Noise Begat Rhythm

From the Gaian Tarot, the Magician; from the Goddess Oracle, Rhiannon:

In the beginning was noise, and noise begat rhythm, and rhythm begat everything else. 

—Mickey Hart

Years ago I went to a seminar at an Episcopal church that was about connecting to Spirit through sound. It included a drum circle, with about 60 people of all ages, races and lifestyles. We had all types of percussive instruments, from claves and shakers to djembes and bodhrans. When the leader began the beat, it sounded like cacophony, but gradually a wave formed of amazing music that was conscious-altering and transforming. I think we all had moved from "Do I sound good?" to "Let's make something wonderful together." What motivates us determines what we create. Rhiannon, a figure in Welsh mythology, was duped when her infant son disappeared and she woke with blood smeared on her face. Others convinced her of her guilt and she was made to be a beast of burden; later her son would be returned, proving her innocence. The companion book suggests we replace our self doubt with self questioning, preventing doubt from disconnecting us to our sacred self (as opposed to the ego led self).