"Here, then, Music terminates in Religion . The two are intimately related, and Religion in a way elucidates the content of Music . Logos descends from his heights, and sound---the Shriek--- is joined by Myth . Myth unites men within the Symbol, it embraces men, and they are far more moved than they would have been by mere Sound, for Myth is the Music of Symbolism . Therefore, it is clear that Myth is FULFILLMENT . { > Whole-Ness < } ."
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"But even here, Harmony is the Core of the Spirit of Eastern Wisdom . To be sure,, the deep origin of Western tragedy is not foreign to Eastern Wisdom either, but these depths are for it only partial, and not final in themselves . Height and Depth are united in Logos, by TAO . Joyousness, and surrender to joyousness as the final redemption of Myth, supply the energy necessary for Order among men . Surrender to joyousness forms and shapes men : force neither of arms nor of law, but joyousness alone makes it easy for men to follow . Joyousness is garbed in beauty, showing itself pleasantly to men, so that from within they are compelled to submit easily and willingly to its regulations . Ultimately, this is the greatest idea that came to life in China as the Sprit of Music and as the Spirit of Religion ."
---All quotes from LECTURES ON THE I CHING CONSTANCY AND CHANGE by Richard Wilhelm Translated from the German by Irene Eber .
These two blogs must serve as my Introduction to Music .
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