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Beschreibung
Joscelyn Godwin explores music's effects on matter, living things, and human behavior. Turning to metaphysical accounts of the higher worlds and theories of celestial harmony, the author follows the path of musical inspiration on its descent to Earth, illuminating the archetypal currents that lie beneath Western musical history.
Joscelyn Godwin explores music's effects on matter, living things, and human behavior. Turning to metaphysical accounts of the higher worlds and theories of celestial harmony, the author follows the path of musical inspiration on its descent to Earth, illuminating the archetypal currents that lie beneath Western musical history.
Über den Autor
Joscelyn Godwin is an emeritus professor of music at Colgate University and the author, editor, and translator of many books, including Cosmic Music, The Golden Thread, and Atlantis and the Cycles of Time. Known for his translations of Fabre d’Olivet and Julius Evola, he lives in Hamilton, New York.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface and Acknowledgments

Part I Ascending Parnassus
1 The Marvelous effects of Music
2 Hearing Secret Harmonies

Part II The Great Work
3 Music Alchemy
4 Music and the Currents of Time

Part III The Music of the Spheres
1 The Cosmological Framework
2 Planet-Scales, Type a
3 Modern Schemes: Titius-Bode and Goldschmidt
4 Planet-Scales, Type B
5 Planets, Tones, and the Days of the Week
6 Planet-Scales, Type C
7 Systems with Movable Tones: Eriugena, Anselmi
8 Kepler's Planetary Music
9 Intervals and the Astrological Aspects
10 Tone-Zodiacs
11 Angelic Orders and Muses: The Great Chain of Being
12 The Three Means
13 Gurdjieff's Law of Octaves
14 The Harmonics Series and its Symbolism
15 The Subharmonic Series
16 The Lambdoma and the Pyhagorean Table
17 Beyond Manifestation: 1/1 and 0/0

Notes

Bibliography of Works Cited
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 1987
Genre: Importe, Musik
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Allg. Handbücher & Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780892815005
ISBN-10: 0892815000
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Godwin, Joscelyn
Auflage: Original edition
Hersteller: Inner Traditions/Bear & Company
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 229 x 154 x 13 mm
Von/Mit: Joscelyn Godwin
Erscheinungsdatum: 11.01.2000
Gewicht: 0,336 kg
Artikel-ID: 121032081

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