Harmonious Movement

The idea that art music and art therapies are new concepts would not be so. The need for these have always been urgently required. The effect of personality was believed in the 1500s to be a result of fluid movement within the body.

Music can influence this movement. A set of information can be collected and provided as a simple table.

Element	Primary qualities	Humor	Temperament	Trait	Music Pitch
Fire	Dry and Hot	Yellow Bile	Choleric	Angry	High
Air	Hot and Moist	Blood	Sanguine	Changeable	Mid High
Water	Moist and Cold	Phlegm	Phlegmatic	Easy going	Mid Low
Earth	Cold and Dry	Black Bile	Melancholic	Withdrawn	Low

In the case of Melancholy the physical body dominates the remaining entities in strength and power. A pure Phlegmatic is the case where the glands dominate the others. In the state of the Choleric the blood is very strong. The Sanguine temperament is produced when the astral force within the nervous system dominates. No one exhibits a pure temperament. A dangerous condition can result if one temperament is expressed for long periods of time. Rather temperaments change over time throughout the day and night. Art can be used to change these temperaments.

From the above table we can infer a three plane system that can manifest four parts of the divine name. In this case the name is expressed by the four elements, and the four types of temperaments known by the theory of the humors. The three planes describe three groupings of the table. The columns of Elements and Primary qualities are part of the plane called Musica Mundana. The central three columns of humor, temperament, and personality are Musica Humana. The final plane is shown by the column of musical pitch. This is called Musica Instrumentalis.

The work of Ptolemy entitled Harmonics includes the macrocosm twin. Here the plane Musica Mundana is associated with heavenly twin, the macrocosm. This the plane of spirit. The plane Musica Humana is associated the lower microcosm twin. This is the mental plane. The third plane Musica Instrumentalis. This is the physical plane where changes can be employed to return the two planes: Mundana and Humana back to harmony. 

Mental states can be paired with musical scales. Ptolemy went further and assigned furor or sometimes called frenzy with Mixolydian. The state of excitement is mapped out to the Phrygian scale. The emotion of pleasure is associated with the Lydian mode. A balanced state of mind with the Dorian scale.

The state of depression is paired with the Hypophrygian. A state of relaxation with the Hypolydian.A state of sleep can be induced by the Hypodorian. Marsillo Ficino developed a theory that one mental state can be induced by playing the correct musical mode. The mental state could be replaced by playing the opposing scale. Our thoughts are more complicated and the influences are many. Thus this theory is difficult to apply. Nevertheless. It is a useful especially in developing a prediction for a musical composition. The timber of the instruments will be hard to predict. The use of strings, base and flute can be different with harp alone. 

The use of Plato's Timaeus is useful in music theory as a portion of it deals with the etheric body. Music is able to reach the higher states of the mind through the etheric body.

References

Echoes of an Invisible World, by Jacomien Prins, 2009, Brill

A partial list of musical mode scales

Dorian                    D E F G A B C D    Create a balanced attitude
Hypodorian            A B C D E F G A     Induce sleep

Phrygian                 E F G A B C D E      Excited
Hypophrygin           B C D E F G A B     Depression

Lydian                     F G A B C D E F      Pleasure
Hypolydian              C D E F G A B C     Relax

Mixolydian              G A B C D E F G     Frenzy  or Furor
Hypomixolydian       D E F G A B C D

Aeolian                    A B C D E F G
Hypoaeolian             E F G A B C D

Ionian                      C D E F G A B C
Hypoionian              G A B C D E F G

Locrian                    B C D E F G A B
Hypolocrian             F G A B C D E F

Hypodorian. Used to reduce Phlegmatic Temperament.

An example of using the Hypodorian mode to create a music therapy for a specific temperament

Example of a Hypomixolydian mode to balance Melancholic temperment

Example of a Hypophyrgian mode 

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The Importance of Three Worlds

Our friend here is working on three planes of existence. His spirit world depicts Peony flowers in bloom on a full moon evening. Because his mental world is related by an inversion the moon changes position from left side of the paper to the right side. In addition the scene has been translated to depict a winter scene of plum blossoms. The ability to translate information between worlds is an important skill. It is up to us to develop that innate ability in all of us,. Toward the physical world, where we strive to be the land of paradise, our artist has decided his two higher worlds have conjured a dog.

We go about not realizing that we act upon, or should act upon three planes of existence. Early work on the mind led to the concept that information from three sources was necessary to determine any event.The names for these sources vary from person to person. Some examples of names are 1 ( Divine, Human, Physical ), 2 ( Spirit, Soul, Body ), 3 ( Active, Passive, Equilibration ), 4 ( Providence, Destiny, Will), 5 ( Creation, Preservation, Neutralization). Despite the pervasive appearance of a trinity our thoughts involve four parts. These include will, inspiration, intellect, and materialization. The combination of these laws of 3 and laws of 4 in the science of thought must lead to observations in nature in order for these laws to be taken seriously.  The concept of this can be shown to explain why we must have 12 zodiac constellations and why the the base 10 number system exists. As a consequence of having a three variable component to a final outcome implies that thinking works in four dimensions. The imposition of a law of 4 in turn implies higher dimensions of 5 and even more. Advanced work in neuroscience and robotics is only beginning to explore this area of hermetic science. The figure above is our attempt at explaining how we may model how the mind arrives at its decisions based on the sampling these three worlds. The study of how art can be used to move about these worlds has not begun. Early work in four dimensional space prompted color models of cubes to create models of four dimensional cubes. This shows by color and shadow it is possible to provide entry into a four dimensional world by meditating upon a two dimensional image. 

The design of the Tarot card number 20 (Major arcana) is interesting for the image contains a four dimensional sphere. The sphere in this particular version involves combining the wings with the clouds to form one object.

Another version of the design. This version shows the completed circle. The union of the angel with the cloud form the four dimensional circle. Ouspensky in his book, the Tertium Organium, speaks of the four dimensional sphere on page 105. The intended art work on this image is to show a transfer from three dimensions to four dimensions.

The figure above is a four dimensional sphere. This is also called incorrectly a hypersphere. The shading on the surface is crucial to obtain the sensation of a fourth dimension. The ability to learn how to view the tarot key 20 can be practiced by observing how the shading would move. In the case of the tarot the cloud pattern must rotate. The pictures of four dimensional objects must have movement as the higher worlds are not static. There movements contribute to the observed phenomena in nature and supernature. The image in from Tertium Organum chapter 9. The work of Van Manen offers a technique to observe higher dimensions. This is recorded in his article Some Occult Experiences for the Theosophist magazine in 1913, May p249, June p389, and July p581.


The three figures below are drawn as three dimensional representations. Yet the square parallelogram emphasizes three dimensional world at the bottom of the image. The four dimensional image in the sky emphasizes a different world and hence a different world of judging.

will is determined by three worlds. These include the worlds of spirit, mental, and the physical.

Divine inspiration manifests on three worlds.

Intellect requires action on three worlds.

Materialism, and organization must first conquer three worlds.

We take it for granted but the ability for us to arrive at a decision involves a definite route over lands not observed by the physical senses. When considering our ability to repeat what we hear from verbatim we discovery our thoughts add to what we hear and even shift the original meaning. We interpret quite differently. Aspects of higher self make a contribution.You will find yourself actually contributing and creating to what you heard. The ability to focus only on what was heard and repeat that back requires conscious effort at first to train yourself.

Suppose we have an unwanted complement of emotions. This can be fear and anxiety. The use of images and deep breathing exercises have a tremendous impact.

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