The origin of sound healing is as old as our civilization.
“Sound is the medicine of the future.” Edgar Cayce
Most ancient cultures used the seemingly magical power of sound to heal. Healing through sound had almost disappeared in the West until the 1930s when acoustic researchers discovered ultrasound and its medicinal properties. With this discovery, research flourished and today the ancient art of sound healing is rapidly becoming a new science. There is now a great deal of research into the healing benefits of ultrasound, including its use to break up kidney stones and even shrink tumors. Furthermore, infrasound and audible sound are now recognized as having immense healing properties. The Aboriginal people of Australia are the first known culture to use sound for healing. The didgeridoo has been used as a healing tool for at least 40,000 years. The aborigines cured bone fractures, muscle tears and diseases of all kinds with their enigmatic musical instrument. Interestingly, the sounds emitted by the yidaki are in alignment with modern sound healing technology. It is increasingly evident that the wisdom of the ancients was based on the principles of “vibration.”
Egyptian and Babylonian cultures used drums and rattles, two of the earliest known musical instruments. The low frequency sounds of drums and the ultra sound created by rattles are now known to speed healing. A Greek traveler, Demetrius, around 200 BC, wrote that the Egyptians used vowel sounds in their rituals: “In Egypt, when the priests sing hymns to the gods they sing the seven vowels in succession of expiration and the sound has such euphony that men listen instead of the flute and lyre.” The healing chapel at Deir el-Bahari, Thebes, was dedicated to Amenhotep-son of Hapu, a deified healer saint closely associated with Imhotep who is widely recognized with the title “physician.” Imhotep’s reputation was so enormous that, 1,500 years after his death, the Greeks identified him with their healing god Asclepius. These two deified men ‘Amenhotep-son of Hapu’ and ‘Imhotep’ were usually worshiped alongside the Egyptian healing temples themselves. Various acoustic investigations at the pyramids have provided strong evidence that the Egyptians designed their chapels and burial chambers to be reverberant in order to enhance ritual singing. Therefore, it is very likely that the ancient Egyptians knew about the healing properties of sound long before the Greeks.
Pythagoras (500 BC) is credited with being the first to use “music as medicine.” The flute and lyre were two of the main instruments used by Pythagoras and his followers for healing purposes. He is also credited with being the first to understand musical intervals through his work with the monochord, a single-string instrument in which the tension of the string was established by a fixed weight.
In the Greco-Roman period healing temples were used for “incubation”, a process in which patients underwent “sleep sleep”, among other known modalities. It seems likely that music was used therapeutically during their stay and in the reverberant spaces of the temples the efficiency of acoustic instruments increased, a function of the solid stone walls in the temples and sanatoriums. Pythagoras said that: “Music contributed greatly to health, if used in the correct way.” He calls his method “musical medicine”. The followers of Pythagoras sang certain songs in unison with him. On other occasions his disciples used music as medicine, with certain melodies composed to cure the passions of the psyche, such as anger or aggression. »
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOUND HEALING IN OUR TIME
Technological devices for sound healing first appeared in 1928, when German scientist Erwin Schliephake discovered that sound accelerated healing. He created an acoustic device known as the Novasonic that is still available today. In 1938 another German scientist, Raimar Pohlman, demonstrated the therapeutic properties of ultrasound in a physiotherapy clinic in Berlin. By the 1950s ultrasound had become a widely used healing sound modality. Even today, the underlying healing mechanism is not fully understood. British osteopath Peter Manners Guy developed an audible sound healing modality during the 1950s that is today called Cymatics. Cymatherapy International bought the rights to Manners’ technology and now manufactures the machine in the U.S.A. Their version uses ultra-advanced computers to create pure tones, especially in groups of five. It has 700 codes that address a wide range of injuries and ailments. There are many other modalities of sound healing currently on the market, including personal therapeutic ultrasound units manufactured in the Far East.
The Fundamental Principles of Sound Healing
Resonance may be the most important principle of sound healing and has several definitions. In the healing context of humans or animals, it can be described as the vibrational frequency that is most natural for a particular organ or system, such as the heart, liver, or lungs. This innate frequency is known as the primary resonance. All cells emit sound as a consequence of their metabolic processes. There is an interplay between the cells’ own sounds and those imposed by the environment, including those applied by sound healing devices. The principle of resonance refers to the cellular absorption of healing sounds and/or their harmonics. In sound healing, resonance principles are used to re-harmonize cells that have been (hypothetically) imprinted with disturbing frequencies. These troublesome tracks may have been the result of toxic substances, emotional trauma, pathogens, or prolonged exposure to noise pollution. Another possible explanation for how sound is able to trigger healing refers to cellular ion channels. Located within a cell membrane, ion channels are the means by which the cell receives food and communicates with neighboring cells. In dysfunctional cells, it is proposed that some of these vital channels close causing cellular senescence, whereby the cell is literally sleeping. In this hypothesis, the sound opens the closed channels, supports the cell to wake up and resume normal function and replication.
Dr. James Gimzewski, of UCLA, California, has taken a revolutionary approach to the study of cell function. He uses an atomic force microscope, a kind of super-sensitive microphone, to listen to the sounds made by cells. The focus of this new science, called sono-cytology, is to map the pulsations of the outer membrane of the cell, thus identifying the song of the cell. Gimzewski’s work has revealed that each cell in our body has a unique sound signature and ‘sings’ to its neighbours. Sonocytology is a potentially powerful diagnostic tool for identifying the sounds of healthy cells versus harmful ones. But it introduces an even more exciting prospect: the ability to play the destructive sounds of malignant cells back to them greatly amplified, so that they explode and destroy themselves. In this scenario there would be no collateral damage to the surrounding tissue as healthy cells do not resonate with these frequencies.
Dr. Gimzewski, a Nobel Prize winner, is a great innovator in today’s work, in a world that shares the vision of creating modalities to help the body heal. Audible Sound Therapy may offer the greatest potential in non-invasive healing. For years to come you may see diagnostic therapeutic beds that resemble a futuristic bay scene from Star Trek. No doubt to see a proliferation of modalities in which sound is the guiding principle. Sound heals in a natural way. It is now widely accepted that electromagnetic interactions are fundamental to the functioning of biological tissues. The drawing schematically shows this effect, derived from the work of Allen & Cross 1963 and Sauer 1995. Although the two protein molecules are not in direct contact, the oscillating electrical component of the electromagnetic field (called biophotons) causes the amino acid of Protein 2 oscillates in sympathy with the corresponding amino acid in protein 1. However, the important point to remember is that all electromagnetism is created as a direct result of sound collisions. Sound is always the precursor of electromagnetism.
The drag between two protein molecules
The work of Herbert Frohlich (Frohlich 1968) predicted that crystalline molecular matrices, within the structures of the human body, were extremely sensitive to electromagnetic energy fields in the environment. (Again remembering that sound is always the precursor to electromagnetism.) Their prediction was confirmed by a number of laboratories and their subsequent work showed that cells also share data through electromagnetic transmissions, an effect called “coherence” by Frohlich. . (His work was later confirmed by Callahan in 1975; Popp in 1981, 1992) Biological coherence is generally believed to be the means by which the body integrates processes such as injury repair, growth, and defense.
Other research related to this (Weisenfield and Moss, 1995) refers to the emission of cellular biophotons. Random intrinsic noise, created by the activity of membrane ion channels, can be entrained by incoming weak electromagnetic fields creating cellular signals that harmonize with the input frequency. This effect is known as stochastic resonance and can have positive effects on cellular function.
Aside from the use of sound healing devices, the healing response can be activated by the application of electromagnetism to the affected body part. There are many modalities currently in use, such as shortwave diathermy and microwave diathermy.
The Role of Cymatics in Sound Healing
All sounds have structure and form when they manifest in membranes, including the surface membranes of cells. In the United Kingdom they are currently investigating the imaging of these sonic structures in their laboratories in order to further improve the understanding of cell division in mitosis cells. It is possible that when the arrangement pattern of ion channels on the surface membrane of a cell is activated by the sound energy pattern that matches or at least approaches the geometric arrangement of the ion channel, the ion channels are activated. stimulate, triggering replication in response. The graph below is an artist’s impression of what we can see when the cellular cymatic imaging technique has been perfected: Micro Cymatic Simulation is by Dean Baker. The white arcs represent the pattern of the incoming sonic field. The pattern on the surface of the cell is caused by the interaction of sound with the cell.
The Role of Intention in Sound Healing
Sound is a very effective tool for healing and, luckily, a person does not have to believe in it for it to work. However, there is another factor that greatly amplifies the effectiveness of healing: Creative intention. It may be a long time before conventional medicine recognizes the importance of intention. In contrast, vibrational medicine practitioners, including sound therapists, use a holistic approach that addresses both the mind and the body. When the power of intention is maintained, the chances of a successful outcome are greatly intensified.
The intention is to use your thoughts, focused feelings, and visualizations to attract what you want, such as improving your health. It seems possible that the energy of intention is realized in sound frequencies. American sound therapist, Dr. Steven Halpern, believes that, “Sound is a carrier wave of consciousness. ‘ONE’ intention is the spiritual counterpart of sound and the combination of sound and intention creates healing as a result.
Another American therapist and great researcher in this field, Jonathan Goldman, created this formula:
Sound + Intention = Healing
The power of intention involves consciously connecting with the universal energy field. Utilizing this powerful universal force along with healing sounds has been found to dramatically speed up the healing process.
Many people fall into the trap of fear, or negative intention, especially when it comes to health issues. It is very easy to focus on the possible consequences of a health problem and not on the positive expectation of enjoying a healthy and vital life. The universe, it seems, is neutral and will give back to us whatever we focus on. Whether we are aware of it or not, we use the force of intention, whether positively or negatively in every moment of every day. Our thoughts, feelings, and imaginations are the templates for the outcomes and experiences of our lives. In this context, we attract a similar energy.
When using creative intention, there is a feeling of being deeply inspired. (The word inspiration means “in spirit.”) We are motivated to respond to a deeper calling with the firm belief, of absolute knowing, that our desire has already been fulfilled. By combining the energizing force of the mind with the universal energy field for the purpose of healing and creation, our health and the quality of our lives can be transformed.
One may wonder how it is possible to have absolute certainty about the desired outcome before there is any obvious evidence. People tend to believe in things only when they see them. However, the art of creative intention demands a new way of thinking: when you create it, you will see it!
It is very beneficial to the creative process when you act as if you already have what you want. See, feel and think as if your body is already vital and total. When you act as if the desired outcome has already occurred, the subconscious mind cannot distinguish between what is real and what is imagined and believes that your intention is the current reality. The mind has immense creative healing powers and will continue to work on your behalf as long as you maintain your conscious focus on intention. Perhaps the most important element is to “act as if you feel that the experience has already manifested your desire.”
Some people have used these and similar intention tools, but they have not had the success they expected. In general it is not because they have applied it incorrectly or because they omitted an important element in the process. Their lack of success is usually due to unresolved issues and harmful beliefs held, internal fears in the subconscious mind, issues so old and deep-rooted that the person may not even be aware of them.
Buried issues based on fear and limiting beliefs tend to create internal conflict. The conscious mind can create a desired outcome, but the overwhelming, conflicting influence of unresolved issues and successful beliefs blocks it. Nothing can become a part of your reality unless your feelings and conscious mind are in alignment with the more powerful subconscious mind. Many effective vibrational healing modalities are available to resolve these blockages with wellness and success. The magnificent power of intention fully functions when all systems are in balance, when the thinking-feeling self is aligned with the underlying belief system.
Intention fueled by the healing energy of sound is the key to improving health and improving other aspects of your life.
