Witchcamp Chants Book

Let the Beauty We Love

Let the beauty we love, be what we do
There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground

-- words by Rumi, arranged by Jeffrey Alphonsus Mooney

Never Lose Our Way to the Well

We will never, never lose our way
To the well of her liberty (memory)
And the power of her living flame,
It will rise, it will rise again.

Welcome Brigdhe

Welcome Brighde
O Brighde is come
Brighde is welcome

The Goddess's name is pronounced "Breed" for this chant

Holy Well and Sacred Flame

Holy well and sacred flame (repeat many times,overlap)

Alternate words: Epsom salts and alcohol

Opening Up in Sweet Surrender

We are opening up in sweet surrender to the luminous love-light of the One (Sun) (2x)

We are opening, we are opening (2x)

Earth My Body/Tierra Mi Cuerpo

Earth my body, water my blood,
Air my breath and Fire my spirit

Tierra mi cuerpo, Agua mi sangre
Aire mi aliento y fuego mi espiritu

Humble Yourself in the Arms of the Wild

Humble yourself in the arms of the wild, you gotta lay down low and
Humble yourself in the arms of the wild, you gotta ask what she knows and
We shall lift each other up, higher and higher (2x)

If My Soul Says So

Chorus: If my soul says so, I do as my soul says (3x)

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

by Suzanne Sterling and Jeffree Alphonsus Mooney

We Are the Rising Sun

We are the rising sun
We are the change
We are the ones we've been waiting for
And we are dawning...

-- by Ravyn

Come the Night, On

Come, come the night, on
It is the time of growing
It is the time of changing
Come, come the night,on

-- by Maxina Ventura, Winter Solstice, 2002

Welcome/Farewell to the Elements

Welcome the air, and the fire and the water
Welcome the earth, and the spirit that's within

Reverse directions to devoke:

Farewell to spirit, to earth, and to water
Farewell to fire, and the air that's all around

-- author unknown -- Contact RQ if you know who wrote this

Hold On

Hold on, hold on
Through the darkness, until the dawn
Hold on, hold on
Hold the vision, until it's born

-- by Brook Schoenfield and Starhawk

The House of Love

Take off your head (mask)
Put it on the ground (Smash it on the ground, Bury it in the ground)
That's how you enter
The house of love
I wanna stay in my body
I 'm gonna be here a long time

- by Contraband

To the Crossroads

To the crossroads I must go
To find a world unseen
Fear and wonder will I know
And be a bridge between

Come away my human child
To find the world unseen
Know the hearth and know the wild
And be a bridge between

Come away oh human child
Come take me by the hand
To the water and the wild
Into another land

You will shed no human tear
And hear no human cry
You shall in beauty dwell
And you will never die

- from W. B. Yeats

Fly, Fly, Fly

Fly, fly, fly
The leaves are leaving the branch
Cold are the winds,
Winter is coming

- sing as a round, starting second voice as first voice sings "branch"

Blood of My Family

In my veins runs the blood of my family
The blood of my family, the blood of my family
In my veins runs the blood of my family
The blood of my family in me

2. Under my skin lie the bones of my family

3. On my head is the hair of my family

4. I'm singing now with the voice of my family

Additional verses by Seed and George:

5. In my mouth is the spit of my family

6. Up my nose is the snot of my family

7. Behind my back is the butt of my family

by George Franklin - written at Witchlets in the Woods 2004 for Older Kids' Path

From The Earth And Back Again

From the Earth and back again
Hold to life and live again
Sit with death and be again
From the Earth and back again
From the Earth and back again

by Maxina Ventura

Light Is Returning

Light is returning
even though 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 our journey
through the storm

One planet is turning
circling a path around the sun
earth mother is calling
Her children home

By Charlie Murphy, from the 1970s album, "Canticles of Light"

Lady Spin Your Circle Bright

Lady spin your circle bright
Weave a web of dark and light
Earth, Air, Fire and Water
Bind us as one

People of the Earth Tribe

People of the Earth Tribe rise,
People of the Earth Tribe rise, unite and
People of the Earth Tribe rise
Earth, Water, Fire, Air - we are everywhere (2x)

-- by Joules Graves

I Am of the Minerals

I Am of the minerals
I Am of the plants
I Am of the animals
I Am of the dance

I Thank the Earth

I thank the Earth for feeding my body
I thank the sun for warming my bones
I thank the trees for the air I breath
And I thank the water for nourishing my soul

-- by Ina Hata

We Are Sweet Water

We are sweet water, and we are the seed
We are the storm clouds that blow away greed
We are the new world that springs to birth
A river arising to reclaim the Earth

-- by Starhawk

A River of Birds in Migration

There's a river of birds in migration
A nation, of women (or witches) with wings

Keep Breathing

Keep breathing, it's the most important part
you kick kick and then you glide
you kick kick kick and then you glide
It's all in the rhythm, it's all in the rhythm
it's all in the rhythm of the heart

BELOVED (I WOULD KNOW MYSELF IN ALL MY PARTS)

I would know myself in all my parts, beloved
I would know myself in all my parts, beloved

(High) I would know you, I would know

(Low) Come abide with me, healing and whole

-- by Seed

The Welcome Flame (Spark, Blaze, Ember, Ash)

Let the fire rise in me, and let it move me
Spark, Blaze, Ember, Ash

Whoa, Whoa, the welcome flame
Spark, Blaze, Ember, Ash

-- by Seed

Step Into the Flow

Step into the flow and then I let it go
I open my mind, my heart, and my soul
I surrender, I surrender
I surrender, I open my mind, my heart, and my soul

-- by Suzanne Sterling

Circle Turning, Cauldron Burning

Circle turning, cauldron burning
Let us be reborn
Sacred center, spirit enter
Life goes on and on

If I Touch You

If I touch you I will know you
Though your veil be drawn, you're glowing
In my mind and soul and body

Like the Moon

Like the moon reflects the sun
You and I reflect each onoe
There are forces we cannot see
They're inside us, they invite us to be free

-- by Jeffrey Alphonsus Mooney

Gaze in the Glass

Gaze in the glass
At your beauty to behold
Let it unfold
As you gaze into the glass

-- by Crystalline Ruby Muse

Water Water Water

Water water water
Powers of the west
Changing moving
Waters flowing free

Bienvendio Agua
Poderes del Oeste
changing moving
waters flowing free

Water water water
The river of the long human beings
changing moving
waters flowing free

Bienvendino del Oeste
Aguas del mundo
Welcome water
Waters of the world

-- By Georgia Midnight Crow, Spiralheart Witchcamp 2006

Dutch Grounding Chant

Diep, diep, diep, diep,
Diep in de aarde
Onder de grond
Daar ligt mijn krachtbron
Met wortels
Vanaf mijn kont
Diep, diep, diep

Deep, deep, deep,
Deep down in the earth
Beneath the grass
Lies my source of power
With roots growing
From my ass
Deep, deep, deep

-- by Yoeke

When There is a Shadow

When there is a shadow
There must be light.
The sun at daytime
And the stars at night
And they all live together
In me
Uh-huh-huh

-- by Brook and Yoeke

Feed the Seeds of Justice

Let's feed the seeds of justice
Beneath the cold concrete
The powers of love are rising
And breaking through the streets

-- Starhawk and Loreley Witchcampers

Wyrd Sisters

Three from the hall
beneath the tree
Is, Was, and Shall Be

Come Wyrd Sisters
Swoop to the ground
Loosen the web
that binds us down

-- Beverly Frederick and Witchcampers

Weird Sisters

Urd, weird sister, time is thee,
Is, was, and what shall be.

Skuld is moving us along,
Like a clockwork stern and strong.

Verdandi is what there is
What you see and what you miss.

Come and weave your golden webs
From spaceless beads and timeless threads.

by Sabine Inanna Farrier, July 2008

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