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ISFP.
Originally posted by ISFP
personally, what connections do you draw between music and spirituality?
do you incorporate music into worship or meditation? does music inspire you or help to connect you with your religious roots?
I have a couple of answers to your queries, both metaphysical and non-metaphysical.
The metaphysical answer deals with the Kaballah (and
NOT the one "taught" by the Kaballah Learning Center and its affiliates.) It is said that the music used in each prayer "resonates" the Tree of Life in a particular way, but I may be wrong about that since I'm not a student of Jewish mysticism (*cups hands over mouth to form a megaphone* Oh, bb!) The hassidic sects are well known for using music and dance in their prayers as well as the Sefardic people.
I find that some shamanistic practices use music to contact the spirits, too, to "alter" the shaman's state of mind (think "drumming circles" and the like.)
I personally use dance as my form of worship (nothing like a good "boogie down" to alter one's state of mind and make one more open to the spiritual world.)
I'll get more into this later since I'm running late for class and I have much more to add to my response.
Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine