Hamid Kasri’s rendition of the classic gnawa piece “Lalla Aicha”
This song is intended to lure the woman jinn, Aicha Qandisha. To those possessed by her, this song makes them high and in a state of euphoria. Some respond to this high and state of euphoria by swaying back and forth, moving their heads, to the extremes of self-cutting.
Neurologists are said to have run tests on those who partake in the lila (the ritual which invokes and lures jinn), and it was reported that the brain reaction to the music was the equivalent of taking ecstasy.
I’m not religious or spiritual, but this song calms me down in a way that sometimes scares me.
Edit: I initially said hadra as “the ritual which invokes and lures jinn.” It’s actually called a lila in this context.
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Private Moon by artist Leonid Tishkov and photographer Boris Bendikov
These romantic images depict the relationship between a man and a fallen celestial object, an affair that would last the rest of their… well his life, at least.
(via: My Modern Met)
Hisaji Hara-A Study of The Room , 2009
Wow the similarity between this and “the room” is amazing. The woman’s position is almost exact. One clothed the other not!
