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Music
Music is often used to accompany ceremonies or rituals. Church services utilize
music to set the mood for taking sacrament, performing weddings, baptisms
and funeral services. Music sets the mood and unifies the participants to focus
on a particular feeling or concept. Music that is sold under the category of
relaxing, reiki, meditation and the like is very useful for setting the stage for
many ceremonies. Determine if your ceremony is Native American in nature,
Celtic, Wiccan, earth-based, etc. to aide in your selection of musical choices.
The following is a short list of musical collections as ideas to start with:
From the Goddess, O Great Spirit, On Wings of Song, Robert Gass
The Book of Secrets, Loreena McKennitt
Parallel Dreams, Loreena McKennitt
Mask & the Mirror, Loreena McKennitt
Sacred Earth Drums, David & Steve Gordon
Sacred Spirit Drums, David & Steve Gordon
Harp Magic, Peter Sterling
Planet Drum, Mickey Hart
Mandala, Kitaro
Afternoon in Sedona, Nicholas Gunn
The Sacred Fire, Nicholas Gunn
Goddess, Troika
Circle of Moons, Bill Douglas
Dance of The Light, James Asher
Bamboo, Kazu Matsui
Desert Vision, David Lanz & Paul Speer
Music is often used to accompany ceremonies or rituals. Church services utilize
music to set the mood for taking sacrament, performing weddings, baptisms
and funeral services. Music sets the mood and unifies the participants to focus
on a particular feeling or concept. Music that is sold under the category of
relaxing, reiki, meditation and the like is very useful for setting the stage for
many ceremonies. Determine if your ceremony is Native American in nature,
Celtic, Wiccan, earth-based, etc. to aide in your selection of musical choices.
The following is a short list of musical collections as ideas to start with:
From the Goddess, O Great Spirit, On Wings of Song, Robert Gass
The Book of Secrets, Loreena McKennitt
Parallel Dreams, Loreena McKennitt
Mask & the Mirror, Loreena McKennitt
Sacred Earth Drums, David & Steve Gordon
Sacred Spirit Drums, David & Steve Gordon
Harp Magic, Peter Sterling
Planet Drum, Mickey Hart
Mandala, Kitaro
Afternoon in Sedona, Nicholas Gunn
The Sacred Fire, Nicholas Gunn
Goddess, Troika
Circle of Moons, Bill Douglas
Dance of The Light, James Asher
Bamboo, Kazu Matsui
Desert Vision, David Lanz & Paul Speer
Suggested Reading
Native American Influenced Ceremonies
The Four-Fold Way: Walking the Paths of the Warrior, Teacher, Healer, and
Visionary, Angeles Arrien
Spirit Healing: Native American Magic & Medicine,Mary Dean Atwood
Shamanism: As a Spiritual Practice for Daily Life, Tome Cowan
Maps To Ecstasy - Teachings Of An Urban Shaman, Gabrielle Roth with John
Loudon
Spirit Medicine: Native American Teachings to Awaken the Spirit, Wolf
Moondance
Mother Earth Spirituality: Native American Paths to Healing Ourselves and Our
World (Religion and Spirituality), Ed McGaa Eagle Man
Goddess/Women's Ceremonies
I Am Woman by Rite: A Book of Women's Rituals, Nancy Brady Cunningham
Women's Medicine Ways: Cross-Cultural Rites of Passage, Marcia Starck
The Woman's Retreat Book : A Guide to Restoring, Rediscovering, and
Reawakening Your True Self in a Moment, an Hour, a Day, or a Weekend
(Comfort Book), Jennifer Louden
The Dark Goddess: Dancing With the Shadow,Marcia Stark and Gynne Stern
Casting the Circle, A Women's Book of Ritual, Diane Stein
The Women's Spirituality Book, Diane Stein
Inanna, Queen of Heaven and Earth: Her Stories and Hymns from Sumer,
Diane Wolkstein and Samuel Noah Kramer
Dancing Up the Moon: A Woman's Guide to Creating Traditions That Bring
Sacredness to Daily Life, Robin Heerens Lysne
Sacred Circles: A Guide To Creating Your Own Women's Spirituality
Group,Robin Deen Carnes and Sally Craig
Amulets of the Goddess: Oracle of Ancient Wisdom/Contains Book and a Set of
27 Amulets, Nancy Blair
Mandala's as Ritual
Mandala, Miriam and Jose Arguelles
Creating Mandalas, Susanne F. Fincher
Drumming as Ritual
The Drummer's Path: Moving the Spirit with Ritual and Traditional Drumming,
Sule Greg Wilson
Earth Dance Drum: A Celebration of Life, Blackwolf and Gina Jones
Personal Ceremonies
Inspiration Sandwich: Stories to Inspire Our Creative Freedom, SARK
I Sit Listening to the Wind: Woman's Encounter Within Herself, Judith Duerk
Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy, Sarah Ban Breathnach
Rituals & Ceremonies
Rituals and Modern Society, Serge Kahili King
Ritual: Power, Healing and Community, Malidoma Patrice Some
Voices of Our Ancestors, Dhani Ywahoo
The Four-Fold Way: Walking the Paths of the Warrior, Teacher, Healer, and
Visionary, Angeles Arrien
Spirit Healing: Native American Magic & Medicine,Mary Dean Atwood
Shamanism: As a Spiritual Practice for Daily Life, Tome Cowan
Maps To Ecstasy - Teachings Of An Urban Shaman, Gabrielle Roth with John
Loudon
Spirit Medicine: Native American Teachings to Awaken the Spirit, Wolf
Moondance
Mother Earth Spirituality: Native American Paths to Healing Ourselves and Our
World (Religion and Spirituality), Ed McGaa Eagle Man
Goddess/Women's Ceremonies
I Am Woman by Rite: A Book of Women's Rituals, Nancy Brady Cunningham
Women's Medicine Ways: Cross-Cultural Rites of Passage, Marcia Starck
The Woman's Retreat Book : A Guide to Restoring, Rediscovering, and
Reawakening Your True Self in a Moment, an Hour, a Day, or a Weekend
(Comfort Book), Jennifer Louden
The Dark Goddess: Dancing With the Shadow,Marcia Stark and Gynne Stern
Casting the Circle, A Women's Book of Ritual, Diane Stein
The Women's Spirituality Book, Diane Stein
Inanna, Queen of Heaven and Earth: Her Stories and Hymns from Sumer,
Diane Wolkstein and Samuel Noah Kramer
Dancing Up the Moon: A Woman's Guide to Creating Traditions That Bring
Sacredness to Daily Life, Robin Heerens Lysne
Sacred Circles: A Guide To Creating Your Own Women's Spirituality
Group,Robin Deen Carnes and Sally Craig
Amulets of the Goddess: Oracle of Ancient Wisdom/Contains Book and a Set of
27 Amulets, Nancy Blair
Mandala's as Ritual
Mandala, Miriam and Jose Arguelles
Creating Mandalas, Susanne F. Fincher
Drumming as Ritual
The Drummer's Path: Moving the Spirit with Ritual and Traditional Drumming,
Sule Greg Wilson
Earth Dance Drum: A Celebration of Life, Blackwolf and Gina Jones
Personal Ceremonies
Inspiration Sandwich: Stories to Inspire Our Creative Freedom, SARK
I Sit Listening to the Wind: Woman's Encounter Within Herself, Judith Duerk
Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy, Sarah Ban Breathnach
Rituals & Ceremonies
Rituals and Modern Society, Serge Kahili King
Ritual: Power, Healing and Community, Malidoma Patrice Some
Voices of Our Ancestors, Dhani Ywahoo