The Book of Rounds: 21 Songs of Grace is a rapturous song cycle created and produced by Julie Flanders, Emil Adler and October Project. These are the lyrics to that project, in all their power, beauty and simplicity. Enjoy reading them aloud or silently, or let them accompany your experience of the recorded rounds.
 
The lyrics are designed to stand alone—without music—as modest yet profoundly affective prayers, capable of alleviating energies of negativity, challenge or difficulty. The titles of each round can be used as single word mantras, just as the lyrics may be repeated over and over for a similar effect.
 
The Book of Rounds is divided into three chapters of seven rounds each. Each round is a fugue of positive messages created to invoke a feeling of well-being in those that listen to, sing or speak them.
 
Using simple, prayer-like language, the rounds are essentially positive mantras that cascade, circle and relate in the same way the melodies do. The words create layers of affirmation that envelope the participant and offer a compelling journey of transformation and self-reflection. With every repetition, each lyric begins to acquire different shades of meaning, shifting the mind and the heart of the listener.

Julie Flanders, whose internationally acclaimed work in the expressive arts is complemented by her profound work as a healer and spiritual teacher, describes this as one of her most personal projects. The Book of Rounds was originally written for her son as an embrace of protection and comfort during difficult times. When it was finished, Flanders realized that “it was something everyone needed—we all need to receive that kind of love, and we all need to give it.”

Of the work, Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat of spiritualityandpractice.com say, it is “an uplifting collection of rounds that stirs the soul and enchants the mind with their beauty and meaning."