Cuando el pobre nada tiene y aun reparte,
Cuando el hombre pasa sed y agua nos da,
Cunado el débil a su hermano fortalece,
Va el Divino en nuestro mismo caminar,
Va el Divino en nuestro mismo caminar.

Cuando sufre un hombre y logra su consuelo,
Cuando espera y no se cansa de esperar,
Cuando amamos aunque el odio nos rodee,
Va el Divino en nuestro mismo caminar,
Va el Divino en nuestro mismo caminar.

Cuando crece la alegría y nos inunda,
Cuando dicen nuestros labios la verdad,
Cuando amamos el sentir de los sencillos,
Va el Divino en nuestro mismo caminar,
Va el Divino en nuestro mismo caminar.

Magnificat is an all-women chorus which was founded in Austin in 1998 to explore and perform the rich diversity of choral music from the last five centuries.  The choir takes its name from Mary's canticle in St Luke's Gospel, the Magnificat: My soul doth magnify the Lord and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.  This reflects the spirit of the music that has been a part of the musical education of many of the singers and establishes the vocal ensemble's particular interest in sacred choral music. The chorus offers an eclectic repertoire of music written for women’s voices and performed at the highest standards.    The choir ranges in number from eight to twenty voices and performs a wide repertoire of music that embraces the whole span of church music, from Gregorian chant to the present day.  Representing a diversity of worship styles, Magnificat brings together a ecumenical group of women dedicated to preserving traditional and sacred liturgical music.  Deeply rooted in spirituality, the women of Magnificat use their unified voices to bring scripture to life and transform a liturgy by bringing life to the art of women’s vocal performance with as much joy and enthusiasm as they do grace and style. 

En los Andes por cientos, hasta miles de años, Huiracocha or Viracocha ha sido el Señor, Dios, invisible, eterno, todopoderoso, el supremo creador.  Su morada no estaba ni en el mundo de arriba, ni en el mundo de abajo, ni en la tierra misma.  Trascendía los tres mundos.

In the Andean region (now countries of Venezuela in the north to Chile and Argentina in the south) for hundreds, even thousands of years Huiracocha or Viracocha has been the Lord, God, invisible, eternal, all-powerful, the supreme creator.  His dwelling was not in the world above, in the world below, nor on the earth itself.  He transcended the three spheres.   Source: Federico Kauffmann Doig, Historia General de los Peruanos: Tomo Primero--El Perú Antiguo, Sociedad Académica de Estudios Americanos, Lima, 1972.

Misa Trinitaria and the other spiritual pieces on this new Chaski recording blend ancient and continuing Andean traditions, using song and traditional instruments to revere and praise Viracocha—the Lord, God, creator of all, with the hundreds of years of tradition celebrating “el Dios del universo” in the music of the Spanish-Christian mass.  In the mestizo or mixed cultural traditions of the Andes, with our voices, Spanish and native Andean instruments, and our blended spiritual heritage we realize that we sing to and praise one and the same divinity. —Chaski 2005

"Legends of the Aymara Indians say that the Creator God Viracocha rose from Lake Titicaca during the time of darkness to bring forth light. Viracocha was a storm god and a sun god who was represented as wearing the sun for a crown, with thunderbolts in his hands, and tears descending from his eyes as rain. He wandered the earth disguised as a beggar and wept when he saw the plight of the creatures he had created, but knew that he must sustain them. Viracocha made the earth, the stars, the sky and mankind, but his first creation displeased him, so he destroyed it with a flood and made a new, better one, taking to his wanderings as a beggar, teaching his new creations the rudiments of civilization, as well as working numerous miracles. Viracocha eventually disappeared across the Pacific Ocean (by walking on the water), setting off near Manta Ecuador, and never returned. It was thought that Viracocha would re-appear in times of trouble. References are also found of a group of men named the suncasapa or bearded ones - they were the mythic soldiers of Viracocha, aka the 'angelic warriors of Viracocha'." —Source:  Pre-Inca Civilization http://www.crystalinks.com/preinca.html