the last hurrah… with a nod to dj useo, btws, bong, b00mb0x, ellas bates & gunter… something for evryone… psyambient & premiers… happy hâl…
Persians believe that there are certain mystical needs of the body; these needs can be filled both by meditation and by music. Music can change the listener, and take him out of himself, and in a mystical sense, join him with God. Hâl is the state where one is taken away from oneself. When one is conscious of oneself, the environment, the furniture, other people, and so forth, that is not hâl.
In addition to affecting the audience, music can also change the performer. In a state of hâl, the musician does things which are not necessarily planned, but just “come out” because he is not himself.
Hâl is not the goal, but the vehicle. The goal is a kind of understanding or reunion. There are two processes involved: one is to take the listener out of himself, and the other is to do things to him while he is there. Such an experience gives spiritual rest and relief; as though one has had a spiritual purgative and gotten rid of everything, and thereby becomes pure and simple…
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