Pagan chants are often taught at festivals or public rituals, and are rarely written down. For this reason, they tend to change and mutate as they are being passed on; there are often multiple variations of a chant which are passed around in different geographic regions or social networks.
Pagan Chants, Songs & Prayers
Here is a beautiful compilation of basic and important Pagan and Wiccan incantations, chants and songs. See also: 100 Witchy Songs: Playlist for Spellcasting 🎵
Some of these are very well known and can be used to orchestrate a group meeting or solitary ritual. These 98 Pagan chants used to be archived at Sandfords.net, no longer active. Find more Wiccan Prayers here.
Pagan Meal Blessing
You can do this any day, or on a special occasion, before preparing a meal. When the food is on the table, or just before you serve it, say:
🖨️ Find more free grimoire pages here
✦ ✦ ✦
Air I Am
Air I Am
Fire I Am
Water, Earth And
Spirit I Am
✦ ✦ ✦
Air Moves Us
Air Moves Us, Fire Transforms Us
Water Shapes Us, Earth Heals Us
And The Balance Of The Wheel Goes Round And Round
And The Balance Of The Wheel Goes Round
✦ ✦ ✦
And The Wheel Turns
And The — Wheel Turns
Never Ending
New And Old And New Again
✦ ✦ ✦
Animal Spirits
Animal Spirits Come To Me Now. Vanishing Spirits Come Live In Me.
When I Run Let Me Run Like The Deer.
When I Fight Let Me Fight Like A Mama Bear.
When I Hide Let Me Hide Like A Fox.
Learn To Strike Like A Rattlesnake
✦ ✦ ✦
Back To The River
Back To The River, Back To The Sea
Back To The Ocean, One With Thee
Back To My Blood, And Back Through My Veins
Back To My Heartbeat, One And The Same
Back To The Forest, Back To The Fields
Back To The Mountains, Her Body Revealed
Back To My Bones, Back To My Skin
Back To My Spirit, The Fire Within
✦ ✦ ✦
Be Like A Bird
Be Like A Bird Who Halting In Her Flight On A Limb Too Slight
Feels It Give Way Beneath Her Yet Sings, Sings
Knowing She Has Wings Yet Sings, Sings Knowing She Has Wings
✦ ✦ ✦
Blood Of The Ancients
It’s The Blood Of The Ancients
That Runs Through Our Veins
And The Forms Pass
But The Circle Of Life Remains
✦ ✦ ✦
Brid
Brid is Come, Brid is Welcome,
Welcome Brid, Oh Brid Is Come
✦ ✦ ✦
Bright Sun, Dark Death
Bright Sun, Dark Death –Lord of Winds, Lord of the Dance
Sunchild, and Winter-born King — Hanged One, Untamed, Untamed
Stag and Stallion, Goat and Bull — Sailor of the Last Sea
Guardian of the Gate, — Brother and Lover
Seed-sower, Grain reborn — Horned One Come
Seed-sower, Grain reborn — Horned One Come
Seed-sower, Grain reborn — Horned One Come
✦ ✦ ✦
Burn Fire
Burn Fire, Burn Bright, Pure Vision Come To Me,
Guide My Path Tonight With Your Strength And Light
✦ ✦ ✦
Call To The Moons
Dark Moon, We Hear You Call Us
Bright Moon, We Call Your Name
Crescent Moon, We Sing With You
Crescent Moon, We Sing With You
✦ ✦ ✦
Cauldron Of Changes
Cauldron Of Changes, Blossom Of Bone
Arch Of Infinity, Hole In The Stone
✦ ✦ ✦
Cernnunos Call
Cern-nu-noh-oh-oh-oh-os
Stag Horned Hunter, Hunted One – Join Us Now
Cern-nu-noh-oh-oh-oh-os
Greenwood Lord Of Life And Death – Join Us Now
Cern-nu-noh-oh-oh-oh-os
Herne And Pan And Every Man – Join Us Now
✦ ✦ ✦
Come Loved Ones Come
Come, Loved Ones Come. Come To The Beat Of The Heartbeat Drum
Come, Loved Ones Come. Come To The Beat Of The Heartbeat Drum
✦ ✦ ✦
Earth My Body
Earth my body (bending at the knees with palms facing the earth)
Water my blood (making a huls motion with hands at womb level)
Air my breath (hands reaching up)
And fire my spirit! (passing hands above the head in a clap)
Repeat as energy builds.
✦ ✦ ✦
Earth Spirits Chant
Guardians Of The Dreamtime, Shapes And Forms.
Roots Of The Mountain, Silent And Deep.
Earth Spirits Dreaming, Awaken To Our Touch.
Shapers Of The Crystal, Shapers Of The Leaf,
Shapers Of The Valley Beneath Our Feet.
✦ ✦ ✦
Elemental Invocation
Earth, Air, Fire, Water,
spirit open your hands to me
Earth, Air, Fire, Water,
spirit open your hearts to me
Earth, Air, Fire, Water,
spirit open your souls to me
Earth, Air, Fire, Water,
spirit lend your power to me
Elemental Incantation-
Earth and Sea
keep harm from me.
Wind and Fire
bring my desitre
✦ ✦ ✦
Endless Eternal
Endless Eternal, Powers Of The Night
Endless Eternal, Powers Of The Day
Endless Eternal, By Dusk And By Dawn
Come To Us Now, Come To Us Now
We Who Live In Time. We Who Live And Die
We Who Live In Time. We Who Cross The Veil
We Who Live In Time. Are Here And Are There
Flow Through Us Now, Flow Through Us Now
✦ ✦ ✦
Epona: Song For The Horse Goddess
Waves Crash, Hoof Beats On The Sand – Epona
Winds Gust, Manes Ablaze Go Free – Epona
White Mare, Spirit Of The Wild – Epona
✦ ✦ ✦
Fire Flow Free
Fire Flow Free
Fire Flow Through Me
✦ ✦ ✦
Feral Beauty
Feral Beauty Of The Green Woods,
Lead Me Down To The Shining Groves Within
Joy And Sorrow, Both Hope And Fear
Hold Your Heart Where The Dreaming World Begins
✦ ✦ ✦
Fire Soul
Fire, Fire, Soul’s Desire
Changer Change Me
Burning, Burning, Higher
✦ ✦ ✦
Fly, Fly, Fly
Fly, Fly, Fly. The Leaves Are Leaving The Branch
Cold Are The Winds. Winter Is Coming
Full Blessed Children
We Have All That We Need. Full Blessed Children Of Space
Light Shines Full On Our Faces
Giving Love, Illumination Peace…
✦ ✦ ✦
Full Moonlight Dance
Under The Full Moon Light We Dance, Spirits
Dance We Dance, Joining. Hands We Dance, Joining
Souls Rejoice
✦ ✦ ✦
Gate Keepers Three
Bile, Lugh, Manannan
Bile, Lugh, Manannan
Bile, Lugh, Manannan
Open Up The Gates
Land, And Sky, And Sea
✦ ✦ ✦
Gandalf’s Pledge
The Rule Of No Realm Is Mine,
But All Worthy Things That Are In Peril
As The World Now Stands, Those Are My Care.
And I, For My Part, Shall Not Wholly Fail In My Task
If Anything Passes Through This Night
That Can Still Grow Fair Or Bear Fruit And Flower Again In Days To Come
✦ ✦ ✦
Goddess My Shield, My Encircler
Goddess my shield, my encircler,
Each day, each night, each dark, each light.
Goddess my shield, my encircler,
Each day, each night, each dark, each light.
In my lying, in my standing,
In my watching, in my sleeping.
Goddess be my strength everlasting.
✦ ✦ ✦
Goddess With Me
Goddess with me
Goddess before me
Goddess behind me
Goddess in me
Goddess beneath me
Goddess above me
Goddess on my right
Goddess on my left
Goddess when I lie down
Goddess when I arrive
Goddess in the heart of everyone who thinks of her
Goddess in the mouth of everyone who speaks of her
Goddess in every eye that sees her
Goddess in every ear that hears her
✦ ✦ ✦
Great Mystery
As Above So Below
Spirit And Matter In A Dance So Slow
As Within So Without
Great Mystery That Spirals In And Out
Secret Glory, Hidden By Nothing
Thrice Blessed, Thrice Called, Thrice Revealed
Secret Glory, Hidden By Nothing
Thrice Blessed, Thrice Called, Thrice Revealed
✦ ✦ ✦
Hail The Elements
Hail, Hail The Wind It Blows
Hail, Hail The Fire Glows
Hail, Hail The Water Flows
Hail, Hail The Earth It Grows
Hail, Hail, The Spirit Knows
✦ ✦ ✦
Harvest Time
The Boughs Do Shake And Bells Do Ring,
So Merrily Comes Our Harvest In,
Our Harvest In, Our Harvest In,
So Merrily Comes Our Harvest In,
We’ve Ploughed, We’ve Sowed,
We’ve Reaped, We’ve Mowed,
We’ve Got Our Harvest In.
✦ ✦ ✦
Hecate, Cerridwen
Hecate, Cerridwen.
Dark Mother Take Us In
Hecate, Cerridwen.
Let Us Be Reborn
✦ ✦ ✦
Helios
Helios, Helios
Quan-Toh Roh Pah-Neh-Tec
Quan-Toh Roh Pah-Neh-Tec
H e l i o s
✦ ✦ ✦
Herne Who Hears
Herne Who Hears All Living Things. Hear Our Call To You
Herne Whose Name All Nature Sings. Hear Our Call To You
Moon Stag, Horned One, Green Man, God
Draw Near, Come Here, Be Here, Now
✦ ✦ ✦
Here We Stand And Reach Up To The Heavens
Here We Stand And Reach Down To The Earth
Here The Stones And The People Stand Forever
So Mote It Be. So Mote It Be
✦ ✦ ✦
Holly And The Ivy
The Holly And The Ivy, When They Are Both Full Grown
Of All The Trees That Are In The Wood, The Holly Bears The Crown
O The Rising Of The Sun And The Running Of The Deer
Of All The Trees That Are In The Wood, The Ivy Bears The Gown
The Singing Of Robin Redbreast When Merry Yule Draws Near
The Ivy And The Holly, When They Are Both Full Grown
✦ ✦ ✦
Holy Earth Mother
Holy Earth Mother
Flesh Of The World
Quicken And Kindle
With The Seeds Of Birth
✦ ✦ ✦
Holy Well & Sacred Flame
Holy Well And Sacred Flame
Maiden, Mother, And Crone
Bright One Be Here
Bright One Be Here
✦ ✦ ✦
Horned One, Lover, Son
Horned One, Lover, Son – Leaper In The Corn
Deep In The Mother – Die And Be Reborn
✦ ✦ ✦
I Am A Circle
I Am A Circle And I Am Healing You
You Are A Circle And You Are Healing Me
Unite Us, Be One. Unite Us, Be As One
✦ ✦ ✦
I Am a New Woman
I am a new Woman, I am a free Woman
I am a whole Woman, better than before!
I am a wise Woman, I am a kind Woman
I am a Light Woman, better than before!
✦ ✦ ✦
Isis, Aset
Isis, Aset, Lady Of Magic
Throne Of The World, Veiled And Unveiled
Salt Tears Of Joy, Salt Tears Of Sorrow
Giver Of Life, Hark To Our Cry
Giver Of Life, Hark To Our Cry
✦ ✦ ✦
Isis, Astarte, Diana
Isis, Astarte, Diana
Hecate, Demeter, Kali, Innana
✦ ✦ ✦
Infinite Sun
We Are One With The Infinite Sun
Forever And Ever And Ever
✦ ✦ ✦
I Will Be Gentle
I Will Be Gentle With Myself. I Will Love Myself
I Am A Child Of The Universe Being Born Each Moment
✦ ✦ ✦
Lady Of The Winter Night
Lady Of The Winter Night
Fill Our Souls With Dreams Of Light
Lady Of The Falling Snows
Beauty Tells Us All She Knows
Lady Of The Sleeping Land
Call The Sun From Summerland
We Stand Between The Light And Dark
Singing For The Newborn Spark ( 3 X)
✦ ✦ ✦
Lady’s Bransle
Oh She Will Bring The Buds In The Spring
And Laugh Among The Flowers
In Summer’s Heat Her Kisses Are Sweet
She Sings In Leafy Bowers
She Cuts The Cane And Gathers The Grain
When Fruits Of Fall Surround Her
Her Bones Grow Old In Wintry Cold
She Wraps Her Cloak Around Her
✦ ✦ ✦
Lugh Lamhfada
Lugh Lamhfada, Sage Of Skill
Sun And Harvest, Spear Of Will
Lugh Lamhfada, With Your Might
Bring Us Blessings Bright
✦ ✦ ✦
Look At Each Other
As We Walk The Circle Round, Change And Transform
As We Dance On Sacred Ground, Shine And Rejoice
Look At Each Other. See The Sun, Moon, And Stars
Look At Each Other. See The Sun, Moon, And Stars
✦ ✦ ✦
Lord Of The Greenwood
Come The Lord Of The Greenwood, Greenwood {3 times}
And Court The Lady Fair
In The Heat Of Their Passion, Passion. {3 times}
The Corn Will Rise Again
✦ ✦ ✦
Maiden, Mother, Crone
Blessed Be the Maiden
Blessed Be the Mother
Blessed Be the Crone
Three in One
Maiden cherish me
Mother cherish me
Crone cherish me
Three in One
Blessed Be the Maiden
Blessed Be the Mother
Blessed Be the Crone
Three in One
✦ ✦ ✦
Magick I Become
Sweet Magick I Become. Flesh And Breath Of Dancing Light.
New Wonders Yet To Come As I Shine From Day To Night
✦ ✦ ✦
May The Love We’re Sharing
May The Love We’re Sharing Spread Its Wings,
And Fly Across The Earth
And Bring New Joy To Every Soul, Who Is Alive
May The Blessings Of Your Grace My Love,
Shine On Everyone And May We All See The Light
Within, Within, Within
✦ ✦ ✦
Moon Oracle Set
Goddess Of The Moon
Goddess Of The Three-Fold Moon
Maiden, Mother, Ancient One
My Voice
Goddess Help Me Find My Voice
What I Ask Is My Choice
✦ ✦ ✦
Morrigan
Crone Of Transformation, Morrigan
Endings Bring Creation, Morrigan
Crone Of Transformation, Morrigan
Endings Bring Creation, Morrigan
✦ ✦ ✦
My Voice and Moons
Goddess Help Me Find My Voice
Goddess Of The Moon,
What I Ask Is My Choice
Goddess Of The Moon
Goddess Help Me Find My Voice
Maiden Of The Moon,
What I Ask Is My Choice
Maiden Of The Moon
Goddess Help Me Find My Voice
Mother Of The Moon,
What I Ask Is My Choice
Mother Of The Moon
Goddess Help Me Find My Voice
Ancient Of The Moon,
Goddess Help Me Find My Voice
Ancient Of The Moon
✦ ✦ ✦
Ocean Is The Beginning
The Ocean Is The Beginning Of The Earth.
The Ocean Is The Beginning Of The Earth.
All Life Comes From The Sea.
All Life Comes From The Sea.
✦ ✦ ✦
O E I O
May we all fly like eagles
All fly like eagles
Flying so high
Flying so high
Circling the Universe
Circling the Universe
On wings of pure light
On wings of pure light
O E Ah Cha Chi O
O E Ah Cha Chi O
O E I O
O E I O
I circle around
I circle around
the boundries of the Earth
Wearing my long tail feathers as I fly
Wearing my long tail feathers as I fly
I circle around
I circle around
the boundries of the Earth
I circle around
I circle around
the boundries of the Earth
✦ ✦ ✦
Osiris, Asar
Osiris Asar
Lord Everlasting
Crowned With The Eastern Star
Like The Grain Rising. Like The Grain Cut
Journey Oh So Far
Osiris We Become
✦ ✦ ✦
Oh Visions
Self And Selfless, Whole And Apart
True And Fearless, True To My Art
I See Deep, I See Far, Oh Visions Come To Me
True To My Heart And What I See
✦ ✦ ✦
Pentagram Chant
Hey, Ho Pentagram Glow. Guard This Hearth,
This Home, This Land And We Shall Be
M e r r y
✦ ✦ ✦
Pleiades Chant
There’s A Part Of The Sun In An Apple.
There’s A Part Of The Moon In A Rose.
A Part Of The Flaming Pleiades
In Every Leaf That Grows.
✦ ✦ ✦
Powerful Song
Powerful Song Of Radiant Light
Weave Us The Web That Spins The Night.
Web Of Stars That Holds The Dark,
Weave Us The Earth That Feeds The Spark
(Descant)
Strand By Stand, Hand Over Hand
Thread By Thread, We Weave The Web
✦ ✦ ✦
Praise To Danu
Praise To Danu, Mother Of All Living Things
Praise To Danu, Ancient As The Earth And Sea
Praise To Danu, Nourishing Green Lady
Praise To Danu, Abundant Let Us Be
✦ ✦ ✦
Promise Of Green
Joy In The Gold Buds Of Spring.
Passion In The Greening Leaf
Joy In The Rising Day.
Passion Neath The Glowing Moon
Come Swelling Tides Of Spring.
Fill Me With The Promise Of Green
✦ ✦ ✦
Radiant Sun
Come Children Come To The Radiant Sun
Oh, Oh Horned One
Can also be sung as “Come Brothers” or “Come Sisters” or “Come Loved Ones”, etc.
✦ ✦ ✦
Rhiannon Carry Us
Rhiannon Carry Us. Rhiannon Carry Us,
Rhiannon Carry Us Over. Crossing The Threshold
From Sleeping To Waking
From Birthing To Dying And Over
✦ ✦ ✦
Rhiannon Chant
Ride forth from your faery mound
Rhiannon, heed our call
Bring to us your fertile magick
From your bounteous hall
✦ ✦ ✦
Rise On The Elements
Sacred Earth, Subtle Earth, Rise Up On The Planes
Sacred Air, Subtle Air, Rise Up On The Planes
Sacred Water, Subtle Water, Rise Up On The Planes
Sacred Fire, Subtle Fire, Rise Up On The Planes
✦ ✦ ✦
Round And Round
Oh Round And Round
And Round And Round
Through Birth
And Life And Death Again
And Birth And Life Again
✦ ✦ ✦
Samhain’s Revels
Come! Come! Samhain Revels, Summer’s End
Sing! Dance! Celebration For The Dead
Pour! Pour! The Libation For The Dead
Life! Death! Part The Veil, Summer’s End
✦ ✦ ✦
Seven Sacred Shing Ones
Seven Sacred Shining Ones Speak Words Of Power Tonight
Illuminated Beings Fill Us With Your Light
Choices That We Make Tonight Must Stand The Test Of Time
Step By Step And Stone By Stone The Future We Will Climb
✦ ✦ ✦
She Changes Everything She Touches
She changes everything she touches
And everything she touches changes!
✦ ✦ ✦
Shed, Release
Whatever It Takes, Whoever You Are.
Heal The Wounds, Erase The Scars
Allow Your Hearts To Be Wide Open.
Shed, Release, Return Unbroken
How Many Times Have You Gone Within.
Only To Find Yourself There Again
Shed, Release, Return Unbroken.
Know Thyself This Truth Be Spoken
Shed, Release, Return Unbroken.
Know Thyself This Truth Be Spoken
✦ ✦ ✦
Sparks
Sparks From The Hearth
Of The Queen Of Death And Life
Swarm Through The Dark
Dance Through The Night
✦ ✦ ✦
Spell To Banish
By the warmth of the sun. By the baby’s cry
By the lambs on the hill I banish thee
By the sweetness of the song
By the warm rain falling
By the hum of grass Begone.
I banish thee Begone
✦ ✦ ✦
Spirit of Fire
Spirit of fire come to us
we will kindle the fire
Spirit of fire come to us
we will kindle the fire
We will kindle the fire
dance the magic circle ’round
We will kindle the fire
we will kindle the fire
✦ ✦ ✦
Stars We Were
Stars We Were And Stars We Will Be.
Circling Through Eternity
Stars We Are And Stars We Remain.
Walking On This Earthly Plane
✦ ✦ ✦
Stones Forever
Here We Stand And Reach Up To The Heavens
Here We Stand And Reach Down To The Earth
Here The Stones And The People Stand Together
To Heal And Grow. To Heal And Grow
✦ ✦ ✦
Strong And Free
We Are, We Are, Going To Be. L o v i n g
Strong And Free
✦ ✦ ✦
Sun Return
Long Night
Dark Of The Sun
Cold Wind The Year Is Done — Long Night
We Face The Dark
Cold Wind You Fan The Spark — Sun Light
The Rising Sun
Dark Wind Your Work Is Done — Oh Sun Return Turning Wheel
Hope Reborn!
Oh Sun Return
Turning Wheel Hope Reborn!
✦ ✦ ✦
Thanks Turns The Wheel
Thanks Turns The Wheel Of The Harvest
Thanks Seals The Circle Of Life
Thanks Blesses All Our Beginnings And Thanks Blesses The End
✦ ✦ ✦
Thank You Mother Earth
Thank You , Mother Earth.Thank You, Sister Waters
Thank You, For My Birth. From Your Sons And Daughters
(Thank You, From Your Daughter)*
Thank You, Brother Sun. Thank You, Air-In-Motion
Thank You, Everyone- Earth, Sun, Air, And Ocean!
✦ ✦ ✦
The Earth, The Air, The Fire, The Water
The Earth, The Air, The Fire, The Water
Return, Return, Return, Return (2X)
Ah Ay, Ah Ay, Ah Ay, Ah Ay
I Ohh, I Ohh, I Ohh, I Ohh (2X)
✦ ✦ ✦
Three-Fold God Chant
Holy Green Oak King,
Tower High, Tower High,
Horned One Come To Us
Holy Holly King,
The Evergreen, Evergreen,
Horned One Come To Us
Shining Lord Pan
Come Dance With Us Dance With Us,
Horned One Come To Us
✦ ✦ ✦
Through The Veil Of Night
Spinning Down, Spiraling Through The Veil Of Night
Falling Through Hopes And Fears Laughing Through The Tears
Spinning Down, Spiraling To The Well Of Sight
God And Goddess Shine Within. God And Goddess Shine Within
✦ ✦ ✦
Triple Goddess Chant
Holy Maiden Huntress Artemis, Artemis.
Maiden, Come To Us
Silver Shining Wheel Of Radiance, Radiance.
Mother, Come To Us
Ancient Queen Of Wisdom, Hecate, Hecate.
Old One, Come To Us
✦ ✦ ✦
Two Hands Join
Two Hands Join As One.
Two Hearts Dance As One
Sharing Our Joy – Forever
Sharing Our Joy – Forever
✦ ✦ ✦
Unity Trance
Come And Be One
Become One
Be One. Be.
✦ ✦ ✦
Waters Of Life
Water, Waters Of Life
Gentle Rain, Soft Mist, And Tidal Pools
Hot Beating Blood- Cool Ocean Deeps
Water Of Wonder, Mystery Of Our Hearts
Water Of Wonder, Mystery Of Our Hearts
✦ ✦ ✦
Way To The Well
We Will Never, Never Lose Our Way To The Well Of Her Memory
And The Power– Of Her Living Flame It Will Rise, It Will Rise Again. (x2)
Like The Grasses, Through The Dark, Through The Soil,
To The Sunlight — We Shall Rise Again. We Are Thirsting — For The Waters Of Life,
We Are Moving — We Shall Live Again. (x2)
✦ ✦ ✦
We All Come From the Goddes
We all come from the Goddess, and to her we shall return
Like a drop of rain flowing to the ocean.
REPEAT
Isis, Astrate, Diana, Hecate, Demeter, Kali, Innana!
REPEAT
We all come from the Horned God, and to him we shall return
Like a spark of flame rising to the heavens.
REPEAT
Hoof and horn, hoof and horn, all that dies shall be reborn
Corn and grain corn and grain, all that falls shall rise again!
REPAEAT
The Goddess is alive and magick is afoot!
The Goddess is alive and magick is afoot!
RETURN TO THE BEGINING
✦ ✦ ✦
We Are Alive
We are alive
as the earth is alive,
we have the power to
create our freedom.
If we have the courage, we can be healers,
Like the sun we shall rise.
If we have courage, we can be healers,
like the moon we shall rise
✦ ✦ ✦
We Are a Circle
We are a circle
within a circle
with no beginning
and never ending
Wearing My Long Wing Feathers
I Circle Around, I Circle Around. The Boundaries Of The Earth
Wearing My Long Wing Feathers As I Fly. Wearing My Long Wing Feathers As I Fly
✦ ✦ ✦
Within Every Soul
God And Goddess Live Within Every Soul
Blessed Their Gift Blessed Are We
✦ ✦ ✦
