From: dickeney@access.digex.net (Dick Eney) Subject: Pagan Chant Texts (long!) Date: 30 Jun 1994 20:02:44 -0400 CHANT TEXTS COLLECTED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES [READ THIS: These texts were collected by autograph transcription at religious or educational gatherings. Their appearance here is for study purposes and does not prejudice the rights of any or each author, whether or not identified.] + + + + + + + + + + Listen to the Lord and Lady Call Their children in the moonlight + + + + + + + + + + Fur and feather and scale and skin: Different without but the same within. Strange of body but one of soul Through all creatures are the Gods made whole. + + + + + + + + + + We all come from the Goddess / And to Her we shall return As our ancestors / Worshipped her on land and sea + + + + + + + + + + (These three can be used singly, or can be used as a threefold chant with one leading into the following one --) We all come from the Goddess / And to Her we shall return Like a drop of rain / Flowing to the Ocean We all come from the Horned One / And to Him we shall return Like a spark of fire / Soaring to the Heavens Hoof and horn, hoof and horn / All that dies shall be reborn Corn and grain, corn and grain / All that fall shall rise again! (Sometimes the Manifestations are "Rose and Thorn..." or "Human Form...") + + + + + + + + + + We circle around, we circle around The boundaries of the Earth Wearing our long wing-feathers as we fly! Wearing our long wing-feathers as we fly! + + + + + + + + + + Mother I feel You under my feet, Mother I feel Your heart beating! Father I see you where the eagles fly Spirit going to take me higher and higher! + + + + + + + + + + (This one is good as a chant-and-response, with the ritual leader or cantor giving the lines and the rest repeating them --) Fly like an Eagle Flying so high Circling the Universe On wings of pure light Ho uitche tai tai [uitche sounds like "witchy"] Uitche tai heyo (On the final cycle the first line is sometimes changed to: We all fly like Eagles...) + + + + + + + + + + We are one with the Infinite Sun / For ever and ever and ever We are one with the Infinite Sun / For ever and ever and ever Kiawate lenyo lenyo mahote / Hianyo, hianyo, hianyo Kiawate lenyo lenyo mahote / Hianyo, hianyo, hianyo (The "ny" represents n-tilde, a character not available in ASCII. The pronunciation of this Cherokee chant is roughly: Key-a-wah-tay lanyo lanyo mah-hoe-tay / Hie-ah-nyo...) + + + + + + + + + + One planet is turning / Circling on Her path around the Sun Earth Mother is calling / Her children home Her light is returning / Although this is the darkest hour No one can hold back / The dawn Let's keep it burning / Let's keep the light of hope alive Make safe the journey / Through the storm + + + + + + + + + + She's been waiting / She's been waiting so long She's been waiting for Her children / To remember, to return! + + + + + + + + + + Invocation: Forest Lord, Harvest Lord, HORNED ONE, COME! Lord of the Fire, Lord of the Dance, HORNED ONE, COME! + + + + + + + + + + The Earth, the Water, the Fire, the Air Return, return, return, return! + + + + + + + + + + Goddess/God Chants -- singly, successively, or as simultaneous male/female elements of the ritual. Isis, Astarte, Diana, Hecate, Demeter, Kali -- Innana! Pan, Wotan, Baphomet -- Cernunnos, Osiris! (the -- represents a one-beat pause. "Coyote" sometimes substituted for "Baphomet". The Goddess chant is attributed to Deena Metzger and the God chant to Charlie Murphy.) + + + + + + + + + + Strong like the Ocean / Gentle like Rain River wash my tears away / Aphro-di-te! -- Ariana Lightningstorm & Alaina Dhanya + + + + + + + + + + The Earth is our Mother, we must take care of Her The Earth is our Mother, we must take care of Her! Hey yunga, ho yunga hey yung yung Hey yunga, ho yunga hey yung yung Her sacred ground we walk upon, with every step we take Her sacred ground we walk upon, with every step we take! Hey yunga, ho yunga hey yung yung Hey yunga, ho yunga hey yung yung The Sky is our Father, we must take care of Him The Sky is our Father, we must take care of Him! Hey yunga, ho yunga hey yung yung Hey yunga, ho yunga hey yung yung His sacred air we breathe in, with every breath we take His sacred air we breathe in, with every breath we take! Hey yunga, ho yunga hey yung yung Hey yunga, ho yunga hey yung yung + + + + + + + + + + The River She is flowing / Flowing and flowing The River She is flowing / Down to the Sea Mother, carry me / Your child I will always be Mother, carry me / Down to the Sea + + + + + + + + + + We are an old people / We are a new people We are the same people / Deeper than before (Discordians one frosty, wet, but skyclad evening at Pagan Spirit Gathering made this into --) We are a cold people / We are a nude people We are insane people / Deeper than before + + + + + + + + + + Healing chant: We are your family, and we are healing you! We are your family, and we are healing you! We are your people: We are One! We are One! We are your people, and we are One! (The recipient, as you might expect, sings "You" and "My" and "healing me", not "We" "Your" and "healing you".) + + + + + + + + + + Chant to release/dismiss the Quarters We come from the Mountain / Living in the Mountain Go back to the Mountain / Turn the World Around! We come from the Breezes / Living in the Breezes Go back to the Breezes / Turn the World Around! We come from the Fire / Living in the Fire Go back to the Fire / Turn the World Around! We come from the Ocean / Living in the Ocean Go back to the Ocean / Turn the World Around! (If your group also invokes the Central Fire, then add:) We come from the Spirit / Living in the Spirit Go back to the Spirit / Turn the World Around! + + + + + + + + + + Chant against generalized _tsuris:_ Who's the guy that makes these rules (or, "pulls this stuff") That hassle you and me? M-I-C, K-E-Y, M-O-U-S-E! (Accompanied by rapid signing of the Banishing Pentagram in the direction of the hostile energy.) 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