Nada Brahma: The World Is Sound : Music and the Landscape of Consciousness [Hardcover]

Joachim-Ernst Berendt (Author), Helmut Bredigkeit (Author)

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Text: English, German (translation)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 258 pages
• Publisher: Inner Traditions (December 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0892811684
• ISBN-13: 978-0892811687
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #967,926 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely interesting and well written, November 20, 1998

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This review is from: Nada Brahma: The World Is Sound : Music and the Landscape of Consciousness (Hardcover)

This book explores the relationship between music, consciousness and the physical world. The author makes an interesting argument that objects in the physical world generally form into harmonious relationships, and he cites the movements of the planets, oxygen atoms in H20 and so forth as examples. This is well written and argued, not a purely metaphysical line.

Having described the harmony of the physical world at atomic and astronomical levels, he goes on to consider Nada Brahma, an Indian Yoga technique of 'listening to the internal sound current'. The technique consists essentially of blocking ones ears and listening to the 'sound currents' which do actually come when one performs the technique (I've tried it). By meditating on these sound currents, one is taken into deeper levels of concentration. This 'inner music' is related to the concept of the music of the spheres, and this notion is investigated historically.

Overall, the book is an excellent read, and I just regret I lent my copy to someone and never got it back. Maybe I'll have to get the next edition from Amazon.com, as it seems to be on their website. If you're a musician and want something spiritual, this meditation might be for you!