First published by Gordon and Breach Publishing Group in 1996.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Jonathan Harvey -- Music and inner meaning / Jonathan Harvey, Michael Tucker, Maxwell Steer -- Signifying the spiritual in the music of yes / Allan Moore -- Laya in Indian music : monody and the shapes of time / Philip Rawson -- Taste, snobbery and spiritual discernment / Joscelyn Godwin -- Symphonic mind : states of consciousness in orchestral performance / Richard Gonski -- The mind and heart : mysticism and music in the experience of contemporary Eastern Orthodox composers / Ivan Moody -- Trompette d'un Ange Secret : Olivier Messiæn and the culture of ecstasy / Robin Freeman.

Also available in print edition.

Electronic reproduction. [London, Eng. : Taylor and Francis, 2012]. PDF file created from digital scan of print book.