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Pachamama, tum pa teh ma,
Pachamama, tum pa teh ma
You who embrace the Earth,
Mother of the Universe,
One love over all,
Pachamama, I hear your call
Pachamama, I hear your call
chanting . . .
In Mountains you’re echoing
In Rivers you’re singing
In Oceans resounding,
Pachamama, I hear your song,
Pachamama, I hear your song
chanting . . .
You live through all living things,
You who bring rebirth in spring,
When snake and lizard shed their skin,
Pachamama, you’re deep within,
Pachamama, you’re deep within
chanting . . .
In each and every place
I see your eternal face
I hear you call my name,
Pachamama, your love is grace,
Pachamama, your love is grace,
chanting

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Spirits Walking the Wind Whisper,
“The old ways are gone
and yet they must begin again.”

Spirits Walking the Wind
Whisper, “The old ways are gone
and yet they must be carried on
or life on earth will not go on.”

Spirits Walking the Wind Whisper,
“For thousands of years
our people have lived, loved, and
died here, for thousands of years
our people have lived, loved, and
died here.

You can feel our sorrows
in the streams.
Our voices sing to you
in your deepest dreams.
Our power remains in every rock and stone
When you walk you never walk alone
Our feet have walked every path
you’ve ever known.

Spirits Walking the Wind,
Sometimes we linger here unseen,
In the places where we once had been,
Trying to wake you from deep sleep
Trying to wake you from your dreams
Every birdsong, every storm
Is a call to be reborn

Open the eyes of your heart and see
All that lives and all that breathes
Dwells in the heart of the Great Mystery

Open the eyes of your heart and see
All that lives and all that breathes
Dwells in the heart of the Great Mystery

Spirits Walking the Wind, we say
Everything here is Holy,
Love the Earth, your Mother,
Her substance gives you a body

Spirits Walking the Wind, we sing
Everything here is Sacred,
Honor the sky, your father,
Without His Breath you’d have no life,
Without Sun and Rain you’d surely die.”

Spirits Walking the Wind
Whisper, “The old ways are gone
And yet they must begin again.
The old ways are gone
and yet they must begin again
or life on earth will not go on. ”

Spirits Walking the Wind
Whisper “Now’s the time to begin anew,
a new world wants to be born through you.
in all that lives and everyone,
In river, fire, cloud and storm
Here on earth you await the dawn,

And you’re the ones to hear the call,
Who are here to bring the dawn to all
to bring the dawn to all.

Spirits Walking the Wind, we whisper
“Now is the time, If you wait, it’ll be too late
Now is the time to open up the Sacred Gate.”
Now is the time (repeat)

Nancy Bloom: All vocals
Sam Kurz: Native American Flutes
Ani Williams: Celtic Harp
Richard Williams: drum, keyboards

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Listen, the elements are singing,
We hear them, in the voice of the fire,
the voice of the air —In the voice of
the water, the voice of the earth
Listen, these are the songs of the
Mystery, the songs of the Mystery.

Ceux sont les elements qui chantent
On les entends, dans la voix du feu,
la voix de l’aire,
dans la voix de l’eau et de la terre.
Ceux sont les chansons du mystere
Ceux sont les chansons du mystere.

Nancy Bloom: lead vocals
Ani Williams: lead vocals, harmonies, Celtic harp
Patricia Maureen O’Scannell: Pennywhistle

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Spirit

God is in the mountains, God is in the trees
God is in the oceans, God is in the seas,
God is in the wind, God is in the breeze
God is in you, God is in me.

God is in the rivers, God is in the streams,
God is in your visions, God is in your dreams,
Spirit is everything, no matter how it seems,
So follow your visions, and live your dreams.

God is in the flower, God is in the star,
God is near, God is afar,
God is in your body, God is in your heart,
In Spirit we’re all one, we’re never apart.

God is in the sunlight and in deepest night,
God is in your darkness, God is in your light,
God is in your joy, God is in your fright,
Spirit is there through your pain and your delight.

God is the harmony that makes you whole,
God is the love that fills your soul,
God is yourself, deeper than you know,
Open your heart, and in Spirit you shall grow.

God is the child within you so free
God is the wisdom that guides you and me
God is the way that sets you free,
God is the door, love is the key.

So let the Spirit move you,
move you as It might,
Let the Spirit sing through you,
sing of dark and light,
Let the Spirit breathe through you,
the breath of life,
And let the Spirit live through you, give
through you, and love through you, (repeat)

Nancy Bloom: vocal prelude
Johnnetta Bowser: vocals
Richard Williams: electric bass, keyboards

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Walking the Milky Way

You who journey among the stars
Look down upon us,
Light our way from afar
Once your feet walked this earth each day,
Now you’re walking the Milky Way

Yet a whisper of remembrance,
a touch of tenderness,
we feel you in the evening breeze,
we sense you in a breath of air,
when all is still we know you’re there,

Reaching down from afar,
Smiling upon us from a distant star
Or singing to us in the language
of flowing waters
Winging past us in the silent flight of the bird

Your voices are known, though rarely heard
Yet the heart records each unspoken word
Your love lies unbroken within the
world you once knew
And we learn to love the earth as
we live in it with you.

Nancy Bloom: vocal

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Your Bodies, Our Bones

Your bodies are made of our bones
You breathe the very air we once breathed
We walk with you, you’re not alone,
The Earth to you we have bequeathed
Walk on her softly,
Live on her gently,
Love her deeply, And be all you were meant to be

Our bodies are made of your bones
We breathe the very air you once breathed
You walk with us, we’re not alone,
The Earth to us you have bequeathed.
We must walk on her softly,
Live on her gently,
Love her deeply, And be all we
were meant to be.

My body is made of your bones,
I breathe the very air you once breathed,
You walk with me, I’m not alone,
The earth to me you have bequeathed
I will walk on her softly,
Live on her gently,
Love her deeply,
And be all I was meant to be.

Your bodies are made of our bones,
You breathe the very air we once breathed,
We walk with you, you’re not alone,
The earth to you we have bequeathed
Walk on her softly
Live on her gently,
Love her deeply
And be all you were meant to be,
be all you were meant to be (repeat)

Nancy Bloom: lead vocals, background vocals, rattles, bells
Ani Williams: vocal harmonies,
background vocals, rattles,
bells, drums, Andean clay whistle
Richard Williams: Native American drum

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You can chain my body
But you cannot chain my soul

You can enslave my body
But you’ll never own my soul

You can whip my body,
But you cannot touch my soul

For my soul is mightier than your chains,
My soul endures all your blows
My soul is eternal, eternally remains
My soul has a home beyond
what this world knows.

You can imprison my body
but you cannot jail my soul

You can break my body
But you’ll never break my soul

My soul is free as the eagle flying so high,
Vast like a dark, starry sky,
Deep as the ocean, wider than the sea,
My soul is forever, eternally free,
my soul is forever, eternally free

You can chain my body,
But you’ll never chain my soul

You can even kill my body,
But you’ll never kill my soul

For my soul is mightier than your chains
My soul endures all your blows
My soul is eternal, eternally remains,
My soul has a home beyond what
this world knows.

G. Val Thomas: lead vocals and harmonies
Nancy Bloom: background vocals
Johnnetta Bowser: background vocals
Richard Williams: keyboards

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Sacred, Sacred

Sacred, sacred where the prayers belong,
Sacred, sacred each moment all day long,
Sacred, sacred where the brightness
meets the day,
Sacred, sacred when the sunlight slips away.
Sacred, sacred when the sunlight slips away.

Sacred, sacred when the sun goes down
Sacred, sacred silence all around
Sacred, sacred where the drum belongs
Sacred, sacred sounding sunset’s song
Sacred, sacred sounding sunset’s song

Sacred, sacred dying of the light
Sacred, sacred deepening twilight
Sacred, sacred starlit vastness of the night
Sacred, sacred dreaming into first dawnlight
Sacred, sacred dreaming into first dawnlight

Chanting

Sacred, sacred when the darkness
meets the dawn
Sacred, sacred first rays of the sun
Sacred, sacred where the prayers belong,
Sacred, sacred each moment all day long
Sacred, sacred each moment all day long

Sacred, sacred rains falling down
Sacred, sacred touching holy ground
Sacred, sacred thunder in the sky,
Sacred, sacred eagle flying high
Sacred, sacred eagle flying high

Sacred, sacred cleansing of the storm,
Sacred, sacred being reborn
Sacred, sacred where the sky meets the earth
Sacred, sacred, a time of deep rebirth

Sacred, sacred where the prayers belong
Sacred, sacred each moment all day long,
Sacred, sacred where the
brightness meets the day,
Sacred, sacred when the sunlight slips away,
Sacred, sacred when the sunlight slips away.

Nancy Bloom: vocals
Sam Kurz: Native American Flute
Ani Williams: Celtic harp, overtone chanting
Richard Williams: Native American drum, overtone chanting, synthesizer,
Rustin Appleyard: didgeridoo, tamboura, Chanting

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Blessed Be

Blessed be the sea in storm,
the owl in flight
Blessed be the flowing creek,
the starry night
Blessed be the toad that hops,
the eagle’s sight
Blessed be the near and far,
the tiny flower, the shining star

Blessed be, blessed be, oh blessed be
Blessed be, blessed be, oh blessed be.

Blessed be the glowing sun
and you and me and everyone
Blessed be the earth below,
the sky above
Blessed be all things we see,
all things we see are made of love

Blessed be, blessed be, oh blessed be

Blessed be the ring of stone,
the worlds beyond the world that’s known
Blessed be the wind that blows
the graceful tree
Blessed be the rains that fall, the silent snows
Blessed be the heart of all,
oh, blessed be (repeat)

Nancy Bloom: lead vocals
Ani Williams: lead vocals, harmonies, Celtic harp
Patricia Maureen O’Scannell: Pennywhistle

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