{"product_id":"9798765157343","title":"Harmony of the Spheres Ancient and Recent Perspectives","description":"\u003ch1\u003eHarmony of the Spheres\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAncient and Recent Perspectives\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eKen Parry | Dean Rickles\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eMusic \/ Philosophy \u0026amp; Social Aspects\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis collection of interdisciplinary and multicultural essays takes a novel approach to the ancient theory of the Harmony of the Spheres and the notion of musical harmony.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe idea of the harmony of the spheres is an old and venerable one, finding a parallel between the orderly nature of the cosmos and that of music. Wherever there is discussion of order, number, and frequency, connections to music are close at hand.  Modern physics, while on the surface a long way from such ideas, tells a not dissimilar story. Here all things are in motion, ever oscillating, and since sound is a kind of vibration, we have the harmony of spheres built in from the ground up. There is a rhythm to the processes in nature too, from the planetary orbits down to the periodicity of atoms, to the beat of the heart and the circadian cycle. Harmony and rhythm seem to push through into the social world too, offering analogies for ordering (or disordering) societies. Therapeutic connections to health are becoming more apparent, with music able to control many bodily functions via the linkages between brain, heart, lungs, and other systems, which can treat illnesses caused by stress - or, inversely, music might trigger stress. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume presents both old and new approaches to the idea of the harmony of spheres, alternately returning to and revitalizing ancient ideas and taking entirely novel perspectives. Anchored in classical philosophy and religious sources, reflecting Muslim, Jewish, Sufi, Aboriginal, Alchemical\/Hermetic\/Occult, Kabbalistic, and Zoroastrian thought, this comprehensive work marks a timely reassessment of a perennial idea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKen Parry \u003c\/b\u003eis Honorary Senior Research Fellow in the Department of History and Archaeology at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eDepicting the Word: Byzantine Iconophile Thought of the Eighth and Ninth Centuries\u003c\/i\u003e (1996), editor of several books including \u003ci\u003eThe Wiley Blackwell Companion to Patristics\u003c\/i\u003e (2015), and founding editor (2012) of the \u003ci\u003eTexts and Studies in Eastern Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e series. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDean Rickles\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History and Philosophy of Modern Physics and a co-director of The Centre for Time at the University of Sydney, Australia. He is editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Routledge Series on Philosophy of Physics and Mathematics \u003c\/i\u003eand author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eLife is Short: An Appropriately Brief Guide to Making it More Meaningful\u003c\/i\u003e (2022), \u003ci\u003eDual-Aspect Monism and the Deep Structure of Meaning\u003c\/i\u003e (co-authored with Harald Atmanspacher, 2022), and \u003ci\u003eCovered with Deep Mist: The Development of Quantum Gravity\u003c\/i\u003e (2020).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e14 May 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798765157343\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e296\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e19.84\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51965663641740,"sku":"9798765157343","price":108.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_885ba051-28a7-4997-8f96-0b170d54a184.jpg?v=1786070987","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9798765157343","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}