"During
the past few years, drumming is increasingly practiced on a global
scale to promote unity, peace and prosperity on earth. The South
African organization, One
World Beat, organized an event on Saturday 6th May 2006, which was advertised as follows: "Drumming
in One World Beat is an event where we are uniting people
around the world in one hour of drumming in unison—getting
together in a true global village of drumming! It is the first
time the drumming event is this big in our country. To imagine
the whole world beating the drums at the same hour, for one hour!
Bring your own drum. We trust the Lord for a breakthrough—not
in our own lives alone, but also in our prayers for a prosperous
Africa." The drumming itself is meant to be the prayer for
unity and prosperity in the global village. This is an extreme
form of religious syncretism!" Read
entire article by Professor Johan Malan (South Africa), African
Drumming Becomes a World-wide Phenomenon
Drumming
for "Jesus'
by Roger Oakland
Since
Richard Foster and others have led the way for the popularization
of the "contemplative tradition" in the name of spiritual formation
in countless churches professing to be Christian, practices like
shamanistic drumming are promoted as an excellent way to get into
an altered state of consciousness in the name of Christ. However,
while tuning one's brain into a hypnotic beat of a drum may "speak
directly to the intelligence of the body," getting into a mindless
trance can be lethal for one's soul. Read
this entire article.
From "The Music and the Mystical"
by Pastor Larry DeBruyn
As a young boy occultist Wilburn Burchette
reported a "breakthrough" he experienced through music. He relates:
"I was getting to the point where my mind was blank. I remember
shifting consciousness and having a sensation of my mind being
above time. I felt I could move forward, backward in time. The
physical sensation is an orgasm of the soul, because you are in
complete, absolute union. You extend your mind and being out of
this dimension, and wham! You receive a knowing beyond words.
When you transcend over into the other dimension, you split in
two, and yet you are one. This is what all the alchemists brought
out: you split in two, and yet you are one. This is pretty weird
for most people, but you have split in two, you have another being
which can realize the Absolute, the Godhead. These two you's are
in perfect union." Click
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