- Themis Music
Infobox musical artist
Name = Themis
Img_capt = Hand Drumming Circle in The woods, September 19, 2007 Central Ontario
Background = group_or_band
Origin =Toronto ,Ontario , CA
Genre = Wicca RockAlternative rock Rock and Roll [cite web|url=http://radio3.cbc.ca/bands/Themis/|title=CBC Radio 3 - New Music Canada - Artist - Themis ] [cite web|url=http://www.webradio.ca/artists/themis/|title=WebRadio ~ Artists Reviews - Themis (Gothic Rock) ] [cite web|url=http://e-music.ca/focus1-themis.htm|title=E-Music Download Review: Themis Music]
Years_active = 2007-Present
Label = Themis Music
URL = [http://themismusic.com themismusic.com]
Current_members = Ruffian Angel
The CountessThemis Music is a Canadian
Wicca Music project based inToronto ,Ontario .The Themis Music project in Canada, comprising a number of elements including a musical group [http://www.themismusic.com Themis] , a recording studio, wilderness retreats [cite web|url=http://www.themismusic.com/bandcamp/|title=Wilderness band camp] and a Teen 'Safe House' [cite web|url=http://www.just-tell.ca/my_safe_house.htm|title=Wilderness Safe House Project] has emerged in recent years alongside a surge in growth of Wicca, [cite web|url=http://www.religionlink.org/tip_041011a.php|title=Wicca moving into the mainstream.] increasing interest in
ecotheology , [cite web|url=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/21stC/issue-3.4/brown.html|title=Columbia University - The Rise in Ecotheology] and the apparent failings of theKyoto Protocol .A strong thread in the artistic work of the Themis Music project's musical group is the Wiccan 'love of life' [cite web|url=http://www.themismusic.com/love_of_life.htm|title=Love of Life song Lyrics] [cite web|url=http://www.webradio.ca/artists/themis/lyrics-love_of_life.htm|title=Public Domain Publication of song lyrics "Love of Life"] and nature. Lyrical references to the "Love of Life", the "Forest of Life", "the Honeyed Fountain", "the gentle caress of a warm summer breeze" focus on the Wiccan belief [cite web|url=http://www.stuorg.iastate.edu/pagan/Articles/WhatWicca1.pdf|title=Iowa State University - Religion Department, What is Wicca|format=PDF] in nature's divinity. [cite web|url=http://www.themismusic.com/shadow.htm|title=Lyrics for Wicca song The Shadow]
The project is promoted to Wiccans [cite web|url=http://www.themismusic.com/beliefs.htm|title=Wiccan Ecology Beliefs] from all over the world [cite web|url=http://www.themismusic.com|title=Official Themis Home Page] to woodland retreats; drumming circles; rural studios; band camps; and nature learning experiences. [ [http://www.themismusic.com/bandcamp/ Wilderness music camp] at "The Birches"] Themis promotes unity among all peoples through the power of music and common beliefs.
tudios
Themis Music operates studios in Ontario, Canada as well as contracting out the building of music studios for professional recording, digital editing, mastering, production and musical arrangement.
Canadian Band Camp
Themis Music is a principal organizer of the 'Ontario Band Camp' each year in the third weekend of September. [cite web|url=http://www.themismusic.com/bandcamp|title=Themis Band Camp] Held on Lake Joseph, Themis Band Camp's purpose is to facilitate the practice of musicians helping musicians.
Discography
(2007) Tears of Blood II
(2008) Love of Life (Single)
(2008) Your Angel (Single)
(2008) Shattered (Single)
(2008) Shadow (Single)A Musical, Wiccan EcoTheology duo
Heading the project and led by a woman who calls herself "The Countess" [cite web|url=http://kathleen.themismusic.com|title=The Themis Countess] are a Canadian male-female duo who describe themselves as "Vegans. [cite web|url=http://www.themismusic.com/vegan/|title=About Veganism] Eclectic Wiccans. Musicians"," in their bio at [http://www.themismusic.com/bio] . The two also operate a "Safe House" for endangered teens [cite web|url=http://www.just-tell.ca/my_safe_house.htm|title=My Safe House, believed to be somewhere in Ontario Canada]
The Themis musical ensemble [cite web|url=http://www.torontomusicscene.ca/rock/themis.html|title=Toronto Music Scene Magazine profile of Themis] project promotes Wiccan philosophy in its published songs and music as well as in written texts, debates, articles and teachings. Embedded in the Canadian music project's published explanations of the Themis's musical inspirations, is a clear adoption of Wiccan ecotheology and a hint of Dianic Feminism. The Countess and Ruffian Angel form both a musical, philanthropic [cite web|url=http://www.just-tell.org|title=Just-Tell Teen Safe House Project] and religious partnership: they are a High Priest and a High Priestess who have each undergone the three degrees of Wiccan initiation.
Ecology and nature
Themis Music delivers vividly descriptive stories about life, nature, conservation and unfettered love, accompanied by an entertaining live musical stage act which attracts attention to the Themis Music Project's ecotheological Wicca cause. The songs carry through and meld with one another as in a rock opera, promulgating their message: "The beauty of this day is not lost on me...On this wooden log in the Forest of Life, I carve my flute with my hands and my knife for the Love of Life" as in their hit 'Love of Life'. [cite web|url=http://www.webradio.ca/artists/themis/lyrics-love_of_life.htm|title=WebRadio Free Lyrics - Love of Life - Themis]
References
External links
* [http://www.themismusic.com/ Official Site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/themismusic Official MySpace]
* [http://radio3.cbc.ca/bands/Themis CBC Radio3 Review]
* [http://www.webradio.ca/artists/themis/ WebRadio Canada Review]
* [http://www.purevolume.com/themismusic Pure Volume Review]
* [http://www.reverbnation.com/themismusic ReverbNation Review]
* [http://e-music.ca/focus1-themis.htm E-Music Download Review: Themis Music]
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