THE SPIRITUAL POWER OF MUSIC #2

Akasha in Hindu philosophy is ether - the substrate of the quality of sound. 

It is the one pervading substance, the primordial Ohm. 

It has also been described as Logos, the Higg's field, Dark Energy and many other names. The concept of 

Nada (sound or vibration) Brahma 

means the universe was created from the energy of sound. 

The Celts believed that the world was sang into existence. They called the sacred tune of the universe the Oran Mo'r.

As Frank Mills describes: 
"Quiet— Eternal Quiet. Not even the sound of the restless, stirring, dark waters could be heard. Then, a great spiraling strain of Melody moved across the endless waters. Subdued at first, then quickly gathering momentum until it reached a great crescendo. And, then, there was Life! But the Melody did not stop. It continued its song, filling all of Creation with its Divine harmony. 
And so it continues today, for all those who listen."

This Logos was sound and vibration.

Even for those who think of the Bible as being mythology it is worth seeing how much it has to say about the power of sound and song.

In Exodus the Israelites trembled as trumpets sounded from Mount Sinai before Moses went up the mountain to receive the ten commandments.

In the book of Joshua it was the blowing of the rams' horns by the priests carrying the Arc of the Covenant that caused the wall of the fortified city to fall down.

The book of Revelations also refers to the "seven trumpet agues" that will occur at the end of this age at the return of Jesus to earth.

Singing and playing musical instruments in the tabernacle and later the temple was the duty of Levite priests and priestesses. 

Levite harpists were routinely called upon by the prophets to enable prophecy especially with Isaiah, Jeremiah and Elisha.

Chronicles relates that the kingdom of Judah was under threat by a huge coalition of armies. On the advice from prophecy, one of the Levite musicians told king Jehoshaphat to send out the choir and orchestra in front of the army and sing praises to God. God then set the coalition armies against one another until not a soldier was left of Judah's enemies.

King David's psalms were in song including instruments such as psalteries, harps, timbrels, stringed instruments, organs and cymbals and ...

We know, however, there can be no light without dark, no rose without a thorn and Satan became and has become the inspiration for the dark side of music. 

It has been said that Lucifer was the chief musician in heaven. This concept comes from Ezekiel; 

"The workmanship of your timbrels and pipes was prepared for you on the day that you were created."

Music was meant to be sacred until Lucifer who became Satan fell from heaven together with the other "fallen angels" because he wanted to become God. 

It would be difficult to talk about music without bringing the dark side of music to the fore - regardless of whether Satan is mythological, archetypal or real.

As we will see many musicians have gained notoriety by aligning themselves with "Satan." Robert Johnson confessed to making a contract with the devil to gain his incredible musical expertise. Johnson, previously a mediocre musician - after this event - became a master of the blues.

There is no doubt that music can be one of the most powerful forces both for light and for dark.

Click to highlight and then play this attempt by Eugene Havenga, the musician I work with in South Africa, to render this ??? "primal sound of the universe." It came in a dream but almost impossible to reproduce. I hummed it as best I could into my I phone then took it to Eugene.

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You may be better off playing Dvorak New World Symphony

PreviewPreview3:05Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" / Karajan ...

There still is an ongoing singing of the stars as Mills says;

And so it continues today, for all those who listen."

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