Sufi Splendor: Music for Whirling Meditation

Editorial Reviews
From the Artist
The musicians on Sufi Splendor: Music for Whirling Meditation have performed together at Sufi gatherings and kirtans for many years. Sufi Splendor is the result of their spontaneous decision to record an album for the lovers of this music. The recording was made at Ishkani Vendra monastery, one of India's finest studios as well as a sacred space, providing the perfect atmosphere for this creation. After a brief rehearsal, the musicians sat in a circle, closed their eyes for a few minutes, and began playing, allowing, as group leader Manish Vyas remembers, "the music to take its purest form, mood and heights. The energy took over and within 2 hours, the music had arrived."

Product Description
The dervish's whirling is a meditation—communion and contemplation—set to music; the calm center of a spiritual cyclone. Sufi Splendor: Music for Whirling Meditation captures the music that drives this resplendent and timeless practice. Serpentine ney (flute), melodic santoor, impassioned singing and ancient frame drum form a hypnotic rhythmic engine, building in intensity and carrying the listener to whirling ecstasy. Recorded in India's Ishvani Kendra monastery, Sufi Splendor: Music for Whirling Meditation features seasoned musicians, masters of the sema'a (Sufi ceremony), performing this irresistible music that propelled the original trance dancers. The Persian mystic poet Rumi, founder of the Mevlana Dervish brotherhood, wrote, "…Music uplifts the soul to realms above. The ashes glow, the latent fires increase: We listen and are fed with joy and peace." Immensely enjoyable for straight listening, truly indispensable for inner exploration, Sufi Splendor: Music for Whirling Meditation places the listener at the tranquil heart of that latent fire.

Sufi Splendor: Music for Whirling Meditation

Sufi Splendor: Music for Whirling Meditation,Sufi Splendor,White Swan,New Age / Meditation,Pop,Sufi Splendor captures the music that drives the resplendent and timeless practice of the whirling dervishes: serpentine ney (flute), melodic santoor, impassioned singing and ancient frame drum form a hypnotic rhythmic engine, building in intensity and ca,World Beat

Tracks:

Allaho akbar, ya rahimo ya rahman
La illaha illa allah
Ya rabbi salli alal habib mohammaden

Album Description

The dervish's whirling is a meditation—communion and contemplation—set to music; the calm center of a spiritual cyclone. Sufi Splendor: Music for Whirling Meditation captures the music that drives this resplendent and timeless practice. Serpentine ney (flute), melodic santoor, impassioned singing and ancient frame drum form a hypnotic rhythmic engine, building in intensity and carrying the listener to whirling ecstasy. Recorded in India's Ishvani Kendra monastery, Sufi Splendor: Music for Whirling Meditation features seasoned musicians, masters of the sema'a (Sufi ceremony), performing this irresistible music that propelled the original trance dancers. The Persian mystic poet Rumi, founder of the Mevlana Dervish brotherhood, wrote, "…Music uplifts the soul to realms above. The ashes glow, the latent fires increase: We listen and are fed with joy and peace." Immensely enjoyable for straight listening, truly indispensable for inner exploration, Sufi Splendor: Music for Whirling Meditation places the listener at the tranquil heart of that latent fire.

Customer Reviews:

Eh..........2007-05-11

This CD is okay, but I don't find it as transformative as I've found other Sufi music, which sadly I do not know the names of those artists. The singer has a lovely voice and the instruments are well played but it definitely did not put me in the required state for whirling meditation which I have experience elsewhere.

Sensual and uplifting.......2004-07-25

This wonderful CD combines the sensual beauty of the middle eastern rhythyms with the uplifting, entrancing spirituality of the chants. Each of the three long tracks builds from a simple beginning, increasing in tempo and passion. This is a wonderful CD for meditation, particulary active meditation (the whirling of the title, dance, etc.). I highly recommend it for anyone interested in Sufi traditions and/or middle eastern music.

Sufi Splendor: Music for Whirling Meditation

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Digestable Sufi Music

Sufi Splendor: Music for Whirling Meditation
Manish Vyas & Dina Awwad
Manufacturer: White Swan
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000LM8HKC

Customer Reviews:

Digestable Sufi Music.......2007-04-27

Lately I have been exploring Sufi music most of which was somewhat harsh and rough. Looking for that nice blend of vocals and instrumentation like Dead Can Dance flavor. Having been introduced to Sufi dancing many years ago, where dancers go in circles around the musicians in the middle as well as palm to heart. Very religious experience without the dogma. So far this has been the best work that captured that feeling and rhythm.

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