He or She can compose and play music, which inspires and uplifts from the highest levels, or choose to stir the lower energies of man. He gives the example of Claude Debussy, 19th century French composer and Maurice Ravel, his pupil. Their music was among the first of modern composers to bring back nature music—the music of the gnomes, fairies, water spirits and other elementals, and then bridge the gap between the elementals and the spirits of the astral plane. After the advent of this music, there was a broad change in the public’s attitudes toward the invisible worlds and spiritual matters.

Twitchell cites the ancient civilizations of Atlantis and Lemuria (Mu) as an example of how music, used improperly, can bring chaos and destruction. These ancient civilizations discovered how to use sound and music to build “beautiful and wonder-inspiring forms” but, “in the latter phases of these mighty empires the Sound or Word came to be used as a force for destruction. Discordant sounds were deliberately used to shatter and disintegrate” and to gain power over the populace through black magic. The result was the downfall of these advanced civilizations”.

What of your own beautiful voice? The power of the word, poetry and song, as well as emotional cries of joy, pain and sorrow are only a small part of the voice’s ability to express, release and charge the mind, body and spirit. In India the human voice is considered the primal instrument for manifestation of the Music of the Spheres.

What is the healthiest sound around? The sound of your own voice! As anyone who has ever enjoyed singing in the shower knows, singing aloud is good therapy for body and soul.

Self-generated sounds may soon lead the field in the healing arts. Sound therapy, a relatively new adjunct therapy in the medical field, works by feeding back to us the elements in our voice that we are missing-in essence, reuniting us with our “lost chord” to help us heal physically, mentally and emotionally and become a more balanced human being. Forms of drumming, singing and chanting all create endorphin releases that reduce pain, calm the mind, lower brain wave patterns and balance the body.

One of the easiest ways to bring the healing power of your own voice into your life is chanting or toning. Spiritual masters have for thousands of years recognized the positive influence of the singing of this “music” on the subtle bodies of man. It’s also a very popular way to relax and re-balance in today’s busy world. You may wish to use a humming sound or “OM” for calming the mind, or perhaps “HU” (pronounced like the word hue). HU is an ancient name for God which is mentioned by both Tame and Twitchell in their works. Here is a very simple exercise using the word HU to start you on your way.

This exercise is for the novice or expert. Sit comfortably in a chair so there is a feeling of relaxing. Close your eyes and imagine your whole body as a balloon. Upon inhalation, sense your body expanding with ease and with each exhalation visualize your body releasing air from every pore. Continue this for two or three minutes. When you feel comfortable with the breathing begin singing the word HU on a long drawn-out breath.

When out of breath, take another deep breath and continue.

Fifteen to twenty minutes of this each day will tune up your world. Go ahead - enjoy the sound of your own voice!

Marc Pritchard is a universal healer, practiced and certified in many energy healing modalities as well as a spiitual counselor with 12 plus years experience. Contact Marc Pritchard 828-273-7157 or at healinghoops@juno.com
Special thanks to Linda Lafferty for her help with the subject matter.