Into the Mystic

The Visionary and Ecstatic Roots of 1960s Rock and Roll

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

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Exploring how 1960s rock and roll music became a school of visionary art, Christopher Hill shows how music raised consciousness on both the individual and collective levels to bring about a transformation of the planet. The author traces how rock and roll rose from the sacred music of the African Diaspora, harnessing its ecstatic power for evoking spiritual experiences through music. He shows how the British Invasion, beginning with the Beatles in the early 1960s, acted as the “detonator” to explode visionary music into the mainstream. He explains how 60s rock and roll made a direct appeal to the imaginations of young people, giving them a larger set of reference points around which to understand life. Exploring the sources 1960s musicians drew upon to evoke the initiatory experience, he reveals the influence of European folk traditions, medieval Troubadours, and a lost American history of ecstatic politics and shows how a revival of the ancient use of psychedelic substances was the strongest agent of change, causing the ecstatic, mythic, and sacred to enter the consciousness of a generation.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2017-10-19
Mått152 x 229 x 18 mm
Vikt490 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SeriePark Street Press
Antal sidor304
FörlagInner Traditions Bear and Company
ISBN9781620556429

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Christopher Hill has written about rock and roll music in the pages of Spin, Record Magazine, International Musician, Chicago Magazine, Downbeat, Deep Roots Magazine, and other national and regional publications. His work has been anthologized in The Rolling Stone Record Review, and he is the author of Holidays and Holy Nights. Currently a contributing editor at Deep Roots Magazine, he lives in Madison, Wisconsin.

Acknowledgments INTRODUCTION A School of Vision 1 An Experience of Power The Unsuspected Immigrant and the Invisible Institution 2 The Isle Is Full of Noises The Meaning of the British Invasion 3 The Western Rim Los Angeles, San Francisco, and the California Apocalypse 4 The Chimes of Freedom Bob Dylan, Folk-Rock, and Deep America 5 The Vision of the Beloved Troubadours, Love Songs, and the Pretty Ballerina 6 Earthquake Country The Grateful Dead, Acid, and the Mythic Life7 Saving England The Beatles and the World of Sgt. Pepper 8 My Name Is Called Disturbance The Rolling Stones and the Lord of Misrule 9 The Sorrowful Mysteries Van Morrison and Astral Weeks 10 The Proverbs of Hell The Journey of Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground 11 The Vision of Childhood The Incredible String Band and British Psychedelia 12 An Experience of Power Zenta New Year, 1968, the Grande Ballroom, Detroit Afterword Notes Bibliography Index