The Burning Times Lyrics

I've had this song this pagan anthem of protest song in my files for a long time Its a beautiful piece written by a very talented man .. I first heard this in the um late 90s at a AOL place called the pagan tea house .. my friend Peter Conover was the singer and the words became majik to my ears .. This is a very powerful song you can use a tambor to keep time or a drum play with it sing it speak it let the words wash over you and take pleasure in the sounds of this song .. and remember ......

The Burning Times

By: Charlie Murphy

In the cool of evening, they used to gather'Neath stars in the meadows,

circled near an old oak tree

At the times appointed, by the seasons of the Earth,

And the phases of the moon

In the center often stood a woman

Equal with the others but respected for her work

One of the many we call the witches

The healers and the teachers of the wisdom of the Earth

And the people grew through the knowledge she gave them:

Herbs to heal their bodies, spells to make their spirits whole

Hear them chanting, healing incantations

Calling forth the wise ones, celebrating in dance and song.

Isis, Astarte, Diana, Hecate, Demeter, Kali, Inanna

Isis, Astarte, Diana, Hecate, Demeter, Kali, Inanna

Isis, Astarte, Diana, Hecate, Demeter, Kali, Inanna

There were those who came to power, through domination

And they bound it in the worship, of a dead man on a cross

They sought control, of the common people

By demanding allegiance, to the church of Rome

And the Pope declared the Inquisition

It was a war against the witches, whose power they had feared.

In this holocaust against the nature people

Nine million European women died.

And the tale is told of those who, by the hundred

Holding together, chose their death in the Sea

While chanting the praises of the Mother Goddess

A refusal of betrayal, people were dying to be free.

Isis, Astarte, Diana, Hecate, Demeter, Kali, Inanna

Isis, Astarte, Diana, Hecate, Demeter, Kali, Inanna

Isis, Astarte, Diana, Hecate, Demeter, Kali, Inanna

Now the Earth is a witch, and the men still burn Her.

Stripping Her down with mining and the poisons of their wars.

But to us the Earth is a healer, a teacher, our mother

She weaves the web of life, that keeps us all alive

She gives us the visions to see through the chaos

She gives us our courage. It is our will to survive!

Isis, Astarte, Diana, Hecate, Demeter, Kali, Inanna

Isis, Astarte, Diana, Hecate, Demeter, Kali, Inanna

Isis, Astarte, Diana, Hecate, Demeter, Kali, Inanna