When The Drummers Were Women A Spiritual History Of Rhythm

Author : Layne Redmond
Publisher : Echo Point Books & Media, LLC
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 582 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book When The Drummers Were Women: A Spiritual History of Rhythm written by Layne Redmond and published by Echo Point Books & Media, LLC. This book was released on 2021-08-05 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For millennia, the sacred drummers of pre-Christian Mediterranean and western Asia were women. In this inspiring book, Layne Redmond, herself a renowned drummer, tells their history. Artistic representations reveal that female frame drummers carried the spiritual traditions of many of the earliest recorded civilizations. During those ancient times, the drummer-priestesses held the keys to experience of the divine through rhythm. They were at the center of the goddess worship of matriarchal societies until the ascendance of patriarchal cultures and the loss of drumming as a spiritual technology. With wisdom and passion, Redmond chronicles our species’ deep connection to the drum, our rich heritage of inseparable spirituality and music, and the modern-day women reclaiming it. This book encourages readers—both women and men—to reestablish rhythmic links with themselves, nature, and other people through the power of drumming. Redmond illustrates her message with an extensive collection of images gathered during ten years of research and travel. Woven throughout the book are strands of ancient ritual and mythology, personal stories, and scientific evidence of the benefits of drumming. It is at once a history, a memoir, and a resounding call for spiritual and social renewal.

Author : Steven Ash
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780806926575
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sacred Drumming written by Steven Ash and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2004-08 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a guided tour from a writer who grew up and studied on Native American reservations and join those throughout the world—from Siberia to South America, Australia to Africa—who venerate the drum for its healing and celebratory powers. Through painting, cleansing, blessing, smudging, dedicating, chanting, and performing, you’ll find your own special beat, transforming the drum into a medicinal tool. Become one with a purchased or homemade instrument. Draw on the knowledge of Native American and other cultures to drum away fear, purify, establish a sacred space, and reach into areas of the consciousness that would otherwise be inaccessible. Extra special bonus: a CD with more than an hour’s worth of music for a Sacred Directions ceremony, meditation, trance, and more.

Author : Robert Lawrence Friedman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578760131
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Healing Power of the Drum written by Robert Lawrence Friedman and published by . This book was released on 2020-10 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Healing Power of the Drum psychotherapist and drum facilitator, Robert Lawrence Friedman weaves an extraordinary tapestry of personal experience, fascinating anecdotes, and compelling research, demonstrating the hand drum's capacity to provide significant health benefits for everyone. This breakthrough book examines the use of hand drums in treating at-risk adolescents, stress-out employees, veterans, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Autism and more. Find joy and self-expression in The Healing Power of the Drum.

Author : Mickey Hart
Publisher : Harper San Francisco
ISBN 13 : 9780062503749
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Drumming at the Edge of Magic written by Mickey Hart and published by Harper San Francisco. This book was released on 1990 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the role of drums, rattles, and gongs in human societies revealing the primal hypnotic power of these instruments

Author : Sheila E.
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476714983
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Beat of My Own Drum written by Sheila E. and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-09-02 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Grammy-nominated singer, drummer, and percussionist who is world renowned for her contributions throughout the music industry, a moving memoir about the healing power of music and spiritual growth inspired by five decades of life and love on the stage. She was born Sheila Escovedo in 1957, but the world knows her as Sheila E. She first picked up the drumsticks and started making music at the precocious age of three, taught by her legendary father, percussionist Pete Escovedo. As the goddaughter of Tito Puente, music was the heartbeat of her family, and despite Sheila's impoverished childhood in Oakland, California, her family stayed strong, inspired by the music they played nightly in their living room. When she was only five, Sheila delivered her first solo performance to a live audience. By nineteen, she had fallen in love with Carlos Santana. By twenty-one, she met Prince at one of her concerts. Sheila E. and Prince would eventually join forces and collaborate for more than two decades, creating hits that catapulted Sheila to her own pop superstardom. The Beat of My Own Drum is both a walk through four decades of Latin and pop music—from her tours with Marvin Gaye, Lionel Richie, Prince, and Ringo Starr to her own solo career. At the same time, it’s also a heartbreaking, ultimately redemptive look at how the sanctity of music can save a person’s life. Having repeatedly endured sexual abuse as a child, Sheila credits her parents, music, and God with giving her the will to carry on and to build a lasting legacy. Rich in musical detail, pop, and Latin music history, this is a fascinating walk through some of the biggest moments in music from the ’70s and ’80s. But as Sheila’s personal story, this memoir is a unique glimpse into a world-famous drummer’s singular life—a treat for both new and longtime fans of Sheila E. And above all, The Beat of My Own Drum is a testament to how the positive power of music has fueled Sheila’s heart and soul—and how it can transform your life as well.

Author : Thomas Vennum
Publisher : Minnesota Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 9780873517638
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ojibwa Dance Drum written by Thomas Vennum and published by Minnesota Historical Society. This book was released on 2015-01-27 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hiding in a lake under lily pads after fleeing U.S. soldiers, a Dakota woman was given a vision over the course of four days instructing her to build a large drum and teaching her the songs that would bring peace and end the killing of her people. From the Dakota, the "big drum" spread throughout the Algonquian-speaking tribes to the Ojibwe, becoming the centerpiece of their religious ceremonies. This edition of "The Ojibwe Dance Drum, "originally created through the collaboration of Ojibwe drum maker and singer William Bineshii Baker Sr. and folklorist Thomas Vennum, has a new introduction by history professor Rick St. Germaine that discusses the research behind this book and updates readers on the recent history of the Ojibwe Drum Dance.

Author : Kenneth Schweitzer
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1617036706
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Artistry of Afro-Cuban Batá Drumming written by Kenneth Schweitzer and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An iconic symbol and sound of the Lucumí/Santería religion, Afro-Cuban batá are talking drums that express the epic mythological narratives of the West African Yoruba deities known as orisha. By imitating aspects of speech and song, and by metaphorically referencing salient attributes of the deities, batá drummers facilitate the communal praising of orisha in a music ritual known as a toque de santo. In The Artistry of Afro-Cuban Batá Drumming, Kenneth Schweitzer blends musical transcription, musical analysis, interviews, ethnographic descriptions, and observations from his own experience as a ritual drummer to highlight the complex variables at work during a live Lucumí performance. Integral in enabling trance possessions by the orisha, by far the most dramatic expressions of Lucumí faith, batá drummers are also entrusted with controlling the overall ebb and flow of the four- to six-hour toque de santo. During these events, batá drummers combine their knowledge of ritual with an extensive repertoire of rhythms and songs. Musicians focus on the many thematic acts that unfold both concurrently and in quick succession. In addition to creating an emotionally charged environment, playing salute rhythms for the orisha, and supporting the playful song competitions that erupt between singers, batá drummers are equally dedicated to nurturing their own drumming community by creating a variety of opportunities for the musicians to grow artistically and creatively.

Author : Wendy Griffin
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742503489
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Daughters of the Goddess written by Wendy Griffin and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2000 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A volume ideal for classes in women's studies, religious studies and the sociology of religion, Daughters of the Goddess also serves as an invaluable guide for anyone wishing to gain a thorough introduction to this rapidly growing religious and cultural movement."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Matt Brennan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108489834
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to the Drum Kit written by Matt Brennan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-17 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An approachable introduction to the drum kit, drummers, and drumming, and the key debates surrounding the instrument and its players.

Author : Linda Lay Shuler
Publisher : Lake Union Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781477807507
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Let the Drum Speak written by Linda Lay Shuler and published by Lake Union Publishing. This book was released on 2013-07-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A novel on an Indian shaman in 13th Century America. She is Antelope, a blue-eyed Anazasi who becomes the object of desire and fear of the ruler of the City of the Great Sun. He desires her because she is beautiful and fears her because of her powers to communicate with spirits and foretell the future. By the author of She Who Remembers.