itive, then it can be considered old. If something is old enough than it could be considered as ancient, and if it's ancient then it is from a relatively unknown source. If it's unknown then how can it be misconstrued in a Western social context as primitive? We tack on our own societal and cultural biases to what primitive means. Primitive doesn't necessarily mean less technically developed when concerned with music. If music that is considered by some to be primitive could actually be more advanced in a human spiritual realm, how would we know? Is it within the perception of something that can pass in the blink of an eye that only trained developed listeners are capable of tuning into? Or possibly the knowledge and answers to these questions may be found in a spiritual enlightenment phase where time, because a trance state exists, becomes fluctuated and distorts. If it takes entering these states to gain a broader understanding, how can a person remember the answers to the questions? Music is capable of many things....