This album is a collection of Sacred chant designed to aid in trance, meditation, ritual, gatherings, circles and manifesting intention.
Song Descriptions:
The Direction Song: By Terri Rivera
This is a prayer to the four directions written by my good friend Terri Rivera.
There Is No Time: by Veronica Appalonia
Veronica wrote this in ceremony at the Chalice Well Gardens in Glastonbury
on a trip to perfrom at the Goddess Conference with Shawna Carol in 2003.
She Is Crone: By Kellianna
I wrote this for my friend Leandra's Croning ceremony in October 2009.
Who says the crone has to be dirgy and dark? I wrote this as a celebration
for a woman stepping into her power.
Pele: By Kellianna
I wrote this chant to Pele for the Everyday Goddess Conference in Madison Wisconsin.
My good friend Celia Farren joined me to kick in a fiery bohdran track to the song.
Sacred Stones of Stonehenge: By Shawna Carol
Shawna wrote this chant for our private morning ceremony in Stonehenge summer of 2003.
Brighid's Flame: By Kellianna
I starting writing this at Imbolc 2009 and finished Imbolc 2010. This is one of my favorite harmonies ever!
Full Height of Our Power: By Shawna Carol
I first heard this chant on top of the Glastonbury Tor at the Goddess Conference 2003. I asked the Dragon Ritual Drummers to join me on percussion, and November 1, 2009, after a weekend in Salem for Samhain, we stopped in the studio on their way home and did 3 takes of the drum track. They basically did this live, 3 tries, the 3rd being the charm!
Gaia Loves: By Kellianna
I wrote this chant June 2009 while doing two weeks of camping at FSG in Maryland, and the New York Fairy Festival.
It's easy to feel connected to Gaia when you are living outside and sleeping close to the ground for an extended period of time. I brought my good friends Oshia Drury from Glastonbury, and Celia Farren in to do the vocals with me.
Fire Transform Me: by ALisa Starkweather
I first heard this chant at Rites Of Spring one night around the fire.
The Horned God: by Kellianna
I wrote this at Beltane 2010, just in time to get it on the CD. I figured that we didn't have enough chants out there to honor the God, and why didn't I write one with the Gods' role in the Sacred Marriage as inspiration?
Ebb and Flow: By Shawna Carol
A beautiful song honoring the waters of the world and the womb.
The Maid and the Dragon: By Kellianna
I wrote this song inspired by the Maid In The Mist mythology of Niagara Falls. This is from the Princess' perspective as she is going over the brink and wondering if the Dragon in the Falls will accept her as an offering. I traveled to Canada with the Dragon Ritual Drummers and we visited Brian McAfee of Leviathan studios to record their drum tracks.
Elemental: By Kellianna
An elemental poem I wrote many years ago then put to music for this CD. It was the inspiration for this entire project.
Song Lyrics:
The Direction Song
By Terri Rivera ©2006
Vocal and Frame Drum: Kellianna
Facing East I send my prayers away
East sky enlighten me I pray
East a place for peace
Life, light anew you rise up
Spotted eagle I welcome you
And give thanks for visions
of peace, of peace
Facing South I send my prayers away
South sky for innocence I pray
South the peak of life
Gifts of new Horizons
Golden eagle I welcome you
And give thanks to work
in peace, in peace
Facing West I send my prayers away
West sky to strengthen me I pray
West the place sun goes down
Sacred and of ancient
Now Bald Eagle I welcome you
And give thanks for journeys
in peace, in peace
Facing North I send my prayers away
North sky for purity I pray
North the place of courage
Wisdom and of knowing
Oh White Eagle I welcome you
And give thanks for healers
in peace, in peace
Mother Earth I send you my prayers
Father Sky I send you my prayers
Oh Great Mystery I feel your breath in my mouth
Oh Great Mystery I welcome you
And give thanks for you in me
In peace, In peace , In peace
There Is No Time
By Veronica Appalonia ©2006
Vocal arrangement: Kellianna
There is no time but now
There is no place but here
In the sacred we do stand
In a circle hand in hand
She Is Crone
By Kellianna ©2010
Vocal and Frame Drum: Kellianna
Djembe and percussion: Tina Horn
She is teacher and experience
She is wisdom, She is Crone
She stirs the cauldron of all knowledge
She is the bringer of death and rebirth
In the darkness the time of Samhain
In the dreamtime she sits and stirs
She will lead you to your dark mind
And at the crossroads she'll be your guide
Pele
By Kellianna ©2010
Vocals and Frame Drum: Kellianna
Bodhran: Celia Farren
Goddess of transformation
Inspire my inner passion
With courage I'm taking action
To awaken the fire within
Pele, Pele ignite my passion
Pele, Pele my transformation
Sacred Stones of Stonehenge
By Shawna Carol ©2003
Vocals and Frame Drum: Kellianna
Percussion: Tina Horn
Sacred stones you have grown
deep in the quiet of the ages.
Sacred stones you have known
fires of the Druids and the Sages.
We call to you now
Help us to find our way home somehow
We call to you then
Help us connect with our ancient kin
Brighid's Flame
by Kellianna ©2010
Vocals: Kellianna
I am the spark before the fire
from winters cold I do inspire
I am the promise of the Spring
I am the tiniest of flames.
A dancing fire upon the snow
in darkest night a mighty glow
I circle toward the coming spring
I am all life awakening.
Mid-Winters' slumber I do shake
I coax the seed and bulb to wake
I pull them slowly from their dreams
I am the Maiden of the flame.
Protecting all at time of birth
In love and safety draw them forth
I wrap all newborns in my light
I am the Maiden dressed in white.
Full Height of our Power
By Shawna Carol ©2004
Vocals: Kellianna
Drums: Dragon Ritual Drummers-
Utu, Adrian, Flint, Ian, Naresh, Muin
We are a people of the full height of our power
This is the place and now is the hour
We recognize our sacred worth
We have the power to transform the earth
Gaia Loves
By Kellianna ©2010
Vocals: Kellianna, Celia Farren, Oshia Drury
Do you love, deeply
Gaia loves, deeply
Do you love deeply
Oh the love of Gaia
Earth, rain, wind and fire
Oh the love of Gaia
Love love love love
Fire Transform Me
By ALisa Starkweather ©1997
Vocals, Frame Drum: Kellianna
Djembe, dumbek: Tina Horn
Fire transform me
Bring me to my passion
I choose life
I choose courage
To dance among the flames
The Horned God by Kellianna ©2010
Vocals and Frame Drum: Kellianna
Blessed be the Horned God
King of the Wild Hunt
Blessed be the Horned God
around the Beltane Fire
Round and round the Maypole
weaving white and red we go
to celebrate the season and
The Lord and His Lady.
The Horned God guarantees
Strength and Vitality
In Sacred Marriage to his Queen
The Horned God gives his blessing
The Bel fire burning bright
Will blaze far into the night
In sacred grove and moonlight
The King Stag is dancing
We drink a cup of revelry
To Growth and Fertility
Spring has come we've planted seeds
The Horned God gives his blessing
At first ray of dawn he
bids farewell to his Queen
The Lord and his Lady
will meet again All Hallows Eve
Ebb and Flow
By Shawna Carol ©2007
Vocals and Frame Drum: Kellianna
A river is a story of ebb and flow
and the rains that come and go
The ocean is a story of ebb and flow
and the tides that come and go
A woman is a story of ebb and flow
and the moon that comes and goes
Ebb and flow comes and goes
Round in a circle and don't you know
The Maid and the Dragon
By Kellianna ©2010
Percussion Arrangement: Utu
Vocals: Kellianna
Drums: Dragon Ritual Drummers-
Utu, Adrian, Flint, Drago, Ian
Will you soothe me, will you comfort me
Will you catch me, when I fall?
Will you rock me, oh so gently
Will you cradle me, when I fall?
I will see you. I will come to you.
I will join you. In the fall
Your loving arms, Will they surround me?
Will they comfort me, When I fall?
Will you release me, From pain and worry?
From all suffering , When I fall?
Now I come to you ,I am joining you
I am all for you , As I fall
I am falling, I am falling, Now I fall....
Elemental
By Kellianna ©2010
Vocals and Frame Drum: Kellianna
Graceful lines all entwined
Symbol of life everlasting
From the earth look thee North
things are green and growing
A breeze from the East
brings galloping feet
as the clouds go racing above you
See a circle of fire the flames climbing higher
The South brings us life giving heat
Look the West over mountain
Seek rain stream and fountain
flowing water cleansing power I do thank you
And blessings to the Mother
as father, son, sister, brother,
I am your daughter you are in me I am in you
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