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Healing with sound “music†dates back as far as ancient Greece…
The ancient Greeks used music as therapy.
And the actual word ‘therapy’ comes from the Greek therapia, meaning “to serve or help medically.â€
I don’t know if you can...
But try for a second to visualize the recovery rooms in ancient Greece for hospitalized patients: Most of these hospitals were built on the coast, or on a southern-facing hillside, with amazing green views.
And in the courtyard, music always played…
Patients were even encouraged to leave their rooms to attend musical performances to assist in their healing and quick recovery.
Now, you might say… “well, they weren’t as advanced as we are now, so they had to use something that increased quality of life to mimic an actual recoveryâ€...
That’s the first thing I usually hear from anyone.
But…
If that were true, how come the healing power of sound was never abandoned?
And now scientists are diving deeper and deeper into researching this as they’re amazed by the fact that ALL their findings point to one result: Sound Heals.
To circle back a bit... the word ‘music’ comes from the Muses, the daughters of Zeus who were the patron goddesses of creative and intellectual endeavors.
And in the Greek culture, the inspiration they brought made important healers listen to their call.
Aesculapius cured mental disorders with songs.
The philosophers Plato and Aristotle claimed that music affected the soul and the emotions.
Hippocrates - the father of medicine and the creator of the Hippocratic oath every single medical professional takes to this day…
Played music for his patients, too.
Music played a critical part in my personal healing journey.
Pythagoras is also credited with being the first person to use music as medicine.
He discovered that music has great therapeutic power and he prepared special harmonies for various diseases.
Pythagoras and his followers also utilized music, singing, playing musical instruments, and dancing to clear any blockages in the chakras
i.e. any trapped mental or emotional stress or fears.
And their research was later utilized in other civilizations…
We find mentions of it in the Bible…
Whenever the spirit from God came on Saul, David would take up his lyre and play. Then relief would come to Saul; he would feel better, and the evil spirit would leave him.â€
(Samuel, 16:14-23)
I’ll share something else with you.
...Something that touches, even more, the realms of our reality and how the world around us works.
Music is a part of the cycle of natural life…
Music is based on rhythm and harmony. Human life is based on rhythm...
...and all functions of life are rhythmic...
Manfred Clynes (born 1925), a neurophysiologist whose family fled from Austria to Australia, published extensive data documenting the relationship between music, brain, and mind.
His classical textbook “Music, Mind, and Brainâ€, published in 1982, is the benchmark of excellence in the field.
According to him, music brings about the excitation of the limbic system with corresponding changes in neurotransmitters, such as catecholamine, indolamine, dopamine, endorphin, and the latest, neuron growth hormone.
However...