![]() The distances and speeds of the planets above are dictated by the same mathematical/musical principles. ![]() You only have to look at the proportions of a tree or an insect to see music theory in action: the laws of harmony. In music theory, the laws of harmony are governed by mathematical principles- simple ratios that are abundant in nature. And Prince Charles admits to talking to his plants, so it must work! (He should try singing.) ![]() The ashram is an oasis of green, full of lush, exotic plants, while outside the gates it is treeless and barren. There is an ashram in India where mantras are played through loud speakers throughout the gardens. The latest research tells us that certain ‘songs’, such as Gregorian chant and Sanskrit mantra can transform a living entity right down to its DNA structure. Even conventional science has shown that plants grow better when they ‘hear’ Mozart. It fills the empty spaces, inside and outside, with life. It literally forces your head/skull, dense with thought, worry and fear, to vibrate with music! Many cultures use singing as a means of raising consciousness. Even a sad song will provide comfort and tend to balance out the emotions. It gives you a voice to air your ‘stuff’. It gets you into your heart and lungs, and out of your head. Try singing when you’re down, depressed, worried, stressed. Well, for a start, singing makes you happy. How can it be that song affects the land? The great Chinese emperors would never think to rule their empire without first tuning their orchestra to the great cosmic note, the ‘Huang Chung’- sometimes ten thousand players were required to harmonize the empire! Old cultures instinctively knew there was a relationship between land and song. Certain melodies, ‘ragas’, and notes were reserved for certain weather patterns, certain seasons or certain times of day or month. In ancient India and China the relationship between music and environment became a science. Sometimes the ‘song of the land’ may be heard through a musical instrument- the idyllic picture of the shepherd is not complete without a lyre or a flute, nor is a picture of the Swiss countryside complete without an alphorn or a yodeler. In other cultures, people still work the land with a song each day- from the potato fields of Jamaica to the beaches of the Pacific islands- or think of the old slave songs of the US cotton-fields. To keep the song alive was to keep the land alive. Every feature of the landscape had its living song. ![]() In Aboriginal Australia, the land and the song line were intricately interwoven. They intuitively knew how to ‘sing the land’. Old cultures have known for thousands of years there is a connection. Is there a connection between singing and farming? But I wondered- what about the human element? Had our singing and high spirits also charged the water? Ten minutes later we plunged those highly charged fingers into our buckets of diluted ‘500’ and stirred for an hour, before spraying. The energy was tangible, “streaming”, strong. Then someone suggested we pause for a moment to feel the energy in our fingertips, and from the earth beneath our feet. Hearts, heads and hands were connecting beautifully. We also stamped, clapped, laughed and generally had a jolly good time. We intended to spray the land annually as part of the on-going Veridian Project, in order to see what the effect might be.īefore we set out, we formed a circle and sang. In April, 2002, about a dozen participants of the Goethean Studies programme, their friends and families met at a desolate, highly salinated piece of farmland about 2 hours east of Perth, armed with a water tank, a plastic bucket each and a jar of ‘500’ preparation (specially prepared biodynamic cow manure).
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