closedness, egotism, arrogance, increased non-wellness--in short, a worsening of all the forms of "deafness" which supposedly it can help eradicate. Most of the New Age plagiarism of our work seems to have this problem--or at least fails to recognize it.
For me working in a certain way with harmonics was and is work with something deeply part of not just musical sound, but life and the vibrational reality of the whole physical and metaphysical universe. I was consciously aware of the harmonics as being universal to all musical sound, whether sung or played, and felt that they were and are a key to that new, global sacred music which I call the Harmonic Chant. So it was clear to me from the beginning, as a pioneer of "world music" listening and study, that this was NOT sampling or imitation, but getting to work with a musical universal--as omnipresent as light, heat and gravity...
PSF: With your long-time work with the Harmonic Choir, what have been your goals?
1. Bringing to life for others and ourselves awareness of some of the wonders and mysteries of the harmonic universe of which we are a part.
2. Through studying harmonics, to know oneself and the universe better--and to strive ever more ardently for real attunement to the Unknown.
3. As an artist, to create vehicles not only of authentic "self-expression", but aerodynamically sound vehicles for spiritual experience. In other words, not Art for Art's sake, but Art for the sake of the sacred--and constantly trying to see all the traps of self-importance and deafness to the higher that are there as well.
4. To develop a body of work and a way of working that is deeply in harmony with the necessary Evolution of our species, which we are tirelessly exhorted to seek by all great Teachers. This work is necessary now in myself, in each of us and in the world as a whole. Our efforts are both individual and linked, and we must constantly hone our attunement to the forces which give us our essential orientation in life.
PSF: Could you talk about 'the harmonic series' that is a basis of your work?
The color spectrum of sound. Universal to all music, and to the entire SCALE of periodic vibration in the universe. How vibrational energy informs matter. The Axis Mundi, the thread from heaven to earth, the scale of vibrations from deepest Below to highest Above. Practically speaking, the infinite group of whole numbers which of which musical proportion is a most living manifestation. A note is a harmonic is a frequency is a number is a time cycle... In my music, the harmonic series is the DNA of the work. The harmonic series is the tower of music, and each floor is an octave; the high floors are "the harmonics" themselves, in the common sense definition as the "upper partials" of fundamentals. But the middle floors--notes, chords, harmonies, melodies-- are equally harmonic, they too are harmonic proportion, harmonic matter, in harmonic relationship. And the "lower" ('slower moving') floors-- rhythm, subharmonics, pulse-- are also harmonic.
PSF: How do you find that harmonic singing effects the soul (of the listener and performer)?
Harmonic Chant is definitely a gift of music for the soul--and for the body, and perhaps most of all, for the spirit. Many precise exercises and practices have appeared over the course of the organic evolution of the Harmonic Source Teachings which help one to physically sense these three aspects.
The aerodynamic 'aeration' of the body with the sound-teachings does seem to bring to life a soul-place where the body (Matter) and spirit can meet and, as it were, interpenetrate, interact, harmonize, perhaps even fuse.
This extensive, intensive line of DESCENDING work --that the goal of aspiration is the descent of Spirit into Matter--would seem to echo the essential demand of the teachings of Aurobindo, Gurdjieff and Krishnamurti, that a transformation given by the Above can take place within ourselves provided the very exact inner and outer conditions necessary for it have been respected.
To truly "hear" and attune to, harmonize with, these conditions requires a subtle and supple attitude which are difficult to find. In other words, of course this Evolution or Transformation is possible for each of us, just as the Harmonic Chant is possible, but perhaps it is not possible, or only partially possible, for me as I am. So acquiring real self-knowledge can never be just techniques, but is the overall presence of a workable attitude in my being which can gradually bring me the results I yearn for. This effort is actually silent and completely inner--though certain qualities of sound of course can help it along.
PSF: Why do you think that music is such a powerful force (on the listener and performer)?
Well, we are made of vibrations and therefore we correspond to --on whatever the level of attunement!-- some kind of complex vibrational symphony within which the octaves of sound have many subtle accords. As Rilke said, "music --pure, immense--is not for us to live in now"--except for moments.
PSF: What is your opinion of the music therapy field?
A vast subject. I think the Harmonic Chant has a lot to offer here, a tremendous amount, really. The laws and the knowledge at work are so clear, precise, subtle. The healing sounds movement, like the whole field of music therapy, has only begun to realize the importance of harmonics, and people should know that deep work has been going on now for years in this area--and not necessarily the work they hear about in New Age circles.
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I just read with great interest the article "Youth league to gun seller: Stay off our backs" (March 5). Shame on the South Orange-Maplewood Baseball Committee for putting such a negative connotation on firearms.
Firearms, like baseball, are deeply rooted in American culture and history. This goes back to The Minutemen who helped give us our freedom, to the settlers of the West, to the modern day where shooting is involved in various Olympic events in which the United States competes. (The U.S. has over 100 Olympic medals in shooting, about double the amount of any other country).
If the committee is concerned about the "welfare of youth," it should consider the name of the sponsor — Constitutional Arms — as appropriate. As the name suggests, there is the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, but let me remind the Committee not to forget the First.
William P Koeller, Morris Plains
What’s in a name?
I was disappointed to read that the board of the South Orange-Maplewood Baseball Committee decided to reject the offer of a legitimate business to sponsor one of their teams. Did they give this serious consideration, or was it something that didn’t agree with their agenda? Did they reject others because the board deemed them unsavory businesses as well? What if they found out that ABC Woman’s Health Center performed abortions? How about the local donut shop or fast food restaurant that sells what the board deems "unhealthy food"? Or the manufacturer whose carbon footprint is the wrong size?
Do you really think the kids care whose names are on their shirts? My friends and I would have been happy to have a shirt paid for by Miss Lili’s Dance School or Acme Cesspool Service.
Leave your personal feelings out of the kids’ baseball league. Save your value judgments for more important issues. Let your kids have fun, learn the value of teamwork and develop friendships. Oh, and don’t forget to bar the local tree service from sponsoring because they cut down the tree you so much liked to hug.
Andy Zablow, Short Hills
Alcohol more deadly
I see that the township of Maplewood won’t let a licensed gun dealer sponsor a youth baseball team. Yet the league permits a liquor store to sponsor a team even though drunk drivers are responsible for 24,000 deaths and 100,000 injuries on the highways each year. When the statistics are added up, legal alcohol kills far more people each year in the United States than do both legal and illegal guns.
So how is it that Maplewood claims that alcohol sponsorship of a little league team is less controversial than gun sponsorship of a little league team?
Richard B. Dondes, East Brunswick
Not paying taxes
The governor has decided to skip payments into pension funds this year. There is an economic crisis and times are tough. Money is tight. Even though he is obliged to do it, drastic times call for drastic measures.
Using that logic, I have decided not to make a contribution to the state income tax this