# My First Chant and Why I Love Them || Witchy Challenge Entry **URL:** \ **Category:** Witchy Wisdom\ **Tags:** challenge-entry\ **Created:** [June 14, 2021, 4:14pm UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/my-first-chant-and-why-i-love-them-witchy-challenge-entry/10904 "2021-06-14T16:14:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MeganB](https://spells8.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.spells8.com/meganb/32/42726_2.png) [@MeganB](https://forum.spells8.com/u/MeganB)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2021, 4:14pm UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/my-first-chant-and-why-i-love-them-witchy-challenge-entry/10904/1 "2021-06-14T16:14:09Z")
Chants are synonymous with witches and casting spells, and it’s no surprise why. Most witches love a good chant! This week’s challenge is a fun one because I also love a good chant. I have several that I love listening to and chanting along with, though I don’t often create my own. ## The First Chant One of the first chants I can remember learning was _We All Come From The Goddess_ , mostly attributed to Z. Budapest. It has now been adapted into song more times than I can count, but the original still puts me in a witchy mood (even though I’m not Wiccan anymore). > We all come from the Goddess > And to Her we shall return > Like a drop of rain > Flowing to the ocean There are alternate versus now that make up for the lack of God in her original chant. She is a Dianic Wiccan with a heavy focus on Goddess worship, often leaving out God in general. Some of the more masculine chants are listed here. > Hoof and Horn; Hoof and Horn > All that dies shall be reborn > Corn and Grain, Corn and Grain > All that falls shall rise again or > We all come from the Sun God > And to Him we shall return > Like a ray of light > Reaching to eternity. ## Finding a Lost Object I have no idea when I found this particular chant, and I probably remember it wrong because it’s been so long, but this chant is one I found that helps to find a lost object. > Bounding binding, binding bound, > What is lost must be found. Again, I have no clue where this chant came from. I have tried finding the original source but have had no luck. It might have come from a Scott Cunningham book, but I’m not sure. ## Finding Warmth This chant is another one that I’ve had in my mind for a long time. Unlike the other one, though, this one is easily found on Google and comes from the website _Everything Under the Moon._ This little chant is used when you’re cold to bring you warmth. > I am warm, > Warm as fire, > All the warmth, > Is my desire. ## Miscellaneous Chants I have a few others that I listen to that are in song form that I’ll link here. I really like these when I’m driving in the car. They’re easy to chant along with and easy to remember. Plus if you use them before spellwork they can really put you in that witchy mood! _The Witches’ Reel_ by Kelliana _Stonehenge_ by Kelliana **Kelliana’s entire Walk with the Goddess album** Actually, you know what? Most of my favorite chants put to song are by Kelliana so I’ll just leave the one link here for you. > **[Kellianna - Music Store](https://kellianna.com/music-store)** > > Kellianna music. Lady Moon, I Walk With the Goddess, Elemental, Traditions, The Ancient Ones, Fairy's Love Song, The Green Album # Why are chants so enchanting? You know it wouldn’t be a post of mine without some sort of information on _why things happen_. There are not a lot of scientific studies done on why chanting can be beneficial, but there are two links down at the very bottom that may have some explanation. Rather than get too scientific, I want to tell you why I think chanting is beneficial within polytheism and witchcraft. ## Chanting in Witchcraft Most times what we imagine within witchcraft involves witches gathered around and chanting ancient spells (usually in Latin…) to get what they want. This image is not far off from what we actually do, but I think there is a very simple explanation for why we use chants and rhyming couplets for our spells. Put simply, they are easy to remember! For example, if I were to say to you, _“Ring around the rosie…”_, chances are you could recite the rest of the nursery rhyme to me no matter how old you are. Rhymes are catchy and our brain easily holds on to them. They are also fairly easy to come up with! If you are trying to cast a spell and you don’t want to have a large piece of paper with you to remember your spell, the easiest way to commit it to memory is to repeat a rhyming chant. There is also a section of the _Rede of the Wiccae_ that says spells should be spoken in rhyme. > To bind the spell well every time, let the spell be said in rhyme. Saying our spells in rhyming verses can also lead to more effective spellwork if we believe that the couplets and duality of rhymes affect our magic. Otherwise, I think rhyming spells are simply easy to commit to memory. ## Chanting in Religious Practice Another reason for chanting is for religious purposes. Chanting has been done in many different religions across the world for many different purposes. > Among a variety of religious activities, praying and chanting are quite common forms of practice in major religions including Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism, etc. In Southeast Asia, chanting Amitābha Buddha is among the most common religious practices, and it dates back to Indian Buddhism[1](https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.02055/full#note1). Buddhist practitioners of the Pure Land School have integrated the chanting of the name of Amitābha throughout their daily activities. According to the religious beliefs of Pure Land practitioners, the consistent chanting of Amitābha is a mind-training technique that can “hamper conceptual proliferation, quiet the discursive mind and the elimination of one’s wanton grasping after the fleeting impressions of the senses”. [Source - Frontiers in Psychology](https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.02055/full) Within my polytheistic practice, chanting is a way to change my state of consciousness and bring me closer to the Divine or my Higher Self. It is almost a form of trance or meditation. Chanting the words repeatedly gives me something to focus on and allows me to bring that focus on exactly what I want to connect with. Chanting can be used to give thanks, to pray, and to ask for protection. My religious chants aren’t ones that I tend to use repeatedly and I don’t have any to share here, but any prayer you use over and over can be a chant. As an example, the Hail Mary prayer in Catholocism. > Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, Pray for us sinners, Now and at the hour of our death. Amen. [Source - Rosary Center](https://www.rosarycenter.org/homepage-2/rosary/prayers-of-the-rosary/) When prayed in The Rosary, this becomes a chant and a method of being mindful and bringing attention to the specific situation you’re in and why you’re praying The Rosary. * * * Overall, I guess for me chanting is very personal. I can usually come up with a quick chant to repeat as needed. I will always remember, though, the first chants I ever learned and how they made me feel. * * * ## Sources and Further Reading [Chanting is an ancient practice… || News Article](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-21/chanting-practice-reduce-symptoms-stress-anxiety-depression/12046736) [The neurophysiological correlates of religious chanting || Scientific Journal](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-40200-w) [We All Come From The Goddess || Our Chants](https://ourchants.org/songs/we-all-come-goddesss) [Hoof and Horn || Our Chants](https://ourchants.org/songs/hoof-and-horn) [Warmth Spell || Everything Under the Moon](https://www.everythingunderthemoon.net/spells/spell-for-warmth.htm) * * * Continuing the discussion from [🎶 Weekly Witchy CHALLENGE - Enchanting Chants](https://forum.spells8.com/t/weekly-witchy-challenge-enchanting-chants/10715) ---
**Author:** ![Susurrus](https://spells8.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.spells8.com/susurrus/32/47671_2.png) [@Susurrus](https://forum.spells8.com/u/Susurrus)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2021, 4:52pm UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/my-first-chant-and-why-i-love-them-witchy-challenge-entry/10904/2 "2021-06-14T16:52:26Z")
I enjoyed reading this! Thank you for the wonderful information. I am going to write down > [@MeganB](#): > > I am warm, > Warm as fire, > All the warmth, > Is my desire. & > [@MeganB](#): > > Bounding binding, binding bound, > What is lost must be found. I am the coldest person I know, my father uses this to try to get me to move to FL all the time. Or he just tells me how much warmer it is there than it is here 😂 I am constantly misplacing things because my brain started acting wonky over the last couple of years. My multitasking skills are gone & my short-term memory is just plain awful at times. I can correlate it to stress & anxiety… a constant work in progress for me. So thank you for the information & little chants… I will use them as much as I need to going forward! ❤ ---
**Author:** ![MeganB](https://spells8.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.spells8.com/meganb/32/42726_2.png) [@MeganB](https://forum.spells8.com/u/MeganB)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/my-first-chant-and-why-i-love-them-witchy-challenge-entry/10904/3 "2021-06-14T20:40:54Z")
> [@Susurrus](#): > > My multitasking skills are gone & my short-term memory is just plain awful …_i relate to this statement so hard_ 😆 I’m glad you liked it, though. It does get pretty warm here! Right now it’s thunderstorming and raining but it’s still about 90F ⛈ ---
**Author:** ![Liisa](https://spells8.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.spells8.com/liisa/32/34602_2.png) [@Liisa](https://forum.spells8.com/u/Liisa)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2021, 10:15pm UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/my-first-chant-and-why-i-love-them-witchy-challenge-entry/10904/4 "2021-06-14T22:15:36Z")
Oh I am bookmarking this one ❤ thank you so much ❤ ---
**Author:** ![Garnet](https://spells8.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.spells8.com/garnet/32/68320_2.png) [@Garnet](https://forum.spells8.com/u/Garnet)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2021, 10:32pm UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/my-first-chant-and-why-i-love-them-witchy-challenge-entry/10904/5 "2021-06-14T22:32:24Z")
How does chanting differ from prayer? ---
**Author:** ![Amethyst](https://spells8.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.spells8.com/amethyst/32/1750_2.png) [@Amethyst](https://forum.spells8.com/u/Amethyst)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 12:50am UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/my-first-chant-and-why-i-love-them-witchy-challenge-entry/10904/6 "2021-06-15T00:50:06Z")
> [@MeganB](#): > > One of the first chants I can remember learning was _We All Come From The Goddess_ , mostly attributed to Z. Budapest. It has now been adapted into song more times than I can count, but the original still puts me in a witchy mood (even though I’m not Wiccan anymore). I did not know that! I almost always hear this chant with the Goddesses chant and they work well together. Thank you so much for all this information! ---
**Author:** ![BryWisteria](https://spells8.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.spells8.com/brywisteria/32/1632_2.png) [@BryWisteria](https://forum.spells8.com/u/BryWisteria)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 5:34am UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/my-first-chant-and-why-i-love-them-witchy-challenge-entry/10904/7 "2021-06-15T05:34:29Z")
> [@MeganB](#): > > I will always remember, though, the first chants I ever learned and how they made me feel. Thanks for sharing these meaningful chants, Megan! This was a great read with lots of insightful information- thanks so much for your wisdom! 🎶❤ > [@Garnet](#): > > How does chanting differ from prayer? From my understanding: - A chant is channeling power and intention through words, and is usually spoken to the tune of a rhythm, rhyme, or beat. - A prayer is communicating with or invoking the holy or sacred. So I believe that a **chant** can be a spoken form of **prayer**. But not all chants are prayers (chants can be for celebrating an occasion, for example) and not all prayers are chants (prayers can be just a wish that is mentally visualized without the form of words) But others may have differing thoughts on this! 👍 ---
**Author:** ![christina4](https://spells8.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.spells8.com/christina4/32/2868_2.png) [@christina4](https://forum.spells8.com/u/christina4)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 9:08am UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/my-first-chant-and-why-i-love-them-witchy-challenge-entry/10904/8 "2021-06-15T09:08:48Z")
> [@MeganB](#): > > . It is almost a form of trance or meditation I can familiarize with that!!! I love the feeling!!! But thank you for this beautiful and informative entry!!! ---
**Author:** ![MeganB](https://spells8.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.spells8.com/meganb/32/42726_2.png) [@MeganB](https://forum.spells8.com/u/MeganB)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 12:01pm UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/my-first-chant-and-why-i-love-them-witchy-challenge-entry/10904/9 "2021-06-15T12:01:44Z")
Glad you like it @Liisa ❤ @Garnet – for me, chanting is more about getting into a specific frame of mind _before_ prayer or ritual. Chanting can definitely be used as a prayer though, so it all just depends on the person. @Amethyst Yeah! That’s one of the first ones I ever came across when I was a wee _baby witch_ at like, 12 years old 😆 @BryWisteria @christina4 I’m happy to share! ---
**Author:** ![Garnet](https://spells8.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.spells8.com/garnet/32/68320_2.png) [@Garnet](https://forum.spells8.com/u/Garnet)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 6:32pm UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/my-first-chant-and-why-i-love-them-witchy-challenge-entry/10904/10 "2021-06-15T18:32:39Z")
I guess the closest I’ve come to chanting was the rosery and or penance after confession.