When it gets closer to this time of year, many people often say that Solstice / Christmas has lost it’s meaning, with the focus on consumerism becoming larger every year. But what is ‘the meaning’ of this time of year? Christmas is celebrated in the winter festival because it aligns with the cycles of nature…
Something I often hear people worrying about in the weeks leading up to Christmas is the way in which Christmas is losing its meaning, and becoming focused on consumerism. But what is the meaning of this time of year? The winter festival predates all organized religions by millennia; we celebrate Christmas when we do because…
Music is a significant part of almost everyone’s lives. It can uplift us, help us to relax; it can be appreciated for its aesthetic appeal, its technical accomplishments or simply for the ‘feeling’ it produces on listening. We all listen to different music at different times and for different reasons, but most importantly we all…
Spiritual Music as a Means of Promoting Interfaith Harmony Spiritual music may be underrepresented in modern society, but its importance and potential to contribute to global interfaith harmony are great. By Michael Vakil Kenton Music is a fundamental part of humanity, significant in almost every human life. Music can uplift us, connect us, help us…
Religious Jews, Muslims and Christians — pray together. Jews, Muslims and Christians say “no more violence”. See the Abrahamic Reunion web site for more information.
Experience this contemplative toolkit for the social and ecological needs of our time, The Seven Pillars: Journey Toward Wisdom, a multimedia e-workbook produced by Seven Pillars House of Wisdom. In today’s precarious and fast-changing world these tools for growth are dynamic. Journey Toward Wisdom contains text, video, an original musical score, 3D graphics, and the art of surrealist…
According to research recently published in the journal Cognition and Emotion and carried out by Uttam Kumar of the Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Lucknow, India, Om really does sooth the brain. Om is regarded as a divine word by Hindus and Buddhists. Sunday Times 22.02.2014.
Here at Sacred Music Radio we strongly believe that music heals and can help to heal the world a little. The mix of interfaith music we play online and via our app crosses cultural and religious differences and promotes better understanding, but years’ worth of medical research shows that music can improve health as well…
Sacred Music Radio started in 20 March 2013 and listener numbers have grown steadily. Our vision remains – to give exposure and airplay to a genre of music sadly lacking in mainstream broadcasting, so that artists can be promoted and featured to a discerning audience. Looking at our latest information shows us how far we’ve come; we now have…
According to recent research, 61% of US citizens and 72% of Brits now own smartphones. This highlights the vital role that new technologies play in contemporary communication, and here at Sacred Music Radio we’re moving with the times and launched a new iOS Sacred Music Radio App so that people can listen to some of…
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