The Sacred Art of Chant: Preparing to Practice(Preparing to Practice Series)
Author: Ana Hernandez
An introduction to chanting as a spiritual practice that anyone can do.
The Sacred Art of Chant not only tells us about the practice of chant, it invites readers to use their own voices to create sacred sounds. Ana Hernandez describes her personal exploration of spiritual chanting and reveals how chant can cultivate clarity, focus, and peace, and ultimately lead to a more complete spiritual life.
Drawing on chants from many faith traditions, The Sacred Art of Chant is an invigorating guidebook for anyone who wants to enliven their own prayer experience in a unique way. Includes sacred chants written out with notation, complete bibliography, a list of Internet resources, and advice on how to incorporate chanting into daily life.
Publishers Weekly
The newest installment in SkyLight Paths' series on sacred practices opens the door, and the mouth, to chanting. The author is a composer and performer of sacred music who also conducts workshops on the subject. All the basics are here: instructions for warm-up through meditations and vocal exercises, 21 straightforward chants and a simple explanation of what happens to the body during chanting, based on Eastern traditions' teaching about body energy. The book cruises religious traditions, since chant is an important practice in the world's religions. Christianity yields taize and liturgical chant; there is mantra chanting, Jewish and Hindu devotional chant and a Zuni sunrise call. Although Hernandez writes that "beautiful and fun aren't usually the first words I think about when I think spiritual discipline," this call to practice is indeed inviting. Some may find the author's breezy writing style a little too girlfriendishly casual ("If God were normal, that would be the end of it, right?"), while others will welcome her informal approach to a subject so often associated with high-raftered solemnity. Minimal musical notation is included with the basic chants, which may be useful for those who read music and unintimidating for those who don't. With a helpful bibliography of text, CD and Internet resources, this is a fine cross-traditional introduction for those exploring a profound and ancient practice. (Jan.) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
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