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According to the Hermetic Tradition, there is consciousness in all of the universe, for The All, known in exoteric monotheist religions by the somewhat limiting term ‘God’ is ever present, and ever aware of everything in creation: even... more
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      Speculative musicWestern Esoteric TraditionMagical sigilsGeneration of pre-compositional musical material
This article reviews four 20th century proposals by theoreticians of speculative music whose work has focused on assigning pitches to the letters of the Hebrew alphabet, with the intention of being able to deduce the musical equivalence... more
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      History of Musical CompositionHistory of AstrologyHistory of Music TheoryMusic And Religion
In the introduction to the Loeb translation of Plato's Timaeus, R.G. Bury notes: 'The primary operation of the Demiurge is to construct the World Soul. In his description of this process, Plato mixes myth with mathematics in a peculiarly... more
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      ClassicsSpeculative musicCUNEIFORM STUDIES
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      PhilosophySpeculative music
This is an unpublished speculative article which attempts to integrate in an interdisciplinary manner various aspects of my research which have previously been published separately in journals related to subject categories.
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      ArchaeologyClassicsHistory of ScienceAlchemy
This article offers a short re-valuation of the ancient science of harmonics and seeks to stimulate debate about its relevance to contemporary thought and future interdisciplinary research.
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      Speculative musicAncient PhilosophyAncient Greek Music
Speculative music, or music theory with an esoteric base, has existed since ancient times in parallel with more mainstream aspects of music theory and musicology. Far from becoming extinct after the scientific revolution of the 16th... more
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      History of Music TheorySpeculative music
In an address to Maximilian II, which prefaces his Monas Hieroglyphica (1564), John Dee emphasises that the Monad is not only an alchemical device, but a universal one, with the potential to revolutionise all the arts and sciences.... more
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      AlchemySpeculative musicExperimental MusicSound Art
El presente artículo busca dar a conocer la importancia del trabajo de Johannes Kepler en la actualización, modificación, continuidad y transmisión posterior de las teorías de correspondencias entre planetas y alturas musicales en la... more
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      History of IdeasHistory of ScienceHistory of AstronomyHistory of Music Theory
Si bien no toda la música tiene la intención de expresar algo externo a sí misma, también es cierto que existen innumerables piezas que hacen referencia a materiales externos a la información puramente musical codificada en la partitura:... more
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      Musical SemioticsSpeculative musicSemiótica musicalMúsica Especulativa
Tendo por intuito a revalorização da tradição "musica speculativa" no século XIV, Jacobus Leodiensis (c. 1260 - c. 1340) visou demonstrar em seu tratado "Speculum Musicae" como ela poderia manter-se pertinente ao ser inserida no quadro de... more
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      Music HistoryMusicologyMedieval PhilosophyAristotle
Este artículo presenta un barrido bibliográfico a través de la metodología de lectura crítica y posterior catalogación de los diversos modelos que se han desarrollado en Occidente, desde el siglo I hasta finales del siglo XX, con la meta... more
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      Speculative musicMusic of the SpheresHistory of CosmologyMúsica Especulativa
The magical, the occult and the esoteric have been a constant fountain of inspiration for composers and music theorists of all times. From the Florentine Intermezzi about the music of the spheres and the magical powers of music and... more
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      Speculative musicMusic and esotericismWestern Esotericism and Music
O tratado Speculum Musicae do Magister Jacobus de Ispania (ou Jacobus Leodiensis) não recebeu a devida visibilidade nas instituições de ensino e de investigação intelectual tanto de sua época quanto posteriormente. A partir da segunda... more
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      Medieval PhilosophyMedieval TheologyMedieval theology (Medieval Studies)Thomas Aquinas
Este articulo resena cuatro propuestas realizadas en el siglo xx por teoricos de la musica especulativa, cuya intencion ha sido relacionar las alturas musicales con las letras del alfabeto hebreo para deducir la equivalencia musical de... more
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      ArtHistory of Musical CompositionHistory of AstrologyHistory of Music Theory
Si bien no toda la música tiene la intención de expresar algo externo a sí misma, también es cierto que existen innumerables piezas que hacen referencia a materiales externos a la información puramente musical codificada en la partitura:... more
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      Speculative musicMúsica Especulativa
Olomouc Úvod Hledání harmonie světa je velmi stará záleţitost. Začíná u pythagorejců, kteří věřili, ţe svět byl stvořen nejdokonalejší moţný, a proto proporce uţité při jeho stavbě jsou ty nejharmoničtější. Právě v hudbě pythagorejci... more
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      Johannes KeplerSpeculative musicMusic of the Spheres