The flute melody: The experience of mystique in the contemporary context

Abstract

Mystique is an essential dimension of human condition which could be exercised in different ways through the relationship of a person with oneself, with others and with the transcendent. From our point of view, mystique has historically been linked to religious institutions or incorporated into spiritual experiences, disfiguring it’s specificity to be understood as an inner energy, a movement of connectivity and a light that illuminates the transcendent. In this sense we propose the metaphor of "flute melody", to express that the flute, as an instrument, identifies itself more with the institutions, the beliefs and the symbols, while the melody is closer from energy, movement and light. Isn’t intended to indicate a preference for one of these aspects, but recover the dimension of the melody, up so that the flute has recognized its own statute, valuing the coexistence, the reciprocity or the dialogical relationship between the flute and the melody. Although making reference to an original experience, on the case of Abraham, in which we found the dynamics of internalization, connection and transcendence, the text was elaborated to be a contribution for the mystical experience in the contemporary context.