Author: Layne Redmond
Publisher: Venice
Necklace: The Owls
Year edition: 2021
Format: Paperback
Pages of the printed version: 240 p.
EAN: 9788899863562
€ 29,50
For millennia, the sacred drums of the pre-Christian Mediterranean and West Asia have been played by women. Priestess drummers were the custodians of the spiritual traditions of early civilizations and held the keys to experiencing the divine through rhythm. They remained at the center of Goddess worship until the rise of patriarchy and the subsequent loss of the drum as a means of spiritual enlightenment. With wisdom and passion, Redmond recounts our species' deep bond with the drum, the first sound inspired by the beating of the mother's heart, which is part of our inseparable heritage of music and spirituality, now claimed by women all over the world. The lyrics encourage men and women to re-establish rhythmic connections with themselves, each other and nature through the power of the drum. Richly illustrated, it is at once a story, a memoir and a call for spiritual and social renewal.
"When Women Played the Drums" it is the story of a buried and forgotten aspect of women's spiritual heritage. It traces the use of the frame drum as a ritual instrument from the sacred caves of Old Europe to the mystery cults of Rome. It demonstrates that the banning of female drums from religious life was a crucial step in the process of disempowering women in Western culture.
Finally, he shows how playing the drums is re-emerging as a tool for personal and cultural healing and transformation.
