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Chanting and singing plays a large role in many Reclaiming communities, and our circles are no exception. Here is a list of some of our favourite chants, the ones we sing often, and some that we have made up ourselves.
Many of the chants listed here are traditional Reclaiming songs; authors are mentioned where known. If no credit is given, or the wrong credit is given, and you know who it should be attributed to, please let us know! Feel free to use the chants we have written in your own work, but we would love to know who's singing them, and to have any feedback on them, so please contact us!
We are currently in the process of creating and uploading mp3 files, as well as sheet music, but this may take a while.
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Animal Spirits
Unknown
Animal spirits, lend your wisdom
Animal spirits, teach us.
Animal spirits, send your medicine
Animal spirits, heal us.
Creatures of the Air, may we fly with you
Creatures of the Earth, run beside you
Creatures of the Fire, set our hearts aglow
Creatures of the Water, teach us how to flow
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Behold, There is Magic All Around You (Us)
by Abbi Spinner
Chorus:
Behold, there is magic all around you (us) (3x)
Awaken, rejoice, and sing!
Verses:
I am the Air around you
I am the breath of life within you
I am the wind blowing through you
I am all that I am
[Chorus]
I am the Fire around you
I am the spark of life within you
I am the flame burning through you
I am all that I am
[Chorus]
I am the Water around you
I am the pulse of life within you
I am the ocean flowing through you
I am all that I am
[Chorus]
I am the Earth around you
I am the heartbeat within you
I am the ground below you
I am all that I am
[Chorus]
I am the Spirit around you
I am divinity within you
I am the light shining through you
I am all that I am
[Chorus]
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Born of Water
by Women's Workshop
Born of water
Cleansing, powerful
Healing, changing
We are...
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The Earth is Awakening (Beltane Song)
by Josie Baker and Rosemary Roberts, Beltane 2007
The earth is awakening, we are awakening
The earth is awakening, and reaching for the sun (2x)
We are seeds of the earth
We are sparks of the fire
We are alive and growing
We are alive and moving
~ sheet music ~
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The Earth is our Mother
adapted from a Hopi chant
The earth is our mother, we must take care of her (2x)
Hey yana ho yana hey yan yan (2x)
Her sacred ground we walk upon, with every step we take (2x)
Hey yana ho yana hey yan yan (2x)
The earth is our mother, she will take care of us (2x)
Hey yana ho yana hey yan yan (2x)
alternate verses:
The sky is our father, we must take care of him...
The rivers are our sisters, we must take care of them...
The trees are our brothers, we must take care of them...
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Go and Return (Center Song)
By Damiara
Go and return
Go and return
To the center
Place of balance
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Harvest Chant
By T. Thorn Coyle and Starhawk
Our hands will work for peace and justice
Our hands will work to heal the land
Our feet will trace her moving patterns
Let us dance and bless the land
Alternate last two lines:
Gather 'round the harvest table
Let us feast and bless the land
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If My Soul Says So
by Suzanne Sterling and Jeffrey Alphonsus Mooney
I am breathing, I am willing, I am open
I am stepping out into the unknown
I am walking, though uncertain, I am willing
To listen to the yearning in my soul
Chorus: If my soul says so, I do as my soul says (3x)
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Just like the Moon
by Jeffrey Alphonsus Mooney
Just like the moon reflects the sun
You and I reflect each one
There are forces we cannot see
Deep inside us they remind us to be free
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Let it Begin Now
by Starhawk
Let it begin with each step we take
And let it begin with each change we make
And let it begin with each chain we break
And let it begin every time we awake
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Never Lose our Way to the Well
by Starhawk, Rose May Dance, and Raven Moonshadow
We will never
Never lose our way to the well
Of her memory
And the power
Of the living flame it will rise
It will rise again
Like the grasses
Through the dark, through the soil, to the sunlight
We will rise again
We are thirsting
For the waters of life we are moving
We will live again
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New Moon Night
by Jeffrey Alphonsus Mooney
New moon night, soon mars in sight
Deep silence finds us when the words aren't right
Free us from fear, may our hearts sing clear
Make a spark through the dark for our soul's delight
In between eternity and this moment in time
Opening my heart feels like opening my mind
Standing with the ancients with each breath I play a part
Opening my mind feels like opening my heart
[alternate descant-like bit] I see myself in you [repeat]
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Rise with the Fire
by Starhawk
We can rise with the fire of freedom
Truth is the fire that burns our chains
And we can stop the fire of destruction
Healing is the fire running through our veins
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Rising Sun (Solstice Song)
by Rosemary Roberts, Summer Solstice 2007
Rising sun
Hear us sing
Sea and rock
Fire and wing
~ listen ~
~ sheet music ~
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The River is Flowing/La rivière roule
by Diana Hildebrand-Hull
The river is flowing, flowing and growing
The river is flowing, down to the sea
Mother, carry me, your child I will always be
Mother, carry me, down to the sea
La rivière roule, roule et coule
La rivière roule, vers l'océan
Rivière, porte-moi, ma mère tu restera
Rivière, porte-moi vers l'océan
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We are the Rising Sun
by Raven
We are the rising sun
We are the change
We are the ones we've been waiting for
And we are dawning
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