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A Moroccan mantric dervish dance: A couple of hundred men--young and old--were arranged in a large circle. When the leader, who was squatting in the centre, gave a signal, they all leapt up and yelled, "Allah!" together, swaying from side to side, stamping their feet, and repeating the name of their God dozens of times until they became delirious with joy and absorbed into a half-trancelike state.

-- Notebooks Category 4: Elementary Meditation > Chapter 6 : Mantrams, Affirmations > # 56