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
Circle in her path around the sun
Earth Mother is calling
Her children home.
© Charlie Murphy
We all come from the Goddess
And to her we shall return
Like a drop of rain
Flowing to the ocean.
© Z. Budapest
Isis, Astarte, Diana, Hecate,
Demeter, Kali, Inanna.
© Deena Metzger, Caitlin Mullin
Hecate, Cerridwen,
Dark Mother take us in
Hecate, Cerridwen,
Let us be reborn.
© Patricia Witt
It's the blood of the ancients
That runs through our veins
And the forms pass
But the circle of life remains.
©
She changes everything she touches
And everything she touches changes.
© Starhawk
Now I walk in beauty
Beauty is before me
Beauty is behind me
Above me and below me
Around me and within me.
Traditional Navajo
Round and round the Earth is turning
Turning always round to morning
And from morning round to night.
©
Earth my body, water my blood
Air my breath and fire my spirit.
©
The ocean is the beginning of the Earth.
The ocean is the beginning of the Earth
The ocean is the beginning of the Earth.
The ocean is the beginning of the Earth
All life comes from the sea.
All life comes from the sea
All life comes from the sea
All life comes from the sea.
© Delaney Johnson, Starhawk
Hoof and horn, hoof and horn
All that dies shall be reborn
Corn and grain, corn and grain
All that falls shall rise again.
© Ian Corrigan
We are an old people, we are a new people
We are the same people, stronger than before.
© morning feather/Will Shepardson
We are one with the infinite sun
For ever and ever and ever,
We are one with the infinite sun
For ever and ever and ever.
Kee a wah tay, lenya lenya, ma ho tay
Hi ah no, hi ah no, hi ah no
Kee a wah te, lenya lenya, ma ho tay
Hi ah no, hi ah no, hi ah no.
Native American
Wearing my long wing feathers as I fly
Wearing my long wing feathers as I fly
I circle around, I circle around
The boundaries of the Earth.
Arapaho Ghost Dance Song
We are alive as the Earth is alive
We have the power to fight for her freedom
If we have courage we can be healers
Like the sun we shall rise
If we have courage we shall be healers
Like the sun we shall rise.
© Rose May Dance, Starhawk
Ancient Mother, I hear you calling,
Ancient Mother, I hear your song,
Ancient Mother, I feel your laughter,
Ancient Mother, I taste your tears.
©
Standing like a tree with my roots dug down
My branches wide and open
Come down the rain, come down the sun,
Come down the fruit to a heart that is open to be
Standing like a tree.
© Betsy Rose
We can rise with the fires of freedom,
Truth is a fire that burns our chains,
And we can stop the fires of destruction,
Healing is a fire running through our veins.
© Starhawk
The Earth is our mother, we must take care of her
The Earth is our mother, we must take care of her.
Hey yana, ho yana, hey yan yan,
Hey yana, ho yana, hey yan yan.
Her sacred ground we walk upon, with every step we take
Her sacred ground we walk upon, with every step we take.
Hey yana, ho yana, hey yan yan,
Hey yana, ho yana, hey yan yan.
The Sky is our father, we must take care of him
The Sky is our father, we must take care of him
Hey yana, ho yana, hey yan yan,
Hey yana, ho yana, hey yan yan.
The Rivers are our sisters, we must take care of them
The Rivers are our sisters, we must take care of them.
Hey yana, ho yana, hey yan yan,
Hey yana, ho yana, hey yan yan.
The Trees are our brothers, we must take care of them
The Trees are our brothers, we must take care of them.
Hey yana, ho yana, hey yan yan,
Hey yana, ho yana, hey yan yan.
Hopi
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