ill  person   can   regain   his  health  by  being  whirled  by
centrifugal  force  for  a  period  of  time.  This  causes the
vibrations   of   various   parts   of   the   body   to  become
synchronized ...

     Like  vibration,   movement  around  a  circle  is  pure
movement;  it  actually  goes  nowhere.  The  mystery of
manifestation may  perhaps  be  experienced in vibratory
activity,  such  as  in  ritual  trance  dance.  The body is in
motion   yet   in   the   middle   of  it  all  there  opens  an
experience   of   the   stillness   and   then   the  light,  the
re-creation   of   consciousness.   The  following  dream,
again  from  a  participant in the  A.R.E. Dream Research
Project, suggests the mystical significance of dance:

     ... I  am in a courtyard.  It is dark and  I am alone. I am
aware of being judged and condemned. Suddenly,  I  see a
glow coming toward me.  As  it  grows brighter,  I  see that
it is Jesus.  He stands before me, and I fall to my knees in
tears.  I  kiss His feet,  then His hands,  and He raises me
up.  We  both smile and embrace like long lost friends. He
takes me  by  the  hand and leads me out of the courtyard.
We  come  to  a  stairway  up  a  hill  and ascend, while the
light  becomes  stronger.  We  climb  to  the  top  and  find
ourselves  on  a  very  green  hill in broad daylight.  There
are  many  young  people  circling the hill, dressed in long,
white  robes   embroidered   with  bright  colors,  and  with
flowers  entwined  in  their  hair.  We  join  the  circle  and
dance the Jewish Hora ...

      Jesus  dancing?  Sure  enough,  in  the  Acts  of  John
recorded in  The Apocryphal  New Testament  there is a
description of a round  dance  led by Jesus to initiate His
apostles into the mystery:

      "He bade us therefore make as it were a ring,
holding    one    another's   hands,    and   himself
standing in the midst he said: Answer Amen unto
me." (Verse 94)

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