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 Jeffree 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

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 Raven

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

Magical Activism Chant

let's feed the seeds of justice
beneath the cold concrete.
the powers of love are rising
and breaking through the streets

by Starhawk and Loreleycampers

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, Lorely Camp

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, Lorely Camp

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"

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

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

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

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