The Wisdom of "the Exorcist song":
A Halloween Meditation
Tubular Bells, minute one
In honor of Halloween, I’d like to invite you to listen
to the first 30 seconds of this song, “Tubular Bells”:
Now pause the song. I’m sure you recognize it—most people
know it as “That Creepy Song from the Movie ‘The Exorcist’”. Go ahead, listen
to another thirty seconds.
What feelings does the song evoke? Most of us
associate this music with the same feelings that we associate with horror
movies in general. Fear, darkness, terror. Hopelessness. We think of the pure,
unadulterated horror that people feel when they watch a good, scary movie like “The
Exorcist”. The sort of fear that, back when the movie originally came out 40
years ago, caused people to pass out, or vomit into the movie theater trash
cans.
