Welcome to the blog Music and the Spirit. The blog will primarily reflect and discuss the interrelation between music and spirituality, though it will also address music's ability to convey messages of passion, peace, fury, and intense joy. I will start the blog out with a quote about music from a significant historical or literary figure and reflect or comment on it. Additional reflections or conversations are welcome.
Here is today's quote: "
Music has charms to soothe the savage beast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak." From William Congreve's The Mourning Bride, Act I, Sc. i, 1697
Music truly does have a way of soothing the savage beast or calming the sin sick soul. Whether it is taming the traumatizing beast in a Harry Potter movie with a harp, putting a restless child or animal to sleep, or to comfort a person mourning from a loss or tragic event, music has the power to soothe, calm, and heal.
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