Rosslyn Chapel Cymatic Motet

The many carvings around the Rosslyn Chapel just outside of Edinburgh, Scotland intrigued me when I visited the Chapel in 2000. Now it seems that they are not only beautiful but also have a hidden message of sound. A father and son became fascinated by the symbols carved into the chapel's arches and say they have deciphered a musical score encrypted in them.

"The music has been frozen in time by symbolism," Mitchell said on his Web site external link, which details the 27-year project to crack the chapel's code.

The Mitchell's unlocked a beautiful hidden melody contained within the intricate carvings by connecting them to cymatic patterns, sometimes referred to as Chladni patterns. The Mitchell's have called the piece The Rosslyn Motet and added words from a contemporary hymn to complete it.

I am thrilled about the research confirming the meaning behind the patterns. If the song has now been interpreted who is to say what else may be uncovered. The Apprentice Pillar, where some of the symbols are carved, has DNA like imagery encircling the supporting column. Perhaps there is an even more powerful message of healing that is encoded within the music symbols. I look forward to the next step of discovery.

To read more about the Mitchell's, read this article posted on CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/05/01/davinci.feature.reut/index.html

To see the YouTube video about the Rosslyn Motet http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy2Dg-ncWoY

Hear a sample of the Rosslyn Motet
http://www.divine-art.com/CD/24122info.htm

Vera Gadman
www.soundhealingresource.com

Ancient Mysteries, Egypt and Cymatics...

I recently discovered two fascinating audio clips with John Stuart Reid, author of Egyptian Sonics.

Cymatics and Ancient Egypt have fascinated John, inventor and developer of the CymaScope, an innovative 21st century sonic instrument. Working in his lab in the Lake District of England and traveling to Egypt and the Great Pyramids, he has studied sound and the effect of tones to create geometric patterns resembling everything from hieroglyphs, mandalas, crop circles and sacred geometry shapes. Listen as John shares his experience on a trip to Egypt to research the influence of sound within the Great Pyramids. Among other discoveries, when he toned within the kings chamber, he created glyphs on a sarcophagus that mimicked ancient Egyptian symbols.

These two audio interviews are a fascinating introduction to the possibility that the ancient pharoahs knew more about the power of sound than we are aware.

Cymatic Acoustic Experiments
A history of the science of "cymatics" and how it makes visible the patterns created by sound. He also describes his Great Pyramid experiment in which hieroglyphic patterns emerged in particles of sand vibrated by sound.
http://www.lauralee.com/index.cgi?search=John%20Reid

Acoustic Experiments in the Great Pyramid
John describes his experiments, performed in the Great Pyramid, finding the prime frequency of the chamber nearly identical to the sarcophagus. His cymatics tests revealed hieroglyphic-like shapes appearing in a vibrating membrane stretched across the sarcophagus.

http://www.lauralee.com/index.cgi?search=John%20Reid

For a glimpse into the fascinating world of ancient Egyptian sonics locked into the quartz crystal matrix of the granite sarcophagus see the book "Egyptian Sonics" by John Stuart Reid.

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Vera Gadman

www.soundhealingresource.com

What Exactly is Cymatics?

Cymatics: the study of visual sound patterns.
The term cymatics was coined by the Swiss scientist Hans Jenny, it is derived from the Greek "kyma" ("κύμα") meaning “undulating” or "wave."

Glyph: A symbol or pattern, it is derived from hieroglyph.

CymaGlyph: Words and sounds create sonic patterns. The word CymaGlyph was coined by John Stuart Reid to describe a sound pattern made visible by the CymaScope™, a 21st century sonic instrument invented and developed by John.

The picture above shows several photographs of CymaGlyphs as they emerged on the CymaScope.

Stay tuned for an article by John Stuart Reid as he introduces his groundbreaking premise that sound waves can actually be reinterpreted as a holographic sound bubble.

Vera Gadman

www.soundhealingresource.com