The Lovers: A Musical Journey throught the Major Arcana of the Tarot

Number: 6

Symbol: Hexagon, Snowflake

Sound/Music reference: Musical scale

Quote: Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. MUSIC IS BEST. - Frank Zappa

“That certain feeling happened to me in a big way quite often with the first King Crimson. Amazing things would happen--I mean, telepathy, qualities of energy, things that I had never experienced before with music … you can’t tell whether the music is playing the musician or the musician is playing the music” - Robert Fripp

Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water-bath is to the body. -- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
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Song: Room Full of Mirrors- The Pretenders

Love, Water and Gratitude

Do our thoughts create our reality? Does the music we listen to effect our mind and body? Several years ago, I took a seminar with Jonathan Goldman, the dude I mentioned on my third blog in this series who created the formula Frequency + Intention = Healing. He showed some slides which were taken using high-speed photography where crystals formed in frozen water revealed changes when specific, concentrated thoughts were directed toward them.

In some experiments, a glass of water had the words “Love and Gratitude” taped on it. On another glass with water from the same source, the words “You Fool” were taped. The photographs were astounding, because the “Love and Gratitude” water created a beautiful hexagonal crystal, while “You Fool” created unformed, dark blobs without any crystal. It didn’t matter what language the words were said or written, the results were always the same.  

The late Dr. Emoto of Japan, who conducted these experiments, also studied the impact of music on water. What fascinates me is that depending on the words spoken or the music water was exposed to, the six-sided crystals in many cases mirrored the source vibration. For example, the water exposed to Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake, actually looked like a swan and then formed beautiful rainbow colors. The water that listened to Elvis Presley’s Heartbreak Hotel formed a crystal divided in two parts, as if it were mimicking a heart breaking in two. Heavy Metal music with loud, angry and vulgar lyrics created similar results to that of the water shown “You Fool.” (No judgment about heavy metal on my end. Just relating what showed up in this dude’s experiments). When water listened to Gospel music, the form “seems to represent the desires of people to resonate with God. Music from around the world has the capacity to heal.”(Dr. Emoto, The Hidden Messages in Water)

So, what’s the big deal? Water reflects the intention of music, the words in songs, as well as the words spoken to it or typed on a piece of paper and then placed next to it. Water mirrors our thoughts. And what do you think we Fools are mostly made of? Approximately 70% WATER! The hidden messages in water, (love these hidden clues) shows us our thoughts are VIBRATION. If you’ve got lots of negative thoughts, what do you think they are doing to your body and mind? Are our thoughts a possible link to the cause of some physical diseases? How does the music you listen to make you feel? What do you think the music you hear creates in the water and cells of your body?

Many scientists who have researched a process called homeopathy* have also noted that water seems to absorb the vibration or imprint the energy of the molecules which surrounded it, even when the molecules are removed. This is sometimes referred to as ‘the memory of water.’ I believe that in the future, a process similar to homeopathy will be used with music and sound, and provide an incredible tool for healing our minds and bodies. But then again, I’m just a Fool, so what the bleep do I know?

Tarot Wisdom: Sex, Drugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll

The Lovers card can represent sexual desire and establishing bonds with another, but when the emphasis is placed on unconditional love, this is where we discover the essence of God in every other person, including ourselves. If “Love and Gratitude” create beautiful crystals in water, when you love and appreciate someone deeply, can your feelings and intention influence them positively at the cellular level? Conversely, if sex is simply a physical act without any love, how might that impact people emotionally and at the cellular level?    

Sound/Musical reference: Musical scales

As water can act as a mirror to our thoughts and vibrations, musical scales are a mirror reflection as well. In simple terms, the notes played in one direction are then reversed and played exactly the same in the reverse direction. If you keep thinking the same thoughts, and like musical scales, play them over and over again (in your mind), notice how you feel. When you listen to the same music repeatedly, what do you experience? If music is a vehicle for reflecting and raising our vibration, then consider the sounds that surround you on a regular basis, and see if you can discover a connection to your thoughts and feelings.

For more information about Dr. Emoto’s work, check out http://www.masaru-emoto.net/

 

TERMS
*Homeopathy- Homeopathy is founded on the 'Law of Similars' 'or ‘like cure like,' first expressed by Samuel Hahnemann in 1796. The law of similars is based on Hahnemann's conclusion that symptoms elicited by a given homeopathic remedy in a group of healthy individuals will cure an ill individual exhibiting similar symptoms.

Homeopathic remedies are prepared by dilution of a substance with succussion, or shaking, between dilutions. The remedies in homeopathy are often so dilute that they are statistically unlikely to contain any molecules of the original substance. The nice thing about homeopathic remedies is that in most cases there are no side effects.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeopathy

The Heirophant: A Musical Journey through the Major Arcana of the Tarot

Number: 5

Symbol: Pentagon and Pentagram

Sound/Music reference: Circle of Fifths, Perfect Fifth

Quote: When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest. – Henry David Thoreau     

It’s a rhythmic universe we live in; everything alive spins and oscillates in rhythm. The rhythm laws of order and chaos seem to be the standard building blocks of nature. Rhythm is also the glue that ties together random or external phenomena outside our direct control. The sea, the heavens the wind and the stars dance their own rhythmic dance until eternity. – from Spirit into Sound – Mickey Hart

           

Song:   Shooting Star – Bob Dylan

            Downward Spiral – Nine Inch Nails

 

The DaVinci Code (The DVC)

The DVC became an integral part of my bus ride, because when I read it in December 2004, I’d been writing about hidden codes in music and sacred geometry for over a year. DaVinci’s famous drawing of “Vitruvian Man” depicts a human with outstretched arms and legs. This diagram illustrates the divine proportion of man, with five points: The four points of legs and arms, and his head. Our bodies reflect a Pentagram, or a five pointed star.

 

 DaVinci’s Vitruvian Man

Music, the Pentagram and Protection

During my journey, an old Cheap Trick song called "Lookout" became a focal point. It had a nonsensical stanza, and fans occasionally posted questions on the newsgroup as to the meaning of the lyrics. I asked the Tarot cards about its meaning, got some interesting insights, and over a year later when I read The DVC a plethora of other possible meanings were revealed to me. Part of the lyrics were about protection, where a dude is telling a girl to look out for some bum who wants to get her. He’s warning her to protect herself. I did lots of research into ancient symbols and codes, and discovered that the Pentagram was frequently used for defense against negative forces. When the top point faced upwards to the heavens, it was drawn or worn to protect; but when the point was reversed or pointed downwards, it represented evil and other not so nice stuff.

The idea of protection reminded me of a time when I was home from college for the summer. I mowed the lawn one day while listening to my tape of one of the band’s albums and stopped to empty the clippings when I was overwhelmed by an intense feeling of bliss and protection. It felt as if someone had put a security blanket on my shoulder, and then I heard myself thinking, “I’m so incredibly happy the guys in the band are here on the planet at the same time as me. This is what they came here to do, and even though they are thousands of miles away, I feel safer somehow, like their music protects me. I never feel alone and everything is perfect in my world when I listen to their songs.”

Previously, I touched upon the possibility that rock music could protect us. Interestingly, we refer to famous rock musicians as rock stars. A star symbolically protects, right? I did discover a way rock stars can help protect us with their music, and that will be a topic of another post.

The Spiral

Five displays another quality, the spiral. The spiral is actually rolled within a pentagonal shape, and is the most widespread shape in nature. The images below depict a perfect fifth created by a harmonograph. Using pendulums, a harmonograph creates a visual guide to the mathematics of music. Look at the shapes: Spirals and pointed stars. I just love how music mirrors the essence of life. (Harmonograph: A Visual Guide to the Mathematics of Music by Anthony Ashton)

Have you ever noticed how your outer and inner ear (the cochlea) are spirals?  The part of our body that hears sound reflects the shape of a spiral. That’s a pretty amazing coincidence for a bunch of Fools whose existence stems from some supposedly chaotic, meaningless universe.

There are many other secret clues as to who we really are which are hidden in our physical bodies that I discovered along my journey. This is just the tip of the iceberg.

 

Tarot Wisdom: The High Priest of Rhythmic Noise

Also called the High Priest, the Heirophant card represents churches, doctrines, conformity, identifying with a group, fitting in and social approval. This was an important card for me, because the major clue I was given the night of my awakening was “Group Soul Reincarnation.” Rock music fans make up a large group, and secret groups and the High Priest would become more important as I delved into the mysteries of The DVC and esoteric societies.

Sound/Musical reference: Circle of Fifths, Perfect Fifth

When five notes are apart, for example the note of G in relation to C, it creates the perfect fifth (G is the fifth note from C) and makes the simple ratio of 3:2. The Circle of Fifths is an easy way to find out the key a song is in. It is called the Circle of Fifths because as you go clockwise, you go up a fifth. Since it is depicted in a circle, it relates to a spiral shape.  

The perfect fifth creates a stable, harmonious sound. Stability was used to describe the 4/4 time signature, and both go hand in hand. I have C and G Pythagorean tuning forks, and when struck together and simultaneously placed near the left and right ear, they are supposed to balance the left and right brain and create a sense of ease and harmony.

How does this connect to the concept of protection? When we are at peace and harmonious with ourselves and everyone else, we feel nothing can hurt us. We don’t need protection. So when you hear a nice harmonious perfect fifth and feel at ease, it’s doing its job by protecting you from feeling dis-ease or some emotionally disturbing feeling.

For more information about the circle of fifths go to

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circle_of_fifths

http://www.circleoffifths.com/#axzz3auPho7dh