Music and the Occult - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Music and the Occult write by Joscelyn Godwin. This book was released on 1995-01-01. Music and the Occult available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Occultism and esotericism flourished in 19th-century France as they did nowhere else. Many philosophers sought the key to the universe, and some claimed to have found it. In the unitive vision that resulted, music invariably played an important part.
Music and the Occult
Music and the Occult - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Music and the Occult write by Joscelyn Godwin. This book was released on 1995. Music and the Occult available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "This book is an adventure into the unexplored territory of French esoteric philosophies and their relation to music. Occultism and esotericism flourished in nineteenth-century France as they did nowhere else. Many philosophers sought the key to the universe, some claimed to have found it, and, in the unitive vision that resulted, music invariably played an important part. These modern Pythagoreans all believed in the Harmony of the Spheres and in the powerful effects of music on the human soul and body. Faced with the challenge of the rationalist Enlightenment, then with that of modern scientism, they adapted their occultism to the prevailing style ... A widely published musicologist and authority on esotericism, Godwin is able to give a clear and concise context for these philosophers' often surprising beliefs, and he demonstrates how this "speculative music" influenced composers such as Satie and Debussy, who were familiar with occultism. His long study of music and the Western esoteric tradition makes him uniquely qualified to unravel the strange story of these forgotten sages."--Publisher's description.
Season of the Witch
Season of the Witch - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Season of the Witch write by Peter Bebergal. This book was released on 2015-10-13. Season of the Witch available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "From the hoodoo-inspired sounds of Elvis Presley to the Eastern odysseys of George Harrison, from the dark dalliances of Led Zeppelin to the Masonic imagery of today's hip-hop scene, the occult has long breathed life into rock and hip-hop--and, indeed, esoteric and supernatural traditions are a key ingredient behind the emergence and development of rock and roll ... [and in this book] writer and critic Peter Bebergal illuminates this web of influences"--Amazon.com.
The Occult Arts of Music
The Occult Arts of Music - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Occult Arts of Music write by David Huckvale. This book was released on 2013-09-21. The Occult Arts of Music available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Occult traditions have inspired musical ingenuity for centuries. From the Pythagorean concept of a music of the spheres to the occult subculture of 20th-century pop and rock, music has often attempted to express mystical states of mind, cosmic harmony, the demonic and the divine--nowhere more so, perhaps, than in the music for films such as The Mephisto Waltz, The Devil Rides Out, Star Trek, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Omen and The Exorcist. This survey explores how such film music works and uncovers its origins in Pythagorean and Platonic ideas about the divine order of the universe and its essentially numerical/musical nature. Chapters trace the influence of esoteric Freemasonry on Mozart and Beethoven, the birth of "demonic" music in the 19th century with composers such as Weber, Berlioz and Liszt, Wagner's racial mysticism, Schoenberg's numerical superstition, the impact of synesthesia on art music and film, the effect of theosophical ideas on composers such as Scriabin and Holst, supernatural opera and ballet, fairy music and, finally, popular music in the 1960s and '70s.
Music from Elsewhere
Music from Elsewhere - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Music from Elsewhere write by Doug Skinner. This book was released on 2024-11-12. Music from Elsewhere available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A compendium of other musics, channelled from the spirit world, the fairy kingdom, outer space, secret societies and occult lodges. This unique collection of esoteric earworms gathers, and reproduces, music from other worlds. Here you'll find tunes hummed, strummed, and sung by spirits, sprites, and fairies, extraterrestrial elevator music, dreamed ditties, marches for occult ceremonies, secret musical codes and languages, music made by animals, and more. Each entry contains an explanatory text on its origins and purpose, and also reproduces the musical notation, in facsimile where possible, so that you can play along at home. An in-depth introductory essay by musician, historian and collector Doug Skinner rounds out this wondrous musical cabinet of curiosities.
