Now you have to know that follow-the-fil in itself can be scary enough, but because it was a Halloween weekend, our scout leaders had given it their all to make the atmosphere as mesmerizing and spooky as they could manage. We had to go into the assembly room where they first told us a scary story about how the woods near our camping place had been haunted for centuries by the ghost of a murdered Lady. While they were telling us the story, they slowly had dimmed the lights and after awhile, we noticed that our faces were lit by a gazillion candles. They had already been lit before we entered the room, but because of the TL-lights above us that were alight before, we hadn't noticed.
When the story was at it's end, our scouters asked us to remain silent for one minute. After that minute we started to feel a bit weary, but they asked us to remain seated and listen to a song. The song they then put on captured me immediately. It was simply divine to me. To me, I guess it had the opposite effect of what they were trying to pull off. It soothed me and cradled me. I felt dreamy and heavenly embraced. It was the first song of the album 'Canto Gregoriano' by the Benedictan monks of Silos. Ever since I have loved this music. It gives me so much peace. I still listen to it from time to time and it still gives me the same goosebumps as back then. :-)
The second YouTube link is Gregorian chant by nuns, which in my opinion is also beautiful, although I have to confess that I like Canto Gregoriano best.
As I love Halloween, I wanted to share this music with you,for I hope that to you it might also be the great discovery/present it has been for me that one Halloween weekend.
Enjoy and Happy Halloween!
Love,
L.