![]() ![]() The lyrics (as underlined below), demonstrate how music within the cult setting reinforces theĮxtreme personality worship that is part of Rawat's "teachings".ĭuring the late 1970's and early 1980's the Australian band "One Foundation" was the mainstay of Prem Rawat's festivals and DLM released quite a few audio tapes of their songs and some of their dance music is available on OneTube. Even a cursory examination of the "Court Of Love" tape by "the Holy Jesters" SLT 018 released in early 1982 by Elan Communications shows that Indian style devotion was being openly promoted in the organisations even as the renaming of Divine Light Mission as Elan Vital, was in progress. It especially shows the extent of the worship of and devotion to Rawat as a divine figure and exposes the current Élan Vital revisionist history that Rawat attempted to remove the beliefs in his divinity as well as the Indian trappings of Divine Light mission in the 1970's. It is an important indicator of beliefs in the group and it's evolution reveals much that is not available from examination of the group's other publicly available material. Music is an important tool for reinforcing emotion, and to a large extent both mirrors and sets the actual tone of Prem Rawat's followers' emotions. ![]() This role continued long after the organisation changed its name in the early 1980s. From its creation in 1971, the Divine Light Mission had an important role for Prem Rawat's followers who are musicians.
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