From the external vantage point it is often assumed that
mystics employ code languages laden with secret meanings
designed to exclude outsiders. Even when this is the
case it has little to do with the basis of the esoteric as
gnosis is seen by mystics. In terms of mystical principles
gnosis is fundamentally dependent on an internal journey
through meditation or other “opening” procedures.
The “secrets” of mysticism lie within rather than being
held by other people. Normal consciousness systematically
blocks individual awareness; the secret is something
which, in mystical terms, we keep from ourselves. In fact
most traditions hold that the gnosis sought by mystics
is readily available to anyone whose internal receptivity
allows it, to anyone who genuinely “wants” it and
regardless of whether they relate to a “mystical” movement.
- Susan Prattwalton
(Aesthetic and Spiritual Correlations
in Javanese Gamelan Music)
credits
released October 27, 2020
All sounds on these tracks made with Sundanese gamelan as only sound source. Transform it by modular synthesis.
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