The Secret Power of Music: The Transformation of Self and Society through Musical Energy
Language: English
Published by Destiny Books, 1984
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- Title
- The Secret Power of Music: The Transformation of Self and Society through Musical Energy
- Author
- Tame, David
- Publisher
- Destiny Books
- Publication year
- 1984
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0892810564
- ISBN 13
- 9780892810567
This study of the hidden side of music and its subtle effects is one of the most detailed books ever written on the subject.
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From the Author
I welcome this opportunity to communicate with prospective readers online. This book was one of the earliest of what has become a genre: the fascinating links between music, consciousness, spirituality and society. Whereas music has only for the last century been widely conceived as being an "intangible art form" of little objective power, this contrasts with the sheer wonder of how the ancient sages from Egypt to China, from India to Greece, knew that music is SOUND and that sound is a transformative force on several levels. Music in the past was almost synonymous with magic: its ability to alter consciousness and even to transform society was then unquestioned. Music/sound was definitely believed to be ultimately capable even of changing or reshaping matter itself. This was because audible sound, including music, was considered to be an outpouring of a higher or Cosmic Sound - the Word or OM of the ancients, which is the source of all energy/matter. What if they were right?
In this book I hoped to follow in the footsteps of the late composer, Cyril Scott, who wrote along similar lines, but as far back as 1933. Today we can say much more about how music is a shaping, transformative force upon, for example, society or civilization. And that fact has implications. Many societal trends, good or bad, BEGIN WITH THE MUSIC. So music is not "just art", and musicians hold a divine responsibility. They sound the keynotes, as it were, to which millions of other individuals respond. Many other recent New Age-style books on music portray an "all is well" "everything goes" mentality which I consider unbalanced, therefore misleading. Hence a portion of this book also deals with potentially negative or harmful musical styles (which have even been proven to be so in the laboratory). This was never calculated to go down well with those who adhere to these musical styles(!), but the fact that 3 pages (1% of the book) deals with voodoo hardly seems adequate evidence for occassional below-the-belt "racist" taunts. That I certainly am not: after all the book is global in scope.
I trust the overall content will be found to be uplifting and thought-provoking (it certainly was both for me, which is why I wrote it). And it appears to be so: many reviewers and readers, including Van Morrisson (thanks Van for championing the book), have found it so.
By all means, follow my research into what music meant to the ancient Chinese - their superlative philosophy on the subject led to a large and key chapter - then draw your own conclusions as to what music should be and should mean today. Confucius would say of present music and present prevailing concepts toward what music is, what it is capable of doing: "Definitely room for improvement!" Confucius I am not, but my book modestly tries to help a little with that process.
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