Healing music: ŞİFANAĞME 1-Rast Pesrev, Benli Hasan Aga (Koç)
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Introduction to Turkish music therapy
Can music heal illnesses, and rhythms and basses or melodies can protect against illnesses
It may not be possible to give a precise answer to this question, even today, but music has nevertheless found a remarkable place among today's alternative medical treatment methods. Especially in today's modern psychotherapy, music and various rhythms are being used more and more frequently for therapeutic purposes.
Music therapy is intended to promote the soul, mind and ultimately physical health. There are two forms of music therapy:
Firstly, active music therapy, in which the patient is directly involved in producing the music or carries out movements or dances to the accompaniment of the melodies.
The second overarching form is receptive music therapy, in which the patient does nothing other than listen to the music that is being played to them, either live or, fortunately, using the modern methods available today. This is also the oldest form of music therapy, which was already known to many indigenous peoples of our world.
Collection of healing music
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Music therapy and universal harmony
According to the oldest Turkish sources, the birth of the cosmos was initiated by a sound. What this means is a divine sound or a divine voice. This idea is also supported in the Islamic faith by various verses in the Quran:
"When He has decided something, He only says, 'Be' and It is" (Qur'an, Bakara 2/117). This played an important role in the belief that music could cure illnesses. The search for healing also depended on the idea of universal harmony.
The harmony of the sphere, the movement of the stars and other elements create an inaudible cosmic music.
Pythagoras was the first to develop this theory. Humans are part of this universal harmony, and many parallels to the celestial bodies were seen in the human body. The smallest sound vibrations of the music were supposed to influence a sick part of the body and restore harmony between body and soul, which would ultimately lead to health.
The shamans and their healing rituals
The healing power of music was already known in pre-Islamic times among the nature-loving shamanic Turkic peoples, the ancient Romans, Greeks and countries of Central Asia. Musical instruments, rhythms and dances were an integral part of shamanic healing rituals.
Shamans are a kind of mediator between the worlds who contact the spirits to achieve goals useful for the family or tribe. The shaman believed in a primal force - a stream of life that enabled a connection between the ancestors, the visible world and nature, which transcended the limits of human perception. Its name is derived from the Tungusic word šaman - an Altaic language family. However, the etymological origin has not yet been fully clarified. But what seems most plausible is the meaning of the verb Sha (ša) - which means something like “think” or “know”. So the shaman is someone who is knowledgeable. Therefore, they enjoyed a certain respect and special status among the population.
