Sound and Resonance at Power Places

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There are places with special energies, often anciently used as cult places or for healing. Accupunctural points of our planet. Some of these places have rooms with a very special sound or resonance tones, inviting to celebrate and go in resonance.

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  • Max Brumberg

    Hello,
    My idea for this group is to share knowledge of intersting places and discuss about things happening with us or to other people.
    For me there are many special accupunctural points on this earth and some of them have sound rooms, sure many churches and chapels but also caves and valleys and other...
    I often visit these places and feel that there is a deep connection..

    Jun 24, 2008

  • Jens Mügge

    Hi Max, I know some powerful places too. Thanks for creating this group. I grow up in a landscape called karst scenery. Yep - the Externsteine are also such a powerful place.

    Jun 24, 2008

  • kiva simova

    I am interested in the relatively new field of study called Acoustic Archeology- from a book called 'Stone Age Soundtracks' by Paul Devereux. It covers both natural and man-made ancient sites around the world. One of the things I would love to do now that I am based in Europe is to seek out some of these places to record overtone singing. Any information you might have about these possibilities is most welcome!

    Jun 24, 2008

  • Sw. Deva Sakshi

    I´ve been at the Druidenhain in Fränkische Schweiz. A huge place full of special vibrations, check it out, it´s worth

    http://www.gardnerian.de/kultorte/druidenhain.htm

    Jun 24, 2008

  • Christian Bollmann

    Thanks for creating this interesting Platform. Besides watertanks, churches and cathedrals the Balve Cage where my wu wei video was recorded is definetly a powerspot, as well as the blue room on Kauai which is a cave with a lake inside, where you can swim and sing in an outragious atmosphere. My next workshop in Greece will include singing in the old Hamam Ephtalu, a hot source architecture on Lesbos. A real healing spot! In September we will practice the combination of yodel and overtoning in an old castel above the Rhine River – another definit Powerspot. Chec Infos on my Homepage www.lichthaus-musik.de Harmonic greetings Christian

    Jun 27, 2008

  • David Hykes

    good forum! when we are silent enough in such special places, we are able to drop a lot of "baggage".

    Jun 30, 2008

  • David Hykes

    listening pilgrimage sites:
    Cathedral of St. John the Divine & Baptistry (NYC), 1979-89;
    Taj Mahal (1991)
    Le Thoronet Abbey (1978-1994).
    Taos, New Mexico (various homes and addresses, on and off the Taos Pueblo grounds, 1953-2007);
    Crestone Dome (1991; 2007)
    Other French abbeys: Noirlac, Fontfroide.
    Harmonic Presence Workroom, Autainville, France, 1998- (www.harmonicpresence.org)

    Jun 30, 2008

  • riccardo misto

    Hi, in Italy I know two places very interesting for overtones singing: In Padova, a city near Venice, there is the "Tempio della Pace", a cathedral with great resonance power.
    Near Padova, in Teolo, a cave named "Grotta di S.Antonio Abate", where I have filmed my video "Tibetan Overtones in the cave".

    Sep 20, 2008

  • Daniel Perret

    We live near the Lascaux Caves in Dordogne, SW France. Though the original cave is closed, there are a number of voluminous and extraordinary cavec all around us, some with cave paintings, some without. Many great for singing, besides the many 12th century churches around here. A student of mine, Yvonne Cunningham, a singer from Sligo (IRL) has written a small paper on the subject of the sound healing properties of stone circles and old sacred stone monuments (burial chambers, etc.). www.vallonperret.com (link soon at work)

    Nov 3, 2008

  • Max Brumberg

    die drueggelter kapelle in der naehe von soest in der mitte deutschlands, einer meiner liebsten klangtempel..

    the drueggelter kapelle, close to soest in the centre of germany, one of my most favourite sound temples

    Nov 20, 2008

  • Avalona

    Thank you and all the BEST!
    Avalona

    Nov 20, 2008

  • Dean Frenkel

    At the top of my many favourites is one I have dubbed 'Coles Cathedral', a 3 tiered corridor leading to the Eltham Coles Supermarket in Melbourne. Acoustically it is better than any place I have overtoned in. With small effort the sound is magnificently magnified with an incomparable tonality. I have performed a concert once and taken my students there on many occasions. I can't wait to record in there.

    Dec 8, 2008

  • Dean Frenkel

    Forgive me for being a bit cryptic but I think that the first sacred resonant space starts from within the internal space of the neck, head and body - our own temple. Once we get that right we can apply it to any external space, provided that space is sufficiently clear and the singer is able to adjust to the space.

    Mar 20, 2009

  • Jens Mügge

    ... true words and not cryptic!

    Mar 21, 2009

  • DaveTeTohunga

    It may not be ancient yet but there is a special place in Florida
    Check out
    The universe is holistic, holographic, and has many mysteries
    and the principles of resonance, interference patterns, frequency etc
    apply to more than just sound phenomena...
    One of the problems with knowlege in this age is compartmentalisation
    where subjects become specialised and communication between specialities is limited...
    Something i find fascinating is that the perhaps wisely protected knowlege
    passed down through the generations of the group referred to includes music recorded as chladni patterns on stone carved cubes at Roslyn,
    and a carving of a cob of American corn long before Columbus
    sailed the ocean blue in fourteen hundred and ninety two.
    Ed the builder professed to employ the secret used to create many of the ancient and sacred sites around the world.
    Certainly the matter relates to the work of the Pythagoreans
    on sacred sound and sacred geometry.
    Hope some of you also find it interesting!
    Goodvibes flowing your way
    :D

    May 3, 2009

  • DaveTeTohunga

    The Link did not appear to work so i will just write it down
    www.code144.com
    Cheers
    :D

    May 3, 2009

  • Jens Mügge

    Hey Dave, do you mean Coral Castle ?

    Jan 7, 2010

  • Skye Løfvander

    Hello everybody,
    From the number of participants and contribution it seems that this issue is of interest, so it may be an idea to optimize the presentation by adding a map similar to the 'member map'. That would save the users for browsing through all the contributions in order to find places of interest in a certain geograhic area. In stead by one glimpse we may catch a survey of other member's recommened acoustic oasises.
    Is this possible?
    Best,
    Skye

    Feb 6, 2010

  • Skye Løfvander

    Hello again everybody-ody-ody-ody....
    Well, the right strategy is not always to expect others to do the work.
    I made a Google Map with markers on all geographical 'power spots' mentioned in the contributions of this group. By clicking on the markers you may find the relevant comments and replies for every spot. The links are not active, though. Below is a screenshot:

    So far it is of course an external address hosted by one of my G-mail accounts (click here to go into the power spot map!) , but i suppose it is possible to embed the map on this site by sharing.
    Enjoy!
    Best,
    Skye

    Best,
    Skye

    Feb 7, 2010

  • Jens Mügge

    Really well done Skye.

    I think Max is at the moment far away from an internet connection. So don't be worry to wait for a response. I did what you suggested in your latest comment here - I added your map to this network - there is only one feature which support an IFRAME Tag - and that's the feature PAGES. So I created for you the Sound and Resonance at Power Places page and added the link above to the group description as the URL of this group.

    Thanks and all the best,
    Jens

    Feb 7, 2010

  • Dean Frenkel

    Well done Skye and Jens. Thanks for your efforts. It was a very clever mind who thought to present resonant power places like this.

    Feb 7, 2010

  • Skye Løfvander

    Hello Jens and Dean,
    Thank you so much!
    I hope it didn't sound like my fundamental note was impatience, I am quite amazed of the time and love which has obviously been invested here, so it is a pleasure to find a way to make a contribution!
    I am just a little concerned that every well meant contribution may create more work for you, Jens. I should like to keep the map - which I have dreamt of for a long time - updated and I am looking forward to find time to add my own links collected through the years.
    I am happy that the map now exists on OMN, but I hope it is possible also to make it visible somehow. For some reason I failed to find the discussion 'Sound Places' which you mention in your reply, Jens, but hopefully it is a question of the system needing time to update!
    Best,
    Skye

    Feb 8, 2010

  • Skye Løfvander

    Well, off course I found the link immediately after sending off my last comment! It is in the Information Box at the top of this group page, which is perfect. To make it more clear however I think 'Website:' should be substitued with a text indicating that by clicking on the link you will actually be taken to a map.
    Best,
    Skye

    Feb 8, 2010

  • Jens Mügge

    Some general notes: A group creator is responsible for his group. He is admin of this group. He is responsible to moderate the group activity. He can give members of his group an admin level that they can edit the group description. Therefore I removed the link again as part of the group description. I am not admin of this group - only founder of the network. Please - if there is a need to discuss let us do it at this discussion

    Your suggestion to substitued "Website" with a text indicating that by clicking on the link you will actually be taken to a map is not achievable. You have to shorten the group description and then you can add a text: "by clicking on the link you will actually be taken to a map."

    Okay! I go offline here in this group for a while. I have to do other things at the moment and can't give more efforts to this group. It is Max's wonderful group and I don't know who is admin of this group too ...

    Feb 8, 2010

  • Dean Frenkel

    Thank you Elizabeth. Your book sounds intriguing. How do I get a copy? In Italy I recommend singing in Duomo, the great cathedral that was built in, I think, 1386. It is an overtone singing experience so extraordinary that those around you have absolutely no idea where the sound is emanating from. Certainly one of the most powerful sacred resonant places for me.

    Feb 9, 2010

  • Skye Løfvander

    Hello Susan and Dean,
    As far as I know duomo simply means cathedral in Italian (Like Dom in German), so there are several.
    At the map I placed the marker at the one in Milano which was erected 1386.

    Feb 9, 2010

  • Skye Løfvander

    Höllgrotten, Baar, Switzerland
    OMN video
    Added by Willi Grimm on December 30, 2009 at 6:57 pm
    A good friend of ours inspired as to this film in the cave "Höllgrotten" in Baar, central Switzerland. Thank you once again Eric for making this happend. Gérard Widmer on the Fujara, Willi Grimm at the Didjeridu. Filmed & Copyright by televideo, CH-6010 Kriens.

    Feb 22, 2010

  • Jens Mügge

    Saurierspuren near Barkhausen, in a beautiful landscape in the Wiehengebirge - the first mountain, if you are coming from the flat North Germany. For people from South Germany it seems to be the last hills on the way to the North Sea - you can find a place in an old stone pit called Steinbruch an den Saurierspuren. You can find imprints from saurians there and to conserve these relicts from ancient times people built a hall with glass and iron over it - the sense of it for musicians and festival organizer: one of the best places for overtone concerts in nature without any booster amplifiers or stuff like that. A place for music in nature for pure nature music.

    Feb 22, 2010

  • Barbara Lübben

    Some people asked me where i recorded "Walhalla". It was taken in Walhalla, east of Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany (www.walhalla-regensburg.de). Walhalla is a hall of fame for "famous personalities in German history" – including some artists and musicians. It is a neo-classical building above the Donau. Inside just marble walls, nearly 200 busts - and a perfectly wonderful reverb - and outside a lovely view on the river Donau.

    Walhalla is a touristic site with opening time table and entrance fee (see link). If you want to sing there, i recommend a realy cold wintersday because otherwise, you will have to share the place with lots of tourists i suppose. Don't forget warm clothes, there is no heating...

    Feb 23, 2010

  • Ellen Berg

    super vielen dANK:

    ich freue mich über diese gruppe, hoffentlich lässt sich der spezielle sound unterschiedlicher kraftorte bald anhörbar machen.
    es trifft so auf den punkt, den sound daran festzumachen...
    versuch macht klug.

    Yours Ellen Kemuo

    Feb 22, 2011

  • Skye Løfvander

    @Charly Wintermeyer:
    Ich habe jetzt eine marke auf die karte bei Vang Vieng eingeführt. Es gibt auch ein link für ein von die videos.

    I have placed a marker at the village of Vang Vieng, Laos, seven kilometers from the Tham Pou Kham cave. There is also a link to one of the videos shot by Charly Wintermeyer in the cave. You may find three more videos at his profile page here on OMN

    May 25, 2011

  • Skye Løfvander



    Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt, Fünf-Finger-Turm Wasserreservoir

    The video gives you an impression of this impressive acoustic space. The quality of both image and sound is unfortunately very poor. On the other hand what is heard is a performance of the ground breaking overtone composition Stimmung (1968) by K. H. Stockhausen (1928-2007).

    May 31, 2011

  • Skye Løfvander

    Millions of tourists visit the leaning and tower of Pisa and most of them also find time to see the baptistery which is part of the same ecclesiastical complex. Every half hour they have the chance to listen to a demonstration of the amazing acoustic properties, when a ticket vendor or guard sings a standard line of chords in one voice. They could probably have found better singers but the effect of the long reverb is extraordinary and makes it possible to sing a three-note-chord even without being an overtone singer.

    Jul 19, 2011

  • Skye Løfvander

    OMN member Peter Govan has arranged a 'sacred sound' event including overtone singing in the remarkable acoustic space of Hamilton Mausoleom.
    You may listen to a recording of his singing here:
    http://www.myspace.com/petergovan/music/songs/return-of-the-sun-liv...

    Wikipedia about the Hamilton Mausoleom:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_Mausoleum

    Jun 13, 2012

  • Skye Løfvander


    WIKIPEDIA (excerpt):
    The Ear of Dionysius (Italian: Orecchio di Dionisio) is an artificial limestone cave carved out of the Temenites hill in the city of Syracuse, on the island of Sicily in Italy. Its name comes from its similarity in shape to the human ear.
    The Ear of Dionysius was most likely formed out of an old limestone quarry. It is 23 metres high and extends 65 metres back into the cliff. Horizontally, it bends in an approximate "S" shape, vertically it is tapered at the top like a teardrop. Because of its shape the Ear has extremely good acoustics, making even a small sound resonate throughout the cave.

    Nov 4, 2012

  • Ellen Berg

    This is a live- recording from the circle in the Gallus-Kapelle Leutkirch/tautenhofen im Allgäu- Germany. Very powerfull place with an amazing view all around. i like to recommend you to this small chappel. one can find rest, peace, energy and loving care.the accoustic is amazing and can bring some to higher level beeing in touch with selfhealing process. this place gives something to me like to be asured evryting comes my way is perfectly right and lovely. so i agree and accept. just say yes.

    Nov 16, 2012

  • Skye Løfvander

    http://www.panoramio.com/photo/60229544
    http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galluskapelle_Winterberg

    Nov 16, 2012

  • Skye Løfvander

    The UK's five weirdest sounding places

    - St Paul's Cathedral Whispering Gallery, London (video below)
    - Wormit water reservoir, Dundee
    - Greenwich foot tunnel in London
    - Bitterns at Ham Wall, near Glastonbury
    - Anechoic chambers around the UK (check out this link as well!)

    Mar 8, 2013

  • Skye Løfvander

    Chavín de Huántar

    http://www.psmag.com/culture/mescaline-music-terror-42603/

    http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/330/

    Mar 24, 2013

  • Skye Løfvander

    http://www.tanksounds.org/

    THE TANK is an acoustical marvel, a senses-altering experience found nowhere else on earth. A 60' tall, 30' across rusted steel water tank - never used - was discovered in Colorado by sound artist and sonic thinker ​Bruce Odland in 1976. A small group of musicians has been recording there ever since.

    THE TANK is a sonic wonder of the world, with a shifting, swirling reverberation longer and richer than the Taj Majal or the Great Pyramid. Sitting unnoticed in the dirt hills outside Rangely, Colorado — surrounded by oil pumps and dirt bike trails — the profound acoustic beauty within is balanced by the austerity of its remote location and its simple industrial architecture.

    Mar 30, 2013

  • Max Brumberg

    a recording i made last year in the st. helens cistern below the church of sepulcher in jerusalem... amazing acoustic there, a very old ancient and beautiful spot! a must visit for overtone-singers!

    Sep 7, 2013

  • Max Brumberg

    Sep 7, 2013

  • Max Brumberg

    i was fscinated when i heard the recording first time. the melody was very much inspired by the place.. it is below the old holy church of sepulchre in the middle of jerusalem... i never played this melody before and never did so again since then.. it felt like i was somehow chaneling it...

    Sep 7, 2013

  • Max Brumberg

    nice sound-ideas to stonehenge!
    http://soundsofstonehenge.wordpress.com

    Dec 6, 2013

  • Skye Løfvander

    Now we've heard it all: Acoustic scientists shatter the world record for longest ever echo

    Deep inside a complex of secret tunnels in the Highlands stirs a sound which will reverberate through the ages. The world record for the longest echo ever discovered has been shattered by a hidden network of oil storage tanks in Rossshire.
    Read the article!

    Jan 16, 2014

  • Skye Løfvander

    Gasometer Oberhausen
    Wikipedia: "The Gasometer Oberhausen is a former gas holder in Oberhausen, Germany, which has been converted into an exhibition space. It has hosted several large scale exhibitions, including two by Christo and Jeanne-Claude. The Gasometer is an industrial landmark, and an anchor point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage and the Industrial Heritage Trail. It was built in the 1920s, but largely reconstructed after World War II."
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasometer_Oberhausen http://www.gasometer.de/en/

    Apr 18, 2014

  • Jens Mügge

    Hi Skye,

    thanks for all your comments on the comment wall of this group. There is another Gasometer in Augsburg ....

    Christian Bollmann writes to this video: "Nach seinem Konzert im Zeughaus Augsburg am 13.10.2010 führten Andreas Franz und Phillip Steigenberger Christian Bollmann zum Soundcheck in den Gasometer Augsburg. Vielen Dank für dieses fantastische Klangraumerlebnis."

    Apr 19, 2014