Kirtan!: Chanting As a Spiritual Path
Linda Johnsen has done it again. This time with help from Maggie Jacobus. The two writers have interviewed eight of the most popular kirtan singers in the West today and have them sharing intimate stories about their life work. The authors first take care to let us know that the Sanskrit word kirtan means singing, chanting, and praising the Divine and that it s a sacred practice anyone can do no special training is required. Then their history of Indian spiritual music shows us the background of chanting, the use of mantras in song, and the love that the art of kirtan brings to hundreds of thousands of people across the globe. --Helen Fedro, Himalayan Path, Volume 7, Number 3, Summer 2007