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Second Chants
Reclaiming & Friends
Second Chants
Genres: Special Interest, New Age, Pop
 
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Reclaiming is a goddess-focused tradition that brings together earth-based spirituality and direct political, ecological, and social action. This versatile recording, produced in 1994, has many chants and songs from Reclai...  more »

     
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All Artists: Reclaiming & Friends
Title: Second Chants
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Serpentine Music
Original Release Date: 10/31/1994
Release Date: 10/31/1994
Genres: Special Interest, New Age, Pop
Style: Meditation
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 702477000322

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Reclaiming is a goddess-focused tradition that brings together earth-based spirituality and direct political, ecological, and social action. This versatile recording, produced in 1994, has many chants and songs from Reclaiming's classes, summer intensives, and rituals. These chants are useful for rituals, classes, and ceremonies. Most are easy to learn and sing along. The songs touch on themes of goddess spirituality, ecology, commitment, personal empowerment, and more. All lyrics included. This CD is musically varied, with a host of instruments (more so than Reclaiming's first "Chants" CD, also available on Amazon.com).

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Different chants; beautifully preformed
olleke | 03/09/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)

"The first cd Chants:Ritual Music of the Reclaiming, the coven of Starhawk, includes basic wicca chants.
This follow-up, with the 'orginal' title: Second Chants, has all kind of chanting. Solo, a capella, gospel with cello, guitar, djembe a.o.
The booklet includes all 15 lyrics to the chants. From the playlist: Rhiannon, Sparks, Powerful song, Harvest Chant, Inanna, Return to the Goddess,a.o.
Personally I like the song "when we are gone" Reclaiming brings warm chants, nice to listen en learn. You don't have to be afraid to sing along."
Earth-Based Chants and Songs
Bill Dewey/Reclaiming Quarterly | San Francisco | 10/09/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Fifteen songs and chants for the Goddess and the Earth. Not the sort of music you find at Tower Records. They're not all winners, but there are enough to make this a very good CD. "When We Are Gone" is transcendent. "Harvest Chant" gets sung in Fall Equinox rituals.



One special note: "Barge of Heaven" - a modern call-response arrangement of an ancient Sumerian text - is incredibly catchy. That someone could make an ancient Sumerian poem into a hummable pop song is by itself a good reason to listen to this unusual CD.



Reclaiming, which produced this CD, has another Chant CD -- "Chants" -- which has more chants for rituals and classes. But I'm betting that you'll listen to "Second Chants" more in the long run."
A dissapointing follow-up...
Storm Faerywolf | Bay Area, CA United States | 05/31/2005
(2 out of 5 stars)

"'Second Chants' is a sequel to Reclaiming's original collection, simply titled 'Chants'. Where the first provided some great and inspiring pieces meant to be learned and used in circle, 'Second Chants' feels flat and uninspired. While one or two tracks are enjoyable, overall I felt let-down by this piece preferring instead to return to the original album for inspiration. I say buy 'Chants' instead and wait to see if they release a better third installment in the series."