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 THE POWER OF SOUND: How to Manage Your Personal Soundscape for a Vital, Productive & Healthy Life.
By Joshua Leeds
Published March, 2001 by
Healing Arts Press
338 pages. 60 minute CD.
ISBN 0-89281-768-2.
Cost: $25.
"A
magnificent addition to the growing body of
literature devoted to the newly emerging field
of sound therapy by an author who has been
instrumental in its development and recognition.
Insightful, lucid, and engaging, The Power
of Sound is the first important book on sound
therapy for the twenty-first century."
- Randall McClellan, Ph.D., author
of The Healing Forces of Music.
Music for The Power of Sound
CD Track Listing and Page Reference
Music
for the Power of Sound is performed by The Arcangelos
Chamber Ensemble. Specially orchestrated classical
music, coproduced by the author, has been selected
from The Sound Health Series.
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Introduction
Our basic survival depends upon legs for running,
fingers for gathering, and sexual organs for reproducing,
along with that most amazing computer which coordinates
millions of messages every second of every day—the
brain.
In addition, four sensory organs, the eyes, nose,
mouth, and ears, inform the brain of surrounding
conditions. The seven orifices of the head sample
different octaves of frequency—light, aroma,
taste, and sound. With this information, the brain
adjusts physiological mechanisms to function optimally.
"Am I safe?" asks the reptilian brain.
With the primary question of survival addressed,
this ancient brain relaxes like a lazy lizard
in the sun, allowing us to focus on secondary
aesthetic considerations: Does this light feel
good? Do I prefer these smells? Yum ... got any
more chocolate? Turn up that music!
Table of Contents
THE POWER OF SOUND: How to Manage Your Personal Soundscape for a Vital, Productive & Healthy Life.
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