Musica Universalis Or Music Of The Spheres

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Music of the Spheres is a philosophic concept, that greeting the proportions in the motion of the celestial bodies as Musica Divina or Divine Music The Music of the Nine Revolving Heavens, the Nava Grahas !. Though no literally audible, this Musica Divina is easily to the divinely intoxicated mind, in a state of Cosmic Consciousness. It is harmonic, algebraic and Sacred Music !
The concept is Pythagorean. Pythagorus, the father of Astro Numerology, with his semi-mystical and semi-mathematical philosophy, declared that the Mystery of the Universe is detectable through Unio Mystica or Mystic Union. Mystic systems in the West like Gnostic Christianity and Free Masonry use this concept, as both these systems were inspired by Pythagorus.
Johannes Kepler, the large astronomer who gave the western earth the Laws of Planetary motion, declared that Sacred Geometry, Cosmolgy, Astronomy, Astrology, Harmonics and Music stemmed from this Musica Universalis. Kepler elaborated this notion in his Harmonice Mundi , relative Astrology and Harmonics ! Kepler declared that
p1^2/p2^2 = a1^3/ a2^3
that is the percentage of the squares of the sidereal times of planets is equal to the cube roots of their semi-major axes. ( The Third Law of Planetary Motion ).
Dante elaborated this concept in his formidable poem The Divina Commedia The spheres were trusted to be related by whole number ratios of pure melodious intervals, generating musical harmony.
In his book De Musica Beothius defined 3 types of Music
Musica Universalis or Musica Mundana ( Music of the Spheres )
Musica Humana ( the interior music of the people body )
Musica instrumentalis ( Instrumental music at instrumentalists )
This music can be heard in the Region of Concrete Thought, according to Max Heindel. This is a alter state of Consciousness, differ from the heavenly. In Esoteric Christianity, this is phoned the second paradise.
Indian Philosophy gives great importance to Sacred Music. Most of the poems of the great poets have been musicalised. We ascertain that great epic poems, like Geetha, like Devi Sooktham etc have been musicalised. Singers like Lataji, Anuradha, Chitra, Jesudas etc has sung the glory of these poems. Listening to these poems can make the Kundalini rise.
In 2006, Greg Fox divided the orbits of the planets in half anew and anew till they were literally aloud. The result was Carmen of the Spheres.
Yogic schools like Nada. Laya and Shabda Yogas give importance to Sacred Music. The Shabda Yoga Gurus think Pythagorus for a sacred Guru, his name stemming from 2 Sanskrit words, Pitha ( dad ) and Guru ( preceptor ). This Guru or gorus occurs in such names as Protagorus, Anaxagorus and Pythagorus !
Fortunatley I grew up in a tradition of Sacred Music. As a child, I accustomed to obtain out of bed, hearing my mother sing Sankara and Jayadeva. I grew up hearing to Sai bhajans, which can spiritualise any one.
In the Masonic Initiation, the Heirophant or the Guru tells the initiate ” We have chose for you, elected by the Grand Organist, some selections from the Music of the Spheres “. He tells him ” how all heavens and earths, the Grand Lodge below and the Grand Lodge above are all held together by that Music, though few on earth have the ears to hear it”.
Genius hears the overtones, also the Music of the Spheres. Genius knows what it averaged while Pythagorus said that Philosophy is the maximum Music.
According apt the Indian tradition, all Music namely Samaveda . Musicology is the 17th science which constitute Indian philosophy ( ayurvedam dhanurvedam gandharvo veda eva cha ). Gandharva Veda is the everlasting Music of Nature, the Universal Music, whose microscopic expression is all earthly music. What the Seers listen in higher or revised states of Consciousness is nought but this Heavenly Music ( Ananta Vai Veda ).
Gandharva Music