1. Myths and Music Mevlevi Dervishes Vesa Matteo Piludu Helsinki Department of Comparative Religion University of Helsinki

2. Performative model of the whirling dervishes As in the Afro-American Religions The musicians aren’t in trance The dancers are entranced

3. CD: Trance 1, track 1

4. CD: Music and Trance 1, track 1

5. Whirling Dervish - Mevlevi Sema Ceremony http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKEItegftb8 Naqshbandi Whirling Dervishes of Indonesia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqKwrusqbTc&feature=related

6. Ney (reed flute) Oud (lute) tanbur (fretted string instrument) Bendir (frame drum)

7. Dances The tunic are extended by centrifugal forces The tilt of the head is accentuated by the tall hat Relaxed arm are extended sideways

8. Living representation of Lam-Alif Letters of the Arabic epigram La Ilaha Illa-Allah ”There is no God – But God”

9. Sheik When the sheik enters the dance, his dervishes orbit around him like planets

10. Poet Jellaeddin Rumi If you split an atom you will find in it One Sun And some planet will revolve Jellaeddin Rumi

11. Closest to god In whirling … the outer world dissolves into bands of colors, space is obliterated and time reversed. This has been called the path of return Whirling, we move against the flow of the time Directly experiencing our origins Coming to our innermost centre where we are closest to god

12. Mystical goal Seeking mystic union and experience the dissolution of the self in the divine essence

13. Poet Jalalludin Rumi the mystical love Reason is powerless in the expression of Love Die in Love if you want to remain alive