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Pentecostal, Pearl Jam – music brings ecstasy to us all
The Conversation, Vol.27 June 2014
The Conversation Media Group
2014
Abstract
You have probably felt the power of music to lift you out of yourself. Perhaps you were in a magnificent cathedral, listening to a choral mass. Maybe you were at a music festival where the music made you forget the bad weather and appalling toilet facilities. Whatever the setting, music can lead us into a shared experience of ecstasy – a word which literally means “to stand outside oneself”.
For my recent book Exaltation I examined two different musical “spaces” in which people experience ecstasy catalysed by music. The first was a Pentecostal congregation in suburban Perth; the second was the West Coast Blues ‘n’ Roots Festival.
Details
- Title
- Pentecostal, Pearl Jam – music brings ecstasy to us all
- Authors/Creators
- M. Jennings (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- The Conversation, Vol.27 June 2014
- Publisher
- The Conversation Media Group
- Identifiers
- 991005546023507891
- Copyright
- 2014 The Conversation Media Group
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Arts
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Other
- Resource Sub-type
- Nonrefereed Article
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