Carolyn encourages each woman to sing from the place of her own inner knowing to sing “with an unshielded heart, a deep and knowing mind. Songs of themselves are not paths to the soul…When singers become the singing, however, some horizon, both inner and outer, opens, and we know, if only briefly, why we live...We have become part of the singing river, the long voice that has held, washed, and laid down ten million mornings of song…”
The taping project now accomplished, the Sacred Web continues. (Janet Silman)
Building Culture the Interfaith Way
Nine Unitarian women, and one long-time friend, joined together with 80 women
from many other faith communities from the four Western provinces to record "We Are
the Land We Sing" with Carolyn McDade at the Banff Centre for the Arts from August
from August 15-22, 1999.
The group, known as the Sacred Web Society (full name Sacred Web Society of Western Canadian Women Creating Culture) had several goals:
- to give women an opportunity, through singing, to deepen their connection with the land
- to create community which honours the individual path and also honours the unity of the whole
- to build confidence and a sense of leadership so that we can make our voices heard as our larger communities make decisions which will determine the direction of future human civilization in relation to our planet earth.
(Frances Deverell)
Stories, songs, creations, relationships, and more were given life at Banff. If you want to include some of your reflections on this experience of community, or of the project as a whole, please send them to Brenda MacLauchlan Please put W~L~S in the subject area. As I am a volunteer web master for this project, please allow 1-2 weeks for inclusion of your comments.