Edito de Shaman DancingFrom the most ancient of times, the shaman has played a fundamental role in hunting societies around the world. Through the shaman?s intervention the harmonious balance between the spirit and natural worlds is maintained; crops are harvested, hunts are successfully completed, and illness is cured or prevented. Through ecstatic trance, often induced by the rhythm of a drum, the apprentice shaman enters the spirit world where a lengthy and sometimes painful process of psychic rebirth begins. Training completed, he or she will be able to freely travel and communicate with the spirits, heal the sick, and seek spiritual assistance for the hunt and the betterment of society. Shamanism is not a religion but a set of cultural beliefs, rites and customs: different in practice from region to region, but surprisingly similar in essence. These songs are dedicated to the spirits those men and women who have sacrificed so much for humanity and aided in our survival and well-being throughout countless millennia. Several of the chants on Shaman Dancing are based on the ancient Proto-Indo-European (PIE) language. PIE, is the reconstructed ancestral language of all the Indo-European tongues which include Latin, Sanskrit, Hindi, English, German, Spanish etc. Over 3 billion people speak Indo-European-based languages today. It is not known exactly where or when PIE was spoken or exactly how it would have sounded but a good estimate might place it around 6000 years ago in central Asia. David has used commonly accepted PIE words and an invented grammar for his ancient yet oddly familiar-sounding chants and vocalisations. Tibetan, another Indo-European language, can be heard on The Garden of Visions and A Flight of Souls and Chief Dancing Thunder calls the ancestors with a Susquehannock chant on Shaman Dancing. For further information and links, visit David?s website www.davidantonyclark.com Lire la suite