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| The Mystery of the Seven Vowels: In Theory and Practice | 
 enlarge | Author: Joscelyn Godwin
Publisher: Phanes Press
Category: Book
List Price: $10.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 287034
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 107
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.3
ISBN: 0933999860
Dewey Decimal Number: 133
EAN: 9780933999862
ASIN: 0933999860
Publication Date: January 1991
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Product Description
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, this book gives instructions for discovering one's own healing, centering, and uplifting tones.
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 Literature review & esoteric musings with some practical use July 12, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
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.
 Good, but not so much for me as maybe someone else February 9, 2001
46 out of 51 found this review helpful
As a poet, I took Robert Bly's advice and picked this book up because I want to focus more on the natural music of language in verse. But I must tell you, this is heavy going, for as small a volume as it is. I found myself just not really interested in much of what was being said, and its focus is really geared more toward musicians -- singers -- than writers. I do think that anything that allows me to concentrate more on the sheer sounds of words and letters (as opposed to simply meaning) is a good thing, so I'm glad I do have it. But the most valuable part, for me, is probably the appendix that features some vocal exercises that get us to really listen to the way sounds sound coming out of our mouths.
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