By Jill Mattson

Knowledge is a beautiful thing… until it’s misused to the detriment of others. Powerful knowledge comes with great responsibility. It’s this responsibility that birthed the tradition of hiding and concealing certain information in ancient China, Sumaria, Egypt and Greece. A wide spread belief held that the great continent of Atlantis sunk due to the misuse of vibratory subtle energy, such as music and magic. You decide what you believe, but I assure you, in the mystery schools there was no doubt of such possibilities. Ancient “Mystery Schools” around the world hoarded subtle energy information, only sharing their wisdom with initiates who demonstrated values, people who believed in the welfare of all.

What was so important that this knowledge was so carefully hid? Ancient people surprisingly understood that everything was comprised of malleable energy…energy that could be changed with sound and other tiny energy sources. When these tiny changes were amassed, physical matter was altered, aka, magic occurred. He who understood subtle energy had great power. How carefully ancient civilizations guarded their secrets of music, magic, art, dance and healing practices. Each one of these endeavors created subtle energy concoctions that could be used to influence and alter the world around them.

Ancient people used extreme methods to keep these secrets hidden. They had good reason to hide it. For example, Hitler sought these ancient secrets in his quest for world domination. Think that Egypt never let a secret slip on how to build a pyramid in 3,000 years. Wow. Ancient China only trusted high ranking officials to employ musicians (that could alter their world with sound energy). Death was the punishment for leaking Pythagorean secrets. The Sumerians had code words, “for those who have ears to hear,” before talking in riddles, only allowing a few to decipher the code. Egyptian art looks the exact same during their 3,000 years as a super power, because it was strictly controlled. No one was allowed to introduce innovations in art, music or dance, which was contrary to what was established to be “good”.

In ancient China, music was controlled by the emperor to instill harmony and strength in its people. For example, they controlled the tuning notes from village to village. They carefully tuned each town to the exact same frequency. They believed that a tuning note and its music would be heard, absorbed and radiated by the villagers. Therefore, if the tuning notes of different villages were dissonant, these villages would clash. In another example, Chinese music kept their people “in tune” with the changing seasons, balancing the lack or abundance of frequencies they needed – with the energy of sound. They listened to watery music during the dry season.

Why was music and subtle energy prized? Subtle-energy-practices of music strengthened populations, increased crop growth, instilled a ferocious nature in warriors, lifted huge rocks, rehabilitated criminals and more. Not only music, but energy within food, items of nature and things used in “magic spells”, were all ingredients of a subtle nature, that when combined, had a strong enough reaction to alter matter.

The tradition of controlling music for power continued as time marched on. The early Catholic Church intended to eradicate Pythagoreanism, Platonism, Mithraism, Egyptian Hermeticism, Zoroastrianism, the Hebrew Kabbalah and similar Gnostic teachings. The Cathars of southern France were executed or exiled, forced to roam the countryside as “gypsies.” The Knights Templar, the primary keepers of the Babylonian and Egyptian mysteries, were hunted down and murdered by the Church on Friday 13, 1307.

Just as these religions were deemed enemies of the Church, so was their music. The devil was believed to be summoned through music. In 1234, the Catholic law, entitled Liber Extra… banned the musical interval that formed phi (triton) from music. This sound was revered by ancient musicians, because it exists abundantly in nature. What is the impact of listening to the tri-tone or the phi sound? This sound equates to branching, spiraling and scaffolding patterns – found in nature. Perhaps it helps us to grow, develop new ideas and lift our energy towards God. Clairvoyant seers observed that listening to the phi sound created by the musical triton purified, and enlightened one’s aura, resulting in improved well-being.

When ancient musical secrets were suppressed, it was “hidden” in carvings and dimensions in churches. In 2005 Thomas and Stuart Mitchell matched cymatic images found in England’s Rossyln Chapel’s carvings and musical notes. The carvings served as a musical score. The Mitchells performed and recorded the music of the carved cubes, called the Rosslyn Motet. These musical codes were hiding – in plain sight in a chapel – where no one would suspect them to be!

Pope Gregory was a violent enemy of pre-Christian culture and burned all ancient books, which explains in part, why ancient musical techniques were lost. Burning the only available reference materials made understanding the complicated modal system of the Greeks close to impossible. Gregory created a musical modal form similar to the Greeks, but he lacked understanding of how or why Greek music was performed.

The tradition of dictating musical rules continued, but without knowledge of why it was done. For example, mixing modes was considered a sin. King Louis IX gave permission to form an academy of music, but the Parliament of Paris closed it, because musicians ignored ecclesiastical rules and used too many modes. A variety of similar modes were prescriptively used in the Middle East to “cure” people with mental health issues. Now this was outlawed.

In 1550, Luther wrote scathing pamphlets about the Catholic Church in Germany, where many of the Renaissance composers lived. With the ensuing birth of the Protestant Church, the Catholic Church’s iron grip on music weakened, which allowed musical innovations and the resurrection of ancient musical wisdom to run rampart.

Classical composers prized ancient secrets about the power of music. In a few examples, Beethoven’s composition master, Chrisian Neefe, was a known Mason and a member of the secret Illuminati. Beethoven dedicated his piano sonata, Opus 28, to the known grand master, the Priory of Sion, Joseph von Sonnenfels. Beethoven was familiar with ancient ideas regarding the power of music.

Using music to control the masses came to an abrupt halt during the Classical period when the popularity of music dictated what sounds were heard, rather than church officials or government. Rules were now created by mass consensus; the paying audience giving the musician the opportunity to make a living. In this period, after a musical style lost popular favor, the culture transitioned with the rebirth of new music. The musicians daringly created diverse masterpieces without any fear of negative consequences. This music not only changed the world forever, but did so with lightning speed.

It is well documented that sound entrains brainwaves (brain waves mirror sound waves that are nearby), creating specific states of consciousness, and of course music makes us feel good as we dance to a lively beat and feel sad with another song. Clearly sound changes us. At least within the hearing spectrum we have a clue as to the impact of sound vibrations. Vibrations, even those unheard, can intensify our emotions – for better or worse. Our brain waves can be deliberately altered with sounds, with similar result – altering our consciousness. Can we be brainwashed or influenced – without a clue as to what is impacting us? Are their unheard broadcasts dumming us down? Making us compliant? Encouraging us to buy things?

People are impacted by music and sound. Yet, it is deemed as mere entertainment, just frivolous. Not only have we lost the ability to use music and sound for our benefit, but we are clueless that it can harm us.

Sound and music can be used for good – for nutrition, encouraging positive emotions, elevating our consciousness and awareness, and more. Should we be educating people about how we ingest sound? Monitoring unheard vibrations? Warning of their effects? When are we going to take what we listen to seriously?

One method to counter unseen negativity is to be such a strong positive force; the stronger overcomes the weaker. Our harmony can overcome dissonance. 
 
Plotinus of ancient Greece wrote: “Harmonies unheard create the harmonies we hear.” He suggested that subtle, unheard sounds (such as those coming from nature) influence musicians to create beautiful works of art. We are impacted by all kinds of vibrations, without being conscious of their power. It is time to wake up and take control of our vibratory world!A Conspiracy as Old as Time
Jill Mattson

Knowledge is a beautiful thing… until it’s misused to the detriment of others. Powerful knowledge comes with great responsibility. It’s this responsibility that birthed the tradition of hiding and concealing certain information in ancient China, Sumaria, Egypt and Greece. A wide spread belief held that the great continent of Atlantis sunk due to the misuse of vibratory subtle energy, such as music and magic. You decide what you believe, but I assure you, in the mystery schools there was no doubt of such possibilities. Ancient “Mystery Schools” around the world hoarded subtle energy information, only sharing their wisdom with initiates who demonstrated values, people who believed in the welfare of all.

What was so important that this knowledge was so carefully hid? Ancient people surprisingly understood that everything was comprised of malleable energy…energy that could be changed with sound and other tiny energy sources. When these tiny changes were amassed, physical matter was altered, aka, magic occurred. He who understood subtle energy had great power. How carefully ancient civilizations guarded their secrets of music, magic, art, dance and healing practices. Each one of these endeavors created subtle energy concoctions that could be used to influence and alter the world around them.

Ancient people used extreme methods to keep these secrets hidden. They had good reason to hide it. For example, Hitler sought these ancient secrets in his quest for world domination. Think that Egypt never let a secret slip on how to build a pyramid in 3,000 years. Wow. Ancient China only trusted high ranking officials to employ musicians (that could alter their world with sound energy). Death was the punishment for leaking Pythagorean secrets. The Sumerians had code words, “for those who have ears to hear,” before talking in riddles, only allowing a few to decipher the code. Egyptian art looks the exact same during their 3,000 years as a super power, because it was strictly controlled. No one was allowed to introduce innovations in art, music or dance, which was contrary to what was established to be “good”.

In ancient China, music was controlled by the emperor to instill harmony and strength in its people. For example, they controlled the tuning notes from village to village. They carefully tuned each town to the exact same frequency. They believed that a tuning note and its music would be heard, absorbed and radiated by the villagers. Therefore, if the tuning notes of different villages were dissonant, these villages would clash. In another example, Chinese music kept their people “in tune” with the changing seasons, balancing the lack or abundance of frequencies they needed – with the energy of sound. They listened to watery music during the dry season.

Why was music and subtle energy prized? Subtle-energy-practices of music strengthened populations, increased crop growth, instilled a ferocious nature in warriors, lifted huge rocks, rehabilitated criminals and more. Not only music, but energy within food, items of nature and things used in “magic spells”, were all ingredients of a subtle nature, that when combined, had a strong enough reaction to alter matter.

The tradition of controlling music for power continued as time marched on. The early Catholic Church intended to eradicate Pythagoreanism, Platonism, Mithraism, Egyptian Hermeticism, Zoroastrianism, the Hebrew Kabbalah and similar Gnostic teachings. The Cathars of southern France were executed or exiled, forced to roam the countryside as “gypsies.” The Knights Templar, the primary keepers of the Babylonian and Egyptian mysteries, were hunted down and murdered by the Church on Friday 13, 1307.

Just as these religions were deemed enemies of the Church, so was their music. The devil was believed to be summoned through music. In 1234, the Catholic law, entitled Liber Extra… banned the musical interval that formed phi (triton) from music. This sound was revered by ancient musicians, because it exists abundantly in nature. What is the impact of listening to the tri-tone or the phi sound? This sound equates to branching, spiraling and scaffolding patterns – found in nature. Perhaps it helps us to grow, develop new ideas and lift our energy towards God. Clairvoyant seers observed that listening to the phi sound created by the musical triton purified, and enlightened one’s aura, resulting in improved well-being.

When ancient musical secrets were suppressed, it was “hidden” in carvings and dimensions in churches. In 2005 Thomas and Stuart Mitchell matched cymatic images found in England’s Rossyln Chapel’s carvings and musical notes. The carvings served as a musical score. The Mitchells performed and recorded the music of the carved cubes, called the Rosslyn Motet. These musical codes were hiding – in plain sight in a chapel – where no one would suspect them to be!

Pope Gregory was a violent enemy of pre-Christian culture and burned all ancient books, which explains in part, why ancient musical techniques were lost. Burning the only available reference materials made understanding the complicated modal system of the Greeks close to impossible. Gregory created a musical modal form similar to the Greeks, but he lacked understanding of how or why Greek music was performed.

The tradition of dictating musical rules continued, but without knowledge of why it was done. For example, mixing modes was considered a sin. King Louis IX gave permission to form an academy of music, but the Parliament of Paris closed it, because musicians ignored ecclesiastical rules and used too many modes. A variety of similar modes were prescriptively used in the Middle East to “cure” people with mental health issues. Now this was outlawed.

In 1550, Luther wrote scathing pamphlets about the Catholic Church in Germany, where many of the Renaissance composers lived. With the ensuing birth of the Protestant Church, the Catholic Church’s iron grip on music weakened, which allowed musical innovations and the resurrection of ancient musical wisdom to run rampart.

Classical composers prized ancient secrets about the power of music. In a few examples, Beethoven’s composition master, Chrisian Neefe, was a known Mason and a member of the secret Illuminati. Beethoven dedicated his piano sonata, Opus 28, to the known grand master, the Priory of Sion, Joseph von Sonnenfels. Beethoven was familiar with ancient ideas regarding the power of music.

Using music to control the masses came to an abrupt halt during the Classical period when the popularity of music dictated what sounds were heard, rather than church officials or government. Rules were now created by mass consensus; the paying audience giving the musician the opportunity to make a living. In this period, after a musical style lost popular favor, the culture transitioned with the rebirth of new music. The musicians daringly created diverse masterpieces without any fear of negative consequences. This music not only changed the world forever, but did so with lightning speed.

It is well documented that sound entrains brainwaves (brain waves mirror sound waves that are nearby), creating specific states of consciousness, and of course music makes us feel good as we dance to a lively beat and feel sad with another song. Clearly sound changes us. At least within the hearing spectrum we have a clue as to the impact of sound vibrations. Vibrations, even those unheard, can intensify our emotions – for better or worse. Our brain waves can be deliberately altered with sounds, with similar result – altering our consciousness. Can we be brainwashed or influenced – without a clue as to what is impacting us? Are their unheard broadcasts dumming us down? Making us compliant? Encouraging us to buy things?

People are impacted by music and sound. Yet, it is deemed as mere entertainment, just frivolous. Not only have we lost the ability to use music and sound for our benefit, but we are clueless that it can harm us.

Sound and music can be used for good – for nutrition, encouraging positive emotions, elevating our consciousness and awareness, and more. Should we be educating people about how we ingest sound? Monitoring unheard vibrations? Warning of their effects? When are we going to take what we listen to seriously?

One method to counter unseen negativity is to be such a strong positive force; the stronger overcomes the weaker. Our harmony can overcome dissonance. 
 
Plotinus of ancient Greece wrote: “Harmonies unheard create the harmonies we hear.” He suggested that subtle, unheard sounds (such as those coming from nature) influence musicians to create beautiful works of art. We are impacted by all kinds of vibrations, without being conscious of their power. It is time to wake up and take control of our vibratory world!

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Jill Mattson is a prolific Artist, Musician and Author. Jill is widely recognized expert and composer in the field of Sound & Color Healing!  She has also produced nine musical CDs with intriguing, magical tracks using ancient & modern techniques, & special healing frequencies to achieve profound benefits.  Jill is a four – time author. (Crystal Realms CD – Best Sound Healing CD of 2017, Best Overall Music (popular Vote and Industry Leader’s Choice – Gold Awards), The Lost Waves of Time – Best Book of 2016 and Best Alternative Science book of 2016, Deep Wave Body Healing CD– Best Sound Healing CD of 2016, Contacting Angels & Masters CD – Best CD of 2015 and Deep Wave Beauty CD – Best New Age CD – Silver Award).  Jill was featured at many hundreds of teleseminars, radios shows and magazines! She offers an online Sound (& Color) Healing School. Jill presents new ways of approaching health and everyday issues using the benefits of sound and color! Free music & School of Sound Healing at www.jillswingsoflight.com 

1: Merrick, Richard. Interference: A Grand Scientific Musical Theory, Merrick: Texas, 2002, Pg. 49.

2: Merrick, Richard. Ibid, Pg. 43.

3. http://www.cymascope.com/cyma_research/biology.html. The cymascope website suggested that understanding the energy created by intervals helps us understand better the creative force of God: “Cymatic patterns created from stillness were geometric in shape, such as that of a dodecahedron.

4. Fabre d’ Olivet. Pg. 42. Danielou, Alain. Music and the Power of Sound: The Influence of Tuning and Interval on Consciousness, Inner Traditions: VT, 1943, Pg. 125.

5. Fabre d’ Olivet. Ibid, Pg. 125.

6. Cooper, Barry. Beethoven, Oxford University Press: October 2008. Pg. 14.

7. The Priory of Sion, a strictly secret and Hermetic sect, was made famous in the book and movie, Da Vinci Code. The ancient group believes themselves to be off spring of the married Jesus Christ.

When did you first start exploring your spiritual side?
I think I’ve always been aware of this side of myself.

How does music connect with your spirituality for you?
I think in the same way that ancient tribes would use rhythm to trance themselves into alternate states of mind, Music is a very potent vessel to these other worlds. You can discover a lot of things about yourself in that place.

What was your first spiritual experience?
As a child I remember sometimes I would sit in stillness and I was aware my senses would disappear and my mind would swirl into eternity. It was many years later I realised I was basically meditating!

I hear that your new album is interlinked with a reading. Could you tell more?
It was not so much a reading but actually a ceremony which was the turning point in my life that resulted in these songs. I was experiencing an internal crisis at the time, I was in a pretty dark place, this resulted in me taking part in an Ayahuasca ceremony where I experienced a whole new perspective on life with such a profound clarity.

What do you want to get across with your album? Is there a message? A certain way you want listeners to feel?
Though I wish for it to inspire I try not to be didactic in my words or in my subject, all I can really comment on is what inspired me to write it.

What are your goals going forward, musically and spiritually?
At the moment I am trying to rid myself of all my addictions. I am travelling through Europe and writing more at the moment, I have been all around but settled in Belgium for now, there’s some wonderful musicians here and some beautiful places. I plan on recording another album very soon.

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For more information on how you can listen to the album please visit https://davidellisuk.bandcamp.com/album/misty-heights   or find it on Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/album/2PgyszrJb7PbMsM0Rip1T9?si=6Ez6FpmpQuCTXp4a-WvR-w

For more information about David, you can find him on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/davidellisUK/

FINJA is the creator of original songs inspired by life, love and spirit. Her intention is to uplift her listeners out of time and place and move them into a state of joy and empowerment. She believes in the virtue of music as medicine and its inherent ability to bypass the noise of the head and be received in the heart. Her bold and buoyant message is expressed through her music and the way she lives life. But this hasn’t always been the case. For Finja, adversity and drama was the catalyst that propelled her out of a life lived dreaming in the shadows and onto the path of making those dreams a reality.

Finja had always wanted to sing, write and perform her own songs. But, like most of us, she kept her singing to the confines of the shower, and as she “grew up” she convinced herself she’d missed the boat and that her dream was an unrealistic one.

In her mid-twenties Finja studied metaphysics and consciousness, and discovered bhakti yoga, kirtan and plant medicine circles. At age 29, right in the middle of her saturn return, she moved to Ubud, Bali:

“A place where spirituality and self-expression go hand in hand. It was liberating and inspiring to be amongst it.”

Being in a community of open-minded, spiritual seekers she began fantasising about using her voice to uplift others. It was here that she met the father of her firstborn child. Finja fondly describes him as an incredibly playful character and their relationship as a wild adventure.

“He helped bring my voice out with his words of encouragement. Beating my chest as a drum he would tell me I shine. We would ride our motorbikes down the streets of Ubud singing at the top of our lungs and laughing hysterically like school kids. It put the playfulness back into singing and the joy back into my heart. I felt like a care-free child, a feeling which was missing in my youth.”

As fun-loving as their relationship was it was also very volatile. After two years of chaos it ended in a painful separation. One year later Finja was informed of the suicide of her former partner. This was a devastating blow and Finja felt a deep sense of loss and regret for what could’ve been.

Her now husband, a new friend at the time, sent her some recordings of Abraham-Hicks; source energy channelled by Esther Hicks and master teachers of the most powerful law in the universe – the Law of Attraction. From their perspective, every death is a form of suicide. Their teachings describe us as eternal and that there is no death, only life. This is because we move as individual conscious spirits between the physical and non-physical planes. These concepts really resonated with Finja.

“It took the stigma out of suicide. I released the guilt and shame I felt, and the fear of blame from others. I made peace with his choice and I felt love for him in a more unconditional way.”

During her time of grieving Finja removed herself from the influence of the outside world. She went within and the songs started to pour out of her. The first one she wrote was borne out of a desire to honour the love that existed between her and her deceased former partner. In her despair she found the courage to approach a producer, expose the vulnerability of her heart and mind and begin recording; a process she describes as thrilling.

Now, just two years later, and having officially released her debut single ‘Calling You Home’, she feels only gratitude for what she describes as her dark night of the soul.

“It motivated me to pursue my dreams. I was tired of feeling low. It was so painful that I found a new determination to feel good, to see the light and create a future that could be very bright.”

‘Calling You Home’ can be described as a beautiful lullaby that is sung from the perspective of your inner being, your spirit within, to you. Inspired by the teachings on manifestation by Abraham-Hicks, Finja’s intention is for it to remind you of your divinity and to gently empower you with the knowledge that you can do, be and have whatever you want.

Reflecting upon her journey, Finja credits her new found sense of freedom and confidence to the adversity she faced and, specifically, to the tools she received.  These tools of manifestation empowered her to transmute an experience of tragedy and misfortune into a life lived in joy, power and purpose.

“I’ve finally given myself permission to sing from an untrained, intuitive space and to songwrite for the pure love of it. I craft my lyrics to remind my listeners, and myself, that our power and potential as humans is limitless.”

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FINJA would like to offer my readers a FREE MP3 DOWNLOAD of her single, Calling You Home, found here:

http://bit.ly/finjamusic

Listen to FINJA’s music here:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/5Z6qqRdacvgZxIBZUsqvl6

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/finjamusic/finja-calling-you-home

Youtube: https://youtu.be/qSpcLFMcFQM

Connect with FINJA on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lovefinjamusic/

Contact FINJA at finjamusic@gmail.com

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We’ve all heard people claiming that learning an instrument is a good way to manage our mental well-being. But is there any truth to that? What is it about learning an instrument, that’s so good for our state of mind?

Well, as a multi-instrumentalist who’s always learning something new, I can tell you what makes instrumental learning so beneficial for your mental health.

1) Relaxation

Learning an instrument can be incredibly relaxing and good for your health. Especially if you learn to play a classical instrument, which involves reading notation. As you focus on the notation, your mind clears of other things and the experience is akin to meditation.

If classical isn’t your thing, you can relax just as much playing guitar or even bass or drums. Allow yourself to feel the rhythm and to become absorbed by it. We all have rhythm: just listen to your pulse if you don’t believe me.

2) Creativity and Catharsis

Even with just a basic grasp of an instrument, you can use it to be creative. With the notes, chords or beats that you know, you can create something expressive and even cathartic. If you have something to get off your chest, try letting it out through music. It’s the universal language. Music is a superior communicator.

Creativity doesn’t have to occur when you are already suffering. It can be a part of staying mentally healthy as you make tunes, chord patterns or even full songs. After creating something, you’ll notice that your mood lifts tremendously. It’s a wonderful feeling.

3) Achievement

The longer you spend learning an instrument, the greater sense of achievement you will feel. Some people like to go through the grades, gaining certificates that recognise that progression. It doesn’t suit everybody, but it’s one way of gaining a sense of achievement.

Lots of self-teaching books are progressive, so you can measure how well you’re doing by how far through the book you are. Each time you complete a page, that is an achievement. Be proud of yourself.

4) Community

Learning to play can also be great for your social life. There are all-abilities orchestras that are great for beginner classical musicians which have a huge range of benefits including improving self confidence and sense of community and teamwork. If it’s rock that you’re doing, you’ll be band-ready before you think you are. Learn a few songs and ask around. A lot of people are amateur musicians, who would love to be in a band for fun! If you don’t know anybody who’s interested, a quick Google search for ‘find me a band’ will help you out. Have confidence. You’ve put the time into learning these songs. It’s time to make it even more fun for yourself!

5) Lifelong Skills

Finally, learning to play an instrument will equip you with lifelong skills. Whilst it’s true that you will become rusty if you don’t play for a while, you will always be able to pick it back up.

Learning to play an instrument is like learning to drive, ride a bike or speak a language. You will always be able to say, to yourself and to others, “I can do that.” 🙂

Summary

Learning an instrument is a long-term goal. However, if you set yourself manageable goals and don’t push yourself too hard too soon, you will have a rewarding hobby that will become a skill for life.

If you’ve never played an instrument before, don’t be afraid to jump straight in. Guitars are more affordable than ever and you can get great electric guitars on a budget.

Playing music can be challenging, creative or relaxing. All three of these are good for your mental health. You might decide you’d like the guidance of a teacher, or you might prefer to progress at your own pace, by yourself. If you choose the autonomous route, there are a lot of great online resources that can help you.

Good luck in your musical journey. It can help you to stay healthy when you’re well and can work as a refuge when you’re less mentally healthy. Music is a gift that belongs to us all.