I am Marie Summerwood, singer of sacred music, composer and greenwitch. A voice for the sacredness of the earth, of birth and death. I am a priestess who claims Mary as my sacred mother. I was born blessed by Mary. I have long been blessed by the Wise Woman Center.

Marie Summerwood, writer and chant expert, empowers women in person and through her music. The chants - available on CD - created to help Marie on her own journey, and to reclaim recognition of the inherent sacredness of women's powers of creation and nourishment, sexuality and old age. Marie Summerwood teaches at the Wise Woman Center in Woodstock NY.

Upcoming Workshops from Marie Summerwood

May 15, 2010:   Sacred Heart of Mary with Marie Summerwood
We'll gather in sacred song to Mary and be blessed by the beautiful love of Her sacred heart. Her presence is strong in circles of women like us. She loves us; come feel the love of Mary.

May 16, 2010:  Chant, Chant, Chant with Marie Summerwood
Yes, that's right, we'll chant and chant. We'll feel how chanting holds and heals us. Learn about breath and intention, the sacredness of women chanting together, and yes, we'll chant.

Available from Marie Summerwood

She Walks With Snakes - Women's Sacred Chants CD 1996

This is a collection of chants Marie Summerwood has been writing since 1989. She has long wished to give some form to the music to share it with other women. So Cherie and I gathered a group of friends and we've been chanting together as IN HER NAME to record this CD. We called upon our own passion to infuse this music with beauty. We chanted in sacred circle always. These chants were created to help Marie on her own journey, and to reclaim recognition of the inherent sacredness of women's powers of creation and nourishment, sexuality and old age. This music is sacred to women. Use it in solitary work or in a circle of women. use it to weave a container of sound for work together, and to create community as women gather all over the world to sing and open to our own power, our won beauty, our own wisdom. Please chant with us and blessed be the lives of all women.

Step Into The River - Women's Sacred Chants CD 2006

Marie's second CD, much anticipated by many. Marie writes: Years go by. More chants, deeper relationship with the Sacred - in Her form as Isis, Medusa, Kwan Yin, Venus - nourishes me. Chanting is a strong meditation By myself, with others or with a CD. A wonderful practice that grounds and strengthens me.

Memories from the Lost Pines

A Labyrinth of Chants with Marie Summerwood
These chants were written in Bastrop Texas at a workshop called "Chantwriting for Goddesswomen". Marie Summerwood, musical artist and teacher of women's sacred music, led the day during which each of the 14 women present wrote her own chant.

Its Time - Goddess Chants CD

Wise Woman Center 25th Anniversary Celebration CD featuring MARIE SUMMERWOOD & other women artists with 18 Wise Woman songs and chants.

visit www.goddesschants.com to hear these songs, read lyrics, learn about the artists.

Articles by Marie Summerwood

• "The Beauty of Women's Grief "
  
  
• "The Rising of Spring "
  
  
• "We all Need Weeds - Strengthening the Immune System"


• "Simple Spring Salad "


• "Cooking with Wildish Flair "


• Nourishing Herbal Infusions "


• "Cooking at the Wise Woman Center "


• "Recipes from Maries's Kitchen "

"Food and eating are of supreme importance to our health on every level, and to the health of our cultures and our planet. Our attitudes toward food - buying it, preparing it, eating it, etc., shape our lives (as well as our bodies) over time. Cooking at the Wise Woman Center is special because the plants are truly loved and honored; I know we taste it in the food made from them. I am grateful for eating weeds, and for cooking at the Wise Woman Center." ~ Marie Summerwood