Music and the Occult

1995-01-01 Music

Author : Joscelyn Godwin
Release : 1995-01-01
Genre : Music
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Book Rating : 536/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Music and the Occult by : Joscelyn Godwin

Download or read book Music and the Occult written by Joscelyn Godwin. This book was released on 1995-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

1995 Harmony of the spheres

Author : Joscelyn Godwin
Release : 1995
Genre : Harmony of the spheres
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Book Rating : 531/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Music and the Occult written by Joscelyn Godwin. This book was released on 1995. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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

2015-10-13 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Peter Bebergal
Release : 2015-10-13
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 966/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Season of the Witch written by Peter Bebergal. This book was released on 2015-10-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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.

Music from Elsewhere

2024-11-12 Music

Author : Doug Skinner
Release : 2024-11-12
Genre : Music
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Book Rating : 220/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Music from Elsewhere written by Doug Skinner. This book was released on 2024-11-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

The Occult Arts of Music

2013-09-21 Music

Author : David Huckvale
Release : 2013-09-21
Genre : Music
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Book Rating : 050/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Occult Arts of Music written by David Huckvale. This book was released on 2013-09-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

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