For their safety, this is what they want you to think. These small groups are all over the world and they keep to themselves. You could know someone in one of these groups and not be aware of the fact that they practice contemplation for quite a bit longer than 5 min. Because of persecution they keep their activities secret. Of course, we have digressed from lutes.
Best, Marion -----Original Message----- From: "Mathias Rösel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Mar 24, 2005 1:13 PM To: Lutelist <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Subject: Re: LUTE-etymology "Dr. Marion Ceruti" <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > All religions include people who practice contemplation as a lifestyle. that certainly depends on what qualifies as contemplation. Five minutes remembering per day enough? > The Muslims and Jews have kept these practices relatively hidden for various > reasons. sorry, there is no *monastic life* in Judaism. There is, by and large, in Shiite Islam, there isn't at all in Sunni Islam. What is the connection between those general hypotheses on religion and the lute? Regards, Mathias -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
