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96 Creating Circles & Ceremonies
117. Circle Banishing
Like the Sun at day’s end
Pass into the Earth our friend.
Fade now like the waning Moon
Or a whirlwind on a shifting dune.
Banished be thou sacred space
As the Circle’s edge I trace.
Let your power sundered be
Flowing back to Earth and sea.
As we emerge from your embrace
Return us now to time and space.
—Mike Fix
118. Circle Release
A Circle is cast upon the ground
When in our hearts true love is found
When we open the Circle,
The love isn’t gone.
It lives in our hearts
As the Dance goes on.
—Mike Fix
119. Turn the World Around
(North)
We come from the Mountains,
Living in the Mountains;
Go back to the Mountains,
Turn the world around! (spin)
We come from the Mountains;
Go back to the Mountains,
Turn the world around! (spin)
(West)
We come from the Water,
Swimming in the Water;
Go back to the Water,
Turn the world around! (spin)
We come from the Water;
Go back to the Water,
Turn the world around! (spin)
(South)
We come from the Fire,
Sitting round the Fire;
Go back to the Fire,
Turn the world around! (spin)
We come from the Fire;
Walk upon the Fire,
Turn the world around! (spin)
(East)
We come from the Sky-yi,
Flying in the Sky-yi;
Go back to the Sky-yi,
Turn the world around! (spin)
We come from the Sky-yi;
Go back to the Sky-yi,
Turn the world around! (spin)
(Center)
We come from the Circle,
Dancing round the Circle;
Go back to the Circle,
Turn the world around! (spin)
We come from the Circle;
Go back to the Circle,
Turn the world around! (spin)
(to all)
I am but a Monkey,
You are but a Monkey;
Be the Hundredth Monkey,
Turn the world around! (spin)
We are all but Monkeys;
Be the Hundredth Monkey,
Turn the world around! (spin)
Be the Hundredth Monkey,
Turn the world around! (spin)
Be the Hundredth Monkey,
Turn the world around! (spin)
—Author unknown;
Popularized by Harry Belafonte
120. T he Circle is Open
The Circle is open, but unbroken
May the peace of the Goddess
Be ever in your heart!
Merry meet, and merry part,
And merry meet again!
—Author unknown
121. Merry Meet & Merry Part
Merry meet, and merry part,
And merry meet again!
From Earth and from Water,
From Fire and from Wind.
In the Circle of Life,
The dance never ends,
So merry meet, and merry part,
And merry meet again!
—Author unknown