Is there any relation between the political/religious ideas/beliefs of a person and his/er musical taste?.
Great post, Ingelou. I hadn't known that you had such an affinity for Indian thought until now! Personally, I love Indian literature, and especially their philosophy (philosophy and religion are hardly distinguishable in India), and it has colored my experience of Dhrupad quite nicely.I know of them - I am not a scholar when it comes to mysticism: it's more a feeling about the world that I like to experience, and have experienced, though only in fleeting glimpses, since I was a child. I have also looked at mystical excerpts from the Hindu sacred writings when I studied Indian Civilisation at university.
Maybe the only mystical treatise that I've actually read is The Cloud of Unknowing - and even that I can't remember!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
PS This thread is actually about taste in music, rather than personal religious belief, so I will add that in keeping with my interest in Eastern mysticism, I listen to oriental music for its ambience; & in keeping with my interest in the details of history & the experiences of individuals, I listen to western music for its melody & rhythm - its 'story', if you like. I should say that in music, unlike in literature, I prefer the short story to the long novel!
Simon Moon's post (125) clarified that agnosticm is not about fence-sitting. It is a definite thought-out position: "Agnosticism does not concern belief. Agnosticism concerns knowledge, or more specifically, what can be known."I think the term "agnostic" should be applied to true fence-sitters
That is a bit funny. I never think of using that word, but maybe my subconscious needed to put the "i" in there.Gentile reminder??