1. Isis, Astarte, Diana, Hecate, Demeter, Kali, Inanna
by Deena Metzger/Morning Feather/(Will Shepardson)/Greenham Common
2. We are an old people, we are a new people
We are the same people, Deeper than before.
3. I am a strong woman, I am a story woman,
I am a healer, My soul will never die.
Hades, Osiris, Cernunnos, Elegua, Goibniu, Bacchus, Zeus, Pan
(pronounce Goibnui as giv-on'-new)by Lady Bridget
Pan, Woden, Bothelme, Cernunnos, Osiris
contributed by Sacred Grove
Air I am, Fire I am, Water, Earth and Spirit I am.
by Andras Corban Arthen, copyright 1982
And we can rise with the fire of freedom,
by Starhawk
Truth is the fire that burns our chains,
And we can stop the fire of destruction,
Healing is the fire running through our veins.
We all come from the Goddess,
And to Her we shall return
Like a drop of rain,
Flowing to the ocean.
Hoof and horn, hoof and horn, all that dies shall be reborn
by Z. Budapest/Ian Corrigan
Corn and grain, corn and grain,
All that falls shall rise again.
We all come from the Sun God,
by Lady Nokomis
And to Him we shall return
Like a spark of fire
Rising to the heavens.
We are the flow, we are the ebb,
by Shekhinah Mountainwater
We are the weavers, we are the web.
She changes everything she touches
And everything she touches changes.
Her name cannot be spoken, Her face was not forgotten;
Her power is to open, Her promise can never be broken.
All seeds She deeply buries, She weaves the thread of seasons
Her secret, darkness carries, She loves beyond all reason.
All sleeping seeds She wakens, The rainbow is Her token;
Now winter's power is taken, In love all chains are broken.
Everything lost is found again, in a new form, in a new way;
Everything hurt is healed again, In a new time, in a new day.
Bright as a flower and strong as a tree
With our love and with our rage,
Breaking our chains so we can be free
With our love and with our rage.
We are changers, everything we touch can change.
We are changers, everything we touch can change.
Change is, touch is, touch is, change is.
by Lauren Liebling, Starhawk
Change us, touch us, touch us, change us.
Horned One, lover, son
by Buffalo
Leaper in the corn
Deep in the Mother
Die and be reborn.
Snake Woman, shedding her skin, (repeat)
by Starhawk
Shedding, shedding, shedding her skin (repeat)
Bird Woman taking flight...
Star Woman shining bright...
Moon Woman riding the night...
Blossom Woman opening wide...
Holy Maiden Huntress, Artemis, Artemis
Maiden, come to us.
Silver Shining Wheel of radiance, radiance,
Mother, come to us.
Ancient Queen of wisdom, Hecate, Cerridwen,
Old One, come to us.
Holy Shining Sunlight, radiant, radiant,
by Peter Soderberg
Brother, come to us.
Where there's fear there's power, passion is the healer
Desire cracks open the gate -
If you're ready it'll take you through
But nothing lasts forever, time is the destroyer,
The wheel turns again and again -
Watch out, it'll take you through.
But nothing dies forever, Nature is the renewer,
by Starhawk
The wheel turns again and again -
If you're ready it'll take you through.
Hecate, Cerridwen, Dark Mother take us in
by Patricia Witt
Hecate, Cerridwen, Let us be reborn.
All over the world, the waters are breaking (repeat)
Everywhere, everywhere, the waters are breaking
And so return, return, return
by Judy Grahn/Wind Hags
Return to the Mother (repeat these two lines)
Born of water, cleansing, powerful
by Women's Workshop
Healing, changing, we are.
Air moves us, Fire transforms us
Water shapes us, Earth heals us
And the balance of the wheel goes 'round and 'round,
And the balance of the wheel goes 'round.
Solid as a rock, Safe within the harbor
Ancient as a stone, and strong as the sea.
Solid as a rock, set deep within the Mother
And water that flows 'round me.
O tell me why, O tell me why,
Tell me why must the clouds come to darken the sky (repeat)
This is the wake of Lugh the Sun King
by Raven Moonshadow
He lost his life on the Solstice Day
This is the wake of Lugh the Sun King
He steps into the dark and guides the way.
We are alive, as the earth is alive
We have the power to fight for our freedom.
If we have courage we can be healers
Like the sun, we shall rise (repeat)