Chants

Bast -

The Elements -

Goddess Affirmation -

 

Chants are simply short songs or sets of words that are repeated over and over and over....until whatever needs to get done is done. Chants can get people into a specific ritual mindset - calming and soothing and centering. Or chants can be used to build energy, bringing it to a peak as the voices (or single voice) grow louder and stronger. A chant can actually be a set of words repeated tunelessly or it can be set to music. Most of the chants that we use are musical chants.

You don't need to have background music in order to use chants in ritual. In fact, most of the time, chants are done a capella (without instruments) or they are done with a rhythmic, percussive background. The mood that you want to set will determine the background, if any, of the chant.

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