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  • Christmas Reflections

    by Ruhiya Music
    Artwork by Sliman Mansour Dear Friends, Wishing you and your loved ones a very happy Christmas!   Every year I try my best to put the Christ ...

  • Winter's Cloak - by Joyce Rupp and Macrina Wiederkehr

    by Ruhiya Music
      Winter's Cloak by Joyce Rupp and Macrina Wiederkehr This year I do not wantthe dark to leave me.I need its wrapof silent stillness,its cloakof l...

  • November/ December Newsletter

    by Ruhiya Music
      Dear Friends,  Can you believe we are already halfway through December? Time is going by so fast, it feels like we are already a few months into...

  • Conscientious Objection: My Grandfather's Letter to the Tribunal

    by Ruhiya Music
      Armistice Day, Remembrance Day, also happens to be the same day as my Grandfather’s birthday. He was born on 11th November 1909. His father, and...
    Posted in armistice day, christian, conflict, conscientious objection, faith, holy land, islam, judaism, love, pacifism, pacifist, peace, peace work, religion, remembrance day, tolerance, war

  • October Newsletter

    by Ruhiya Music
      “We suffer from an incurable malady: Hope.” ~ Mahmoud Darwish (Palestinian Poet)   Dear Friends, I hope you are staying well in these intense ti...

  • September Newsletter

    by Ruhiya Music
    Dear Friends,   Hope you've all been enjoying this hot September so far.At the start of the month, I sang at the beautiful Heart of the Rose Fest...

  • August Newsletter

    by Ruhiya Music
    Dear Friends,   I hope the recent 8/8 Lion's Gate portal has brought much abundant beauty and transformation for you! It has been a busy time; ...
    Posted in celtic music, heart of the rose, music, ruhiya

  • July Newsletter

    by Ruhiya Music
    Dear Friends,   Hope you are having a beautiful Summer so far!As I prepare for a workshop tomorrow on the Healing Power of Music, I am diving b...

  • Reflections on Music, Dreams and Mediumship among the Temiar of Peninsular Malaysia and the T’boli of the Philippines

    by Ruhiya Music
      The mysterious weaving of dreams, music and mediumship is a worldwide phenomenon prevalent amongst a number of peoples across the world; from...
    Posted in culture, dreams, indigenous, malaysia, mediumship, music, mysticism, philippines, soas, spirits, spirituality, tboli, temiar

  • June Newsletter

    by Ruhiya Music
    Dear Friends,   Belated Summer Solstice blessings of light! Hope you found a beautiful way to spend the longest day of the year, and that the mon...

  • Maligayang Kaarawan ng Paglaya!

    by Ruhiya Music
    Maligayang Kaarawan ng Paglaya! (Happy Philippine Independence Day)   With my Tatay and Nanay in Leyte, Philippines.   Today marks the day t...
    Posted in ancestral healing, filipino, independence day, lapu lapu, leyte, philippines, visayas

  • New EP Release | Carry Me Home

    by Ruhiya Music
      Dear Friends,   I am happy to announce that yesterday my new EP "Carry Me Home" featuring Jakey Boy Hughes was released. The music is ava...