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SUMMARY:Singing Sanctuary
DESCRIPTION:With Leo and Sundara \nAccompanied by harmonium and guitar we’ll sing devotional songs in English. These original songs are based on prayers and sayings from spiritual traditions around the world. No prior experience is necessary. Arrive a little earlier if you like for a cup of tea and some time to connect before we begin. No need to book in advance. \nHere’s an example of the songs we sing. This is Love Flows Like a River\, by Sundara. \n \nAbout these songs\nSundara and I have been leading singing events together since we met in 2003 in the Findhorn community\, an eclectic spiritual community in the north of Scotland. We started with the songs of Taize\, an ecumenical Christian monastery in France. Although Findhorn is not a Christian community\, these simple and easy-to-learn songs were very popular there because they expressed a universal spirituality that many people could relate to. \nThese songs gave us a taste for the beauty of singing together in a devotional spirit. Devotional singing isn’t a new thing\, but it’s one of the many ancient-yet-essential things that we’ve lost in the modern world. \nWe also explored gospel songs and the Harmonic Temple songs of Nickomo Clarke\, which take sacred phrases from many traditions and set them to four-part harmony. We kept learning new songs and sharing our favourites. \nInspiration from India\nAnd then a few years ago\, Sundara started singing bhajans\, the devotional songs of India. She taught herself to play the harmonium and I joined her with the guitar\, and we found that the music could support people to drop into a devotional way of singing together without feeling self-conscious. We’ve been singing those songs ever since\, and have led many “Kirtan” evenings here at The Dragon Sanctuary. \nBut a niggle started to arise. What about songs in English? How could we write songs that were equally devotional but sung in our own language? We’d experienced that with the few Taize songs that we’d sing in English (they are mostly in Latin\, and other European languages)\, and with gospel songs and some of the English-language Harmonic Temple songs too. Sometimes singing in your own language can make the experience even more powerful. \nSo Sundara wrote some songs and we’ve found a few more from other song-composers that we love\, and we now have a small set\, enough for an evening at least! \nThere’s a fine line to be walked with these songs. Singing in one’s own language can be potent\, but it can also be fraught. No-one likes being told what to think or feel\, and for some of us the legacy of church hymns can make us wary of this sort of singing. And some “new age” songs can be a bit “cringey” (as our teenage kids would say). \nThe songs we’ve found are (we hope) devotional without being didactic\, heart-felt without being hammy. Just like the best devotional songs\, they help you get out of your mind and into your heart. Like the bhajans\, we sing them with the harmonium and guitar. We hope you will want to join us! As stated already\, no prior experience is necessary\, and there’s no need to book in advance. \n 
URL:https://dragonsanctuary.co.uk/event/singing-sanctuary-2/
LOCATION:The Dragon Sanctuary\, 34 Bossell Road\, Buckfastleigh\, Devon\, TQ11 0DD\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:The Mystic Rose
DESCRIPTION:Storytelling from Leo Sofer\, with music by Sundara Sofer\nThis performance charts a course through three interwoven stories\, showing the challenges of the spiritual journey\, in three different ways. \nThe first story begins with a young man\, lost in the desert\, and coming upon a rose of unparalleled beauty…. \n \nThe second story concerns a young sailor\, so skilled at her craft that she can sail to any destination\, in any conditions. \nBut then she discovers a way of travelling without a destination in mind\, and a whole new world opens up. \n \nThe third story concerns a Prince and Princess\, both besotted with the same dream of the Mystic Rose. \nThe journey they take to fulfill their dreams is the thread that ties all these three stories together. \n \nThe structure of the story-within-a-story-within-a-story has been used by storytellers for thousands of years to take listeners into a deeper and deeper space of listening and quiet inside. We use this structure to allow our audience to take a journey in themselves\, opening up to their own relationship to the object of their deepest desires.\nThe Mystic Rose is a symbol for this “most wanted” thing\, and although we might all have our own path to it\, and picture it in different ways\, it is ultimately the same for all human beings – a place of intimate rest and beloved beauty\, which is also a gift to the world. \nWe hope you will join us on a journey to the heart of the Mystic Rose!\n\n\nLeo Sofer has been telling stories for over thirty years\, Sundara plays handpan and flutes to create a magical musical soundscape for the stories. \nThis performance is aimed at an adult audience. However\, if you feel your child can sit through a 90+ minute evening performance you are welcome to bring them. The show is not especially dark or “adult” but it has been created with adults in mind. Email us if you have any questions: info@dragonsanctuary.co.uk
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