Poetry Pages

The Burning Times

Author Unknown to me

anyone recognizing these lyrics please let me know who wrote/sings them so I can try to find the Cd and give proper credit to the artist.

In the cool of the evening,

They used to gather, neath the stars in the meadow

Circling that old oak tree.

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

And the phases of the moon.

In the center,

Stood a woman,

Equal with the others,

and respected for her worth.

One of the many called Witches,

The healers and the teachers of the wisdom of the Earth.

And the people grew thru the knowledge she gave them

Herbs to heal their bodies

Spells to make their spirits soar.

Can't you hear them chanting

Healing Incantations

Calling forth the Wise Ones

Celebrating in dance and song

Isis, Astarte, Dione, 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 an inquisition

It was war against the Women whose power they feared,

In this holocaust against the Nature people

Nine million European Women died

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

holding together, chose their death in the Sea

While chanting the praises of the Mother Goddess

a refusal of betrayal

Women were dying to be free.

Isis, Astarte, Dione, 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, a Mother

A weaver of a web of life that keeps us all alive.

She gives us the vision to see thru the chaos.

She gives us the courage

It is our will to survive.