Inner Traditions International Cosmic music: musical keys to the interpretation of reality, paperback/joscelyn godwin

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The idea that the universe is created out of sound or music (and therefore is music) is a very ancient one.

In this book, Joscelyn Godwin brings together three contemporary German thinkers who exemplify this tradition in its modern variants: Marius Schneider, Rudolf Haase, and Hans Erhard Lauer.

The selections draw on ancient Indian sources and mythology; Kepler's Platonic vision of a musical, geometric universe; and the evolution of the tone systems of music.

While every music lover senses the power and truth that reside in music, very few actually approach music as a path to cosmic knowledge.

Godwin takes literally Beethoven's assertion that Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom or philosophy.

Godwin writes, .

to penetrate the mysteries of music is to prepare for initiation into those fathomless mysteries of man and cosmos.

About the Author: Professor of music at Colgate University, Joscelyn Godwin is also the author of Harmonies of Heaven and Earth.

Although complete in itself, Cosmic Music is his contribution to a larger movement that seeks to deepen and broaden our consciousness of what music is, and what it can be.