“I have been chanting and singing my whole life, and it is the practice that most grounds me in my heart, mind and body. I remember singing Southern Baptist hymns as my first prayer of breath and vibration. I found my way to Wisdom chant through Cynthia’s work with Darlene Franz, after many years chanting Sanskrit mantras in the yogic tradition. I enjoy creating chants — which is more like receiving chants from the atmosphere or the imaginal or wherever it is that chants come from. Some of my inspirations are sacred texts from many traditions, Teilhard’s works, poets ancient and modern, old Baptist hymns and spirituals, as well as direct from Spirit and Earth. I like to play my crystal bowls and shruti box outside in the Trees. At other times, I can be found caring for clients in my energy balancing practice, crafting herbal remedies or hanging out with my son Jack. I endeavor to be at home wherever I am, mainly in Bellingham WA and Winston- Salem NC. Singing every day reminds me that, really and truly, it is all about love.”
Contact Elizabeth at elizabeth.s.combs@gmail.com or 360-319-2164 or www.elizabethcombs.com
Well and Flame
May I never never lose my way
To the well of your memory
And the power of your living flame
May it rise
May it rise in me
Become a Living Spirit. Ihidaya
This chant was inspired by Gospel of Thomas Logion 114.
Lyrics:
Become, become a living spirit. Ihidaya, Ihidaya
There Is a Balm in Gilead
There is a balm in Gilead
To make the wounded whole
There is a balm in Giliead
To heal the weary soul (originally “sin-sick soul”)
Breathe on Me, Breath of God
Adapted from a Baptist hymnal by Edward Hatch (1878), available to the public domain.
Breathe on me, Breath of God (3x)
Til I am wholly thine (3x)
Til I glow with the fire divine (3x)
Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
Come thou fount of every blessing Tune my heart to sing My heart to sing Tune my heart to sing thy grace.
I’ve Got a Wild, Wild Heart
Come thou fount of every blessing Tune my heart to sing My heart to sing Tune my heart to sing thy grace.
Let All That You Do Be Done in Love.
This chant comes from I Corinthians 16:14.
Let all that you do be done in love, Be done in love, be done in love. Let all that you do be done in love, Be done in love, be done in love.