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usic,
poetry, painting and the other arts have long been an integral part of
humanity’s cultural and spiritual development. All the great religions
have employed aesthetic means to help envision the invisible, to
manifest in some way intimations of the infinite. We could even say that
the very concept of God itself is principally an imaginative expression
of a deeply intuited presence. Recognizing this, the great Sufi
philosopher, Ibn Arabi emphasized the importance of what he called the
“imaginal realm”. For him, this was the source and the ground of
higher consciousness.
Creative
endeavors then offer us a way not just to understand, but to engage the
laws of action, form, beauty, harmony, and meaning which govern this
vital realm. SacraMusic is intended to provide a particular focus and
field of experience for that engagement. The premise here is that
art, and especially music, provide access to profound personal
transformation. And that this is nothing less that an authentic mystic
path to enlightenment.
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