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| 2012: Ascension Harmonics | 
enlarge | Artist: Jonathan Goldman Label: Spirit Music Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating: 2 reviews Sales Rank: 60917
Media: Audio CD Discs: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 1111 UPC: 999331111298 EAN: 0099933111129 ASIN: B001BPB1R4
Release Date: August 12, 2008 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Album Description * With millions of people tuning in to Oprah's online course with Eckhard Tolle, where the key focus is on "awakening," 2012: Ascension Harmonics is an amazing sonic tool to help awaken people. * Designed to be used to initiate altered states of consciousness and activate frequency shifts, it is excellent for rituals, shamanic journeys, and the ascension process. * Created by Jonathan Goldman, best-selling author of The 7 Secrets of Sound Healing (Hay House). Goldman is a pioneer in the field of harmonics, a Grammy nominee, and a Gold-selling artist who has appeared on Grammy-winning recordings. He has published numerous books considered the best in their field including Healing Sounds (Inner Traditions) and the award winning Tantra of Sound (Hampton Roads). * Excellent for deep meditation and profound inner journeys. * Never before released sacred Healing Sounds. * 2012 is a huge selling point in terms of books--the title alone sells. * Goldman was named one of the Top 5 Most Popular New Age Musicians of all time by New Age Retailer magazine. He has a large and growing audience. "These otherworldly sounds create a sonic environment that is excellent for deep inner consciousness activation and profound meditation experiences." -- Sound Currents "Great for deep meditation and to awaken consciousness." -- Heart Song Review
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AMAZING VOCALs; GOOD FOR JOURNEYING October 19, 2008 4 out of 4 found this review helpful
i had high hopes for this album, as its' namesake by Richard Shulman, "Ascension Harmonics," was such a fantastic entheogenic experience of the Christic & Ascension energies. this is something different. rather than crystalline ladders to heaven or the like, we find ourselves in a kind of dimensional vortex similar to the work of David Hykes and the Harmonic Choir, but more shamanistic and trance-oriented. the liner notes tell us that it was recorded quite some time ago and was used in workshop scenarioes, where it received some acclamation. even Goldman admits he doesn't know exactly what it does but that it acts as a kind of extradimensional portal for journeying. the first time i listened, i wasn't analyzing or trypping, but simply being quite blown away by the vocal work. there is no synthesis on this album, so you start going crazy trying to figure out how certain effects could be done vocally. secondly, the multitracking is so dense it is nigh on impossible to focus on any one vocal track. this is all framed by an excellent set of Tibetan bowls, which are either rubbed or faded-in so one doesn't hear the mallet strikes. 2012: Ascension Harmonics is a 71-minute long form piece that is basically a mellifluous drone that is continually morphing with a metallic lustre that produces coronal shining effects courtesy of the bowls and bells. while listening the second time, i realized that the overall vibe of this recording reminded me of a planetary vibe such as i am familiar with in my NASA/Voyager recordings of the outer planets and the Primordial Tones by Joachim Ernst-Berendt. after some fussing with equipment and recordings, i estimated that the fundamental pitch was between a C sharp and a D, but closer to the D. Goldman has made several recordings at C sharp for the base chakra tone. i felt though, that the sound was more complex, reminding me of Berendt's Saturn/Mercury recording which is near C sharp. wearing the headphones with the sound up and my closed eyes facing venetian blinds illuminated by sunlight from outside, i noticed that this album has a constant fluttering which shifts and flows, suggesting a complex interference pattern created by the lack of a clean dominant wave. indeed, i could not relax back into a simple wave state as one does with brainwave music. Instead, i was in a state of constant flux and kaleidoscopic dream machine visuals. although the fundamental was around C sharp, the fifth near G sharp seemed to be mostly involved in the visionary aspect, as if the throat chakra and third eye were intermixing and creating a journeyspace between on the 5th plane. fascinating stuff, very pleasurable and i could see it as good backsound for massage, ritual and group lightwork. i'm giving this three stars because i would give Jonathan's ESSENTIAL albums the five star ratings and his BEST (after "essential," of course,) the four star rating. compared to these other albums, Ascension Harmonics doesn't know what it wants to be in terms of where the listener goes in their mind, so it is rather like zooming around in a UFO which has indecipherable controls. on the other hand, this is an album where Jonathan is working very intuitively and experimentally, which is awesome to hear. 3 stars means it is a good if not great album. in that it is nonspecific, it has wide uses as backsound.
wonderful meditation aid November 18, 2008 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Goldman has produced yet another of his wonderful CDs. His work ranges from simple chants to complex layers of various instruments and vocal techniques. He also helped produce Lama Tashi's excellent Deep Voice chanting CD, "Tibetan Master Chants."
This CD is the best I have used for meditation and energy work. It is the public release of work that he has used personally and on a limited basis with others for some time. It consists of layers of chanting, vocal overtones, Tibetan bowls and bells, in an harmonious blend that is smooth, soothing, and steady. It runs for 111 minutes and 10 seconds without a break.
This is an amazing piece of music (?). I immediately felt a powerful effect, and it has radically energized my energy and dream work in just a few days. The effects seem to deepen and strengthen with time and use, and just this morning I spent a wonderful 3 hours in altered states doing some intense energy work, part of the time with it turned up very loud on the stereo.
There are lots of hokey and half-baked meditation CDs out there. This, however, is the real thing. It is powerful and can have profound effects on your energy field and meditation work. Use it with care and conscious intent.
Fantastic work, Jonathan.
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