Religion and Music: One and the Same?
Here’s an interesting post on the brains response to music vs religion. As it turns out, they are nearly identical.
I’ve often noticed a similarity at people’s behavior at any rock concert or rave as compared to their behavior within a charismatic religion. Kids in a mosh pit make me think of what the followers of John the Baptist might have been like at the banks of the river or what voodoo practitioners feel when in a trance. If we removed the music from religion, would religion fall apart?
The human brain does have a tendency to fall into trance states. Other than raves and speaking in tongues, what other type of behavior induces intense trance like states? Selling on the NY stock exchange?
Tags: John the Baptist, trance, Voodoo, your brain on religion
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