Harmonic Temple

We love the Harmonic Temple songs of Nickomo Clarke. This text is from his website. 

“The Harmonic Temple is a collection of chants in four part harmony using short texts from a broad spectrum of spiritual traditions. When sung repeatedly in an open-hearted manner, a special ambience develops; a feeling of being in a Sacred space created by the sound of the harmony, which for want of a better expression, I call ‘the Harmonic Temple’.

The Harmonic Temple happens when a group of singers sing in a circle, for themselves and each other with no other audience, with the intent of going deeply into the attunement of the chant. This usually means sustaining the song for a while, so that all the singers can get past the point of struggling to remember words or melody, and beyond issues around vocal inadequacy, to the point at which they are one with the music and its intent. This can include exploring the physical space occupied by the singers, to feel the impact of the sound from various places in and around the circle, and times of listening, prayer, meditation and/or allowing the music to enter as a medium of healing.

I experience music as a magical transformative medium, especially singing, which involves the being in a complete and individual way. Through music has come most of my understanding of mystical concepts, such as the transcending of self to feeling a sense of oneness with a greater universal reality. I have experienced it as a great healing, and as a profound meditation, and as the best way for me of addressing the Great Mystery in prayer. Unaccompanied vocal harmony has the most potent magic for me, I regard it as a great gift and as sacred as anything I understand by that word.”

For upcoming Harmonic Temple evenings, see our events page.