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Power of Music

The Book Whisperer

April 15, 2020 by bofaw Leave a Comment

“A spiritual partnership is a partnership between equals for the purpose of spiritual growth. Spiritual partners use their delightful experiences together as well as their power struggles to learn about themselves and change themselves.” – Gary Zukav Excerpt: Biodesign Out For A Walk, Forward by Linda Williamson. I now realize that one of the great … [Read more…]

Posted in: Reflections Tagged: Christie, faith, Grand Canyon, love, love lessons, Power of Music, soul, soul medicine, spiritual growth, Wedding Song

Darwin vs. Wallace—Music—Southern Cross

June 3, 2019 by bofaw Leave a Comment

One of the greatest Biodesign discoveries was that Darwin contemporary, Lord Alfred Wallace, described music as a quintessential component in human spiritual growth and development. Each day Biodesign students were greeted at the bio-lab door with music from quadraphonic speakers. The music could have been Classical, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Folk, Opera, Reggae or Gospel, etc. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Reflections Tagged: Alfred Wallace, Biodesign class, Biodesign Out For A Walk, Charles Darwin, Crosby Stills & Nash, Power of Music

Veterans Day – John Phillip Sousa – Plato

November 9, 2014 by bofaw Leave a Comment

“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.” – Plato For better and worse, this Fb page and the BOFAW Website have been like the proverbial cat; there have literally been several times when both could have died. Clearly, the only reason both are … [Read more…]

Posted in: Reflections Tagged: freedom of human mind, John Phillip Sousa, marching bands, Plato, Power of Music, The Stars and Stripes Forever, Veterans Day

Music and Biodesign: Who Turned On the tunes? Part II

September 11, 2014 by bofaw Leave a Comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYqz8bWG8Sw I usually played one Gregorian chant each year. It was intriguing that normally rowdy students suddenly became quiet or talked in hushed whispers. The simplistic style is similar to music heard, for thousands of years, in churches, temples, mosques, monasteries, kivas, ceremonial chambers, perhaps even caves. Ironically, I did not play it for “religious” … [Read more…]

Posted in: Reflections Tagged: Gheorghe Zamfir, Loren Eiseley, Power of Music

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