"The Mystery Of Sound Is Mysticism"

I don’t know what to make of the ideas expressed in the OP, and how a strong argument can be made that “the mystery of sound is mysticism,” but I do know that acknowledging the experience music provides without acknowledging the intangible, immeasurable things, and/or ensconcing oneself into a rigid bubble of “science / data, and nothing else,” is folly

Great post! thanks ...

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@mijostyn

There is little if any mysticism in music

Mystics would disagree!

@stuartk 

Maybe in Indian music and other forms I am not familiar with, but western music is highly structured and deliberate, anything but mystical. 

The Mahavishnu Orchestra wanted to be mystical. It did not work. It was still fun listening to Billy Cobham swing those sticks.

@mahgister 

I am speechless.