LYRICS
Whirling. Twirling. Spinning ever faster
Whipping yourself into a euphoric state
Going round and round and round
Hoping religion will be found
Hiding. Hunting. Hoping for an Easter
Praying resurrection is your fate
Devilish Whirling Dervish
Religious ecstasy
Devilish Whirling Dervish
Touching divinity
Make the whirling yours
Make the whirling mine
Create the whirling epiphany
Make the whirling divine
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Am C
Am G D Am
Written and recorded on January 15, 2013 in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania as a digital, 6-track stereo, extemporaneous recording.
The Mawlaw’īyya / Mevlevi Order, or the Mevlevilik / Mevleviye (Persian: مولويه – Molavīyeh) is a Sufi order founded in Konya (present-day Turkey) by the followers of Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Balkhi-Rumi, a 13th-century Persian poet, Islamic jurist, and theologian. They are also known as the Whirling Dervishes due to their famous practice of whirling as a form of dhikr (remembrance of God).
The Mawlawi believe in performing their dhikr in the form of a “dance” and musical ceremony known as the Sama, which involves the whirling, from which the order acquired its nickname. The Sema represents a mystical journey of man’s spiritual ascent through mind and love to the “Perfect”. Turning towards the truth, the follower grows through love, deserts his ego, finds the truth, and arrives at the “Perfect”. He then returns from this spiritual journey as a man who has reached maturity and a greater perfection, able to love and to be of service to the whole of creation.
Daniel — Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards
From the Snake Handling Immortal Tongue Speakers‘ album Music Muse
By Daniel Brouse