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in nature, of the existence of a cosmic intelligence (call it | Freemasonry and other "secret societies" —all of which what you will). were founded on the study of harmonics in numbers and So I reoriented my study of history from this new geometry. This said, few adherents today are the least bit perspective, and it quickly became obvious to me why we aware of or interested in the science of harmonics, opting know virtually nothing of this lost knowledge. instead for the benefits of a fraternal network and the I discovered that harmonic philosophy had long been _ occasional community service undertaking. associated with paganism (the belief of God in nature) and But while an honest look at European history seemed to that the Roman Catholic Church had worked very hard over explain how and why harmonic principles had disappeared a period of a thousand years to suppress it through canon _—_— from Western religion, it still did not answer why science, law. This is the reason why the tritone interval of a half- as the presumed pillar of empirical truth in the world, did octave, nicknamed Diabolus in Musica ("Devil in Music"), not eventually return to harmonics as a unifying field of was banned from sacred music in 1234 AD by Pope _ study. So I dug a little deeper, and here is what I found. Gregory IX (and is still banned to this day). The Church seemed well aware that the tritone could reveal the The anti-harmonics campaign symmetry in music harmony and open the door to the In the lead-up to the Enlightenment of the late 17th and "carnal knowledge" of harmonics in the 18th centuries, the "scientific method" body and elsewhere in nature. was actually designed to discourage the As the most powerful force in the study of harmonics and __ its Middle Ages, the Roman Catholic corresponding natural philosophy, Church was very successful in known as musica universalis or "music establishing and promulgating a The Church seemed of the spheres". franchise system whereby the faithful well aware that the I learned that the exclusion of music could only reach God through the . and pagan harmonic principles from Church (and its iconic brand) rather than tritone could reveal modern science was first suggested in a through the study of self and nature. . letter from the astronomer Galileo to his Using this marketing and distribution the symmetry Ju daughter, apparently prompted by his network, the Church was able to social- musical harmony desire to avoid torture and imprisonment engineer vast populations by regulating d the d by the Inquisition. admission to the afterlife. and open the aoor Supported by Newton, Descartes and Through the power of guilt, fear, to the "carnal others who also wished to find a torture and war against paganism from the Middle East, the mediaeval Church struggled to bring under hand a violent and turbulent Europe. The last thing the Roman Church needed was a resurgence of Egyptian Gnostism or neo-Pythagoreanism to interfere with its plan. Such pagan harmonic theosophies were a clear and present danger to the Church and its project of social control. Harmonic ideals, often represented by the Pythagorean pentagram or the Hebrew hexagram, were cast _—_ (a twist of irony). by the Church as evil pagan symbols and associated with In the early 20th century, this anti-harmonics campaign satanic worship, witchcraft and occult rituals. reached its zenith in the Michelson—Morley experiment Those who studied harmonic properties in numbers, which "proved" space to be an empty void with no intrinsic geometry and astronomy, such as the Dualist and Gnostic _ structure or measurable effect on matter. This belief was Cathars in southern Europe during the 11th to 13th quickly accepted as the cornerstone of 20th-century centuries, were threatened, executed or exiled, and many __ scientific thought and education, and Darwin's theory of survivors were forced to roam the countryside as "gypsies" _ natural selection (with the occasional accidental mutation) (a pejorative form of "Egyptians"). The Knights Templar, — was elevated as the explanation for why life takes the forms the primary keepers of the Egyptian temple mysteries, were it does. Only in recent years has that famous physics then hunted down and murdered by the Roman Catholic experiment been shown to be misleading and even false by Church on Friday 13 October 1307, although a few fled to much more sophisticated instruments which indicate that far-flung places like northern Scotland. In these remnants _ space does have a measurable effect on matter. of Egyptian Gnosis were the seeds of Rosicrucianism, But, like almost everyone, I grew up in an education way to coexist with the Church during this period, the separation of the study of harmonics away from mathematics and science into "the humanities" became more and more institutionalised as the scientific method became increasingly accepted. In time, new generations forgot all about harmonics as a unifying property in nature—even taking up the cause of science to discredit any remaining harmonic theories as "smelling of the pulpit" knowledge" of harmonics in the body and elsewhere in nature. Freemasonry and other "secret societies" —all of which were founded on the study of harmonics in numbers and geometry. This said, few adherents today are the least bit aware of or interested in the science of harmonics, opting instead for the benefits of a fraternal network and the occasional community service undertaking. But while an honest look at European history seemed to explain how and why harmonic principles had disappeared from Western religion, it still did not answer why science, as the presumed pillar of empirical truth in the world, did not eventually return to harmonics as a unifying field of study. So I dug a little deeper, and here is what I found. the symmetry in musical harmony and open the door to the "carnal knowledge" of harmonics in the body and elsewhere in nature. ° tog (a twist of irony). In the early 20th century, this anti-harmonics campaign reached its zenith in the Michelson—Morley experiment which "proved" space to be an empty void with no intrinsic structure or measurable effect on matter. This belief was quickly accepted as the cornerstone of 20th-century scientific thought and education, and Darwin's theory of natural selection (with the occasional accidental mutation) was elevated as the explanation for why life takes the forms it does. Only in recent years has that famous physics experiment been shown to be misleading and even false by much more sophisticated instruments which indicate that space does have a measurable effect on matter. But, like almost everyone, I grew up in an education NEXUS ¢ 47 The Church seemed well aware that the tritone could reveal FEBRUARY — MARCH 2009 www.nexusmagazine.com