Redmond, Layne
When Drummers Were Women
- ISBN 13:
- 9781635617887
- author:
- Redmond, Layne
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Echo Point Books & Media
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2018
- Pages:
- 242
- Dimensions:
- 23.5 x 19.1 x 1.3 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Religion, Comparative Religion, Music,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
For millennia, the sacred drummers of pre-Christian Mediterranean and western Asia were women. In this inspiring book, Layne Redmond explores their history and its significance.
Artistic representations reveal that female frame drummers carried the spiritual traditions of many of the earliest recorded civilizations. They were at the center of the goddess worship of matriarchal societies until the ascendance of patriarchal cultures and the loss of drumming as a spiritual technology. Redmond chronicles our species' deep connection to the drum, our rich heritage of inseparable spirituality and music, and the modern-day women reclaiming it.
The book encourages readers to reestablish rhythmic links with themselves, nature, and other people through the power of drumming. Illustrated with an extensive collection of images gathered during ten years of research and travel, it is a history, a memoir, and a call for spiritual and social renewal.
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