The music of the spheres is such a beautiful idea. The most interesting contemporary tribute to it I've seen comes from the post modern boogeyman John Cage. His Etudes Australes and Etudes Boreales were composed using star charts and chance operations. The idea is to remove the human will and let nature speak. The result is fascinating --
Heliocentrism is a theory that has not been definitively proven. Without a fixed frame of reference, it is mathematically valid to assume that the Earth is stationary. Which makes sense given that astronomers had been making detailed calculations for thousands of years before Galileo and Copernicus. More here: https://www.journeytothecenteroftheuniverse.org/forum
The scientific viability of geocentrism interests me but is definitely beyond my field of expertise. I remember reading somewhere that the relativity of motion does ensure that the earth can be considered stationary, but also that the observed motion of the stars and planets becomes much more difficult (though not impossible?) to explain if earth is the assumed stationary reference point.
Right, I was just saying they're both theories. It is interesting that it is almost always presented as definitively proven. If there were competing theories about, say, whether the center of the earth is cold or hot, most people would admit that we can't directly observe it and be content to say that it's just a theory.
Yes, agreed. I've written elsewhere on the politicization of science and the decline of the scientific method. It's a source of great frustration to me when scientists don't have open-minded, objective debates about competing theories, especially when the matter at hand is something as fundamental as the structure of the cosmos.
The early medieval philosopher, Pseudo Dionysius, wrote a treatise entitled, The Celestial Hierarchy, which I believe contains thoughts on the harmonious sounds of the universe.
The Celestial Hierarchy does speak of the orders of the heavenly beings and their transmission of the perfect light of God, but I don't know if it directly addresses the music of the spheres. The discussion of the "excellent hymnologies of the super-celestial Minds," in Chapter 7, seems a bit different: "Wherefore the Word of God has transmitted its hymns to those on earth.... For some of its members, to speak after sensible perception, proclaim as a 'voice of many waters'..."
If you find another section of this text that pertains to the music of the spheres, please let us know!
The music of the spheres is such a beautiful idea. The most interesting contemporary tribute to it I've seen comes from the post modern boogeyman John Cage. His Etudes Australes and Etudes Boreales were composed using star charts and chance operations. The idea is to remove the human will and let nature speak. The result is fascinating --
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21siGmjyAfk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etudes_Australes
Thank you for sharing this!
This is so beautiful, thank you for sharing! 💗🙏🏻
You're welcome!
Heliocentrism is a theory that has not been definitively proven. Without a fixed frame of reference, it is mathematically valid to assume that the Earth is stationary. Which makes sense given that astronomers had been making detailed calculations for thousands of years before Galileo and Copernicus. More here: https://www.journeytothecenteroftheuniverse.org/forum
https://arxiv.org/abs/1301.6045
The scientific viability of geocentrism interests me but is definitely beyond my field of expertise. I remember reading somewhere that the relativity of motion does ensure that the earth can be considered stationary, but also that the observed motion of the stars and planets becomes much more difficult (though not impossible?) to explain if earth is the assumed stationary reference point.
Right, I was just saying they're both theories. It is interesting that it is almost always presented as definitively proven. If there were competing theories about, say, whether the center of the earth is cold or hot, most people would admit that we can't directly observe it and be content to say that it's just a theory.
Yes, agreed. I've written elsewhere on the politicization of science and the decline of the scientific method. It's a source of great frustration to me when scientists don't have open-minded, objective debates about competing theories, especially when the matter at hand is something as fundamental as the structure of the cosmos.
The early medieval philosopher, Pseudo Dionysius, wrote a treatise entitled, The Celestial Hierarchy, which I believe contains thoughts on the harmonious sounds of the universe.
The Celestial Hierarchy does speak of the orders of the heavenly beings and their transmission of the perfect light of God, but I don't know if it directly addresses the music of the spheres. The discussion of the "excellent hymnologies of the super-celestial Minds," in Chapter 7, seems a bit different: "Wherefore the Word of God has transmitted its hymns to those on earth.... For some of its members, to speak after sensible perception, proclaim as a 'voice of many waters'..."
If you find another section of this text that pertains to the music of the spheres, please let us know!
Fascinating, will check this out!