Jill Mattson – Ancient Sages appreciated the power of sounds in languages. Many religions still conduct masses in Latin, rituals and ceremonies using extinct languages – because the ancient sounds are considered sacred.
Some believe that as civilizations changed so did their languages, which subtly brought about mental, emotional and physical changes to people – because they were exposed to different sounds. Continue reading
Jill Mattson – Today we believe that words enable us to communicate; the word has a symbolic meaning. In ancient times, they knew a secret that words had vibratory energy contained within each sound packet.
To unlearn ordinary methods of talking with symbolic words, the Pythagorean school had initiates (students) refrain from all speech for the first five years to learn the reticence of speech, to be able to keep the schools mysteries, strengthen silence and focus on the power of each different sounds/words. Agg! Could you imagine voluntarily not speaking for five years!
One of the secrets that the Pythagorean students learned was the power within vowel sounds. In fact many early alphabets (names of god in Hebrew & Egyptian) excluded vowel sounds, as they believed them to be too stimulating. Pythagorean students observed, in their silence, where words resonated within their bodies, which chakras were activates by which sounds, and what sounds were associated with specific mental states.
Some words subtly affect physical aspects, while others have power over the emotional levels of a person. The student’s were taught that energy follows thought and to grasp the intention and feeling attached to everyone’s words. The symbolic meaning of a word was only its shell, there was energy and information in the sound!