This song is weaving of an original song (swa wiccan taecad) and a traditional song (witches reel), and meant to be an invocative chant to honor the ancestors, a swirling procession of dancing hags, and an enchantment to activate us here now.

The phrase “swa wiccan tacecads” is Old English for “as the witches teach”. 

Witches Reel was recorded in the 1591 North Berwick Witch Trials during the reign of King James VI of Scotland.