Andrews, Ted
"Sacred Sounds: Transformation Through Music & Word"
(£7.99)
Llewellyn Publications. 1993
ISBN 087542-018-4 (pbk)
A fine and eloquent book by a master of spiritual techniques. Lots of
practical advice combined with in-depth background information about sound
and spiritual growth.
Beaulieu, John
"Music & Sound in the Healing Arts" (£10.99) Station
Hill Press 1987
ISBN 0-88268-056-0.
Notable for the sections on voice energetics and elemental music listening.
With the five elements including Ether, as a basis, he diagnoses the
quality of a person's voice, determines its elemental imbalances and prescribes
particular music listening.
Berendt, Joachim-Ernst
"Nada Brahma: The World is Sound" (£7.95) East-West
Publications 1983 (pbk)
ISBN 0-9281-318-0
Former jazz critic Berendt takes us on a journey from macrocosm to microcosm
and shows us the inter-relationship between music, harmonics and mantra and
the new physics, mathematics and architecture. It sweeps across the
universal soundscape from the "music of the spheres" to the songs of dolphins
and whales.
Berendt, Joachim-Ernst
"The Third Ear: On Listening to the World" (£11.99)
Element 1985
ISBN 0-80502-007-1
With a foreword by Yehudi Menuhin, this book stands as substantial addenda
to its companion volume, Nada Brahma. Of special interest are the chapters
on "audible and inaudible sound" and "why women have higher voices".
Campbell, Don
"Musician: Physician for Times to Come" (£11.99) Quest
Books 1991
ISBN 0-8356-0688-6
A collection of writings of such prominent psychologists, physicians and musicians
as David Hykes, Roberto Assagioli, Jonathan Goldman, Jill Purce, Manfred Clyne,
Dane Rudhyar and Hazrat Inayat Khan.
Campbell, Don
"The Roar of Silence"
(£8.50) Quest Books 1989
ISBN 0-8356 0645-7 (pbk)
Thoroughly practical book about the curative power of tone, breath and sound.
It is systematic with each of its seven chapters divided into three
parts: meditation, essay and vocal/breath exercises.
Campbell, Don
"Music and Miracles"
Quest Books 1992
ISBN 0-8356-0683-X (pbk)
Companion volume to "Music: Physician for Times to Come" and an equally good
collection, although the writers would be less familiar to British readers.
It does include Jean Houston, Therese Shroeder-Sheker, Dr Larry Dossey
and Don Campbell himself.
Campbell, Don
"The Mozart Effect" (£19.99)
Avon Publishers 1997
ISBN 0-380-97418-5
"The Mozart Effect" is the definitive book on the astonishing powers of music
- from Mozart to Jazz, New Age, Latin and even Rock - to heal the body, mind
and spirit. "The Mozart Effect opens doors to a new and more harmonious
way of life and includes more than two dozen specific easy to follow exercises
to help you raise your spatial IQ, sound away pain, boost creativity and make
your spirit sing"
(quote from Mozart Effect website)
D'Angelo, James
"Healing with the Voice" (£14.99) (hbk)
Thorsons 2000
ISBN 0-7225-3853-7
An excellent introduction to using your voice for healing yourself. Includes
lots of simple exercises. Covers toning the chakras and the Chinese heling
sounds.
Douglas-Klutz, Neil
"Prayers of the Cosmos: Meditations on the Aramaic Words of Jesus"
(£8.99)
Harper Collins 1990
ISBN 0-06-061994-5 (pbk)
Neil Douglas-Klutz's translates the Lords Prayer and Beatitudes from the original
Aramaic. Reading this book will transform our understanding of the original
message of Jesus.
Dewhurst-Maddock, Olivea
"The Book of Sound Therapy: Heal Yourself with Music" (£10.99)
Gaia Books 1993 (127pp)
ISBN 0-671-78639-3
A professional singer and lecturer, she has produced a fine introductory text
book that offers numerous vocal and breathing exercises along with information
about the physics and therapeutic uses of sound. Introduction by Sir
George Trevelyan.
Danielou, Alain
"Music and the Power of Sound:
The influence of Tuning and Intervals on Consciousness" (172pp £19.99)
Inner Traditions 1995
ISBN 1-89281-336-9
A revised edition of his 1943 title "The Study of Musical Scales", Danielou
was a man of vast learning, a major authority on Hinduism, and an expert on
Easter - especially Indian - music. He was one of the first people to wake
up the West to the universality of musical harmony and its potential for planetary
consciousness. He traces the development of musical scales through ancient
India, China and Greece, into more modern times. A very authoritative
book.
Diallo, Yaya and Hall, Mitchell
"The Healing Drum: African Wisdom Teachings"
(213pp £10.95)
Destiny Books, Rochester Vermont 1989
ISBN 0-89291-256-7
An inspiring account of the Minianka tribe, Mali, West Africa, who live and
breathe to the beat of the drum. The book explores their view of the
human being and the cosmos relative to work, celebration, herbal medicine,
dance, trance, initiation and death, and how music is used as a remedy for
both physical and psychological imbalances, harmonising the forces of the
visible and invisible worlds.
Flatischler, Reinhard
"Forgotten Power of Rhythm: Ta Ke Ti Na"
(145pp £12.50)
ISBN 0-940759-07-8
Rich with rhythmic knowledge, this book also offers, from shamanic traditions,
a system bringing music into relationship with the rhythms of the heart and
breath. Flatischler is a world class percussionist who has studied ethnic
rhythms all over the world.
Gardner, Kay
"Sounding the Inner Landscape: Music as Medicine" (£9.99)
(pbk)
Element Books 1990
ISBN 1-85230-973-3
Clearly written, well illustrated and perfectly balanced between theory and
practice so that both the uninitiated and the musically knowledgeable can
gain insight into music as vibrational medicine for body, mind and spirit.
As sound healer and composer, Gardner demonstrates how the elements
of music affect our physical/emotional nature and how she consciously works
with them in her pieces and workshops.
Kay has produced a six tape entitled "Music as Medicine" to accompany her
book. Available from the Tao of Books at £52.
Gardner-Gordon, Joy
"The Healing Voice"(193pp £10.99)
1993 ISBN 0-89594-571-1
Gardner-Gordon tells readers how to express themselves through chanting and
toning. She explains how to heal and gain emotional release through
sound, how to use the voice for pure pleasure and how to tone for birth and
death.
Garfield, Leah Maggie
"Sound Medicine: Healing with Music, Voice and Song" (£7.99)
Celestial Arts 1987
ISBN 0-89087-483-2
To some extent based on Native American Traditions. Includes how to find one's
own "healing song" and "life song."
Godwin, Joscelyn
"Harmonies of Heaven and Earth: The Spiritual Dimension
of Music" (£10.99)
Thames and Hudson 1987
ISBN 0-50001-403-5
Explores "music's perceived effects on matter, living things and human behaviour."
Godwin outlines metaphysical theories of celestial harmony and its connection
with mundane music from Pythagoras and Plato to Rudolf Steiner and Marius
Schneider.
Godwin, Joscelyn (Ed)
"Cosmic Music: Musical Keys to the Interpretation of Reality" (£13.99)
Inner Traditions 1989
ISBN 0-89281-070-X
A collection of essays by metaphysicians Maurius Schneider, Rudolf Haase and
Hans Lauer and others with an introduction by Joscelyn Godwin. The pieces
are founded on different sources: ancient India and mythology, Kepler's revelation
of planetary music, and an esoteric history of musical intervals.
Goldman, Jonathan
"Healing Sounds: The Power of Harmonics" (£9.99) Element
Books 1992
ISBN 1-85230-314-X (pbk)
The first book to contain clear thorough instructions for producing harmonics
(overtones) with the voice. Goldman delineates two important concepts
not often discussed "entrainment" (the phenomenon where a weaker rhythm synchronises
with a stronger) and the power of "intention" in healing.
Hamel, Peter Michael
"Through Music to the Self" (£9.99)
Element 1990
ISBN 1-85230-136-8 (pbk)
Examines the impact on our consciousness of various styles of Western contemporary
music, Indian and Balinese music and the ritual music of Tibet. He is keen
to demonstrate how Western music can be revitalised through an infusion of
musical forms techniques and rituals of the east. Along these lines he also
relates scientific investigation about the overtone series to the sacred incantations
of mantras and chants.
Hart, Mickey
"Drumming at the Edge of Magic:
A Journey into the spirit of Percussion"
(264pp) Harper San Francisco.
ISBN 0-06-250374-X (pbk)
The percussionist of American rock band, The Grateful Dead, tells the story
of his journey into the world of percussion, telling in kaleidoscopic manner
his discovery of the historical and spiritual heritage of the drum, touching
on many different cultures and aspects.
Heather, Simon
"The Healing Power of Sound" (£10)
(108 A4 pp) Sacred Sounds 2001
A very comprehensive book covering all aspects of sound healing. The book
covers scientific research into sound healing, harmonics, mantra, overtoning
and chakra sounds. The book is full of practical exercises for using the voice
for healing. The book is particularly useful for therapists wishing to use
sound healing in their practice.