A companion to the best-selling book by James Jordan

The seven meditations on this recording are a wonderful companion to any musical journey.

There are many ways that you can use these meditations, the authors encourage you to trust your own instinct as to how you can enjoy and benefit from them. Use them in whatever creative way you wish. Tap into your own inner wisdom and your natural creativity to develop your own prayers, writings, and meditations that will come from what you have encountered in your own soul-work.

Each of the seven meditations develops themes that are important for the inner journey. Since they are directed towards musicians, the meditations make use of much imagery particular to their special vocation in life; however, they can easily be applied to any life situation.

The Musician’s Soul Meditations CD contains seven meditations on particular themes:

• Visioning
• Shedding
• Be, Do, Have
• Gifts
• Giving
• Coming from Love
• Commitment

In some cases, the meditations address specific topics from The Musician’s Soul. In other cases, the meditations have come from Fr. Bede's personal conversations with Dr. Jordan over the past ten years and from work with his own choirs and the choirs at Westminster. All of the meditations are designed to assist in the work, which Dr. Jordan encourages us all to undertake if our music is to sing with the spiritual depth that is its rightful heritage.