Friday, May 21, 2010

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Shamans gain knowledge and the power to heal by entering into the spiritual world or dimension. The shaman may have or acquire many spirit guides in the spirit world these often guide and direct the shaman in his or her travels. These spirit guides are always present within the shaman though others only encounter them when the shaman is in a trance. The spirit guide energizes the shaman enabling him or her to enter into the spiritual dimension. The shaman heals within the spirital dimension by returning lost parts of the human soul from wherever they have gone The shaman also cleanses excess negative energies which confuse or pollute the soul the Shaman act as mediators in their culture The shaman communicates with the spirits on behalf of the community including the spirits of the deceased. The shaman communicates with both living and dead to alleviate unrest unsettled issues and to deliver gifts to the spirits Often unsettled issues can be resolved with money. Paper money can be burnt to transfer its value to the spirits.
Among the Selkups the sea duck is a spirit animal because ducks fly in the air and dive in the water. so ducks belong to both the upper world and the world below. Among other Siberian peoples these characteristics are attributed to water fowl in general. Among many Native Americans the jaguar is a spirit animal because jaguars walk on earth swim in water and climb in trees. sooooo jaguars belong to all three worlds Sky Earth and Underworld.

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Friday, May 7, 2010

Aperrantly trance music comes from the shamanists which has the same trance-inducing effect. Shamanism is a term refering to a range of beleifs regarding to communication with the spiritual world. A shaman is a messangers between the human world and the spiritual world. It is said that shamans would treat illnesess by mending the soul by bangin a drum sort of object which supposedly put the people that heard it into a trance and the trance would restore the body and soul to balance and wholeness. The Shaman could also enter supernatural relms to find solutions to problems afflicting the human world. The Shamans could also visit other relms or dimensions to bring guidance to misguided soulsThe term shaman comes from the Turkic word saman the term for such a practitioner which also gained currency in the wider Turko Mongol and Tungusic cultures in ancient Siberia Shamanism played an important role in Altaic mythology Tengriism which was the major belief of Xiongnu Turkic Hungarian and Bulgar peoples in ancient times incorporates elements of shamanism.The shaman's social role may be defined by a set of connected behaviors, rights and obligations as conceptualized by actors in a social situation and the expected behavior in a given individual within their cultural social status and social position.
Shamanism is a calling. Individuals who are called typically experience an illness of some sort over a prolonged period of time. This illness will prompt the individual to seek out spiritual guidance and other shamanic healers. Such illnesses are usually not healed curable by physicians and western medicine. The shaman heals through spiritual means that consequently affect the human world by bringing about restored health.

Tuesday, May 4, 2010



Trance music festivals attract enormous crowds and usually feature sophisticated lighting, laser and pyrotechnic displays. Most of the largest trance festivals are held in Europe.
The Netherlands
Some of the best festivals are displayed in the Netherlands. Trance festivals in the Netherlands are mainly organized by three companies ID&T, UDC and Q-Dance:
Tiësto In Concert Arnhem25,000 visitors is a gig only performance by Tiësto. Organized by ID&T. It is held in the Gelredome Arnhem.
Armin Only, Ahoy, Rotterdam the only DJ to mix at this event is the very popular Armin van Buuren. Organized by UDC. Armin Only 2008 was held in the Jaarbeurs Utrecht.
Full On Ferry, Ahoy Rotterdam Ferry Corsten plays back 2 back with DJs who also cover various other styles such as house, techno and progressive trance. Such DJs are hand picked by Ferry himself as an ode to his long career of producer of many different styles in the process.
Mystery Land, Floriade Park Haarlemmermeer 60,000 visitors an not trance only outdoor festival organized by ID&T.
Dance Valley, Spaarnwoude 55,000 - 90,000 visitors an not trance only outdoor festival organized by UDC.
Qlimax, Gelredom, Arnhem 25,000 visitors a Hardstyle, Hard Trance event which has been gaining in popularity recently. Renowned for its impressive laser show. Organized by Q Dance.
Sensation, Amsterdam Arena 80,000 visitors on two nights. Not a trance only festival many types such as house and hardstyle coexist. Famous for the venue a football stadium and the lightshow. Organized by ID&T.
Trance Energy, Jaarbeurs, Utrecht 30,000 visitors a festival which features only trance music, and very popular for diehard fans of trance. Many well received DJs have played sets at this event, helping to create its fame. Organized by ID&T.
ImPulsTanz Festival, At the Brabanthallens Hertogenbosch 20,000 visitors which started as a try out became a festival well known in the BeNeLux countries, France and Germany.








Trance is a type of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s. Trance music is generally characterized by a tempo of between 130 and 155 BPM short melodic synthesizer phrases and a musical form that builds up and down throughout a track. It is a combination of many forms of music such as industrial, techno, and house. The origin of the term is uncertain with some suggesting that the term is derived from the Klaus Schulze album Trancefer 1981 or the early trance act Dance 2 Trance. In any case the name is undoubtedly linked to the ability of music to induce an altered state of consciousness known as a trance. The effect of some trance music has been likened to the trance inducing music created by ancient shamanists during long periods of drumming. The trance music branch of electronica share a fondness for open ended marathon dancing, fluorescent colors and neo hippie fashion as well.Early in the 1980s the German composer Klaus Schulze composed several albums of experimental space music which was highly atmospheric and sequencer driven. Some of these songs share many similarities with early trance music and are sometimes categorized as trance. Two of his albums from the 1980s include the word trance in their titles 1981 Trancefer and 1987 Trance. Predating Schulzes 1980s releases however was Jean Michel Jarres Oxygene from 1976 and Equinoxe in 1978. Jarre who experimented with the similar styles of atmospheric experimental that gave rise to Schulzes 1980 efforts and the many others that followed is widely regarded as the godfather of the genre.
In retrospect, some of the earliest identifiable trance recordings came from the acid house movement which was pioneered by The KLF The most notable of these were the original 1988 1989 versions of What Time Is Love? and 3 a.m. Eternal along with the aptly titled Kylie Said Trance 1989 and Last Train to Trancentral 1990. The KLF labeled these early recordings Pure Trance and they share many similarities with The White Room album 1991but are significantly more minimalist nightclub oriented and undergroun in sound. While the KLFs works are clear examples of proto trance two songs both from 1990, are widely regarded as being the first true trance records. The first is Age of Loves self-titled debut single which was released in early 1990 and is seen a basis for the original trance sound to come out of Germany Some consider The Age of Love to be the first true trance single. The second track was Dance 2 Trances We Came in Peace, the b-side of their own self titled debut single. Another influential song was Future Sound Of Londons Papua New Guinea 1991.
The trance sound beyond this acid era genesis is said to have been an off shoot of techno in German clubs during the very early 1990s. Germany is often cited as a birthplace of trance culture. Some of the earliest pioneers of the music included Jam El Mar Oliver Lieb, and Sve Vath who all produced numerous tracks under multiple aliases. Trance labels like Eye Q Harthouse Rising High Records and MFS Records were Frankfurt based. Arguably a fusion of techno and house music early trance shared much with techno in terms of the tempo and rhythmic structures but also added more melodic overtones. Also the songs did not bounce around in the same way that house did and often contained unpredictable shifts in beat structure. These early forms of trance are now referred to as classic trance and were longer and more abstract than the more danceable trance that was to follow.