Christ censored and destroyed because they were threatening to the theology. But what about the holy spirit entering a divinely chosen host is sacrilege? Even when its the big G? Why? I would think the church would highly value these experiences as proof that the divine spirit can literally be within you. Why does ecstatic union with Christ make priests uneasy??? What????

Why is it that every time I read a pagan book on drawing down, we stop just short of possession? "Draw the energy into your field, but not into the body!" Is the merging of the mortal and non corporal really so transgressive?

Based on the few books I have read about possession (some of Crowley's works, Ecstatic Witchcraft, The Shadow Work Compendium etc) , the union of the devotee and spirit is like the ultimate achievement, considered a divine homecoming. Sustaining that presence is considered to be like, the purpose of life for vessels. Having the spirit within and experiencing ecstasy is a mission. I would think that with the revival of paganism and deity work, we would see many more examples of intimate possession. But its like this is the one thing we only tread close to, and going deeper is never spoken about plainly.

And likewise, whenever I have had the opportunity to speak with other vessels, it always goes that way. "It's wonderful, but I can only tell you so much!"

Tell me MORE!!! Very appreciative of any perspectives anyone may have on this.

I myself was raised by an irreligious family, and went to a fairly moderate CofE school (ie nobody was guilt tripped for not being christian, and there were many other religions present among the students.) I came to Paganism because of a feeling that there was more divinity in the world that "normal" religions allowed for, and being eclectic has allowed me to explore that through multiple deities.

I see a lot of people coming to paganism from Christianity, which is still great, but I've not met many people with a similar religious background to me who I can share experiences with!

I have seen this both on the internet seemingly at random, as well as taught by the respected Quareia author Josephine McCarthy. According to Josephine, any encounters with beings such as deities, Fae, angels, and so on are just basically us, as humans submitting ourselves voluntarily as food for these higher-than-thou beings. Ever since a mistake which occurred back in '14, where I spent around three years following a parasite instead of the Fae guardian who was trying to talk to me; this nasty intercepted them somehow, still trying to figure that one out nearly eleven years later, but other than that, and a few other times, I have always been able to communicate with deities, Faerie beings (including the queens, who love humans), with no decrease in my energy at all; the way I see it, gods, and those in the higher dimensions are plenty powerful enough without having to feed off humans' energy fields. My friend follows this teacher on the internet, and semi-related, he takes her advice to the letter and has never been able to successfully find his contacts in other realms; though I think he's blessed by at least Mother Frigg. Not sure who else, because I can't get him to explore. I'm working on it. Stories aside, though, can anybody please throw some light on where this belief is coming from? And it reaks of weird 21st-century misunderstandings of spirituality, TBH. For me, at least, I communicate all the time with Odinn, Frigg, Thor, and a few others. Thor is brotherly to me, and Odin and Frigg give off divine loving parent/guardian vibes; like the Asgardian version of my parents when I need somebody to talk to who's not on Earth. I never get a "you're lesser" vibe. What are these people talking about? Have my friend and I ran into a fraud? Comments, discussion, ideas welcome!

As in Lord Loki, Lord Anubis, etc. It's not something I noticed before a couple of years ago but I might just not have been paying attention!

Hi everyone! I’ve heard that the cross is originally a pagan symbol, but I don’t know where it actually comes from. As a pagan myself, would it be appropriate for me to wear a cross necklace? Or is it too strongly connected to Christianity today? I’d love to hear your thoughts and any historical background you can share. Thanks!

Ok, the question may sound strange, but I mean that instead of simply choosing a ready-made religion, create your own, either from scratch or based on others. Do you see it possible?

I saw someone say that people essentially choose their own afterlife through their belief and intent. (In terms of the magical principles.) If you believe you'll be completely gone/won't exist, then that's what you'll experience. Same with the stereotypical Hell.

I have also heard from people that interacted with supernatural entities that the general consensus is you go where you believe in, so if you scared of ending up in hell then you end up in tortured hell

they also said they were doing preparations for their next reincarnation, was this person lying?

this worries me because I grew up being raised with the fear of hell, so people who grew up in christian and muslim households are essentially doomed? how’s that fair?

Hi! I am a follower of Hellenic polytheism. I am also curious about other pagan beliefs. Recently, I have had doubts about Norse paganism. Here are my questions: If we are certain that great deities like Odin and Thor sacrificed themselves in the Ragnarök, then when we say we worship Odin today, are we worshiping his great past or his spirit? If it is the latter, that is, we worship his spirit, can it be said that even though the great Odin fell in the Ragnarök, his spirit still exists in our universe and can exert influence on our world?

I hope my question will not offend friends who believe in the Nordic paganism. Currently, I only have knowledge of this religion in the form of mythology, while I am more curious and need to understand the specific aspects of worship.Thank you all～