The Secret Power of Music: The Transformation of Self and Society through Musical Energy

Music influences virtually every physical, intellectual and emotional process. Harmonious music makes plants grow faster: dissonant music stunts and kills them. Music can even change chromosomes. Drawing upon the wisdom of ancient civilizations as well as contemporary scientific data, David Tame offers a challenging and timely alternative view to the widely-held modern notion that music is an intangible art form of little practical significance. This in-depth study of the hidden side of music — probably the most detailed and all-encompassing book on the subject yet written — includes discussion of: \* music and morality \* music therapy \* sound and colour \* the tonal aspects of the American Revolution \* music and magic in Ancient China \* the origins and effects of jazz and the blues \* the seven mystical rays \* atoms as harmonic resonators \* planetary conjunctions as cosmic chords \* music and the computer \* the physics of the OM \* music and the new age Cover Title Page Imprint Contents Acknowledgements Overture: Music and its Power 1. The Ancient Wisdom: Music in China 2. The Twentieth Century: The ‘New Music’ 3. Assessment: Music, Man and Society 4. The Ancient Wisdom: Music in India 5. The Twentieth Century: Jazz and the Blues — Their Nature and Origin 6. Assessment: The Physics of the OM Appendix to 6. The Mystery of Pythagoras’ Comma Coda: The Ancient Wisdom Revisited: The Modern Esoteric Viewpoint Further Reading (and Listening!) Reference Notes Index

This study of the hidden side of music and its subtle effects is one of the most detailed books ever written on the subject.