CroneHeart
Lyrics - Rhea Ruth Aitken
I have been maiden and I have been mother
I have tasted the sweetness of child and lover
I have seen how a life can be poisoned by others
How the arrows are aimed at the beautiful brave souls
I have watched fears weave a prison around
Bright souls that long to fly free
And now my heart beats to the song of the crone
And with her wisdom I am crowned
Now I am crone heart I wear the crown of wisdom
Now I am crone heart in truth I am bound
As a maiden I’ve fallen into the arms of the liars
Seeking for truth in their eyes
As a mother I’ve put away all my dreams and desires
And given into bittersweet love
As a woman of knowing that only life can gift you
I look back and I gather all that’s made me grow
And now my heart beats to the song of the crone
And with her wisdom I am crowned
Now I am crone heart I wear the crown of wisdom
Now I am crone heart in truth I am bound ………
Incorporating
Song of the Crone
Lyrics - Alison Eve
Ho ro ho ro, ho ro ho ro,
Oh hi ri ri ro Rùn
(Pron. Soon, means great love or mystery)
Ho ro hey ro
Hay ya, ho wah, ha yah, ho wah.
Na, no no, nay yo ko-wa
Cailleach ah
Sheila la na na na gig (sheila-na-gig!)
Ah ya ya ri ah
Maher, Maher.
(Means Mother, pron. Va-her)
Raven Song
Raven black Raven fly high in the Sky
High High Higher
Raven sweet Raven fly high in the sky
And bring me a message from Hecate’s eye
Eye eye Hecate’s Eye
For she sees my future much clearer than I
Raven black Raven fly high in the sky
High High Higher
Raven Sweet Raven fly high in the sky
Bring me a message from Hecate’s eye
Eye eye Hecates eye
For she sees my future much clearer than I.
Raven black Raven fly high in the sky
High High Higher
Raven Sweet Raven I wait for your cry
As you bring a message from Hecate’s eye
High High Fly Raven fly
Bring me a message from Hecate’s eye.
Cry cry cry eye eye
Raven sweet Raven I wait for your cry
Lyrics - Rhea Ruth Aitken
Moon Mother
Lyrics - Rhea Ruth Aitken
Moon Mother I dance to your fullness
I dance beneath your fullness
I dance beneath your fullness
Moon Mother I dance for you
Moon Mother I dance for you
Moon Mother I reach for your power
I raise my hands to your power
I raise my hands to your power
Moon Mother I am powered by you
Moon Mother I am powered by you
Moon Mother I am healed by your magic
I am healed by your magic
I am healed by your magic
Moon Mother I am healed by you
Moon Mother I am healed by you
Moon Mother I dance to your fullness
I dance beneath your fullness
I dance beneath your fullness
Moon Mother I dance for you
Moon Mother I dance for you
Moon Mother I dance for you …
Full Moon Woman
Lyrics - Rhea Ruth Aitken
Full moon woman
You inspire me
Full moon woman
You inspire me
Full moon woman
You inspire me
As you shine on me in your creativity
Full moon woman
You fill me
Full moon woman
You fill me
Full moon woman
You fill me
As you shine on me in your beauty
Deep Down Crone
Lyrics - Rhea Ruth Aitken
Who are you my Hag, my wise Crone
Dressed in leather and feather and bone
Who dances the circles of my dreams
Crooked old finger beckoning to me
The lines on your face deep and brown
Dark eyes glistening, there’s paint on your brow
Stories told from your withered lips
Hatchet and herbs tied about your hips
And with rattles and bells, incantations and spells
She leads me deeper down deeper down
Down and down deeper down
She leads down to the underworld
In a circle she spins, chants and sings
Calling Ancestors, Spirits and jinns
And down I go as she drums and howls
Dancing the path of the underworld
Where are we going old Hag , wise Crone
As I follow your dance steps down and down
To the fire pit of life that burns deep within
An altar, a crown, a blade and a grain
And with rattles and bells, incantations and spells
She leads me deeper down deeper down
Down and down deeper down
She leads down to the underworld
The fire burns bright in the shadows of being
And lights up her eyes as they’re seeing
She throws down her bones, my story she reads
Conjuring pathways to manifest for me
I follow your dance, I chant your chants
In the darkness I descend to your fire
And wearing a crown with a blade in my hand
I sow from one grain all I’ll ever require
And with rattles and bells, incantations and spells
She leads me deeper down deeper down.
She leads me deeper down deeper down
Down to the underworld deeper and down
And down ……….
Beautiful Goddess
Lyrics - Rhea Ruth Aitken
Here am I on the edge of the Sea
Where ocean and Mother Earth meet
And the breath of the Goddess
It blows through my soul
And my heart her heart does greet
Chorus:
And my beautiful Goddess
My Mother, My Sister
Today I know that
We are one ……….
Her wisdom she whispers
In the spray and the foam
Her heartbeat I hear in the waves
And a million lives lie beneath my feet
Sisters in the sand that I roam
Chorus:
And my beautiful Goddess
My Mother, My Sister
Today I know that
We are one ………..
The rocks and stones are her bones
Standing solid and strong
Her veins hold the blood of tidal streams
Flowing from ancient mysteries told
Sharing with me her life in a song
Chorus:
And my beautiful Goddess
My Mother, My Sister
Today I know
We are one ……….
LYRICS
Lady of the White Moon
Lyrics - Rhea Ruth Aitken
O Lady of the white moon …
Verse1
In your lunar light I’m blessed
In your magic I am spun
In your web my spell’s begun
O lady of the white moon …
Verse 2 & 4
Ethereal and beautiful
You bathe me in your light
Your rays of power touch me
I am all I can be this night
O lady of the white moon …
Verse 3 & 5
You walk with me in all I do
You guide me through my life
Your mystery inspires me
To spin my magic bright…
O lady of the white moon
Elements
Lyrics - Rhea Ruth Aitken
Let the fire enter within you
Let the spark become a flame
Let the flame become a fire
Feel the fire burn from within.
Let the water flow into you
Let the stream flow gently through
Let the stream become a river
Let the river cleanse you.
Let the earth be in your body
Let it take root in your soul
Let it grow and ground within you
Feel the power of Mother Earth.
Let the breath of air blow to you
Let the breath become a breeze
Let the breeze become a whirling wind
Feel your soul now blowing free.
Let the fire now enter within you
Let the water flow through you
Let the earth be in your body
Let the breath of air flow through.
Hecate's Breath
Lyrics - Rhea Ruth Aitken
I breathe the breath of Hecate
She lives deep within my soul
She has been there from the beginning
Through maiden mother and crone
She has breathed her life in my life
Her life is breathed in me
My Goddess, Mother of me
My Goddess, Mother of me
She has led me to solace through
The darkest of times
Has walked all my seasons
And through life I find
Her wisdom I now carry as I embrace the crone
But maiden and mother still tarry in my bones
My Goddess, Mother of me
My Goddess, Mother of me
I breathe the breath of Hecate
She bids me honour life
I live well within her power
As witch and woman I fly
And with her blessing I find my life is so sweet
As I walk round the wheel of being with her beneath my feet
My Goddess, Mother of me
My Goddess, Mother of me
Oh Bless you Hecate, Mother of Me!
Wild Woman
Lyrics - Rhea Ruth Aitken
Dark Mother I hear you calling me
Crone Goddess I hear your call
And a wild woman is answering you
From deep within my core.
I hear her call Chorus
This is what she tells me
Run wild, be free
Run wild, run with me
I am wild woman, I am free
Run wild she tells me
Run with me.
A woman emerges from the darkness of her shadows
Her cloak she discards as she ignites her brilliance
Her light no longer hidden
So others cannot see her
She lets the light surround her
Now she’s free.
She embraces her maiden, her mother
And all she’s been
She honours her choices and learns from all she’s see.
She finds her hear voice and sings her own lead
The path of the Goddess runs with me.
And now she is standing in the truth of her mystery
Free to run in the knowing
Of a wild woman’s dreams
Of magic love and intrigue
Free to feed her true beauty.
Dark Mother I have heard your call
Crone Goddess I am changing
My inner wild woman is running with you
My inner wild woman is running with you.
Sisters of the Red Thread
Lyrics - Rhea Ruth Aitken
We are Sisters of the Red thread
We are Sisters of the Red Thread
We are Sisters of the Red Thread
We are Sisters of the red Thread
Womanhood born of moon blood
Seeded by duty love and power
Our bones created by their bones
Our blood flows from their blood
From heart and body we bleed for them
Born by the loves of our Mothers
Loved by the hearts that were torn
We live by the thread that binds us
Tied to the mysteries of old
Honouring the women that were bold
We are Sisters of the Red Thread
We are Sisters of the Red Thread
We are Sisters of the Red Thread
We are Sisters of the Red Thread
We embrace and honour their stories
Walking the footsteps of their power
For our grandmothers mothers and daughters
We keep the secrets of the fading flower
We live the sacred feminine each hour
Our freedom to be the women we are
Gifted by our brave ancestors
We honour each death
That gave us this gift
For them we will weave the red thread
We are Sisters of the Red Thread
We are Sisters of the Red Thread
We are Sisters of the Red Thread
We are bound as Sisters of the Red Thread ……
Weaving forever the Red Thread
The Crone and the Crow
Lyrics - Rhea Ruth Aitken
A Crow flew down and sat by a Crone
“And how are you my Lady- O?”
“I am well Mr Crow and how are you?”
“I too am well my Lady”
The Crow and the Crone sat on a rock
Where the tree boughs dipped the ocean
With dark eyes wide and head a cocked
To her story he listened (sure and) intently
She told the Crow of her life and her loves
Of her troubles strifes and duties
A connection was born in her eyes wet and worn
With the Crow and his bold black beauty
“My Lady” he said “ they say I am wise
But you surely are much wiser
You have lived and you’ve learned
And your wisdom you’ve earned
‘Tis far more than I can say My Lady”
“But my dear old Crow” replied the Crone
You have such depth in your darkness
You have listened to me and did not fly free
Your wisdom and kindness you’ve shown me”
The Crone and the Crow sat silently
Both in awe of the others beauty
Dark eyes watched old eyes and minds intertwined
As the Crone and the Crow then parted
A Crow flew down and sat by a Crone
“And how are you my Lady-O”
“I am well Mr Crow and how are you?”
“I too am well my Lady”
La La La La La La My Lady-O …………… La La La La La La my Lady
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