Cosmic Music: Musical Keys to the Interpretation of Reality - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 089281070X ISBN 13: 9780892810703

Publisher: Inner Traditions Bear and Company, 2000

Synopsis

The idea that the universe is created out of sound or music (and therefore is music) is a very ancient one. In this book, Joscelyn Godwin brings together three contemporary German thinkers who exemplify this tradition in its modern variants: Marius Schneider, Rudolf Haase, and Hans Erhard Lauer. The selections draw on ancient Indian sources and mythology; Kepler's Platonic vision of a musical, geometric universe; and the evolution of the tone systems of music.

While every music lover senses the power and truth that reside in music, very few actually approach music as a path to cosmic knowledge. Godwin takes literally Beethoven's assertion that "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom or philosophy." Godwin writes, ". . .to penetrate the mysteries of music is to prepare for initiation into those fathomless mysteries of man and cosmos."

About this title

Review:

"The most original and exciting text currently available on the ancient musical mysteries."--East West

About the Author:

Professor of music at Colgate University, Joscelyn Godwin is also the author of Harmonies of Heaven and Earth. Although complete in itself, Cosmic Music is his contribution to a larger movement that seeks to deepen and broaden our consciousness of what music is, and what it can be.

About this edition

• Publisher: Inner Traditions Bear and Company
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 089281070X
• ISBN 13: 9780892810703
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Godwin Joscelyn