The term “Deep Listening” was originally coined by Pauline Oliveros, and refers to a mindful and receptive awareness of sound. Because the term doesn’t capture the larger spectrum of qualities available within music we use the term Psychedelic Listening to emphasise its essentially immersive possibilities and relational foundations. Psychedelic Listening engages the listener’s entire being – somatic, emotional, autobiographical, sensory, mental and transpersonal.

Psychedelic Listening is a contemporary expression and continuation of a multigenerational long, and vastly multicultural lineage of transformative music practices. Examples can be found in traditions such as Sufi samā’s, Hindu Raga’s, Zen suizen, trance drumming and more.

The unique music compositions and listening techniques are developed by by Mendel Kaelen and Wavepaths, highlighting musical enactment as a core mechanism for bringing forth implicit patterns into conscious awareness. Through specific qualities of listening (focussing, embracing, experiencing), combined with guided reflections and a ritual container, the psychedelic listening experience intends to lower inner barriers for deeper layers of the self to be accessed, expressed, resolved, transformed and integrated.

This event is experiential and not a lecture. Meeting as a group on zoom, you will receive preparatory exercises and guided reflections to set your individual directions for the music journey. Lying down with your eyemask and headphones, you will be guided by music that is created and streamed in real-time using a new upcoming version of Wavepaths.

This event is designed for anyone seeking to experience an innovative approach to self-reflection, emotional processing, and contemplative exploration. The event can be used as a transition rite, a working-through, a peace-making, a soothing, an augmenting to existing contemplative or psychotherapeutic practices – or simply an act of receptive curiosity.

Price: 15 euros for non-members

For members of OPEN Foundation: free