About A Journey to Shamballa Album

1 - A JOURNEY TO SHAMBALLA
Lyrics by Julia Crystal and Alex Voorhees
Music by Alex Voorhees

I dreamt about a distant land
Described by ancient wisdom
A place which knows no war or evil
Only beauty, love and freedom

Is it fantasy or real?
There’s only one way to know
In repeated and vivid dreams
A voice clearly told me:

So, come! To me
I’m Sanat Kumara, your servant
Here’s the map that leads to us
So, come! - Come to Shamballa

OOh,
They will show us another way
They will take the pain away
It's time for us to learn
The way to Shamballa

MANTRA
MANTRA OM MUNI MUNI MAHA MUNIYE SOHA

Coincidences happen to me
It seems like a test of patience
A very long hard journey
Must be trodden by the soul

A beautiful mandala
Stamped on the map
The ancient knowledge of Kalachakra
And the great wheel of time

I’m ready to go
I will answer the call
Because I feel love shining on me I’ll go!
Go to Shamballa

Refrain: OOh, They will show us another way
They will take the pain away
It's time for us to learn
The way to Shamballa

MANTRA OM MUNI MUNI MAHA MUNIYE SOHA OM MANI PADME HUM

Where only the pure of heart are allowed to enter
I feel like I know the secret path
All of the answers will be there
Now I know the way to Shamballa Shamballa

2 - LAST DAY ON EARTH
Lyrics by Leandro Stenlånd | Music: Alex Voorhees

There’s some strange energy
Like stardust in the sky
Atomic remains and global warming
Threats to all life

Lord come down and help us out
I know you’re watching over us
Coz' Gaya is in danger
Ashtar is coming
On the last day on Earth

I'll let you know when
I’m going down to land
But you won’t see the sign
If you play God all the time

Lord come down and changes us
In the last day on Earth
And send us an angel
'Coz Gaia is in our hearts forevermore

Heed the sign of the horns
I have time before the thorns

Asthar speech:
“Light Quantum to sustain good vibrations
Can’t you see any changes?
- "Ashtar is here!
For all mankind"

“Art "thyselves" ever lost?
Elohim shall guide thee
The essense of Orion
Shall heal the planet within”.


3 - STARLIT MERMAIDS CALL
Lyrics by Julia Crystal, Leandro Stenlånd and Alex Voorhees | Music: Alex Voorhees

I tied himself
Hearken the sound of the calling
The sailor shall be reached
Onto his heart they will change

A lady half-human dressed
Comes from deep within the sea

"The siren lures you with her enchanted voice
- Thou hear me sing”:

"Come to me, come to me, let me show you how they feel
" What should I do to avoid you doing this
The research on high sea pollutes my home
Stop it now, Stop it now, please, stop it now"

One crystal inside my lovelorn heart
A storm towards the deep sea
Fishing vessels fading everywhere
Their cold blood spear
Hurting the ones I love so much

The fisherman sings:
Ouvi cantar a sereia
No meio daquele mar
Tantos navios se perdem
Ao som daquele cantar
O canto da sereia
Faz até pescador chorar
Quem escuta o seu canto
Vai com ela pro fundo do mar

The sea queen
Comes from deep within the sea
To avoid you:
Stop destruction!

Whales being hunted
Sharks feeding on mankind
Sweet dolphins
Getting vanished all the time

"Come to me, come to me, let me show you how they feel"
What should I do to avoid you doing this
The research on high sea pollutes my home
Stop it now, Stop it now, please, stop it now"

"Come to me, come to me, thou art mesmerized"
I’m long afloat on shipless oceans
Hear me sing, hear me sing along the seven seas
"Come to me, come to me, let me stop all this"


4. THE DAUGHTER OF THE POET
Lyrics by Julia Crystal and Leandro Stenlånd | Music by Alex Voorhees

This song tells a delightful story about Kimya, a girl who was sent from a rural village
to live in the home of Rumi, one of the greatest mystic poets of the western world.
She had metaphysical tendencies and learned a lot from his tutor.
She never forgot her true love...
Nowadays, in a kind of reincarnation, the girl tries to find him again.

A smart little girl
Bound by a dream
Mystic since childhood
He took her hand and they walked
The ways of wisdom

You satisfy my soul
Poet, you took me
To a land of Fantasy
Beside the Stargazer's Garden
There you were
My Poet, my Reality

I cannot stay with you any longer
A secret joined me to the sun
But I still think of you, dream of you every night
Calling my name

The Poet take her soul
On every page her love was growing
With words of his master in hands
Deep and strong, the feeling is flowing

(Giro dervixe)
Thought sands of time
I feel I’m falling forever
I’m spinning round and round
Thinking of you
Oh, my innocent love

Now I crossed eons of time
Irji! Kun!
I'm still searching for you
Then I returned to the lily garden
Loudly whispering the beloved name
Now I crossed eons of time...
I watch you crossing the Park Avenue
I’m sure it’s him
My poet came back to me!

Through sands of time
I feel I will hold you forever
We’re spinning round
Oh, I’m in you!!!

I was always beside you through the centuries
I fell you were waiting for me...
Now we’re free to love
The blue flames are burning
Oh, we are one!

Souls reaching the horizon
Bounded by love
Now we’re free to love
The blue flames are burning
Oh, we are one!


5 - SHARING MY WORLD
Lyrics by Leandro Stenlånd and Julia Crystal | Music by Alex Voorhees

The better days of life
I was there, spending with you
A mind at peace twit always new
A banner of you and me

Downtime-cyberspace
Which waves the search button
Freeware of emoticons
sent to you
In most of-what you seek

A message serenely sweet
Exchange experiences, love endears '
'Fake'' come over here
There are the ones who wanna meet you

I'm sharing my world with you

Loggin in or loggin off
A 'jpeg' has been sent
Refresh your life
Don ’t you stand alone

Hey, off sat!

Virtual reality takes me on a trip
that shade my tears
Everytime I long I keep looking
If you are in danger

Few are my friends, you know
The world was even designed for me
Friends or foes, keep the feeling
All I want you to know is just here:

I'm sharing my world with you

A message serenely sweet
Exchange experiences, love endears
''Fake'' come over here
There are ones who wanna meet you

I'm sharing my world with you


6 - GITANA
Lyrics by Julia Crystal and Alex Voorhees | Music: Alex Voorhees

Noche ardiente
Brilla La Luna
El provocativo verano gira y toma
Una carta de amor
Invoca sus amigos gitanos

Luz de las velas
Trae sombras danzantes
En el aire, un rico olor
Cortinas rojas en la habitación
Piensa en los brazos de su amor

Poco a poco
se forma una mandala
y trazar su destino
Forman letras repetidas
solicitudes atendidas
La luna con su brillo vespertino

Amigos se abrazan
Las lagrimas secan
Al son de las castañuelas
Su sonrisa
Vuelve a brillar
Y su amado llega

En tu cuerpo yo quiero bailar
En tus brazos llego al nirvana
Es contigo que me quiero quedar
Para siempre soy tu – Gitana

Por eso amor
Vale La pena cantar
Y ese amor
Renacerá En mi – en tí
En todo el lugar
Para siempre soy tu – Gitana


7 - BEYOND THE MYTH OF SHANGRI-LA
Lyric and Music by Alex Voorhees.

After a very long journey, under heavy snow and extremely icy winds in Tibet,
we find a passage between mountains, which would come out in a valley.
I knew I should go down there.
This all reminded me of the mythical city of Shangri-La, from "Lost Horizon" novel.

We’re crossing through ice and mountains
A strange flying object shines in the sky
A perilous path into the unknown
The journey seems endless
We’ve reached our limit

Look for the object
It escapes to the eyes
Impossible movements
Point the way through the light

After few days, very sick, hungry, exhausted
We reached the gateway to Shamballa
Some “Devas” come to receive us
They know our names
They lead us to talk Lord Kumara

This is the most beautiful place we have ever seen
They told me about a new source of pure energy
A mere sight of the place is pure bliss
All the treasures of Earth are no match for such beauty
A flickering light purifies us all
A peaceful melody enchants me It’s like Shangri-la

Touch the tree of life
It heals our deepest wounds
There are no such things as death or age
Everything is perfect

A mere sight of the place is pure bliss
All the treasures of Earth
are no match for such beauty
A flickering light purifies us all
A peaceful melody enchants me
It’s like Shangri-la

Look the Solar Angels at the White Lotus Lake
We’ve found the source of happiness
So they gave us the key to a new energy

We’re in Shamballa!

Behold the great kingdom of light

The Power of the Mind
No Loss of Virtue
The Kalachakra’s teachings
Deliver us from doom
For those who don’t believe it
We carry the proof
And those who really seek it
Will know the truth”

8 - FOR ALL WOMEN

Lyric: Alex Voorhees, Steven Digenakis & Julia Crystal
Music: Alex Voorhees

Woman
Symbol of Life
All mankind is aware

Oh Woman
You left the shadows behind
They know your strength

Everyone thinks of you
In silence or war
Who will wipe away their tears
Protect them from fear?

Woman to woman
Sometimes your life’s so unfair
No stigma
Will steal your dreams
It's time to breed love
Women – We must be hand-in-hand
Our hands always washed the feet of men
I don’t know your name but now it’s your turn
This song is for you

Your puzzle
No one ought decipher
Not even Oedipus dared

Like a rose in bloom
Your love has been exposed
Above thorns of sadness

They can put a cloth over your face
I know they call out your name
I know they weep
Nothing will cover your flame

9 - HEAVEN’S IN TRANCE

Lyrics: Leandro Stenlånd, Alex Voorhees & Julia Crystal
Music: Alex Voorhees

Under a tear rain I wash myself
Forgetting that I loved someone else
The sun begins to shine on me
I get a little taste of life

He taught me about remembrance of God
But look in his eyes 'tis I was waiting for
Through the endless night and day
I beg for your warm more and more

Everything I did was out of love
A sensation that I'll reach the sky
Better if I have to live without you
Flame of love
It takes wherever I wanna to go
At no point I dreamt to achieve the glory
But until I get to you
It was a hard and long, long way

Heaven’s in trance with you

The seeds of love start to grow
The sun soothes the pain in my heart
I found a poem at the lily garden
Looks like written by heaven sent

It says: If the sky wasn't in love
Its breast would not be pleasant
If the Earth and mountains were not in love,
Then nothing shall be growing
Everything I did was out of love... (repeat)

Heaven’s in trance with you

To cherish thy hands
Touching my face softly
Feel the energy flowing
The path ahead glowing
Feel the connection...
Feel the energy...
Feel the energy flowing!
The energy is growing!

Heaven's in trance with you.

10 - BHAJA SRI KRISHNA

Bhaja Sri Krishna Chaytania
Prabhu Nytiananda
Sri Advaita Gadadhara
Srivasadi Goura Bhakta Vrinda

11 - EARTHLINGS

Lyric by Julia Crystal, Alex Voorhees
Music: Alex Voorhees

To achieve universal love, I connected my soul to the cosmos. And I realized clearly that everything is a unit.
We are a brotherhood: Earthlings. So... Why do humans insist to act as superior beings?

Try to look deep inside
Deep inside these little eyes
They couldn't see your faults, your senseless plans
They couldn't disappoint or hurt you

You slaughter them so mechanically
As they try to smile at you
Kneeling at your feet...
Silently wept, open heaven

They are going to the garden of angels
Bouncing amidst field of flowers
A soft breeze touches their body sweetly
So they shall forget everything you've done

They are closer to heaven
They are so pure
Why we are so apart from our roots
Both of us part of the same nature

SPEAKING VOICE:

In a world older and more complete than ours
They move finished and complete
Gifted with extensions of the senses we have lost or never attained
Living by voices we shall never hear
They are our brothers...
They are earthlings...

They’re going to the garden of angels
Bouncing amidst field of flowers
A soft breeze touches their body sweetly
So they shall forget everything you've done

So they’re going to become angels
Everywhere you feel the scent of lavender
They return to nature, dreaming
Of the day that we shall live in peace

12 - SHAMBALLA'S RISING

Lyric by Julia Crystal and Leandro Stenlånd
Music: Kevin Ohlsson, Alex Voorhees

The rise of Shamballa brings us to a shift of consciousness on everyone in this planet, promoting
a new era of peace, harmony and love, longed for so long.

Contrary to slavery belief
Humans continue to evolve
Finally after many centuries
Evolution gave meaning to the life of everyone
Thousand generations of
People commonly assume that
Our species has evolved all they had to
Since pre historic times
- I disagree: we need to believe
The Shamballa Rising
Gave hope to mankind

A new era of peace has come
The era of war finally has been gone
Now our children are able to play
Everywhere that is what I can say
Bloodshed begone forevermore
For those who dreamt of a better life

Still, I might let you know
From now on,
Evolution goes on all the time
You don't have to intervene
Allow the evolution
Breathtaking is everything

Feel a new energy flowing
To free the nature and all innocent beings
We have advanced to this
At the ground we stand upon

I can feel the nature deep inside of us

Take a look around
We tried to see this through,
So many times before, right?
But finally we won
The peace, the love, the respect prevails
I want to know what you’re thinking now
When you find yourself in this paradise
We yell and cry into happy tears
Those moments of happiness are so special
And finally become eternal

Noli tardare studeamus nos nunc amare
De corde totaliter
Moreover, amore nihil mollies
Kyrie Eleison

Broederlike liefde versprei
Удоволствие е да живея на тази Земя
私は目を閉じそして感じる
Все вокруг меня
Rispetto per tutti I bimbi umani e animali
Liberdade para todos os seres inocentes!

Vocals: Julia Crystal & Monica Brandão
Acoustic Guitar: Kevin Shortall
Bodhrán: Thiago Connal
Bass: Fabio Machado
Uilleann Pipes and Whistle: Alex Navar
*Incidental music: Frère Jacques
JULIA CRYSTAL – A JOURNEY TO SHAMBALLA

1. A Journey To Shamballa
2. Last Day on Earth
3. Starlight Mermaids Call
4. The Daughter Of Poet
5. Sharing My world
6. Gitana
7. Beyond the Myth of Shangri-La
8. For All Women
9. Heaven’s In Trance
10. Bhaja Sri Krishna
11. Earthlings
12. Shamballa’s Rising

PRODUCED BY ALEX VOORHEES

Recorded At Voorhees Mobile Studio, between May and December, in
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2013.
Recorded and Mixed by Alex Voorhees
The Daughter of the Poet song mixed on Studio Aspiotis - Greece
Julia Crystal – Vocals and backing vocals
Alex Voorhees – Keyboards, All Programming Drums and Synths.

Special Guests:
Carlos “Tayo” Pardal – Guitar on “A Journey to Shamballa”
Fábio Machado – Bass on “A Journey to Shamballa” and “Starlit Mermaids Call”*
Pedro Santos – Bass on “Last Day on Earth”.
George Antoniadis – Bass on “The Daughter of the Poet”
Mauricio Blues Biango – Guitar on “The Daughter of the Poet”
Alex Navar – Uilleann Pipes and Tin Whistle on “Gitana”
Paulo Rogério Viana – Flamenco guitar on “Gitana”
Kevin Ohlsson – Keyboards and programming on “Shamballa’s Rising”
Marcelo Val – Bass on “Gitana” and “Beyond the Myth of Shangri-La”
Kevin Shortall – Acoustic Guitar on “Beyond the Myth of Shangri-La”
Tiago Connall – Percussion
Rodrigo Alves – Guitar solo on “Beyond the Myth of Shangri-La”
Female Speech on “For All Women” by: Monica Brandão, Barbara Angel, Meryem Sadik, Zelia Angel,
Rosane Zago with text written by themselves.
Male Speech on “Earthlings” and “Starlit Mermaids Call” by: Alex Voorhees.
Lyrics Revision: Ciarán O’Neill.
Artwork by: Jean Michel at Designations.
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