Music, from silence to mysticism

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written by Giovanni Ryffel · July 20, 2018 · 0 comment

Le Regard Libre N° 39 - Giovanni F. Ryffel

Among musical experiences, there is one that is particularly intense: that of the sublime. It's an experience akin to that of mystical vision, but without claiming the same degree of perfection or participation in divinity. However, the experience of the sublime is possible through music... for those who want to hear it.

Who, while listening to a beloved song, hasn't already felt moved within himself to a place he didn't know yet, perhaps a clearing where, at last, the mist dissipated and for a moment: «I see...». Who hasn't seen a door open in him that was different from all the usual doors, at the exact moment when he was listening attentively to a piece that he was discovering as if he were browsing an ancient geographical map dotted with promises, the p

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