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The Spirit and the Flute
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The origins of the Flute are lost in history, but the theory is that the
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discovery resulted from a voice in the wind blowing across a reed. Whose
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voice was it? From earliest recorded times the flute was played both by the
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shepherd and as part of ritual. It appears in Sumarian, Iranian Orphic,
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Hermatic Tibetan and many other traditions{.
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In Egypt the first flute is shown on early slate dated 4 B.C. and pictures of
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the flute were commonly found from 26 B.C.
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One of the names of the flute was KHERU or voice. The Egyptian Priests used
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them in their Liturgy and flutes have been found and tombs and burial sites,
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where they were probably were placed as symbols of life.
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In Sumaria the ritual flute was called a Ti_Gi which is thought to mean the
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Reed of Life. One of their Kings formed a cult for the flute, as it filled
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the temple with joy.
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In China, it was called the Ti, and later named Hsaio, in honor of a King,
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who in playing duets with his wife Lung-Ho was said to draw Phoenixes from the
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sky. The Phoenix was often depicted as a flute, as we know meaning
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resurrection and life. its presence often meant there was a great sage. The
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flute is also the emblem of Han Hsaing-Tzu, one of the eight immortals of
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Taoism, meaning harmony. In Japan, it was called the Shakuhacki, it was used
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by the Zen Buddhists sects as a form of chanting.
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It is still used in Turkey in the Mystical whirling ceremony of the Mevlevi
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Dervishes. In India krishna is seen playing the flute, and is called the
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divine player of the flute, whose song recalls home the souls wandering in
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disillusion. His flute is called the flute eternity crying to the dwellers in
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time. The Bouncers flute is still played in the Indian Tradition of spiritual
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Music.
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The flute is unique in being the only instrument played by breath alone.
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Breath is commonly identified with life and with the soul. The spiritual power
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of the flute is given in the power of music, it is said that music gives the
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discipline that raises one to divine peacefulness and bliss, and through music
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you can reach the Gods.
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Researched by:
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The Silver Circle
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Toronto.
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