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Posted on 2022/02/022022/02/02

Bob Dylan’s Love in Vain: Spiritual Interpretation in a Video

Man under heart-shaped tree

Love songs are well suited to relate to several levels of understanding: from erotic references to the longing for a companion, a soul mate, up to inner processes of soul and spirit that use worldly love merely as an analogy. read more

Posted on 2020/05/022020/05/02

Cat Stevens: The First Cut Is The Deepest (Sheryl Crow, Rod Stewart)

Yusuf Cat Stevens performing at BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, Cardiff, April 2015

This song may be catchy partly because it relates to a deep level of the soul: the initial separation from the field of unity. On the way back we may be confronted with wounds from the past. read more

Posted on 2020/04/122020/05/01

Leonard Cohen: Ballad of the Absent Mare

Kuòān Shīyuǎn's Ten Bulls 6: Riding the Bull Home

Cohen's Ballad of the Absent Mare is the most spiritual rock and pop song I have encountered because it describes the full path rather than certain aspects. read more

Posted on 2020/03/292020/05/16

Ralph McTell: The Ferryman

Ralph McTell 2003 in Cornwall

With his song The Ferryman, Ralph McTell made a memorial to Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha and its timeless Hindu and Buddhist wisdom. read more

Posted on 2020/02/052021/03/11

Spiritual Love Songs: Bob Dylan’s Love in Vain

Bob Dylan, Azkena Rock Festival 2010

Love songs are well suited to relate to several levels of understanding: from erotic references to the longing for a companion, a soul mate, up to inner processes of soul and spirit that use worldly love merely as an analogy. read more

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