Attunement With Sacred Sound

Sound is a tool for creation. Not just any sound, but sound that carries a tone and waveform that is coherent and pure. We call this "music." Then there's the "Musica Universales," or "Music of the Spheres," an ancient concept attributed to Pythagoras who reportedly could hear the musical harmonies of the planets. Are these the sound waves that carry the Word that creates all things sent forth by the Creator into the void of space? Pythagoras based our musical theory on this mathematically precise Musica.

Sound is a tool for creation. Not just any sound, but sound that carries a tone and a wave form that is coherent and pure. We call this "music." Then there's the "Musica Universales," or Music of the Spheres," an ancient concept attributed to Pythagoras who reportedly could hear the musical harmonies of the planets. Are these the sound waves that carry the Word that creates all things sent forth by the Creator into the void of space? Pythagoras based our musical theory on this mathematically precise Musica. My interest in the art of Sacred Sound relates to how it may enhance attunement and energy healing by generating a carrier wave for spirit and intention. My intent is to share with the reader the basic and advanced uses of the human voice, as well as musical and sound-producing instruments that lend themselves to the art of Sacred Sound, such as singing bowls, chimes, tuning forks, drums, and a few others I explore in the book. This book reflects over forty years of my experience with energy work and my use of sound in attunement-not so much to heal the ills of the physical body as to facilitate the generation and clarification of pneumaplasm, the rarified spiritual substance that connects spirit with form, and to engender a resonant response in the heart. Resonance plays a pivotal role in sound healing, as it is the vibration of the resonant response within the individual - self or other - that does the "work" in harmonizing and uplifting the vibrations of life in the tissue cells of the body. The content of this book is a labor of love and a work-in-progress

"Sacred Sounds" reveals to today's seekers how to tap into the magical and healing aspects of voice, resonance and music that, on a metaphysical level, have been used to induce altered states of consciousness, open new levels of awareness, stimulate intuition and increase creativity.

Contemporary theology, and Jewish theology in particular, Michael Fishbane asserts, now lies fallow, beset by strong critiques from within and without. For Jewish reality, a coherent and wide-ranging response in thoroughly modern terms is needed. Sacred Attunement is Fishbane's attempt to renew Jewish theology for our time, in the larger context...

This new second edition of Attunement in Expressive Arts Therapy: Toward an Understanding of Embodied Empathy has been extensively revised. The book addresses how the arts can be applied therapeutically for mental, emotional and spiritual health. The therapeutic practices offer expanded ways of being attuned to emotional states and life conditions with individuals, relationships, groups, and communities. Specific topics include: the contexts of attunement in the arts and therapy, tuning in to embodied creative intelligence, attunement and improvisation, rhythm and resonance, and the sense of balance achieved through affective sensory states. Each chapter clearly articulates how to utilize the arts to tune in to self, other, and a larger sacred presence. The poignant stories from the author's 35 years as an artist and therapist allows the reader to experience how the arts have been used throughout history to maintain healthy physical, emotional and spiritual well-being. Spontaneity, heightened sensitivity to inner states, deep connectivity to self and other, and an awareness of energetic and embodied shifts in consciousness are explored. It will be an excellent resource for those interested in learning how to engage with individuals and communities in order to address complex life challenges.

Playful Wisdom examines how Henry David Thoreau’s thinking about religious “play” created a theological legacy in American literature—one that includes Emily Dickinson, Jack Kerouac, Thomas Merton, Annie Dillard, and Marilynne Robinson. Although these writers differ in many ways, they share with Thoreau an improvisational “looseness” or “mobility” in their thinking about the sacred, a sense that religious experience unsettles fixed belief and alters the very shape of the perceiving self. From this perspective, Robert Leigh Davis argues, unswerving orthodoxy is not as crucial to a life of faith as a light-handed responsiveness of spirit that constantly revises fixed assumptions in light of new experiences. Dickinson describes this responsiveness as “nimble believing” and Thoreau calls it “holy play.” Scholars of literature, religion, and philosophy will find this book particularly useful.

Soul Songs are a sacred technology that can heal, tone, uplift, inspire, and restore balance and light in our changing world today . . . in every single heart beating on the planet. And we are their instruments. These New Earth Soul Songs are shared with the open-hearted intention and invitation to people all over the world . . . to join hands, hearts, and voices . . . to sing, drum, hum, shine, share, and enjoy them! Together we can sing this peace, bliss, and oneness into our daily experiences on this beautiful earth planet. Please note that there are no musical notes in this book. Only the song stories and lyrics themselves shine here. As I am not a trained musician, the harmonies simply came through my heart center onto the canvas of each of these pages. All harmonies to every song and story can be found at my website: www.newearthlivingglobal.com and also at www.reverbnation.com/mariemohler. Oneness Blessings and Sparkles of Song Joy and New Earth Light from my heart to yours!