The Mystery of the Seven Vowels in Theory and Practice

by Joscelyn Godwin

Book Overview

The seven vowels which we use every day in speech depend on the phenomenon of harmonics which is at the very basis of music. When we hear vowels we are hearing the laws of harmony which are ultimately the laws of number that are said to govern the universe. This is the first book on the subject to appear in English and brings together the fields of linguistics harmony, mythology, history of religions, and occult philosophy. Scholarly, yet practical,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0933999860
• ISBN13: 9780933999862
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Phanes Press
• Length: 107 Pages
• Weight: 0.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Literature review & esoteric musings with some practical use

I think a lot of people would not see much value in a book that essentially just collects all the literature on the esoteric nature of the vowels across historical languages, but I am a speech-language pathologist, and this is exactly the kind of "niche" book that appeals to my interests. It is part mysticism, part acoustical physics, and I think that it takes a professor of music to pull all of these areas together in the outlining of practical voice exercises. I encourage all speech therapists and vocal performers to take a look at this book for the good explanations for capturing harmonics and tones for potential spiritual healing (if you believe in that sort of thing), and all linguists and historians to take a look at the chapter on the vowels and the naming of the gods in history. Very succinctly written but also written for an educated audience.