"Burning Times" - Charlie Murphy

[niyad]

they are not burning us at the stake (yet) just burning us in meda, churches, and rape culture.

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[WePurrsevere]

1. So true! That's what those times were really mostly about...

just as the Salem Witch trials were to a great degree. Now however we and our allies have more power, a greater voice and we WON'T.go.back.

An aside: This is a long time favourite song of mine. I tend to prefer the 'Rumors of the Big Wave' cover of it but this one by the original artist/songwriter is great too.

[niyad]

2. thank you for sharing that version--had not heard it before.

[WePurrsevere]

3. I heard about it when it first came out in 1993...

Someone in AOL's Pagan Room made a clip, it floored me so I immediately ran out and bought two copies. I have it as a favourite on You Tube but I'm going to see if I can DL a copy to my Kindle.

ETA: Out of curiosity I just asked Amazon's Alexa to play it and was quite surprised when she did.

[OxQQme]

4. Lyrics

ARTIST: Charlie Murphy
TITLE: Burning Times


In the cool of the evening, they used to gather
'Neath the stars in the meadow circling an old oak tree
At the times appointed by the seasons
Of the earth and the phases of the moon

In the center, stood a woman
Equal with the others and respected for her worth
One of the many we call the witches
The healers and the teachers of the wisdom of the earth

And the people grew through the knowledge she gave them
Herbs to heal their bodies, spells to make their spirits whole
Can't you hear them chanting healing incantations
Calling forth the wise ones, celebrating in dance and song

Isis, Astarte, Diana, Hecate, Demeter, Kali, Innana

There were those who came to power, through domination
And they were bonded in their worship of a dead man on a cross
They sought control of the common people
By demanding allegiance to the church of Rome

And the Pope declared an inquisition
It was a war against the women, whose power they feared
In the holocaust against the nature people
Nine million European women died

And the tale is told of those, who by the hundreds
Holding together chose their death in the sea
While chanting the praises of the Mother Goddess
A refusal of betrayal, women were dying to be free

Now the Earth is a witch, and the men still burn her
Stripping her down with mining, and the poisons of their wars
Still to us the Earth is a healer, a teacher, a mother
The weaver of a web of life that keeps us all alive

She gives us the vision to see through the chaos
She gives us the courage, it is our will to survive

[niyad]

5. thank you.

[niyad]

7. "It was a war against the women, whose power they feared "

people forget this shameful part of our history.

[niyad]

6. "It was a war against the women, whose power they feared " and the war continues!!