Bathing in Light

[Ms Tercy Lonan]

Bathing in Light

Kabbalah music expresses the spiritual states of the Kabbalist.
The melodies are composed to describe the experience of two
opposing stages in spirituality. The first is agony, a result of
drifting away from the Creator. The feeling of drifting away
from the Creator produces sad music, expressed by a prayer
appealing for closeness. The second emotion is delight, felt as a
result of getting closer to the Creator. This feeling of closeness to
the Creator produces joyous music, expressed by a thanksgiving
prayer. If you listen to Kabbalah music, you hear and feel the two
distinct moods in the music.
The two moods together express the Kabbalist’s relationship
to and unification with the Creator. Even though the melody 

may bring one to tears, one loves to hear it because the melody
expresses distress that has been dealt with and has been
resolved in a good way. In Kabbalah, it is called “sweetening of
judgments.”
The music bathes the listener in a wondrous Light. We do
not need to know anything about it before listening to it because
it is wordless, yet its effect on our hearts is direct and swift.
Hearing it over and over again is a special experience.
If you feel the music, you won’t need to imagine the shapes
in spiritual worlds, described in books. These shapes exist
nowhere but within you and, therefore, mislead you. What is so
special about the music is that everyone can understand it, even
if we have not reached the composer’s spiritual level. Listening
to music composed by Kabbalists gives us all the opportunity to
experience their spiritual sentiments.