This introductory module provides an overview of what the other four sessions cover:(i) Sound in Religion.& Mysticism, (ii) History of Sound Art, (iii) Weird Sound Science & Cymatics, (iv) Sound in Medicine & Healing.
Also, the notion of 'right-brain" listening is explained and we look at the history of recorded sound.

In this session we explore sacred sounds in different religious and mystical traditions including Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism. We explore, for example, the phenomenon of glossalalia (speaking in tongues), the overtone chanting of Tibetan monks and to learning about the central role of Sound in Hinduism and Nada Yoga, the yoga of inner sound.

This session offers a fascinating survey of the history of sound art. It is an auditory journey that at times may challenge your ears but is certain to open your mind. It begins at the start of the 20th c. with Italian Futurist Luigi Russolo's "Art of Noises' and takes us through sound art in Dadism, Concrete Music, Conceptualism, Fluxus and so on, up until the first decades of the 21st century. We look at the ways in which sound recording and technology have been largely responsible for making sound art possible. 

This enthralling session introduces you to sound phenomena like acoustic levitation, sonoluminescence, and echolocution (among other fascinating subjects). Cymatics is also introduced, an esoteric science that deals with sound made visible - You will learn the history of Cymatics and come to grasp how Cymatics might be considered science, art and mysticism simultaneously.

This session first looks at ways that Sound is used in Western medicine and also looks at applications on the horizon that use Sound with new technologies for medical purposes. Then the class looks at Sound Healing from a more "soft science", spiritual perspective. We explore toning (using the human voice for healing), acutonics (using tuning forks on meridian points) and vibrational sound therapy which places Tibetan bowls directly on the body.