Ouroboros: Seasons of Life--Women's Passages

Ouroboros: Seasons of Life—Women's Passages is a Neopagan oratorio by musician, author, and composer Kay Gardner. Written between 1992 and 1994, it was produced by Ladyslipper Records and recorded by an all-female group for the 1994 National Women's Music Festival. Ouroboros: Seasons of Life musically portrays a woman's life cycle from birth to death using Neopagan symbols and imagery. The Triple Goddess aspects of Maiden, Mother, and Crone are prominently featured, as are the four seasons and Neopagan holidays.

CD information: Ouroboros: Seasons of Life—Women's Passages (1994) Ladyslipper; ASIN: B000008T5H

Movements

I. Beginning

II. Birth/Winter Solstice

1.Birth of the Sun-Child 2.Birth Interlude 3.Birth Chant

III. Childhood/Imbolic

1.Round Is Magic 2.Childhood Interlude 3.Childhood Chant

IV. Puberty/Spring Equinox

1.My First Moontime 2.Puberty Interlude 3.Puberty Chant

V. Maidenhood/Beltane

1.May Eve 2.Maidenhood Interlude 3.Maidenhood Chant

VI. Motherhood/Summer Solstice

1.So Newly Come 2.I Dance Yes 3.Motherhood Interlude

VII. Menopause/Lammas

1.Blood-Rite of the Thirteenth Moon 2.Menopause Interlude

VIII. Elderhood/Autumn Equinox

1.The Crone 2.Elderhood Interlude 3.Elderhood Chant

IX. Death-Rebirth/Samhain

1.Death of the Old One 2.Death Chant