Music and Altered States

by Aldridge, David

• ISBN13: 9781843103738
• ISBN10: 1843103737
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-12-01
• Publisher: JESSICA KINGSLEY

Summary

The use of music as a means of promoting changes in states of consciousness has been practised for centuries across different cultures. This international collection explores the different ways in which music is used to achieve states of altered consciousness for a variety of purposes.

Table of Contents

1 Music, Consciousness and Altered States	9	(6)
David Aldridge, University of Witten-Herdecke, Germany
2 Music and Altered States of Consciousness: An Overview	15	(23)
Jörg Fachner, University of Witten-Herdecke, Germany
3 Music and Trance	38	(13)
John J. Pilch, Georgetown University, USA
4 The Effects of Listening to Monotonous Drumming on Subjective Experiences	51	(9)
Csaba Szabó, Debrecen University, Hungary
5 Perception and Responses to Schemata in Different Cultures: Western and Arab Music	60	(14)
Dalia Cohen, Hebrew University, Israel
6 Music as Medicine: The Adyghs' Case	74	(8)
Alla N. Sokolova, Adyghea State University, Russia
7 Music and Drug-Induced Altered States of Consciousness	82	(15)
Jörg Fachner
8 The Role of Music in Healing with Hallucinogens: Tribal and Western Studies	97	(4)
Marlene Dobkin de Rios, University of California, USA
9 Polyrhythms Supporting a Pharmacotherapy: Music in the Iboga Initiation Ceremony in Gabon	101	(24)
Uwe Maas, Marien-Hospital Witten, Germany, and Süster Strubelt, Gemeinschafisdienst Kinder, Jugend and Familie Iserlohn
10 Dangerous Music: Working with the Destructive and Healing Powers of Popular Music in the Treatment of Substance Abusers	125	(15)
Tsvia Horesh, Hebrew University, Israel
11 On a Journey to Somatic Memory: Theoretical and Clinical Approaches for the Treatment of Traumatic Memories in Music Therapy-Based Drug Rehabilitation	140	(15)
Marko Punkanen, University of Jyväskyla, Finland
12 Music Therapy and Spirituality: A Transcendental Understanding of Suffering	155	(17)
David Aldridge
13 Music Therapy and Spirituality and the Challenges of End-Stage Illness	172	(12)
Lucanne Magill, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA
REFERENCES	184	(15)
THE CONTRIBUTORS	199	(3)
SUBJECT INDEX	202	(4)
AUTHOR INDEX	206