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RE: [F_minor]http://archives.radio-canada.ca/arts_culture/musique/dossiers/309/
Okay, I can't cite this, but apparently Athenian government authorities
circa 250 BC outlawed certain musical chords for their effect of stirring
up the unhealthy and vulgar passions of young people. You couldn't write or
perform music on stringed instruments using these chords. It was a matter
of public order and safety.
Bob
> [Original Message]
> From: Houpt, Fred <fred.houpt@rbc.com>
> To: Singh <k_dawg71@hotmail.com>; Etha Williams
<diftorhehsmusma@gmail.com>
> Cc: <f_minor@email.rutgers.edu>
> Date: 6/27/2008 3:38:24 PM
> Subject: RE:
[F_minor]http://archives.radio-canada.ca/arts_culture/musique/dossiers/309/
>
> I might be showing my age but this sort of stuff was being studied in
> depth way back in the 1960's in the USA. Brain wave functions were put
> under the microscope and have been studied ever since. In short here
> are some more points to consider:
>
> Mantras and all externally voiced chants are vibratory in nature but
> cause a feedback loop to the individual chanter. The energies not only
> vibrate your brain case but also alter the chemistry of the brain and
> blood. As well there are measurable changes to wave forms as the
> individual [possibly] enters higher states of consciousness. Groups who
> chant together have of course a bigger power behind them and the overall
> effect is likewise amplified.
>
> When a person sings a tune deeply, they not only open their heart
> energies, they also do something to their minds and overall
> consciousness. It is impossible to have no effect on the nervous
> system when you make a noise of some sort. The quality of the sound has
> a direct impact on your body. Remember: quality of sound and not just
> volume. There is a very real reason that listening to a group of men
> quietly chant a Gregorian chant has a calming influence. It is not by
> accident, but rather by the very nature of vibrations that effect our
> minds and bodies.
>
> Check out on the internet the very odd work of an American scientist who
> has done decades of work up at the University of Sudbury on the effect
> of EM radiation on brain waves.
>
> http://discovermagazine.com/2005/jul/extreme-states/article_view?b_start
> :int=2&-C=
>
> Look on that page for Michael Persinger. His work is very strange and
> controversial. He can make your brain "think" it is seeing ET standing
> right beside you. Did I say it was odd research?
>
> Check out the work of the late Dr. John Lilly
> http://www.johnclilly.com/
>
> he did trailblazing first research into the brains of dolphins. They
> have a larger brain than our own and have a very advanced communication
> ability that we know next to nothing about.
>
> There is much more to relate on this topic but I'll stop for now. In
> summary: the physics of music might be able to account for the physical
> impacts on the body. However, the truly spiritual part is that we react
> in a holistic way. The intrinsic essence of vibration was what
> Pythagoras was all about.
>
>
> Fred Houpt
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: Singh [mailto:k_dawg71@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 7:05 PM
> To: Houpt, Fred; Etha Williams
> Cc: f_minor@email.rutgers.edu
> Subject: RE:
> [F_minor]http://archives.radio-canada.ca/arts_culture/musique/dossiers/3
> 09/
>
>
> I have very little knowledge of the physics of music, but you say is
> absolutely fascinating. In many Eastern Religions, music is used to
> attain a trance-like state, which is said to bring us closer to God. I
> cannot speak to the truth of this, but I can certainly see how music can
> effect everything, from physical reactions, to unconscious workings of
> the mind.
> I am reminded of a new program, called 'idoser' released a few years
> ago. This program comes with about 70 audio files. These audio files
> supposedly emit binaural brain waves, and listening in the right
> circumstances with the right headphones, one can literally alter
> chemical states in the brain. The makers of these files claim to be able
> to replicate Out-of-Body experiences, to cause bliss, to replicate the
> effects of Marijuana, and even Cocaine, without actually taking these
> substances into your body. Perhaps this is the commercialized version of
> what we are discussing, but it certainly points towards the same thing.
>
> Singh
>
> [snip]
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