Visionary Sound Arts Interface
Three Main Aspects

The three main aspects that I have determined are:

Brainwave Pulse Rates -- whereby the nervous system is 
forced to vibrate at a certain rate of speed by the 
impact of sound waves.
In physics, this is the principle of "entrainment," 
by which one oscillating system can cause another system 
to vibrate in harmony with it if the signal from the 
first system is strong enough to overcome the inertia 
of the second system AND if the second system is capable 
of resonating harmonically to the first system. This 
second requisite poses little problem when dealing with 
the sapient psychospiritual energy system which is capable
of resonating to a wide range of vibrations and of holding
numerous different frequencies, harmonious or otherwise
     Our central nervous systems can resonate from 
roughly one to forty times per second. 
The high frequencies are called beta waves, and 
are associated with physically or mentally active states. 
Higher mid-range is alpha, which is relaxed but alert. 
Lower mid-range is theta, relaxed and not alert,
possibly in a trance, fantasizing, daydreaming. 
The lowest range, only about one to four times 
per second, is delta,which is sleep and deep sleep.
     Each sapiens' consciousness system is capable of
resonating many times faster than forty times per second
(our average hearing range alone is between 15 and 20,000
times per second,) but the central nervous system is
measured by scientific study to be capable of only one to
forty times per second;

Harmonic Resonance -- which uses specific frequencies 
known to be resonant to various structures in the sapient 
energy-body and psycho-spiritual system (this includes 
organs, neural structures, chakras, auric fields, 
acupuncture meridians and acupoints, etc.
     Sound affords us the ability of being aware of 
certain areas in our body which we might otherwise 
not be as easily capable of consciously accessing
     By being presented with sound frequencies that are
harmonic to the basic pitches of various bioenergic
structures, it becomes possible for the listener to
verify for themselves that these areas of their body
are in fact resonant to these pitches;

Special Tunings -- even though most listeners of Western
music are used to the well-tempered musical scale,
there are many types of tuning which have noticeably
different impacts on one's consciousness; such tunings 
are not only the natural Just Intonation, 
but also mathematical scales based on ratios like 
the Golden Section or other tunings from measurements 
in the natural world such as the DNA photon 
resonance tunings.

Visionary Sound Arts take advantage of these main principles
plus related principles to induce alternate states of
awareness. The reason we do not refer to it here as
"music" is because a lot of it is not music but 
sound manipulation. Samples from natural sounds or various
kinds of noise are often used.


Check out Physics & Psychophysics Of Music Website!

Center For Neuroacoustic Research articles

An Exploration of Resonant Being

Hans Cousto's Primordial Tones Info

States associated with specific brainwave pulse rates

Interesting page on production of Primal Sounds

SoundStuff

Bio-Energetic Frequency Charts

Bio-Energetic Frequency Charts 2

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