Music and Spirituality
by Edward Foley
Publisher: MDPI AG 2015
ISBN/ASIN: 3038421022
ISBN-13: 9783038421023
Number of pages: 208
Description:
Music in its various modes is a virtually ubiquitous companion to religious and spiritual practices. The apparently intangible, insubstantial nature of sound is one of the reasons why music has so effectively symbolized the mysterious and wholly other since the dawn of creation.
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