Gong
Therapy
According to Don Conreaux, a prominent practitioner of gong therapy, the essential
key to the gong's force of resonance and its effectiveness is the complete
submersion and saturation of a person in layer upon layer of tones. The
universal gong sound is based upon the musical principle that all tones of
equal amplitude keep resonating, adding to themselves to produce cumulative
tone offspring.
This is a phenomenon unique to gongs and replicates exactly what happens in
the building of the human physical, mental, emotional and spiritual bodies.
Mysterious Tremendum,
Box 318,
Village Station
New York,
NY 10014-0318,
USA
Tel: 212 715 6852/ Fax: 212 645 8159
e-mail:
gongman@escape.com
www.holistic-resonance.com
Guided Imagery and Music
Originally researched and developed in the USA by Dr Helen Bonny, GIM uses
classical music and relaxation techniques to help patients access images at
deep levels of consciousness. Used for a wide variety of applications
in private practices and institutional settings, it offers relief from depression,
stress-related and eating disorders, drug addiction and physical and emotional
abuse. It can also be applied for the purpose of exploring inner worlds
and tapping into creativity.
The Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music,
MAIA UK & IRELAND,
Information Officer,
Tel: 01422 842093
e-mail:
maiauk@eggconnect.net
Association for Music and Imagery,
P.O.Box 4286,
Blaine,
WA 98231-4286
Tel: 001 360 756 8096/ Fax: 001 360 756 8097
e-mail:
ami@nas.com
Healing Sound and Music Colloquims
These conferences are the brainchild of Jeff Volk, director of Lumina Productions,
and have been held each year in the USA from 1993 to 1998. They have
brought together a wide-ranging array of leading experts in the sound-therapy
field including Don Campbell, Jonathan Goldman, Jill Purce, John Beaulieu,
Kay Gardner, Barbara Hero, Fabien Maman, Vicki Dodd, Valerie Hunt, Steven
Halpern and Therese Schroder-Sheker. Many of the talks given over the
years are available on cassette tapes. Volk has also produced two videos
on sound-healing modalities and issued three videos on the work of Hans Jenny.
Lumina Productions,
219 Grant Road,
Newmarket,
NH 03857,
USA
Tel: 603 659 2929/ Fax: 603 659 2939
e-mail:
jeffvolk@nh.ultranet.com
www.cymaticsource.com
International Lambdoma Research Institute
The Lambdoma, shaped like the Greek letter lambda, is also known as the Pythagorean
Table and is an infinity of musical ratios representing both the overtone
and the undertone series. It is a profound musical model of the universe.
The mathematician and visual artist Barbara Hero has studied this table
for many years and invented a Lambdoma matrix keyboard that can project the
sounds of these intervals both aurally and visually. She has produced
a series of tapes containing the Lambdoma frequencies in different forms and
believes through her experimentation that they have self-healing powers, particularly
in resonating and balancing the chakras.
Barbara Hero,
Founder/Director ILRI,
496 Loop Road,
Wells,
ME 04090-7622,
USA
Tel/Fax: 207 646 7950
e-mail:
hero@cybertours.com
www.lambdoma.com
Monochord Table
Invented by Joachim Marz, a clinical music therapist at the University of
Basle, the monochord table is a kind of musical instrument built in the shape
of a table. It's barrel-shaped resonance box lined with numerous strings tuned
to the perfect fifth of D and A. It is designed so that the vibrations of
specific harmonics and overtones permeate the bodies of those lying on the
table and envelop their senses in a healing environment. It has been
used in a great variety of ways from mothers experiencing difficult pregnancies
to stressed business executives.
Joachim Marz,
Dorf Strasse 40,
5326 Schwaderlauch,
SWITZERLAND
Tel: 00 41 56 250 3117/ Fax: 00 41 56 250 3116
e-mail:
j.marz@gmx.ch
Music and the Psyche Conferences
The first Music and the Psyche Conference was organised in London by Maxwell
Steer in 1995, arising from his edition of Music and Mysticism (Contemporary
Music Review. Vol 14). The Conference has evolved from its initial academic
model into a series of experiental workshops designed as a sacred space for
the enhancement of personal and collective depth in music, healing and therapy.
Enquiries to:
Maxwell Steer
Tel: 01747 870 070
Fax: 01747 871 451
e-mail:
msteer@freeuk.com
Music Thanatology
Music for the dying, or music thanatology as it has been coined by its founder
Therese Schroeder-Sheker, is a form of music therapy that is solely concerned
with the many and varied needs of the dying. Its chief purpose is to
enable a dying person to move towards the portal of death so that nothing
prevents or impedes them from passing on in as serene a state as possible.
To this end the practitioner sings primarily hymns, antiphons, sequences,
psalms and litanies of early Christian plainsong accompanied by the harp.
A school for this therapy entitled The Chalice of Repose Project has
been established.
The Chalice of Repose Project,
St Patrick Hospital,
554 West Broadway,
Missoula,
Montana 59806,
USA
Tel: 406 542 0001/ Fax: 406 728 2206
e-mail:
chalice@saintpatrick.org
www.saintpatrick.org/chalice.html
The Natural Voice Practitioners' Network
The network is a resource for voicework practitioners in the UK. It
provides a range of opportunities for people to explore their voices and enjoy
song. These include voice and song workshops, training, short courses
and creative projects, and by running
community choirs.
Colin Harrison, Secretary,
The Natural Voice Practitioners' Network,
Droridge Barn,
Dartington,
Totnes,
Devon,
TQ9 6JG,
UK
Tel/Fax: 01803 866317
e-mail:
colin@singout.in2home.co.uk
www.singout.ukgateway.net
Planet Tree Music Festival
Takes place in London every two years. Includes music that engages the
whole person and music for healing. Previous years have featured music
by Terry Riley, Jean Catoire, James D'Angelo, Alan Hovhaness, Morton Feldman,
Lawrence Ball and Keith Barnard.
Planet Tree Music Festival,
Flat 4,
20 Hampstead Hill Gardens,
London NW3 2PL,
UK
Tel/Fax: 020 7435 9847