voyageur said:
Remembered reading in THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES by Manly P. Hall (1928) references to Homer and Odyssey but could not remember exactly the context. Doing a search revealed only a few references noted and here is what he states.
The Pythagoreans
The favorite method of healing among the Pythagoreans was by the aid of poultices. These people also knew the magic properties of vast numbers of plants. Pythagoras highly esteemed the medicinal properties of the sea onion, and he is said to have written an entire volume on the subject. Such a work, however, is not known at the present time. Pythagoras discovered that music had great therapeutic power and he prepared special harmonies for various diseases. He apparently experimented also with color, attaining considerable success. One of his unique curative processes resulted from his discovery of the healing value of certain verses from the Odyssey and the Iliad of Homer. These he caused to be read to persons suffering from certain ailments…
Of Ciphers
#3 said:
The acroamatic cipher. The religious and philosophical writings of all nations abound with acroamatic cryptograms, that is, parables and allegories. The acroamatic is unique in that the document containing it may be translated or reprinted without affecting the cryptogram. Parables and allegories have been used since remote antiquity to present moral truths in an attractive and understandable manner. The acroamatic cryptogram is a pictorial cipher drawn in words and its symbolism must be so interpreted. The Old and New Testaments of the Jews, the writings of Plato and Aristotle, Homer's Odyssey and Iliad, Virgil's Æneid, The Metamorphosis of Apuleius, and Æsop's Fables are outstanding examples of acroamatic cryptography in which are concealed the deepest and most sublime truths of ancient mystical philosophy.
The acroamatic cipher is the most subtle of all, for the parable or allegory is susceptible of several interpretations. Bible students for centuries have been confronted by this difficultly. They are satisfied with the moral interpretation of the parable and forget that each parable and allegory is capable of seven interpretations, of which the seventh--the highest--is complete and all-inclusive, whereas the other six (and lesser) interpretations are fragmentary, revealing but part of the mystery. The creation myths of the world are acroamatic cryptograms, and the deities of the various pantheons are only cryptic characters which, if properly understood, become the constituents of a divine alphabet. The initiated few comprehend the true nature of this alphabet, but the uninitiated many worship the letters of it as gods.
Speculating here a bit.
Since we know that sound affecta matter, and can even change ita structure in a clear macro way (Cymatics, etc), and we have established probabilities regarding the antiquity of The Odyssey, due to its structure, etc. The healing effects of certain verses from it, from my prespective, adds weight to the theory that we are dealing with the
disjecta membra of a vanished civilization. A civilization that was much more efficient in its ways of doing all the things civilizations do. We are now only beggining to discover the mysteries of sound, and its effect on various systems.
Also, the structure of The Odyssey could also be why some of its verses may have a healing effect. Since music ("Ordered" sound) is number in time, the very structure of the verses, when sung may produce by someone who knows about it, and has the intent which is coded in the verses, delivers information to the person who is being sung to. A quote from Dr. Hyman is relevent "food is not just energy, food is also information". It is also interesting to note that all compunds have a specific "sound" or resonance that they produce as a consequence of their bonding with various atoms to form said compund. Take acetylcholine for example, you have receptors on the surface of your cell for this specific molecule and only this molecule, but what is interesting, is that if you "know" the resonant frequency or "sound" of acetylcholine and "play" that, the cell will behave as if the molecule is at the receptor and initiate the sequence of events relating to the uptake of acetylcholine.
Q: (L) Do thoughts produce gravity?
A: Yes.
Q: (L) Does sound produce gravity?
A: Yes.
Q: (L) Can sound manipulate gravity?
A: Yes.
Q: (L) Can it be done with the human voice?
A: Yes.
Q: (L) Can it be done tonally or by power through thought?
A: Both.
Q: (L) Then, is there also specific sound configurations involved?
A: Gravity is manipulated by sound when thought manipulated by gravity chooses to produce sound which manipulates
gravity. Q: (L) Now, did the fellow who built the Coral Castle spin in his airplane seat while thinking his manipulations into place?
A: No. He spun when gravity chose to manipulate him to spin in order to manipulate gravity.
Q: (L) Does gravity have consciousness?
A: Yes.
This Odyssey thread, is truly an "Odyssey". :D