The Theosophical Path Illustrated Monthly Volume 1, July-December, 1911
Religion
The Theosophical Path Illustrated Monthly Volume 1, July-December, 1911
Theosophy -- Periodicals
as immediate and direct an objectivation or copy of the _Will_ of the
world as the world itself is, as the ideas are of which the universe
of things is the phenomenon. Music is not the copy of the ideas, but
a representation of the cosmical Will co-ordinate with the ideas
themselves.
The literal truth of this statement is known by all who have had
contact with that which creates, and breathes life into, a musical
masterpiece. The audible notes and phrases are merely classified
symbols which express something beyond them, just as the parts of a
dynamo are adjusted as medium for the expression of the universal
electrical power.
Music, in itself, is the universal life of Nature as she is in
vibration. Every movement, from that of planet down to minute atom,
emits tone. It is absurd to imagine that our octave of audible
receptivity limits the universal fact. It can only do so _for us_. The
refining and extension of receptive range of hearing must undoubtedly
reveal the music which ever surrounds our self-imposed deafness. All
discoveries and advances in knowledge are simply this: the unfolding of
organs of receptivity in which some universal fact may reflect itself.
All knowledge and power exist eternally. Man is the only variant
(because of his power of choice) and he cripples himself in imagining
that the revelation of limited organs of receptivity are equivalent to
the universal fact.
Let us picture a great music hall in which an orchestra is performing.
No matter what sounds proceed from the many instruments, their
united tones vibrate through every particle of air in the building
simultaneously. Sound waves may be many, but, every atom of air
is participant in all these at one and the same instant. The atom
therefore is the synthetic point of universal unity.
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