| About Universal Mysticism, the Art of Union with | | | | Geetha, like Devi Sooktham etc have been |
| the Cosmic | | | | musicalised. Singers like Lataji, Anuradha, Chitra, |
| The Law of Universal Order, the doctrine that there | | | | Jesudas etc has sung the glory of these poems. |
| is Law behind the order of the Universe was echoed | | | | Listening to these poems can make the Kundalini rise. |
| by Shakespeare. That the heavens themselves, | | | | In 2006, Greg Fox divided the orbits of the planets in |
| the planets and the spheres observe proportion, ratio | | | | half again and again till they were literally audible. The |
| and Order | | | | result was Carmen of the Spheres. |
| The Music of the Spheres is a philosophic concept, | | | | Yogic schools like Nada. Laya and Shabda Yogas give |
| that regards the proportions in the motion of the | | | | importance to Sacred Music. The Shabda Yoga Gurus |
| celestial bodies as Musica Divina or Divine Music The | | | | consider Pythagorus as a divine Guru, his name |
| Music of the Nine Revolving Heavens, the Nava | | | | stemming from two Sanskrit words, Pitha ( father ) |
| Grahas !. Though not literally audible, this Musica Divina | | | | and Guru ( preceptor ). This Guru or gorus occurs in |
| is accessible to the divinely intoxicated mind, in a | | | | such names as Protagorus, Anaxagorus and |
| state of Cosmic Consciousness. It is harmonic, | | | | Pythagorus ! |
| mathematical and Sacred Music ! | | | | Fortunatley I grew up in a tradition of Sacred Music. |
| The concept is Pythagorean. Pythagorus, the father | | | | As a child, I used to get out of bed, hearing my |
| of Astro Numerology, with his semi-mystical and | | | | mother sing Sankara and Jayadeva. I grew up |
| semi-mathematical philosophy, declared that the | | | | listening to Sai bhajans, which can spiritualise any one. |
| Mystery of the Universe is discernible through Unio | | | | In the Masonic Initiation, the Heirophant or the Guru |
| Mystica or Mystic Union. Mystic systems in the West | | | | tells the initiate We have selected for you, |
| like Gnostic Christianity and Free Masonry use this | | | | selected by the Grand Organist, some selections |
| concept, as both these systems were influenced by | | | | from the Music of the Spheres . He tells him |
| Pythagorus. | | | | how all heavens and earths, the Grand Lodge below |
| Johannes Kepler, the great astronomer who gave | | | | and the Grand Lodge above are all held together by |
| the western world the Laws of Planetary motion, | | | | that Music, though few on earth have the ears to |
| declared that Sacred Geometry, Cosmolgy, | | | | hear it. |
| Astronomy, Astrology, Harmonics and Music | | | | Genius hears the overtones, also the Music of the |
| stemmed from this Musica Universalis. Kepler | | | | Spheres. Genius knows what it meant when |
| elaborated this concept in his Harmonice Mundi , | | | | Pythagorus said that Philosophy is the highest Music. |
| relating Astrology and Harmonics ! Kepler declared | | | | According to the Indian tradition, all Music is |
| thatp1^2/p2^2 = a1^3/ a2^3that is the ratio of the | | | | Samaveda . Musicology is the 17th science which |
| squares of the sidereal periods of planets is equal to | | | | constitute Indian philosophy ( ayurvedam |
| the cube roots of their semi-major axes. ( The Third | | | | dhanurvedam gandharvo veda eva cha ). Gandharva |
| Law of Planetary Motion ). | | | | Veda is the eternal Music of Nature, the Universal |
| Dante elaborated this concept in his formidable poem | | | | Music, whose infinitesimal expression is all earthly |
| The Divina Commedia The spheres were believed to | | | | music. What the Seers hear in higher or altered |
| be related by whole number ratios of pure musical | | | | states of Consciousness is nothing but this Heavenly |
| intervals, generating musical harmony. | | | | Music ( Ananta Vai Veda ). |
| In his book De Musica Beothius defined three types | | | | Gandharva Music is the divine music in alliance with |
| of Music | | | | the Laws of Nature. If you make yourself still, you |
| Musica Universalis or Musica Mundana ( Music of the | | | | can hear this music in the rising of the sun and its |
| Spheres ) | | | | setting. All you have to do is to prepare yourself |
| Musica Humana ( the internal music of the human | | | | spiritually and tune in and you can hear this wonderful |
| body ) | | | | music. This celestial music has psychotherapeutic |
| Musica instrumentalis ( Instrumental music by | | | | properties. |
| instrumentalists ) | | | | The healing properties of Gandharva Music has been |
| This music can be heard in the Region of Concrete | | | | lost to the West and now many of India’s |
| Thought, according to Max Heindel. This is a different | | | | professional musicians are touring the world, |
| state of Consciousness, different from the mundane. | | | | performing ancient melodies and demonstrating its |
| In Esoteric Christianity, this is called the second | | | | psychotherapeutic properties to people from all |
| heaven. | | | | civilizations. |
| Indian Philosophy gives great importance to Sacred | | | | You can listen to these music videos and make your |
| Music. Most of the poems of the great poets have | | | | Kundalini rise ! |
| been musicalised. We find that great epic poems, like | | | | |