Music Exorcism

MUSIC EXORCISM

By Dr. Lee Warren, B.A., D.D.

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Introduction

Since mankind’s inception music has always played an importance part in human life. From the most primitive to most advanced cultures, music has always existed in some form. Music is as universal as speaking, for it is an integral part of mankind’s being.

In fact, the most beautiful music exists in nature. Yahweh Elohim has imbued the birds, the crickets, other insects, mammals, the wind blowing through trees, and water to make the most beautiful music. In many cases this music is used as mating calls. Without this music the forest would be dead. Have you ever been in a forest before an approaching storm? There is a strange, unnatural quietness.

Both the ancient, primitive, and advanced civilizations realized the power of music. Music has been used in every aspect of human life, such as funerals, feasting, weddings, hunting, war, entertainment, and in worshipping various deities.

There is no question of the power of music in these various circumstances to lift the human spirit and in fact in many instances transform it. As the old adage goes, music will soothe the savage beast and quiet the beastly soul of man.

What has been said about music’s effect on man?

Here are some quotes on music from the American Music Therapy Association, Inc. at http://www.musictherapy.org/quotes.html:

Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) SUPERIOR, WI Telegram, Aug. 14, 1991.

“Music helps all types of people to remain forever young.” He noted that Congress had never before “directly addressed the question of music” as preventive medicine and as “a therapeutic tool for those suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, strokes and depression.”

Dr. Oliver Sacks (Neurologist Author, Awakenings):

Dr. Sacks reports that patients with neurological disorders who cannot talk or move are often able to sing, and sometimes even dance, to music. Its advocates say music therapy also can help ease the trauma of grieving, lessen depression and provide an outlet for people who are otherwise withdrawn. <ST. Louis Post Dispatch.

Barbara Crowe (past president of the National Association for Music Therapy):

“(Music therapy) can make the difference between withdrawal and awareness, between isolation and interaction, between chronic pain and comfort — between demoralization and dignity.”

What is the intent of this article?

The focus of this article will be on the power of music and scientific evidence to prove the effect of music upon both the human body and mind. In Europe music has been used as treatment for various forms of physical disorders and mental illnesses for years, which this article will briefly explore.

This article will also examine the ability of music to cast out spirits. The most astounding instance of the power of music was recorded in the scriptures when David used his skill as a harp player to cast demonic spirits from King Saul that had taken possession of his body and soul.

What is music?

Now music is defined as follows in the Webster’s New World Dictionary: 1 the art and science of combining vocal or instrumental sounds or tones in varying melody, harmony, rhythm, and timbre, esp. so as to form structurally complete and emotionally expressive compositions 2 the sounds or tones so arranged, or the arrangement of these 3 any rhythmic sequence of pleasing sounds, as of birds, water, etc.

In short, music sets up vibrational tones to some pattern that is pleasing to the mind. It is these musical patterns that can transform the mind from melancholy to happiness and can energize the mind.

Did the ancients have knowledge of the power of music?

The power of music has been known for thousand of years. Quoting the book Super-Memory The Revolution (SMTR) by Shelia Ostrander and Lynn Schroeder, it confirms the ancients had knowledge of the use of therapeutic sounds. “… ancient physicians of many cultures did use music to regulate heartbeat, cure melancholy, and regulate the body’s “vapours” (probably electromagnetic fields).” ²

Both the authors of the SMTR, Ostrander and Schroeder, said the ancient secret societies of the priests knew this knowledge. Ostrander and Schroeder states: “The idea that specific tones can affect the mind and body had been handed down from the earliest Semitic and Arabic sacred knowledge. Pythagoras drew on this knowledge to devise a modal system, which he said influenced both the gods and mankind¾one mode banished depression, another grief, another passion. Pythagoras linked the frequency resonance to the planets colors and numbers (p. 134).” Now this article will show that modern science researcher Dr. Tomatis has also found those sounds that power the mind.

Is there scientific evidence of the power of music?

The book (SMTR) states that the French ear specialist Dr. Alfred Tomatis said, “Some sounds are as good as two cups of coffee. Georgian chants are a fantastic energy source…” He was invited to an abbey to look at a problem with the monks. He found out after examining them, that they were suffering from stress due to long hours of work since the headmaster had forbid any music. Nothing seemed to work to improve the situation. They slept more, but still felt exhausted. Even a change in diet did not change the situation.

When Dr. Tomatis introduced lengthy chanting, this lifted the spirit of the monks resulting in the monks sleeping less, working more, and feeling great. He examined the sound frequencies of the Gregorian chants and other classical music like Mozart to see which sounds energized the brain and which sounds depleted it of energy. It is high frequencies that energized the human brain.

Dr. Tomatis stated: “Your ear is your primary organ of consciousness.” He goes on to say that the ear not only provides hearing for the brain, but it also provides an electric potential to the brain. Now the cortex of the brain distributes this charge throughout the body and mind. So Dr. Tomatis said the cells in the cortex of the brain were like batteries and it was the cortex cells that generate the energy for the brainwaves EEG. He spent years determining how these cells charged and discharged.

Simply put, Dr. Tomatis found that sound does two things when it enters the body. First, it enters the ear where it is transformed into energy. Then, it travels along the audio nerve (8^th cranial nerve coming off the brain) where it energizes the brain and the sound goes along the vestibular nerve (8^th cranial nerve coming off the brain), which determines the posture and muscle tone throughout the body. So sound can cause the brain to elicit the proper feeling, such as peace, serenity, and also can allow the muscles to relax, releasing stress.

Now the book SMTR stated that Dr. Tomatis found out that the most powerful frequency that will rapidly recharge the brain cortex is 8000 Hertz range. This is a note E at the end of the violin’s string before overtones. Now an examination of these high frequencies and their uses will show the power of sounds.

Can healing be achieved with sounds?

Dr. Tomatis found in his research that these high frequencies not only relieve boredom and stress, but also can heal various disorders. Although not accepted by the AMA and the American medical establishment, it is an accepted method of protocol in France and its official name is Audio Psycho Phonology (APP).

Now Dr. Tomatis’ use and discovery of high-frequency sound cannot only energize human beings, but it can cure many disorders. For example, in Europe for the last 40 years the “Tomatis method” has been successful in treating deafness, epilepsy, hyperactivity, severe muscle problem, and autism, to name a few.

For example, it successfully treated 12,000 dyslexics, in Europe and Africa, by opening their hearing to high frequencies and feeding more sound to the right ear than to the left through earphones. Dr. Tomatis found that humans read through our ears and in particular the right ear.

Now Belgian sound therapist Dr. E. Spirig confirmed this by showing that volunteers who were normal became dyslexia after they read aloud and only heard themselves through their left ear of earphones.

Does sound affect plants?

Plants researcher Dan Carleson of Blaine, Minnesota found that high frequencies of 5000 hertz, which sounds like a giant cricket chirping in the meadow, causes plants to grow faster and larger. It allowed the plants to absorb nutrients sprayed on its leaves 700% more efficiency than normal.

Proof that this method worked was proven with Dr. Carleson’s purple passion plant. He played his special music a half hour each day and sprayed the plant with diluteed hormones and amino acids. It grew 1400 feet in two years placing it in the Guinness Book of World Records. It normal size is 14 inches. To further demonstrate that this method worked, he took over a plantation in Hawaii of avocados trees that were in bad shape. Using this method he increased plantation harvest 25 fold.

Now modern science has shown the power of sounds can cause plants to grow larger and faster, relieve mental states, such as boredom and stress, and treat numerous psychological disorders.

Now that a context has been setup, we can see how ancient Hebrews used music to cast out spirits. Let’s first examine music in the Bible.

Is music found in the Bible?

There are many instances of music in the Bible. First of all, the main purpose of music is to give praise and honor to Yahweh the creator of both the angelic and the physical creations. The book of Revelation shows the true purpose of music. Here are few instances of how music was used by Israel and in the angelic creation:

	The Apostle John said that the twenty-four elders gathered around the throne of the Lamb had harps in their hands and they sang a song with the sons (saints) saying: “Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to Elohim (God) by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.(Rev 5:9-10)”
	The Apostle John said that in his vision he heard the voice of many waters, as it were of thunder and he heard harpers singing a song that only the 144,000 who were redeemed from the earth knew (Rev. 14:2-3).
	When the children of Israel went through the Red Sea, they san a song called the Song of Moses after they saw Pharaoh and his host overthrown in the Red Sea (Ex. 15:1 -21; Rev. 15:3).
	Yahweh used the sound of the 7 ram trumpets to bring down the walls of Jericho (Jos. 5^th chp.)
	King David wrote many psalms and created an order of musicians that sang psalms unto Yahweh during the rituals and ceremonies before and after Solomon completed the temple (1 Chr. 6:31; 15:23, 27).
	The Apostle Paul admonishes the Ephesian Assembly to sing songs unto the praise of Yahshua the Messiah (Eph. 5:19).

Can the power of music cast out spirits?

The most unusual instance of the use of music in the Bible is its use to expel demonic spirits. Scriptures states that the servant of king Saul noticed that an evil spirit was tormenting the king. He said “…, Behold now, an evil spirit from Elohim (God) troubleth thee. Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from Elohim (God) is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well (1 Sam 16:15-16 KJV).”

From this scripture it clear that that the spirit of Yahweh gave Saul’s servant the ability to diagnose his condition and prescribe this rather common treatment. This shows that music was used in this culture to expel demons from human.

Many in the modern sciences of psychology and psychiatry would disagree with this diagnosis completely. First of all, they do believe in the existence of devils and they would say that Saul was suffering from a mild case of depression or melancholic, which they say are his allegory demons. But this does not alter the fact that the music was used to transform his state of mind.

Now David being a skillful player of the harp was able to play the right music at the right frequency to soothe King Saul’s soul, and resulted in these spirits being expelled. Modern science has shown the power of music to cure all manners of physical and psychological disease.

What state does the proper music give the mind?

Now the question is: if this is a spirit, how does music exorcize spirits? The key is understanding what effects music has upon the mind. The right music energizes the mind and brain bringing about a peaceful and serene state. This has been scientifically proven.

It is this state of mind that allows the Holy Spirit to operate which is the spiritual immune system of the soul or mind. King David wrote in the Psalms: “Be still and know that I am Yahweh (Psa. 46:10).” So, music sets up a condition where the mind is stilled and focused on sereneness and this allows the Holy Spirit within its temple of the body to remove those negative influences or spirits. The prophet Zechariah wrote: “Be silent, O all flesh, before Yahweh (the LORD): for he is raised up out of his holy habitation (Zech 2:13).”

Thus, it is not the music itself that dispels these negative spirits. The music sets up a type of meditative state and condition in the mind resulting in a peaceful state that allows the Holy Spirit to work within.

What must be understood is that music is a type of the preaching of the gospel to the souls of men that transforms the consciousness if they believe the word of truth. This allows the Holy Spirit to manifest itself to the human consciousness.

It is by the word of the gospel that faith is established. Paul said: “Without faith it is impossible to please Yahweh (Heb. 11:6).” In short, faith comes by hearing and how can one hear unless one is sent.

Source

http://www.tomatis.com/English/Articles/Dr.tomatis.html

King James Bible

(Endnotes)

² Shelia Ostrander and Lynn Schroeder Super-Memory The Revolution

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