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Summary: Right sound as nourishment for mind, body, and spirit.
Review: THE HEALING FORCES OF MUSIC : History, Theory & Practice. By Randall McClellan, Ph.D. 252 pp. August, 2000. ISBN: 0595006655 (pbk.)Sound is a subtle form of nourishment. Consider how a loving mother is naturally impelled to talk to her baby, although the baby cannot understand a word. Consider the great pleasure we all take in chatting. Consider how we will often be found humming or singing to ourselves in our lighter moments. Consider the howling of wolves, and the sounds made by other non-human creatures such as whales. There is a whole science of sound that has barely been touched upon by official science, perhaps because, although equipped to handle knowledge, it finds itself at a loss when confronted with wisdom. It is this wise understanding of sound that is being brought to us today, and in their different ways, by writers as diverse as Jonathan Goldman, Don. G. Campbell, Katharine Le Mee, and Randall McClellan. All of these writers have things to tell us about sound, voice, and music, that are extremely important for us to understand, but that aren't widely understood at all. We learn from them that sound is is a far more powerful energy than the visual and penetrates us far more deeply. We also learn that sound is a powerful means of re-centering our frazzled spirit and restoring us to wholeness because its effect is to balance mind, emotions, and body. This is why the right sort of sound or music is a real and needed form of subtle nourishment. And since the books of most of these writers offer detailed and practical instruction in the relatively simple art of using our voice to produce right sound, they bring this valuable method within the reach of everyone. Here are details of the other three books : HEALING SOUNDS : The Power of Harmonics. Revised Edition. By Jonathan Goldman. New York : Harper Collins, 1996 (1992). ISBN: 1852308486 (pbk.) THE ROAR OF SILENCE : Healing Powers of Breath, Tone & Music. By Don G. Campbell. 134 pp. Wheaton, Ill.: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1994 (1989). ISBN 0-8356-0645-7 (pbk.) CHANT : The Origins, Form, Practice, and Healing Power of Gregorian Chant. By Katharine Le Mee. 169 pp. New York : Bell Tower, 1994. ISBN 0-517-70037-9 (hbk.) Along with the present book, these are lucid and exceptionally important books which should be read by anyone who would like to learn about a vitally important element in our life which few of us know anything about at all - the power of sound to affect our mind, spirit, and heart, and the dessication that results when we lose touch with right sound.
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Summary: Right sound as nourishment for mind, body, and spirit.
Review: THE HEALING FORCES OF MUSIC : History, Theory & Practice. By Randall McClellan, Ph.D. 252 pp. August, 2000. ISBN: 0595006655 (pbk.) Sound is a subtle form of nourishment. Consider how a loving mother is naturally impelled to talk to her baby, although the baby cannot understand a word. Consider the great pleasure we all take in chatting. Consider how we will often be found humming or singing to ourselves in our lighter moments. Consider the howling of wolves, and the sounds made by other non-human creatures such as whales. There is a whole science of sound that has barely been touched upon by official science, perhaps because, although equipped to handle knowledge, it finds itself at a loss when confronted with wisdom. It is this wise understanding of sound that is being brought to us today, and in their different ways, by writers as diverse as Jonathan Goldman, Don. G. Campbell, Katharine Le Mee, and Randall McClellan. All of these writers have things to tell us about sound, voice, and music, that are extremely important for us to understand, but that aren't widely understood at all. We learn from them that sound is is a far more powerful energy than the visual and penetrates us far more deeply. We also learn that sound is a powerful means of re-centering our frazzled spirit and restoring us to wholeness because its effect is to balance mind, emotions, and body. This is why the right sort of sound or music is a real and needed form of subtle nourishment. And since the books of most of these writers offer detailed and practical instruction in the relatively simple art of using our voice to produce right sound, they bring this valuable method within the reach of everyone. Here are details of the other three books : HEALING SOUNDS : The Power of Harmonics. Revised Edition. By Jonathan Goldman. New York : Harper Collins, 1996 (1992). ISBN: 1852308486 (pbk.) THE ROAR OF SILENCE : Healing Powers of Breath, Tone & Music. By Don G. Campbell. 134 pp. Wheaton, Ill.: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1994 (1989). ISBN 0-8356-0645-7 (pbk.) CHANT : The Origins, Form, Practice, and Healing Power of Gregorian Chant. By Katharine Le Mee. 169 pp. New York : Bell Tower, 1994. ISBN 0-517-70037-9 (hbk.) Along with the present book, these are lucid and exceptionally important books which should be read by anyone who would like to learn about a vitally important element in our life which few of us know anything about at all - the power of sound to affect our mind, spirit, and heart, and the dessication that results when we lose touch with right sound.
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