Music In Ritual

I've been thinking a lot about the power of music lately. Well, I always think about the power of music; but it's been tapping me on the shoulders quite a bit of late. So this week, let's talk about the role that music plays in ritual!

Music was important to the Chinese philosopher, Confucious, as it has been for shamans around the world and down the ages. In fact I have a little story that tell us just exactly how music came to the earth way back when.

And central to music is Rythm, singing and Dance. So we'll talk about all that stuff. And finally, we'll look at ways to write and create effective chants to be used in our rituals.

Hope you enjoy the show!

Some of the music you'll hear on this weeks show include Loreena Mckennitt: "The Mummers Dance"; Telling Point: "Join in the Dance"; Sharon Knight: "Bardic Voices"; Amber: "Sing On the Sunlight"; Sarah Stockwell: "The Language of Stones" and more.

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