Religion Filks on the Web

Updated January 18, 2001

Filks concerned with religion -- from hymns to satires to nasty slams and everything inbetween. This section is organized by religion/belief (or religion/belief being slammed). And since it's my page, I got to pick how to organize 'em.

And here's a non-filk statement to begin with, from Paul Gadzikowski....

Buddhism:

Making Buddha's Hard to Do by Tom Smith
Om

Christian(and/or NT):

Acts of Creation by Catherine (Cat) Faber. Also at
Julia West's. (Given the faith/hope/love structure, I've placed this under Christian, but in filkdom it is used nondenominationally.)
Amish Paradise (Goodbye, English) by Geoffrey Loker
Censors by Bob Kanefsky
Christ the Magic Hebrew by Cyohtee
Deified Hebraic Carpenterial Blues by Eben Brooks Rosenberger
The Friggin Falcon by Theodore R. Cogswell. A rather earthy drinking song which "may be the only theologically correct drinking song ever written", according to David Drake.
Heaven: a poem
Hymn for Spacefarers by Sylvia Louise Engdahl
Hymn for Tomorrow by Rhodri James
It Isn't Only a Story by Martin Gordon-Kerr
John 3:16 -- An Incomplete Metaphor by Eric the Fruitbat
Lord of the Dance: Rev. 3.1 by Kay Shapero and Lee Gold. This is the Genesis one.
Peace to the Nations by Martin Gordon-Kerr
Satan by Gerthein Boersma
Take This Bread and Eat It (Communion Song) by Francis C. Parker, Jr.
The Testaments by Eric the Fruitbat
That Prime Time Religion by Brad Hicks
Transubstantiate by Melissa Binde
The Uniformity Police by Peter A. Taylor and Carol T.L. Phillips
The Word of God by Cat Faber. Also at Rowanhold. Soundfile at The Virtual Filksing under 'Spirituality'. Totally theologically correct except for the last line of every verse, which screws it up for most Christian denominations. Especially the ones this song should be trying to influence. Oh, well, it's still better than mine!

Jewish (and/or OT):

Banned from Egypt by Avram Grumer
The Giants Sleep Tonight by Melissa Binde and Joel McNary
Goliath of Gath
The Promised Land Song by Melissa Binde with Joel McNary
Sisera by Melissa Binde
A Song for Thanksgiving by Mar Yaakov haMizrachi (Harold Feld)

Paganism:

Amazing Grace, How Sweet the Earth by Verna Knapp.
Avalon Is Rising by Isaac Bonewits. Also at his site.
Battle Hymn of the Eristocracy by Lord Omar et al. Also at Omphalos.
Bird Songs by Raven. MP3 files.
Blessed Be Again by Joe Bethancourt
Burning Times by Leigh Ann Hussey. (The other one.) Also at Omphalos
Celtic Circle Dance by Joe Bethancourt. Also at Omphalos.
Celtic Pagan Songs by Isaac Bonewits
Chickasaw Mountain by Leslie Fish
Circles by Gwen Zak and others, as modified by Isaac Bonewits
Discordian OTR
The Eve of Midwinter by Aurora Borealis Medicine Turkey
Exposed to the Elements by Bob Kanefsky
Filk Hymns by Nexx Many-Scars (Mark Hall)
For the Wedding of Scott and Kathleen by Joe Bethancourt
A Giant's Dance by Merav B. Hoffman
Gilligan's Rite by Gypsy
The Green Book of Neopagan Songs
Green Grow the Rushes Oh by Leigh Anne Hussey
Hello Goodbye Hello Reincarnation.
A Hymn to Brigit
Hymn to Gaia
A Hymn to the Morrigan by Isaac Bonewits. Also at Omphalos
The Lady's Brothel by Steven Posch-Coward. Also at Omphalos and Bob's Filk Lyrics
Lady Bridget: Music to Celebrate By
The Lawrence Wiek Theme by Bob Kanefsky
Loki's humor page
Lord of the Ants by Karl Lembke
Lord of the Dance by Aidan Kelly, C. Taliesin Edwards and Ann Cass. Various hands have added verses since. Apparently there's also a newly popular Todd Alan version.
Magic Trance At least I _think_ that's what the song's about....
May the Circle Be Unbroken. Uncredited.
Mind, Hand, and Heart by Bill Sutton
Mithras the Sun God Author unknown.
Mount Tam by Leslie Fish
Music to Celebrate By
New Age by Joel Polowin. Also at the Lehrer filk page.
O Save Us from Faux Pagans by Zo Alexander
The Old Straight Track
Other Serious Songs by Isaac Bonewits
Out on the Astral One Day by Jim Alan
Pagan Angel by Talis Kimberley
Pagan Carols by various people
Pagan Musicians
Pagan Round by Leslie Fish
Pagan Song Archive
The Prettiest One by Talespinner
Pagan Songs and Chants
Question Song by Ian Corrigan
Raven's Filks (T. Raven Scott)
Rise Up, Bright Sun by Leslie Fish. Also at Bob's Filk Lyrics
Shadowplay Webzine: Filks
The Thuggee Song by Clayton Clark
Wannabee Shaman by Isaac Bonewits
When God Was a Woman by Tom Sodeberger
When Meeting Pagans by A.D. Burrows
White Man's Rain Chant by Leslie Fish
Wiccan Rap Author unknown.
Wiccan Wonderland by Stephanie Barclay, Storm Bear and Jimmy Williams
Will You Be of Wicca Tonight Uncredited.
With Friends Like These by Isaac Bonewits
Wizard by Isaac Bonewits
Young Folks, Old Folks by Joe Bethancourt

Scientology

These songs are by some very brave people who are fighting this bunch of brainwashers and brainwashees. But as you can see, they haven't lost their sense of humor!