Songs and Chants

MAY THE BLESSINGS OF (THE) GOD(DESS) REST UPON YOU

© Center for Dance of Universal Peace

May the blessings of the Goddess rest upon you

May Her peace abide with you.

May Her presence illuminate your heart

Now and forever more. ***

THE JOY OF LIVING

Of the God and the Goddess and the Yoni and the phallus

We are the children of the sacred blessed chalice.

We take it in our hands and we take it to our lips:

Taste the sweetest honey and taste the wine.

We taste the joy of living

And the joy of living is mine, mine mine!

The joy of living is mine, mine mine!

The joy of living is mine!

CIRCLE ROUND THE FIRE

Circle round the fire

To raise a cone of power

To bring what we desire

So Mote it Be!

Weave the magic by the moonlight

Dance the circle all night long.

Weave the magic by the moonlight

Dance and sing the witches' song!

THE OSTARA SONG

© Willowsong

In the soft, green-sifted Spring sunlight,

In the midnight depths of a moonless night,

In a song's first glorious spiral flight,

My thoughts they turn to You, Sweet Mother

My thoughts they turn to You.

In an ever deepening sense of worth,

In the promise of rebirth,

In the love I share every day with the Earth,

My heart it beats for You, Sweet Mother

My heart it beats for You.

In feeling the life of this Hallowed ground,

In knowing angels hover round,

In this blessed sense of peace I've found

My soul it shines with You, Sweet Mother,

My soul it shines with You.

And when my thoughts in You are stilled,

And when my heart with You is filled,

And when my spirit aligns with Your will,

Then I'll be one with You, Sweet Mother,

Then I'll be one with You.

THE BELTANE SONG

© Willowsong

This one works well as a round, once everyone is sure of the words.

Mother, I open wide, fill me with your love,

Hold me close to your breast, surround me with your love,

In and all around me

Mother, be one with me, let me be your love.

THE MABON SONG

© Willowsong

Oh, Lord, as You weary, Your daily trip shortens,

The shadows grow longer and low to the Earth.

We bid you sweet rest and renewing deep slumber

Until that bright day when we hail Your rebirth.

Journey long, journey slow, in the rich realms below,

While we find our rest and our peace, and are blessed,

By growing more wholey more holy more whole.

By growing more wholey more holy more whole.

Before we turn inward, we gather Your bounty

To nourish ourselves while all growth is within.

And dream through the Dark to make seeds for the projects

We'll faithfully plant at the coming of Spring.

Journey long, journey slow, in the rich realms below,

While we find our rest and our peace, and are blessed,

By growing more wholey more holy more whole.

By growing more wholey more holy more whole.

HOW COULD ANYONE EVER TELL YOU

How could anyone ever tell you you are anything less than beautiful?

How could anyone ever tell you you are anything less than whole?

How could anyone fail to notice that your loving is a miracle?

How deeply you're connected to my soul.

ALL I ASK OF YOU

All I ask of you is forever to remember me as loving you.

All I ask of you is forever to remember me as loving you.

Ishq'Allah, ma abud L'illah, Ishq'Allah, ma abud L'illah.

All I ask of you is forever to remember me as loving you.

**Note that the following six chants can all be sung counterpoint to each

other, as the melodies are identical or almost....and this combination is

great for raising energy...

THE GODDESS CHANT

Isis, Asarte, Diana, Hecate, Demeter, Kali, Innana

THE GOD CHANT

Pan, Poseidon, Dionesius, Cernunos, Mithras, Loki, Apollo

I AM A STRONG WOMAN

I am a strong woman, I am a story woman

I am a healer, my soul will never die

I AM A STRONG MAN

I am a strong man, I am a gentle man,

I am a warrior, my soul will never die

WE ARE AN OLD PEOPLE

We are an old people we are a new people

We are the same people deeper than before

CAULDRON OF CHANGES

Cauldron of changes, deep in the bone

Heart of eternity, hole in the stone.

EARTH, WATER, FIRE, AIR

The Earth, the Water, the Fire, the Air

Returns, returns, returns.

The Earth, the Water, the Fire, the Air

Returns, returns, returns.

Ah yay, Ah yay, Ah yay, Ah yay,

Ah yo, Ah yo, Ah yo, Ah yo,

Ah yay, Ah yay, Ah yay, Ah yay,

Ah yo, Ah yo, Ah yo, Ah yo.

A BEDTIME PRAYER

© Willowsong

Thank you Mother, for the beauty

And the moonlight up above.

From within me and around me

They embrace me with your love.

Thank you Father for the sunlight

And the four winds in the skies

They empower and energise me

So with you my spirit flies.

Thank you God and Thank you Goddess

For the wonders found each day,

For the chance to know and serve you

For the gifts of love and play

Thank you, Mother, thank you Father

For the gifts of Heaven and Earth

For the music and the silence

For the promise of rebirth.

BLESSED BE

© Willowsong

Mother, Father, Blessed Be.

Brother, Sister, Blessed Be.

All Her children, Blessed Be.

Blessed Her and Blessed me.

THE CIRCLE IS OPEN

The circle is open, but unbroken

May the love of the Goddess be ever in your heart.

Merry Meet, and Merry Part, and Merry Meet again.

Copyright 1995, Francesca De Grandis

 

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