Carpathian 21 - Dark Peril

women take a position on four sides and call to the universe to draw on the healing energy with love and respect. The soil of the earth is their resting place, the place where they rejuvenate, and they must make it safe not only for themselves but for their unborn children as well as their men and living children. This is a beautiful ritual performed by the women together, raising their voices in harmony and calling on the earth’s minerals and healing properties to come forth and help them save their children. They literally dance and sing to heal the earth in a ceremony as old as their species. The dance and notes of the song are adjusted according to the toxins felt through the healer’s bare feet. The feet are placed in a certain pattern and the hands gracefully weave a healing spell while the dance is performed. They must be especially careful when the soil is prepared for babies. This is a ceremony of love and healing.

    Musically, the ritual is divided into several sections:

    • First verse : A “call and response” section, where the chant leader sings the “call” solo, and then some or all of the women sing the “response” in the close harmony style typical of the Carpathian musical tradition.
    The repeated response— Ai Emä Maγe —is an invocation of the source of power for the healing ritual: “Oh, Mother Nature.”

    • First chorus : This section is filled with clapping, dancing, ancient horns and other means used to invoke and heighten the energies upon which the ritual is drawing.

    • Second verse

    • Second chorus

    • Closing invocation: In this closing part, two song leaders, in close harmony, take all the energy gathered by the earlier portions of the song/ritual and focus it entirely on the healing purpose.

    What you will be listening to are brief tastes of what would typically be a significantly longer ritual, in which the verse and chorus parts are developed and repeated many times, to be closed by a single rendition of the final invocation.

    Sarna Pusm O Maγet (Song to Heal the Earth)

    First verse

    Ai Emä Maγe ,

    Oh, Mother Nature,

    Me sívadbin lańaak.

    We are your beloved daughters.

    Me tappadak, me pusmak o maγet.

    We dance to heal the earth.

    Me sarnadak, me pusmak o hanyet.

    We sing to heal the earth.

    Sielanket jutta tedet it,

    We join with you now,

    Sívank és akaratank és sielank juttanak.

    Our hearts and minds and spirits become one.

    Second verse

    Ai Emä maγe,

    Oh, Mother Nature,

    Me sívadbin lańaak.

    We are your beloved daughters.

    Me andak arwadet emänked és me kaŋank o

    We pay homage to our mother and call upon the

    Põhi és Lõuna, Ida és Lääs.

    North and South, East and West.

    Pide és aldyn és myös bels .

    Above and below and within as well.

    Gondank o maγenak pusm hän ku olen jama.

    Our love of the land heals that which is in need.

    Juttanak teval it,

    We join with you now,

    Maγe maγeval.

    Earth to earth.

    O pirä elidak weńća.

    The circle of life is complete.

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    7. CARPATHIAN CHANTING TECHNIQUE

    As with their healing techniques, the actual “chanting technique” of the Carpathians has much in common with the other shamanistic traditions of the Central Asian steppes. The primary mode of chanting was throat chanting using overtones. Modern examples of this manner of singing can still be found in the Mongolian, Tuvan and Tibetan traditions. You can find an audio example of the Gyuto Tibetan Buddhist monks engaged in throat chanting at: http://www.christinefeehan.com/carpathian_chanting/.

    As with Tuva, note on the map the geographical proximity of Tibet to Kazakhstan and the Southern Urals.

    The beginning part of the Tibetan chant emphasizes synchronizing all the voices around a single tone, aimed at healing a particular “chakra” of the body. This is fairly typical of the Gyuto throat-chanting tradition, but it is not a significant part of the Carpathian tradition. Nonetheless, it serves as an interesting contrast.

    The part of the Gyuto chanting example that is most similar to the Carpathian style of chanting is the midsection, where the men are chanting the words together with great force. The purpose here is not to generate a “healing tone” that will affect a particular “chakra,” but rather to generate as much power as possible for initiating the “out of body” travel, and for fighting the demonic forces