In this sense, the drum is the sound of collective prayer. The individual beat is meaningless; it is the relationship between beats—the spaces in between—that creates the sacred groove.
The drum’s spiritual energy is dualistic. On one hand, it is aggressive and purifying. In Celtic and Norse traditions, the bodhrán and frame drums were used to drive away malevolent spirits or to psych up warriors before battle. The sharp, cracking whip of a drum can cut through psychic fog and shatter stagnant energy. drum spiritual