Goddess Chant is a Mass to the Sacred, visioned and composed by Shawna Carol.
It is a sung celebration dedicated to empowering women and honoring the Goddess in all beings.
The ritual is composed of songs that are both beautiful and easy to sing.
It can be done in different ways: as a large scale performance, a small scale performance, a 'one woman show' or as a circle ceremony.
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As you scroll down this page, you will see a guide for creating Goddess Chant, including the songs, the script for the High Priestess
(download script), and a brief description of each section.
(A circle is cast, calling in the five directions. If you want to use Shawna's words click here, or use your own words.)
High Priestess:
I am a Holy Woman. I am a Priestess of the Goddess of a thousand names and faces. I am the Trinity: the Triple Goddess, three in one. I am the maiden: young, innocent, a seed of all that is to come. I am the Mother, Creator of all. I am the Crone, the Ancient One who stands at the doorway between birth, death, and rebirth. I appear before you now as the Old One. For I’ve been here for all of time.
(We invoke the Great Mother, source of all life and limitless love.)
High Priestess:
I stand before you as the Mother, the Creatrix. All that is born comes through me. All have been suckled at my breast. I am the one who carried you into this world. And I watch over you with the most generous love known on earth.
Spiritsinging is listening to the voice of Spirit and letting it express through you in sound without words. It is about choosing to say yes to what you want to create, empowering your vision instead of your fear. It is a choice to re-invent your life, with the sacred at the center. To learn more about Spiritsinging read Shawna's book:
High Priestess:
In the traditional way, the Priestesses and Priests of old went into the sacred groves or to the mountains or caves, and entered into trance. There they would speak and sing as the Oracle, offering themselves as a vessel for a direct communion with the flow of Spirit. I call upon the ancient spirit of the Oracle- Be Here Now.
(The essential teaching of "The Charge of the Star Goddess" is that pleasure is a sacrament and holy. It challenges the notion that pleasure is sinful, as extensively taught in monotheism. All acts of love and pleasure are rituals of the Goddess. )
High Priestess:
I am the temple dancer. All acts of love and pleasure are my ritual. I am the sacred initiator of all that is erotic.
I am the doorway to ecstasy... sacred pleasure.
(Every woman is the Goddess embodied. We heal from the excesses of patriarchy by praising her.)
High Priestess:
Every woman is the Goddess in body. The embodiment of the Divine. It’s time for us to remember. The moment has come, and a great healing is upon us. Recognizing and honoring the Divine Feminine, the Goddess, is one of the most powerful ways available to us for healing from the excesses of dominator culture. And to amplify this healing, we must praise what has been cast down. Praise your Sisters, praise your Daughters, praise your Mothers, praise Her.
(We let go of the past and release old limiting beliefs. We affirm the power of song to lift our spirits up. This is a rocking admonition to celebrate the Now.)
High Priestess:
Now that we’ve praised Her, there is no turning back. The past is over. It is time now to rise up and celebrate our return to the Goddess in all Her many forms.
(May we embrace the Divine Feminine and come into loving relationship with our Mother the Earth.)
High Priestess:
It is the end of the Patriarchy, the dark times. It is always darkest before the dawn. From the depth of this night, the enlightened times are coming. By the power of my word, I call forth the return of the light. Blessed Be.
(Between rounds of singing Be Still And Listen, the spirits of the Five Directions are thanked and released by the person who invoked them. If you want to use our suggested words click here, or use your own words.)
High Priestess:
The Goddess is walking among us. The feminine values rise again. Celebrating Her helps transform and heal the male and female power imbalance on the planet. We call forth a partnership between the Sacred Feminine and the Sacred Masculine – the Goddess and the God. Together we are creating a culture that cares for its children, respects its elders, and chooses nonviolence.
We call upon all people of all genders. Let us look in our hearts and find the Goddess within us, to honor and protect her, and nurture the sparks of the Mother within our own hearts.
We return to being still and listening as we release the directions, knowing that I am, you are, Goddess!
Let's join hands. Thank you, spirits of this land. Thanks to all, seen and unseen, who made this offering possible. As a priestess of the Goddess, it is my prayer that we may embrace the Divine Feminine and come into loving relationship with our Mother, the Earth. We dedicate this ceremony to the Goddess in Her many forms.
We are changed. We have raised the energy of the Goddess. Let us affirm the intention to carry this energy with us out into the world. Let us raise our hands and say together one final Blessed Be…
BLESSED BE!
