num_pages: 208
description: Joscelyn Godwin explores music's effects on matter, living things, and human behavior. Turning to metaphysical accounts of the higher worlds and theories of celestial harmony, the author follows the path of musical inspiration on its descent to Earth, illuminating the archetypal currents that lie beneath Western musical history.
language: English
title: Harmonies of Heaven and Earth: Mysticism in Music from Antiquity to the Avant-Garde
titlecomplete: Harmonies of Heaven and Earth: Mysticism in Music from Antiquity to the Avant-Garde
genres: History, Esoterica, Philosophy, Music, Art
ratings_count: 104
publisher: Inner Traditions