PUBL.- Beyond the Roof of the World: Music, Prayer, and Healing in Pamir Mtns.
Posted by: Ben Koen <benkoen@gmail.com>
I'm very happy to announce the publication of Beyond the Roof of the
World: Music, Prayer, and Healing in the Pamir Mountains (Oxford
University Press).
Below is a brief description, table of contents, and link to the book.
Beyond the Roof of the World: Music, Prayer, and Healing in the Pamir Mountains
Description
Western medicine has conventionally separated music, science, and
religion into distinct entities, yet traditional cultures throughout
the world have always viewed music as a bridge that connects and
balances the physical with the spiritual to promote health and
healing. As people in even the most technologically advanced nations
across the globe struggle with obtaining affordable and reliable
healthcare, more and more people are now turning to these ancient
cultural practices of holistic and ICAM healing (integrative,
complementary, and alternative medicine).
Beyond the Roof of the World convincingly demonstrates the relevance
of medical ethnomusicology in light of the globally spreading ICAM
approaches to health and healing. Revealing the Western separation of
healing from spiritual and musical practices as a culturally
determined phenomenon, Dr. Benjamin D. Koen confirms their underlying
unity. In a place poetically known as the Roof of the World, the
culture found within the towering Pamir Mountains of Badakhshan
Tajikistan serves as the paradigm of ICAM healing practices. Koen's
extensive research and immersion into the Badakhshani culture provides
a well-balanced "insider" perspective while maintaining an
"observer's" view, as he effectively bridges the widespread gaps
between ethnomusicology, health science, and music therapy. Moving
beyond the paradigm of the Pamir Mountains to reach out to cultures
across the globe, Koen infuses scholarship with lived experience and
applied practice as he shows spirituality and musicality to be
intimately intertwined with one's physical life, health and healing.
Table of Contents
Language
Pronunciation and Transliteration
1. Medical Ethnomusicology and the Ontology of Oneness
2. The Five Factors of Music, Prayer, Health, and Healing
3. Music-Prayer Dynamics and Cognitive Flexibility
4. Soundscape and Musical-Spiritual Entrainment
5. Healthscape, Mystical Poetry, and Multimodal Healing
6. Transformative Meaning In Sound, Empowered Sound In Culture
7. Human Certainty Principle, of Science, Spirituality, and Experience
Notes
References
Index
Dr. Benjamin D. Koen
Medical, Cognitive, & Applied Ethnomusicology
Florida State University College of Music
Tallahassee, Florida 32306-1180
Ofc: (850) 644-4642
Fx: (850) 644-2033
email: benkoen@gmail.com
http://music.fsu.edu/koen.htm
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