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Author Koen, Benjamin D

Title Beyond the roof of the world : music, prayer, and healing in the Pamir mountains / Benjamin D. Koen
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 225 pages) : illustrations
Contents Language, Pronunciation, and Transliteration; 1. Medical Ethnomusicology and the Ontology of Oneness; 2. The Five Factors of Music, Prayer, Health, and Healing; 3. Music-Prayer Dynamics and Cognitive Flexibility; 4. Soundscape and Musical-Spiritual Entrainment; 5. Healthscape, Mystical Poetry, and Multimodal Healing; 6. Transformative Meaning in Sound, Empowered Sound in Culture; 7. Human Certainty Principle, of Science, Spirituality, and Experience; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W
Summary This work demonstrates the relevance of medical ethnomusicology in light of the globally spreading ICAM (integrative, complementary, and alternative medicine) approaches to health and healing
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-220) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Healing -- Pamir-Alain Mountains Region
Spiritual healing -- Pamir-Alain Mountains Region
Holistic medicine -- Pamir-Alain Mountains Region
Music therapy -- Pamir-Alain Mountains Region
Prayer -- Pamir-Alain Mountains Region
Music Therapy -- Tajikistan
Holistic Health -- Tajikistan
Medicine, Tibetan Traditional -- Tajikistan
Spiritual Therapies -- Tajikistan
Healing
Holistic medicine
Music therapy
Prayer
Spiritual healing
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0199710023
9780199710027
9780195367744
019536774X