Tantric Art - Composing Music For The Goddess Kali
We hope that this will be a truly inspiring article for whoever wishes a deeper understanding of spirituality and/or art and the creative process. The subject of our article is how to make music for the great tantric Goddess Kali. Naturally we will start of with a short description of the Goddess followed by an introduction to the revolutionary law of resonance. Finally we will end with a description of how an artist can use this law in the creation of his work. We hope that this article is of interest to artists and spiritual seekers.
About Kali
Kali Ma is the first of the 10 mahavidya, or wisdom goddesses in the tantric tradition. She is portrayed with black skin, 4 arms, wide open glaring eyes, a necklace consisting of severed heads and dances on the graves in the cemetery her tongue lolling wildly out of her big wide open mouth, laughing at the attachments of us mortal humans.
Indeed she is a terrible goddess to behold, especially for those who are not initiated in her ways. But if you have courage and you dare to study and meditate subjects such as time and death her grace will be revealed to you!
About resonance
The main teaching of Tantra is the law of Resonance. This law is deeper and more profound than the law of attraction which is on everybodies lips after the movie 'the secret' came out.
Everything in the universe consists of energy which vibrates with different frequency. Energies with similar frequencies will be attracted to each other and start a process of resonance together. In this process they will start to exchange information between them.
During the day we move through different resonance spheres or areas and our moods and feelings react accordingly. If we are in a place where there is an 'angry' resonance we will also become angry if we have the energy of anger within us. The energy of anger in the place and our energy of anger will start to 'resonate' with each other.
If we are in a place with a hectic on edge vibe such as a football stadium watching an exciting game, we will for sure soak up that energy and resonate with it. If the place is serene and calm we in turn will become serene and calm.
A specific resonance can be inherent in a color, in a landscape or in a room with certain people etc. A resonance is not confined to one medium. A resonance of desolation could be in a landscape, a colour or in a room full of desolate people. Music is one of the most powerful conveyors of resonance.
To illustrate the point, if you listen to heavy metal for instance, the chances are likely that you will enter into a mood of anger, power, frustration and destruction. You will enter into a process of resonance with the anger and hatred of the people who made the music and the people who listen to it.
On the other hand if you listen to harmonious, beautiful music you will go into resonance with harmony and beauty.
A very quick way to go into a specific mood or state in meditation is to start by listening to music which embodies that state. Music is extremely efficient in jump starting our desired mood.
Applying resonance in art
If you want to make music or art with a certain specific mood, you have to immerse yourself in that mood. You have to study it by looking at pictures and listening to music which conveys that mood. You have to act according to the mood as if it were already in you. In this way you will through the process of resonance, start to download the necessary information for the creation of the artwork.
By studying the subject/object on which you base your art work you will impregnate your art piece with the resonance of the studied object. Anybody who then contemplates your art will in turn be impregnated by that resonance.
Using resonance to create music for Kali
Studying Kali will bring with it deep meditation and speculation on the subjects of life, death and time. These subjects might indeed be terrifying for those who have not delved more in them.
The music created by such a contemplation on Kali will very likely also convey a feeling of terror. This can be done by using drones and strong percussive elements. Also the minor tonalities from Arabia and India give an aura of mystique and danger.
After a long contemplation on Kali, one would hopefully have a higher intuitive notion of life and death which will lead to an opening in the heart. This heightened feeling of love will then also be inherent in the music. Music with Kali has to convey this feeling of danger and terror but also this great opening of the heart which comes after understanding the deeper meaning of life and death.
I hope that the article gave you a taste of what it is to be a tantric composer using the law of resonance to create artworks for Goddesses! - 18780
About Kali
Kali Ma is the first of the 10 mahavidya, or wisdom goddesses in the tantric tradition. She is portrayed with black skin, 4 arms, wide open glaring eyes, a necklace consisting of severed heads and dances on the graves in the cemetery her tongue lolling wildly out of her big wide open mouth, laughing at the attachments of us mortal humans.
Indeed she is a terrible goddess to behold, especially for those who are not initiated in her ways. But if you have courage and you dare to study and meditate subjects such as time and death her grace will be revealed to you!
About resonance
The main teaching of Tantra is the law of Resonance. This law is deeper and more profound than the law of attraction which is on everybodies lips after the movie 'the secret' came out.
Everything in the universe consists of energy which vibrates with different frequency. Energies with similar frequencies will be attracted to each other and start a process of resonance together. In this process they will start to exchange information between them.
During the day we move through different resonance spheres or areas and our moods and feelings react accordingly. If we are in a place where there is an 'angry' resonance we will also become angry if we have the energy of anger within us. The energy of anger in the place and our energy of anger will start to 'resonate' with each other.
If we are in a place with a hectic on edge vibe such as a football stadium watching an exciting game, we will for sure soak up that energy and resonate with it. If the place is serene and calm we in turn will become serene and calm.
A specific resonance can be inherent in a color, in a landscape or in a room with certain people etc. A resonance is not confined to one medium. A resonance of desolation could be in a landscape, a colour or in a room full of desolate people. Music is one of the most powerful conveyors of resonance.
To illustrate the point, if you listen to heavy metal for instance, the chances are likely that you will enter into a mood of anger, power, frustration and destruction. You will enter into a process of resonance with the anger and hatred of the people who made the music and the people who listen to it.
On the other hand if you listen to harmonious, beautiful music you will go into resonance with harmony and beauty.
A very quick way to go into a specific mood or state in meditation is to start by listening to music which embodies that state. Music is extremely efficient in jump starting our desired mood.
Applying resonance in art
If you want to make music or art with a certain specific mood, you have to immerse yourself in that mood. You have to study it by looking at pictures and listening to music which conveys that mood. You have to act according to the mood as if it were already in you. In this way you will through the process of resonance, start to download the necessary information for the creation of the artwork.
By studying the subject/object on which you base your art work you will impregnate your art piece with the resonance of the studied object. Anybody who then contemplates your art will in turn be impregnated by that resonance.
Using resonance to create music for Kali
Studying Kali will bring with it deep meditation and speculation on the subjects of life, death and time. These subjects might indeed be terrifying for those who have not delved more in them.
The music created by such a contemplation on Kali will very likely also convey a feeling of terror. This can be done by using drones and strong percussive elements. Also the minor tonalities from Arabia and India give an aura of mystique and danger.
After a long contemplation on Kali, one would hopefully have a higher intuitive notion of life and death which will lead to an opening in the heart. This heightened feeling of love will then also be inherent in the music. Music with Kali has to convey this feeling of danger and terror but also this great opening of the heart which comes after understanding the deeper meaning of life and death.
I hope that the article gave you a taste of what it is to be a tantric composer using the law of resonance to create artworks for Goddesses! - 18780
About the Author:
Hans Havasi is a programmer, musician and teacher of Tantra and Yoga who leads a tantric art and retreat centre in the north of Copenhagen. Hans and his wife Mariah form the music duo Ibis music which specializes in making tantric music for relaxation, lovemaking and evoking of the tantric goddesses. Visit their webpage and recieve Kali meditation music for download or read about Kali Ma here
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