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I just finished reading "Drumming on the Edge of Magic" by Mickey Hart.
Wow. It opened a lot of things up for me. I now understand why drumming has become so integral to the neo=pagan and neo-tribal movements.
We live in a world that has lost it's sense of rhythm. An even tick tock of clocks has evened out the ebb and flow of the pulse of the world. Every space is the same, every beat equal. Little differentiates one hour from the next, one minute from the one that will happen days from now.
I guess this explains why the Clave is so important -- by using a time keeping device that is irregular, one that inspires a beat, it adds color and energy to the rhythm. It gives it direction and spice.
What we need is to put the rhythm back in to the world. And as majikal people (The word has a different meaning from Magick and Magic) we are striving to get back in touch with those rhythms.
There is an interesting chapter in the book about Africa. African Polyrhythms tend to make little sense to the western ears until the person starts to hear like an African. This involves hearing the polyrhythm not as an entity in itself, but in relation to the rhythm you have playing inside your head. When you can work the external; rhythm into context with your internal one, it suddenly becomes much clearer.
Some books are like a Master Drummer's beat that invites you to now places. They open new doors. Others are like a good solo. They bring everything else together into a unified whole.
That was a great solo I read....
"In the beginning was noise. And noise begat rhythm. And rhythm begat everything else." -Mickey Hart
Wow. It opened a lot of things up for me. I now understand why drumming has become so integral to the neo=pagan and neo-tribal movements.
We live in a world that has lost it's sense of rhythm. An even tick tock of clocks has evened out the ebb and flow of the pulse of the world. Every space is the same, every beat equal. Little differentiates one hour from the next, one minute from the one that will happen days from now.
I guess this explains why the Clave is so important -- by using a time keeping device that is irregular, one that inspires a beat, it adds color and energy to the rhythm. It gives it direction and spice.
What we need is to put the rhythm back in to the world. And as majikal people (The word has a different meaning from Magick and Magic) we are striving to get back in touch with those rhythms.
There is an interesting chapter in the book about Africa. African Polyrhythms tend to make little sense to the western ears until the person starts to hear like an African. This involves hearing the polyrhythm not as an entity in itself, but in relation to the rhythm you have playing inside your head. When you can work the external; rhythm into context with your internal one, it suddenly becomes much clearer.
Some books are like a Master Drummer's beat that invites you to now places. They open new doors. Others are like a good solo. They bring everything else together into a unified whole.
That was a great solo I read....
"In the beginning was noise. And noise begat rhythm. And rhythm begat everything else." -Mickey Hart
