Our full line of books on
sound healing and music therapy will inspire you and educate
you. Our staff continues to research the very best books
and bring them to you in this bookstore.
We will continue to add new
books for purchase through our site from Amazon.com. In
the meantime, please feel free to use their search link
below if you don't see a book
you are looking for. A portion of the purchase price
still goes to the Healing Music Organization. If
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Our Bookstore is displayed in alphabetical order by the
Author's last name.
Sacred
Space, Sacred Sound: The Acoustic Mysteries
of Holy Places Quest Books,
July, 2007 by Susan
Hale Click
Here to Order A pioneer in
the field of music therapy and an aficionado of musical
styles from all over the world, Susan Elizabeth Hale has
journeyed across the planet and devoted 10 years of research
to deliver this exploration of the sound mysteries at
holy places. Hale details the acoustic properties of the
numerous sacred sites she has visited, including painted
caves, cathedrals, stupas, oracle chambers, shrines, kivas,
megalithic monuments, pyramids and other buildings that
celebrate and praise the divine.
The
Hearing Sciences Plural Publishing, January, 2008 by Teri Hammil Click
Here to Order This book overs all the topics required
for a thorough understanding of hearing sciences: acoustics,
anatomy and physiology of the auditory and vestibular
systems, psychoacoustics, and basic instrumentation. Written
in a straightforward style, this text is appropriate for
undergraduate students. Fundamental concepts from earlier
chapters are reinforced as more complex topics are introduced.
In short, it is an accessible book that students will
rely on throughout their academic careers. Instructors
may find the more advanced chapters useful as supplementary
material in AuD programs.
Noise-Music:
A History Continuum International
Publishing, August, 2007 by
Paul Hegarty Click
Here to Order Can silence be
"noisy"? Why do punk bands downplay their musical
abilities? What do 37 minutes of ceaseless feedback and
squawking birds tell us about the human experience? Calling
upon the work of noted cultural critics like Jean Baudrillard,
Georges Bataille and Theodor Adorno, philosophy and visual
culture professor Hegarty delves into these questions
while tracing the history of "noise" (defined
at different times as "intrusive, unwanted,"
"lacking skill, not being appropriate" and "a
threatening emptiness") from the beginnings of 18th
century concert hall music through avant-garde movements
like musique concrete and free jazz to Japanese noise
rocker Merzbow.
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Music without words means leaving behind the mind. And leaving behind the mind is meditation.
Meditation returns you to the source. And the source of all is sound. — Kabir
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