From the recording The Circle of Holy Mother
During our opening meditation at Jennifer Rose's Spirit Circle last night, I saw a beautiful circle of us standing together, hand in hand. At the head of the circle stood the Holy Mother, with Holy Energies pouring through us. The energies flowed from her left hand into the right hand of the next person, then through that person and onward from their left hand into the right hand of the next, continuing around the entire circle.
As the Holy Energies moved through each soul, they did not diminish. Instead, they grew stronger. The unique energies, love, and light of each individual were added to the flow as it passed through every pair of hands and every heart. When the energies finally returned to the Holy Mother, they had become even more radiant and powerful than before.
This Holy Energy, this Holy Spirit, flowed faster and faster, completely filling each of us. Yet it seemed to arise from two directions at once. It flowed through us from hand to hand, while at the same time emerging from somewhere deep within each soul. The light within every person shone brighter than a sun. It appeared to be an individual light, yet it could not truly be individual, for it was all one Holy Energy filling all that is.
I found myself singing:
"Thank You, Holy Mother.
Thank You, Holy Sophia."
The song arose through one voice that was also many voices, the voices of one Great Family spanning all the stars of all the galaxies, all the universes, from the vastest reaches of creation to the smallest grain of sand and the smallest drop of water.
The Light filled all that is with a song of love and joy that was itself the All That Is.
Thank You, Holy Mother.
Thank You, Holy Sophia.
I love You.
I am Your Love.
You are my Love.
I am Your Light.
You are my Light.
I am Your Song.
You are my Song.
I love You with all my being.
I am Your being.
You are my being.
Love, Craig
Lyrics
THE CIRCLE OF HOLY MOTHER
(Neo-Folk • Symphonic Americana • Spiritual Ballad)
E. Craig Hendricks
[Verse 1]
(Fingerpicked acoustic guitar, soft piano, distant strings)
We gathered in the stillness
As the evening settled down,
A circle formed in silence
With familiar souls around.
Hand in hand we stood together,
Hearts open like the dawn,
And there among her children
The Holy Mother shone.
[Verse 2]
(Mandolin joins, cello enters softly)
A river made of living light
Flowed gently from her hand,
Passing through each waiting soul
Like rain across the land.
From one heart to another,
From one hand to the next,
A current full of blessing
Too beautiful for speech.
[Pre-Chorus]
(Strings slowly rising)
And the more the river traveled,
The brighter it became,
As every soul added gratitude,
As every heart added flame.
[Chorus]
(Full band enters, soaring harmonies)
Round and round the circle turning,
Love returning ever more,
Holy Mother, Holy Sophia,
Open wide the sacred door.
One light shining through the many,
One song rising from every heart,
We are rivers of remembrance,
And we've never been apart.
[Verse 3]
(Fiddle enters, warm percussion begins)
The light flowed through our bodies,
Yet it rose from deep within,
Like hidden suns awakening
Beneath our human skin.
Every flame appeared unique,
Yet every flame was one,
Like countless rays of morning
Belonging to one sun.
[Verse 4]
(Orchestration expands)
Then the circle grew much larger
Than the room where we had stood,
Beyond the hills and oceans,
Beyond all understood.
Across the stars and galaxies,
Across creation's sea,
One Great Family was singing
Through eternity.
[Pre-Chorus]
Can you hear it in the silence?
Can you feel it in the air?
Every grain of sand is singing,
Every drop of water shares.
[Chorus]
Round and round the circle turning,
Love returning ever more,
Holy Mother, Holy Sophia,
Open wide the sacred door.
One light shining through the many,
One song rising from every heart,
We are rivers of remembrance,
And we've never been apart.
[Bridge]
(Music drops to piano, strings, and choir)
Thank You, Holy Mother...
Thank You, Holy Sophia...
I am Your love...
You are my love...
I am Your light...
You are my light...
I am Your song...
You are my song...
I am Your being...
You are my being...
(Choir joins and repeats softly)
One Love...
One Light...
One Song...
[Final Chorus]
(Full symphonic lift; choir soaring)
Round and round the circle turning,
Love returning ever more,
Holy Mother, Holy Sophia,
Open wide the sacred door.
One light shining through the many,
One song rising from every heart,
We are rivers of remembrance,
And we've never been apart.
[Outro]
(Acoustic guitar, choir, and strings fading)
The river still is flowing...
The circle still is turning...
The song is still unfolding...
And Love is all that is.