Copy of Ceremony Vol 1

ASTRAL DAWN
Words and Music Adrian Freedman
NEW SINGLE FEATURING AYLA SCHAFER & SUSIE RO

‘Astral Dawn’ is the first release from the upcoming Kindred Souls album. It is also the first official release for any of the 150 songs Adrian has received in medicine ceremonies and sacred song circles over the past 20 years. Although he has in this time released 10 highly polished albums of instrumental music for shakuhachi and ensemble, it is on this track that Adrian introduces us for the first time to another side of his musical soul - singing, playing guitar and sharing his simple heartfelt lyrics in a musical prayer for peace. 
 
Combining stunning guitar melodies with floating vocal harmonies, ‘Astral Dawn’ is an uplifting piece of folk music with a lyrical message about staying positive in troubled times:  

“In these pressing times we are all facing on planet Earth at the moment, it feels important that we own our shadow energies and do not flinch in the face of the very real challenges we face, and yet at the same time we must not lose sight of our highest ideals, of our connection to the essential purity of nature, and to the transformative power of love, peace and sacred flow. Astral Dawn speaks directly to these highest aspirations, as an affirmation of the new light that greets us each and every new day.” 
 
‘Astral Dawn’ features Adrian with the beautiful voices of Ayla Schafer and Susie Ro, the glittering sounds of the African kora, played by Ravi Freeman, the bubbling rhythms of the Indian dholak drum played by Arjun Magee, and by the sonorous tones of leading jazz double bassist Misha Mullov-Abbado.

The Kindred Souls album features international musicians from five continents - musicians that Adrian has encountered and collaborated with on his travels around the world. Musicians like him who have been drawn to all forms of music from various traditions and cultures, and that have been called to play instruments from outside their own native cultures.

The album will be released by Nixi Music on June 18th 2021

Astral Dawn

1. Astral Dawn

Forest Path work - wedding ceremony - Austin, Texas. 21/03/22

Original Song by Vismay Amrit

Ayahuasca | Forest Path #186

Forest Path Work - Austin, Texas. 21/03/22

Original Song by Matt Coffman

Alive and Awake | Forest Path #10

9.THE KEY
Jayaji                 (Waltz)

You are right where you need to be
This moment holds the key
You are right where you need to be
This moment you are free

Between each breath
There’s a place you can rest
Deep within your chest

When you come to that open door
There you will fear no more
When you come to that open door
There you will be who you are

… (You are) Right where you need to be…

Descend the stairways
Of your mind
See what you will find

When you come to that door inside
Now there’s no place to hide
When you come to that light inside
There you will find you are

… (You are) Right where you need to be…

The Key | Jayaji - #7 Forest Path

11.LET IT IN
Jayaji offered to Hamaima

Let it in, let it in, let it in
Let it all sink in

The sun and the moon and the stars
Silently teaching
The forest, the wind and the river
Silently speaking

Let it in, let it in, let it in
Let it all sink in

The rays of joy and the shine of hope
That you are here bringing
With the light of a thousand stars
Your heart is here singing

X3

Let It In | Forest Path #9

Illumination retreat, Peru, August 2022

THE WAY, THE TRUTH & THE LIGHT
 Original by Jayaji offered to Dr. Mark Miller

I am the way, the truth and the light 
The force you cannot deny
From the earth to the open sky
I am the new days sunrise

I am the light, the way and the truth 
The force deep inside you
From the womb into the tomb
I am the flower in full bloom

I am the truth, the light and the way 
The force that doesn't sway
From the night into the day
I am the prayer and the one who prays

The Way And The Truth And The Light | Forest Path Study 1 #6

Song Numbers Correspond to Forest Path Ceremonial Study Song Book.

14.	ASHES
Becca Joy

Ashes lay upon the Earth
And I wait for the phoenix bird
Fly from the flames and give me hope 
That I shall too rebirth

I remember the taste of peace 
And the Earth beneath my feet 
I will sing to the coloured wings 
That come to set me free

Fly me away with the wind and
Dive in the depths of the Ocean
Open my heart once more
Open my heart once more
This is what I’m praying for
Open my heart once more
Open my heart once more

Love of mine, forest of light
Holy oh’ divine
Pure water, cool and clean
Deep in my heart you shine

14 ASHES

Song Numbers Correspond to Forest Path Ceremonial Study Song Book.

11 ASTRAL DAWN

Song Numbers Correspond to Forest Path Ceremonial Study Song Book.

LET IT FIND YOU
Jayaji offered to Chetan

There is a power
There is a presence
Deep inside your heart
Let it find you
Let it hold you 
Let it liberate all that you are

There is a space 
In the stillness
In the silence tonight
Let it find you
Let it hold you
Let it lift you into the light

There is a light 
All around
Shining within and from afar
Let it find you
Let it hold you 
Let it show you who you are

08 LET IT FIND YOU

Song Numbers Correspond to Forest Path Ceremonial Study Song Book.

BORN OF THE FORESTS
Jayaji offered to Coby	

I come from the waters
I come from the seas
Born of the rivers
Endless dream

I come from the land
I come from the trees
Born of forests
Immensity

I come from the fire
I come from the flame
Born of the sun’s
Eternal name

I come from the moon
I come from the stars
Born of the prayer
Inside your heart

I come from the sound
Spiralling around
Born of the silence
Singing now

Heya Heya Hey- Ya Heya Heya Ho
Heya Heya Hey- Ya Hey Yiyo

05 BORN OF THE FORESTS

Song Numbers Correspond to Forest Path Ceremonial Study Song Book.

LUZ DAS ESTRELAS
Jayaji offered to Dustin Kyle Brooks

Eu chamo a luz das estrelas
Para me iluminar 

Eu estou andando meu caminho
Com amor no meu coração

A luz vem, a luz vem
Para me iluminar
Estou aqui, estou cantando
Estou aberto à cura

Eu chamo a luz das florestas
Para me limpar
Eu sou um filho desta luz
Essa luz é tão brilhante

A luz vem, a luz vem
Trazendo a cura
Não tem fim, sem começo
Apenas luz sobre luz sobre luz

04 LUZ DAS ESTRELAS

03 DA FOLHA EU PEÇO A CURA

Song Numbers Correspond to Forest Path Ceremonial Study Song Book.

A LUZ DESTE SALÃO
Jayaji

Vem minha medicina
Santíssimo sacramento
Vem meu santo daime
Céu do Juramidam

Aqui eu me apresento
Dentro do meu coração
Aqui eu me levanto
Para mostrar aos meus irmãos

Aqui à luz deste salão
Nada pode esconder
Na divina sala de espera
Não há nada pelo que esperar

Nosso trabalho está
Agora em sessão
Então é melhor todos
Prestarem bem atenção

02 A LUZ DESTE SALÃO

Casa Floresta | March 2023

Original words by Thich Naht Hahn.

Call me by my True Names

Study 2 #17 O CHAMADO DO BEIJA-FLOR - Ana Pomar

June 29, Casa Floresta Guatemala

O Chamado do Beija Flor

As Estrelas ~ Mestre 75

As estrelas já chegaram 
Para dizer o nome seu 
Sou eu, sou eu, sou eu 
Sou eu um filho de Deus 

As estrelas me levaram 
Para correr o mundo inteiro 
Para conhecer esta verdade 
Para poder ser verdadeiro 

Eu subi serra de espinhos 
Pisando em pontas agudas 
As estrelas me disseram 
No mundo se cura tudo 

As estrelas me disseram 
Ouve muito e fala pouco 
Para poder compreender 
E conversar com meus caboclos 

Os caboclos já chegaram 
De braços nus e pés no chão 
Eles trazem remédios bons 
Para curar os cristãos

4 The Stars

The stars already arrived
To say their name
I am, I am, I am
I am the Son of God

The stars lifted me up
To travel the entire world
So that I can know this truth
To be able to be true

I climbed mountains of thorns
Stepping on sharp points
The stars told me
In the world, everything can be healed

The stars told me
Listen much and speak little
To be able to understand
And speak with my “caboclos”

The “ caboclos” have arrived
With bare arms and feet on the ground
They bring good medicines
To heal the Christians

75. As Estrelas ~ Mestre

Im so glad to working in this beautiful song, with my dear friend Leila Summertime  who playing the clarinet and bring her own medicine and colors to this song. Thanks very much ! much love to you all <3

Abre Abre Abre

Flor das Águas Bhakti Som

Naturalmente

The Lotus is Rising!

Enjoy this first track from a sequence of 52 new songs being recorded and released over the next 24 months. Read more about the project here:
adrianfreedman.com/lotus-rising/

This track is a pre-release mix, a snapshot of work in progress on the Lotus Rising project.

The finished version of Lotus Flower featuring a new bass part played by Misha Mullov-Abbado, will be released later in 2020 on the album “Thousand Petals Opening”, Vol. 1 of the Lotus Rising.

Here on this SoundCloud playlist, we’ll continue to post excerpts and pre-mixes as the project progresses.

CREDITS

Words and Music - A. Freedman

Adrian Freedman - voice, guitar, shakuhachi, harmonium, drum, bells
Ayla Schafer - https://soundcloud.com/aylamusic - harp, voice 
Susie Ro - https://soundcloud.com/susiero - voice
Helen Knight - https://soundcloud.com/user-827451166 - voice
Mike Stanton - guitar, voice 
Joseph Rose - voice
Jasmin Kia - voice

Recorded at Studio Kokuzo, Dartington, 2016 - 2020

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Thousand Petals Opening

Lotus Flower (Pre-Release Mix)

Flying so high - diving in the deepest ocean of this mystery 
So now we can share a bit more of our new album "Cantos das Profundezas", about to go for mastering and to be released in  the 8th December. In this track we have beautiful voices of Ayla Schafer and strings from Diego Brasil. And once more the enchanted art of Marileen Lewis in the cover <3

Aguila (Bastiaan Kamavena)
feat Ayla Schafer

Bastiaan Kamavena: voices, guitar
Ayla Schafer: voices
Txai Fernando: flute, percussion, keys, production
Diego Brasil: bass, steel string guitar
Marileen Lewis: Art

https://astralflowers.bandcamp.com

Copy of Ceremony Vol 1

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