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Permanent URL	http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/2679
Title	A Body without Organs: Three Approaches- Cage, Bach, and Messiaen
BYU Creator	Asplund, Christian T.
Keywords	spiritual self; communion; John Cage; Bach; Messiaen
Description/Abstract	Allow me to posit a traditional four-part division of the self into the spiritual, intellectual, emotional, and physical/sensual. This may be further simplified to a two-part division, one being the spiritual and the other being a trio of the other selves which collectively may be termed the natural self. Sacred activity in this context would be an effort to achieve communion between the spiritual self and other spiritual entities. Such communion would be, in fact, the self's highest goal and, ultimately, the only one worth all its efforts. True communion with other beings is only possible on this spiritual level, since the other three are appendages or adjuncts to it and the spiritual self is the seat of will and consciousness. The problem is, spiritual selves are the most mysterious of the four and are hard to define, describe, or circumscribe. Moreover, the spiritual essences of other beings are elusive, and they have a will that cannot be handled, forced, or manipulated. You cannot
Source	C.T. Asplund. "Achieving the Body without Organs-Three Approaches: Bach, Cage and Messiaen" Perspectives of New Music Volume 35(2). Summer 1997.;
Publisher	New Music, Inc.
Date Original	1997
Date Digital	2011-01-20
Language	English eng en
Publication Type	Articles
Type	Text
Format	application/pdf
Owning Institution	Brigham Young University
BYU College	College of Fine Arts and Communications
BYU Department	School of Music
Copyright Status	(c) 1997 New Music, Inc.;
Copyright Use Information	http://www.lib.byu.edu/generic_copyright.html

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