SEVERAL YEARS AGO, Cynthia Snodgrass set out to do a research project to investigate the use of music in spiritual cultures other than her own. What she found was a dazzling array of sacred sounds and spiritual practices that ended up changing her life. The Sonic Thread is a delightful telling of that journey. The author shares extensive research and stories that reveal sound to be a universal and transformational spiritual path. From the transcendent flight of Gregorian chant, to the mesmerizing shaman's drum, to ecstatic Sufi trance, music and sound affect consciousness, providing pathways to original wisdom. Within these lovely, insightful narratives are exercises and information that help us use sound and music to deepen our spirituality, expand global awareness, and open up to spiritual traditions beyond our own
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
Review
"Cynthia Snodgrass takes us on her personal sonic journey with deep questions, musical awareness, and a keen spiritual intuition." -- Don Campbell, author of The Mozart Effect
About the Author
CYNTHIA SNODGRASS has an undergraduate degree in Renaissance music and a master's degree in musicology from Syracuse University, as well as a Master's of Divinity from Bexley Hall. An ordained Episcopal priest, she has served as a hospice chaplain for more than seventeen years. She is the founder of the Sacred Sound Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated to the spiritually therapeutic benefits of sacred sound. As Senior Instructor at the American Sanskrit Institute, she teaches Sanskrit and offers workshops on the use of sacred sound across the United States. She has produced and recorded two CDs of sacred chant.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
There are no customer reviews yet.
|
|||
|
Video reviews
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
First Sentence:
I remember very clearly when I got my first musical instrument. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
primal music, medicine singing, singing muscle, sacred singing, breath prayer Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Native American, Aunt Cynthia, Music of the Spheres, Jesu Juvn, Word of God, King Saul, Florentine Academy, King David, River Boyne, Name of God, Tree of Life, Middle Ages Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
I remember very clearly when I got my first musical instrument. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
primal music, medicine singing, singing muscle, sacred singing, breath prayer Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Native American, Aunt Cynthia, Music of the Spheres, Jesu Juvn, Word of God, King Saul, Florentine Academy, King David, River Boyne, Name of God, Tree of Life, Middle Ages Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items. |
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
