The Importance of Music in the Transcendental Experience

I think that the music appeals to certain parts of the brain that constitute our emotional apparatus. Music literally is a bunch of sound waves going through the air, making molecules move back and forth. But that's not what causes a soaring feeling when listening to music. I have been around a community of more or less materialistic friends and co-workers for long enough now that I'm super comfortable with the idea of everything in the universe being materialistic.