Second Chants

Reclaiming & Friends | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 31, 1994)
• Original Release Date: October 31, 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Serpentine Music
• ASIN: B00005NC3Q
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #214,656 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Fool

2. Circle Casting Song

3. Awakening

4. Rhiannon

5. I Am But One

6. His Mystery

7. Sparks

8. Free the Heart

9. Powerful Song

10. Harvest Chant

11. Barge of Heaven

12. Inanna

13. Return of the Goddess

14. Wings

15. Who Is She

16. When We Are Gone

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Different chants; beautifully preformed, March 9, 2002

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olleke - See all my reviews

This review is from: Second Chants (Audio CD)

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.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Earth-Based Chants and Songs, October 9, 2005

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Bill Dewey/Reclaiming Quarterly (San Francisco) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Second Chants (Audio CD)

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.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A dissapointing follow-up..., May 31, 2005

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Storm Faerywolf (Bay Area, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Second Chants (Audio CD)

'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.