I will let the researchers among us find the proof of the following statements. This is something a. we can use in magick (though it may cross into harm), and b. we may need to protect ourselves from.
In the 1980’s, scientists discovered that music affects the heartbeat. Faster music speeds up the heart, and slower music calms the heartbeat. There is more to it.
A movie I recently watched revealed that a super low bass line causes a vibration which can cause nausea, vomiting, and eyesight damage. Just a movie? Maybe not.
I explored the idea of being able to hear the movement of the Earth in Unicorn’s Harvest at a very young age. After all, we can see the sun move every 7 minutes- unless the planet has indeed been speeding up as of late. This “planetary heartbeat” creates the maximum healthy speed of our bodies on this planet. If we exceed that speed for any reason, our stress levels rise, and our health is thrown out of whack.
Studies have also shown that listening to classical music can improve brain function. Further studies have revealed that slow music piped into stores causes increased buying. More recently, Albuquerque has been playing classical music on the streets because the homeless avoid such areas, creating peace zones.
Movie theaters and musicians use this information to stimulate elation, fear, and other emotions during the movie or songs. The super loud sound isn’t just so the hard of hearing can be included, but to hide emotional cues used to enhance the movie going or musical experience.
Long term (several hours a day for several months) effects of such sounds can cause the body to shut down. Fine hairs in the ears which vibrate to help push sound along the ear canal can be damaged, causing hearing loss. Emotions are no longer under a person’s control. Digestion slows or ceases, causing IBS and weight gain. The circadian rhythm is thrown out of sync so a person cannot sleep. Allergies are heightened. Muscle tone is weakened to the point of becoming incapable of doing much of anything. In people already weakened, the heart actually hurts and can go into arrest. Eyesight can be permanently affected or damaged. Mental capacity is reduced as nerves are pushed to their limits. Hormones get out of control, which may lead to mental health issues. Hunger and thirst diminish to the point of creating other shut downs. Skin tone becomes much less elastic, causing ease of damage, bed sores, rashes that don’t go away, etc. In time, internal organ shut down is assured.
Meditation can help reveal sounds which are out of synch with the body. Escape may be the only known way to allow the body to return to health.
I’d like to challenge us all to come up with ways of protecting ourselves from sound damage. Any ideas?