As with the last Popul Vuh album, I got this from Electrola Musikhaus in Munich. (I've googled it: no, it doesn't appear to be there any more.)
This was the one that I really liked when I was 17, though. And I like it now. It does feel a little bit like stumbling into the sitar class at the conservatory of a hippy monastery. It's very much a product of 1973. But the good thing about Florian Fricke, Vuh's leader, is that he doesn't hide behind vague New Age spirituality, but goes full-on — more devotional than John Tavener — with every lyric seeming to be a kind of hymn.
Even my German can tell what "Amen om und Davids Sohn" means in Hosianna Mantra. I'd lay a modest bet that Segnung means blessing, and the lyrics translate as "Blessed are you in the city / Blessed are you in the field."
The album is also blessed with the wonderful voice of Djong Yun and some nice guitar playing by Conny Veit. I don't think they're on my other Popol Vuh albums.
I haven't got round to listening to this much at all in the last 20 years, but, as with Alterstill, I'm glad to be prompted to re-discover it.
 MusicBrainz entry for this album
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