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Title: Myth of Invariance: The Origins of the Gods, Mathematics and Music from the Rg Veda to Plato by Ernest G. McClain ISBN: 0-89254-012-5 Publisher: Nicolas-Hays, Inc. Pub. Date: June, 1985 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Interesting Thesis - A Bit Inaccessible
Comment: McClain begins with the interesting thesis: for "ancient" civilizations music was a science through which the intersection between this world and the divine could be expressed and understood. The invariability (or permanence) of music standing in sharp contrast to the impermanence of the world.
In this context music is properly understood as an expression of and the motive for mathematical study. The "key" to unlocking this science comes from a study of the mathematical relationships between various musical notes.
McClain analyzes the Rg Veda, Babylonian, Greek (Plato), and New Testatment (Revelations) using this key, along with ancient definitions of numbers as "male", "female". The point here being that this "Pythagorean" analysis was fairly common and underlies much of literature of these and other cultures.
While McClain's analysis alone is worth at least a "4", I have given this book a lower grade.
The analysis is very detailed and heavily dependent on a knowledge of music, scales, etc. I found it difficult to follow in many parts.
The book's intended audience seems not to be the general public (like me) but rather a more learned audience. My guess is that this work either is his Ph D thesis or was based on it.
It's a pity that the work is not more accessible.
For those with an appropriate background, the book will yield a great deal more than I was able to wring from it.
Rating: 5
Summary: Brilliant, Unique - highly accesible
Comment: Anyone fascinated with Pythagoras, "The Music Of The Spheres", ancient musical scales, cosmic cycles, vibrations, etc., you've hit pay dirt with this book.
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Title: The Shape of Ancient Thought: Comparative Studies in Greek and Indian Philosophies by Thomas McEvilley ISBN: 1581152035 Publisher: Allworth Press Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: The Manual of Harmonics of Nicomachus the Pythagorean by Nicomachus, Flora R. Levin, Nichomachus the Pythagorean, Nicomachus the Pythagorean ISBN: 0933999437 Publisher: Phanes Pr Pub. Date: December, 1993 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Pythagorean Plato: Prelude to the Song Itself by Ernest G. McClain ISBN: 0892540109 Publisher: Nicolas-Hays, Inc. Pub. Date: June, 1984 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: The Mystery of the Seven Vowels: In Theory and Practice by Joscelyn. Godwin ISBN: 0933999860 Publisher: Phanes Pr Pub. Date: February, 1991 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans: A Brief History by Charles H. Kahn ISBN: 0872205754 Publisher: Hackett Pub Co Pub. Date: September, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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