Bringing Matter To Life With Sound

This is a 4 part video series about Cymatics. Cymatics is the science of how sound waves translate into physical patterns. The implication is that sound is formative.

"Echoed in all the world's faiths and traditions, matter was created by sound: 'In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God....', St. John reminds us. Hopi and Navajo traditions even assert that in ancient times shamans would utter words onto sand and create patterns, a concept not dissimilar to the Hindu mandalas which are said to be expressions of the vibration of God. Consequently, the Eastern faiths- Islam in particular- chose sacred geometry to express the image of God, a technique later used in those hymns to sacred geometry, Gothic cathedrals.

Modern science now shows that these geometric rhythms lie at the center of atomic structures. When Andrew Gladzewski carried out research into atomic patterns, plants, crystals and harmonics in music he concluded that atoms are harmonic resonators, proving that physical reality is actually governed by geometric arrays based on sound frequencies. Even that primeval Hindu sound, the OM, from which is derived our modern term 'hum', when sung into a tonoscope produces the very geometric shapes attributed with 'sacredness'. Perhaps the most important of these shapes is the hexagon, upon which the Egyptian matrix named the Flower of Life is based. This series of outwardly-rotating divisions of the circle accommodate the branches of the building blocks of life, the amino acids. This Flower of Life has subsequently manifested as a crop circle.

As the expression of number in space, geometry is inextricably linked to music since the laws of the former govern the mathematical intervals that make up the notes in the western music scale- the diatonic ratios- hence why the ancient Egyptians referred to geometry as frozen music." (Extracts from Secrets in the Fields © Freddy Silva, 1997, 2002.)

Cymatic images sound vibrations are truly awe-inspiring, not only for their visual beauty in portraying the inherent responsiveness of matter to sound, but also because they inspire a deep recognition that we, too, are part and parcel of this same complex and intricate vibrational matrix.

The binaural beats and isochronic tones utilized in Restful Tones mp3's were created from sound frequencies. The sound waves that are transmitted through our music may potentially help to bring the body and mind to a state of vibrational resonance.

Bringing Matter To Life With Sound

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