Music Therapy Today - World Federation of Music Therapy
Music Therapy Today - World Federation of Music Therapy
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<strong>Music</strong> <strong>Therapy</strong> <strong>Today</strong><br />
Vol. VII (2) (July) 2006<br />
Editorial <strong>Music</strong> <strong>Therapy</strong><br />
<strong>Today</strong> Vol. VII (2) (online<br />
1st<br />
July 2006)<br />
Aldridge, David & Fachner, Jörg<br />
Welcome to a new issue <strong>of</strong> „<strong>Music</strong> <strong>Therapy</strong> <strong>Today</strong>“<br />
In our summer issue we focus partly on music and altered states. We have<br />
already published several works on healing rituals using music to induce<br />
altered states in other issues <strong>of</strong> <strong>Music</strong> <strong>Therapy</strong> <strong>Today</strong> to show that there<br />
are current approaches <strong>of</strong> practice using music and altered states in a safe<br />
and adequate manner for research and therapeutic purposes. This<br />
search has culminated in a recent book on music and altered states<br />
re-<br />
( Ald-<br />
ridge and Fachner 2006) and a seminar on this topic at the Witten/<br />
Herdecke University as we have reported in March.<br />
The paper from Rolf Verres on LSD, Meditation and <strong>Music</strong> is based on<br />
the author’s presentation at the symposium „LSD – problem child and<br />
wonder drug“, 13-15th <strong>of</strong> January 2006 in Basle Switzerland. Rolf Verres<br />
is Pr<strong>of</strong>essor and Head <strong>of</strong> the Institute <strong>of</strong> Medical Psychology at Heidel-<br />
berg University Clinic in Germany. He has been a staunch proponent <strong>of</strong><br />
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