Dance

Our ensembles of dancing undoubtedly represent a crude and grotesque attempt of material creatures to approach the celestial harmony of being placement and personality arrangement. 44:1.10

wild dancing can induce a mystic state. But instead of mystical experiences the more healthful attitude of spiritual meditation is to be found in reflective worship and in the prayer of thanksgiving. 100:5.10

In the Urantia Book

Among primitive man

• dance originated in seasonal worship festivals 92:3.6
• initially prayers were acted out; magical dances were nothing but dramatic prayers. Religion was danced out rather than thought out. 88:6.3 99:5.9
• many shamanesses were professional dancers 90:1.3
• The purely military war dances were refined and made to serve valuable social ends by Planetary Prince’s staff 66:5.29
• Society, today, enjoys the benefit of a long list of useful innovations which were at first wholly military and is even indebted to war for the dance, one of the early forms of which was a military drill. 70:2.2