Keeping a book list so I remember what I want to read.
- Music as Yoga: Discover the Healing Power of Sound by Patrick Bernard
- The Healing Sound of Music by Kate Mucci
- The Way of Song by Shawna Carol
Re-Wild My Soul
Album: Sisters of the Moon
℗ 2020 Heather Houston
Released on: 2020-01-10
LYRICS
Oh RIVER, re-wild my soul
Help me let go of control
Show my heart how to flow with ease again
I am ready, take me in
Oh MOUNTAIN, re-wild my soul
Help me let go of control
Show my heart how to lift mine eyes again
I am ready, take me in
Oh EAGLE, re-wild my soul
Help me let go of control
Show my heart how to fly so free again
I am ready, take me in
Oh VAST SKY, re-wild my soul
Help me let go of control
Show my heart how to be spaciousness again
I am ready, take me in
Oh SOFT WIND, re-wild my soul
Help me let go of control
Show my heart how to be clear and cleansed again
I am ready, take me in
Oh FOREST, re-wild my soul
Help me let go of control
Show my heart how to trust this path again
I am ready, take me in
Oh SUNSHINE, re-wild my soul
Help me let go of control
Show my heart how to shine with warmth again
I am ready, take me in
Oh MAMA, re-wild my soul
Help me let go of control
Show my heart how to beat with yours again
I am ready, take me in
LISTEN
The Way Knows the Way
Original song by Lyndsey Scott, recorded by Lyndsey Scott and Lisa G. Littlebird.
LYRICS
You don’t have to know the way
the way knows the way
You don’t have to plan the way
Trust the way, feel your way
The way knows
The way knows
The way knows the way
LISTEN
English original.
Spanish version
No hay que saber por donde ir
El Donde sabe ir
Sin planearse puede ir
Al confiar y sentir
Camina, camina
El Donde sabe ir
(Translation by Leticia Nieto)
NOTES
Blessings of Beltane
(Cernunnos Rising)
First sunlight dancing upon a stream,
A web with pearls of dew,
Blessings of colour from flower and thorn,
Above me only blue.
First birdsong from the meadow land,
An inspirational sound,
Carried along by the morning breeze,
Waking all around.
Bringer of summer Dancer of green
Keeper of cauldron Diviner of dream
Maiden of flowers Lifter of veils
Friend of my heart Teller of tales
Winter will teach the beauty of change,
I smile now that summer is here,
She’s back again, with a fragrant embrace,
Brought on the wheel of the year.
So light up the fires of Beltane,
The promise of May-time once more,
And witness the dance of the maiden,
Just as the year before.
Bringer of summer Dancer of green
Keeper of cauldron Diviner of dream
Maiden of flowers Lifter of veils
Friend of my heart Teller of tales
LISTEN
Candlemass
???
Winter winds grows colder standing breathing __ and ___
Over and over winter winds grow bolder
will be frozen____ to stone?
Nearer and nearer cold breeze grows clears
Singing through the crystal glaciers and the _____
Clearer and clearer summer breeze grows dearer
Longing for cold winter to fade
Still through the moonlight night dawns with a gaining light
Each day increasing light ______
Longer and longer, little flame grows stronger
Though the light trickles and ????
Stronger and stronger, little flame lasts longer
Every morning more than before
Every morning more than before
LISTEN
On their website, Bell Book and Canto has several albums. Find the album for 13 Moons and the song “Candlemass” is on it. https://bellbookandcanto.com/shoppe
Moon Goddess
Album: Kali Ma: Dances of Transformation
(C)(P) Alan Scott Bachman
Song: Moon Goddess
Goddess of Moonlight
Dancer of our Night
Giver of all Life
Blessed Be.
Goddess of Moonlight
Dancer of our Night
Giver of all Life
Blessed Be.
Grand Mother of One and All
Your Wisdom, Universe-All.
Goddess of Moonlight
Dancer of our Night
Giver of all Life
Blessed Be.
Goddess of Moonlight
Dancer of our Night
Giver of all Life
Blessed Be.
Goddess of Moonlight
Dancer of our Night
Giver of all Life
Blessed Be.
Grand Mother of One and All
Your Wisdom, Universe-All.
Goddess of Moonlight
Dancer of our Night
Giver of all Life
Blessed Be.
Goddess of Moonlight
Dancer of our Night
Giver of all Life
Blessed Be.
Grand Mother of One and All
Your Wisdom, Universe-All.
DRUM PATTERN
D D tkt D tkt
LISTEN
I Am The Elements
by Anam Cara
I am Earth
I am Air
I am Fire, water and spirit.
Winter’s Cloak
Winter’s Cloak by Joyce Rupp
This year I do not want
the dark to leave me.
I need its wrap
of silent stillness,
its cloak
of long lasting embrace.
Too much light
has pulled me away
from the chamber
of gestation.
Let the dawns
come late,
let the sunsets
arrive early,
let the evenings
extend themselves
while I lean into
the abyss of my being.
Let me lie in the cave
of my soul,
for too much light
blinds me,
steals the source
of revelation.
Let me seek solace
in the empty places
of winter’s passage,
those vast dark nights
that never fail to shelter me.
NOTE
Rupp is a writer as well as Co-Director of the Institute of Compassionate Presence.
Wassail Song
Originally at https://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Hymns_and_Carols/wassail_song-1.htm
Alternate Titles: “Here We Come A Wassailing,” “Here We Come A-Caroling,” and “Here We Go A-Caroling.”
Words: English Traditional, 17th century
Music: Traditional English Wassail Song, 17th century
Source: Henry Ramsden Bramley and John Stainer, Christmas Carols New and Old, Second Series (London: Novello, Ewer & Co., 1871), Carol #37
1. Here we come a wassailing
Among the leaves so green,
Here we come a wandering
So fair to be seen.
Chorus
Love and joy come to you,
And to you your wassail too,
And God bless you and send you a happy New Year.
And God send you a happy New Year.
2. Our wassail cup is made
Of the rosemary tree,
And so is your beer
Of the best barley. Chorus
3. We are not daily beggars
That beg from door to door,
But we are neighbours’ children
Whom you have seen before. Chorus
4. Good Master and good Mistress,
As you sit by the fire,
Pray think of us poor children
Are wandering in the mire. Chorus
5. We have a little purse
Made of ratching leather skin;1
We want some of your small change2
To line it well within. Chorus
6. Call up the Butler of this house,
Put on his golden ring;
Let him bring us a glass of beer,
And the better we shall sing. Chorus
7. Bring us out a table,
And spread it with a cloth;
Bring us out a mouldy cheese,
And some of your Christmas loaf. Chorus
8. God bless the Master of this house,
Likewise the Mistress too;
And all the little children
That round the table go. Chorus
1. Bramley and Stainer add a footnote explaining that ratching is leather that will stretch. Shaw and Dearmer, in The English Carol Book, First Series, substitute the word stretching, as does Rickert.
2. Joshua Sylvester has “We want a little of your money.”
LISTEN
Halloween
Halloween ©George Nicholas
Bring the souls of days gone by
When glowing embers fade and die
In song and tales long of long ago
The bards and minstrels only know
Wise ol’ women, witches too
Share knowledge of the past with you
And dance around the Samhain fires
The elder’s wisdom, they desire
And they all know that youth decays
And beauty never ever stays
Dance the dance this Halloween
Darker days will soon be seen
Tell the tale of long-lost lands
Buried ‘neath the shifting sands
Where footprints of the hunters lay
In stone forever they will stay
And on this night the dead can dance
And be with us once more
Samhain fires burning bright
For those who’ve gone before
And on this night the dead can sing
Songs of yesteryear for on this night we celebrate
The old ones being here
(Repeat entire song twice)
LISTEN
Spiral Wound 