A new religion, same old mantra
A new harmonic-based theory of life
Vitruvian man in the Harmonic Lattice
In a fascinating article titled “Building a Religion” Richard Merrick introduces a new theory named interference theory, where he found a way to show how harmonics play a common role in both sound and the structure of our anatomy. Drawing from an array of scientific research in music cognition, neurophysiology, genetics, acoustics, quantum physics, Merrick proposes that life grows as a balance between resonance and damping just like a vibrating string, and that music perception is a built-in pattern matching between the harmonic geometry of sound and identical structures in the ear and brain.
The resulting conclusions that he postulates are built on a revolutionary new perspective of reality. Once you accept the possibility that harmonics really could account for our body structure, then the far reaches of understanding of our connection with the universe and the forces that act upon our bodies, down to the molecules and sub-atomic particles becomes a factor of a new theory of harmonic resonance and dampening, where space actually interacts with our bodies to create the human form.
God and Me. Me and God. Are One.
The amazing part of this theory is that the harmonic lattice he proposes fits seamlessly with many of the natural sensory findings based in the practices of ancient shamanic and esoteric fraternities, as well as being echoed by ancient religious icons, sacred geometrical patterns and the mysterious symbols used by various esoteric groups. “I also noticed that the Hebrew Tree of Life fit within this musical lattice, aligning with the seven points of the Hindu chakra system,” says Merrick.
The article goes on to examine why such an seemingly self-evident pattern would be “so completely absent from general public awareness”, citing the Catholic churches campaign to demonize harmonic philosophy, which was associated with Paganism (the belief of God in Nature).
Get in touch with your inner archetype!
The last part of the posting includes some very interesting reader comments on the article, which require at least as much attention as the original theory itself… But in wrapping up too short of an dip into the subject – which we feel would be certainly valid of further explanation and study in book form – Merrick throws out a few humorous hypothetical scenarios, “if” this view of a musical, and nature-based theory of life were to magically grab hold of human consciousness, and affect the scientific and religious world with its revolutionary implications.
The beauty of the theory is what many practicing meditation probably already know about harmonics and mantras, is that it confirms how music can affect the body and the change the world around us, simply by repetition of a sound at a specific vibration. The mantra may be old… But the changes it can affect are infinite and universal. Merrick’s theory of the harmonic lattice brings us all a simple explanation why mantra and meditation have their universal impact and from where they arise.
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