The Music of Life is the definitive collection of Hazrat Inayat Khan’s teachings on sound, presenting the Sufi master’s vision of the harmony which underlies and infuses every aspect of our lives. With deep insight and wisdom, he explores the science of breath, the law of rhythm, the creative process, and both the healing power and psychological influence of music and sound.
Author(s): Hazrat Inayat Khan
Publisher: Omega Press
Year: 2005
Language: English
Commentary: scantailor cleaned
Pages: 372
City: New Lebanon, N.Y.
Tags: sufism;music of the spheres;musicoflife00inay
The Music of Life
Contents
Foreword by Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan
PART I: THE MYSTERY OF SOUND
1 “My Sole Origin is Sound” (Vibrations)
2 The Law of Rhythm
3 Atmosphere
4 Capacity
5 “Be, and All Became” (The Abstract Sound)
6 Sound, The Creator God (Form)
7 Sound and Light: Two Aspects of Movement United by Harmony
8 Music: The Mysticism of Tone and Pitch
PART II: THE HARMONY OF LIFE
9 The Word that Was Lost
10 The Music of the Spheres
11 Vibrations in Man
12 Harmony
13 The Voice
14 Tuning Oneself to a Desired Rhythm (Relaxation)
15 The Silent Life
16 Music: The Voice of Beauty
17 The Alchemy of Vibrations
18 Spiritual Development by the Aid of Music
19 The Psychological Influence of Music
PART III: THE KNOWLEDGE OF VIBRATION
INSIGHT
20 Cosmic Language
21 Insight
22 The Legend of the Past (Impressions)
23 The Voice of Thought (Vibratory Power)
24 The Life of Thought and Feeling (Elementals)
25 The Influence of Works of Art
26 The Nature of the Mind
27 Memory
THE SCIENCE OF BREATH
28 The Secret of Breath
29 Rhythmic Breathing
30 The Power of Breath (Breath Life)
THE POWER OF THE WORD
31 The Word: The Secret of Life
32 The Sound Within
33 Psychological Development by the Word (Mantrams)
34 The Echo of the Whole Universe
35 Sound: The Main Principle in Man’s Life
36 Name
PART IV: THE ANALYSIS OF ATOMS (HEALING)
37 Health
38 Healing with Sound
39 The Effect of Sound on the Physical Body
40 The Healing Power of Music
PART V: THE HARMONIOUS GROUPING OF ATOMS (ART)
THE CREATIVE PROCESS
41 The Divinity of Art
42 Inspiration
43 The Action of God, The Reaction of Man
POETRY
44 The Dancing Soul
45 The Poetic Spirit
46 The Mission of Poetry
47 The Persian Poets
MUSIC
48 The Celestial Art
49 Music East and West
50 Indian Music
