Spinning - eastern religious practice

[momee]

I thought I had read somewhere about a religion where the worshippers practice spinning to alter their state of consciousness.

Ring any bells? I googled spinning worship - not exactly what I was thinking.
Thanks for any help
btw - we're studying Turkey and I thought this was happening there?

[Virginia Dawn]

Try "Whirling Dervish."

I'm not sure if that is a culturally acceptable phrase for people that practice this, but it should give you some kind of help.

Here's a link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whirling_dervish

[Kathleen in VA]

I think they are called whirling dervishes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mevlevi).

[Pam "SFSOM" in TN]

I thought I had read somewhere about a religion where the worshippers practice spinning to alter their state of consciousness.

Ring any bells? I googled spinning worship - not exactly what I was thinking.
Thanks for any help
btw - we're studying Turkey and I thought this was happening there?

Yes, whirling dervishes. You can see them on YouTube. Amazing!! They do it for inducing a state of deep meditation before god.