Sonic Angel Music: SOS Journal

On Wednesday, December 6th, SOS Crystal Bowl Choir sounded a chakra performance meditation at Unity Christ Center Healing Service in Suwanee. Candace lead SOS in a meditation which immersed participants in the sounds of specific chakra combinations to energize and harmonize the interplay of chakra energies. Participants lay on pillows and mats inside this circle of 14 candlelit crystal bowls in a double chakra layout so that they felt themselves inside shimmering wings of sound as the intervals changed around them. A light show overhead showed the "angel wings" progression in white with a brilliant blue background. Deep sensory nurturing and peace was felt by all!

SOS Crystal Bowl Choir sounded a performance meditation by the lake at Serenity Lakes in Lawrenceville on Wednesday, September 6th before a lecture given by Freddy Silva. SOS performed in the formation of one of the sacred geometric harmonic patterns that Freddy discussed in his lecture. Similar to the ancient healing temples and the mysterious crop circles, the very dimensions of this form access electro-magnetic energy lines for healing. The crystal bowls sounded the actual intervals of these ratios for total immersion! When Freddy stood above us on the hill he actually heard an unplayed overtone ringing from the "pentagon within a 5-pointed star within a pentagon within a circle" dimensions which he created with a compass, measuring tape and crepe paper! Those of us in the circle heard this phantom pitch randomly appear and disappear while we were playing the bowls!

Freddy is the world’s foremost expert on sacred spaces, and best-selling author of Secrets in the Fields: The Science and Mysticism of Crop Circles, hailed by many as the most comprehensive book ever written on this fascinating and multi-disciplinary phenomenon. He is also a leading researcher into the interaction between temples and consciousness, and recently directed the documentary “Stairways To Heaven: The Practical Magic Of Sacred Space.

With over 300 in attendance
A Spiral of Sound from 27 crystal bowls created
“Nature's Harmony” on the hill near Park Tavern in Piedmont Park,
Atlanta, Georgia

Candace writes, "On summer solstice we created a Spiral of Sound at Piedmont Park made up of pitches that very, very closely matched a harmonic series starting on E. For 45 minutes we created waves of "nature's harmony" wafting up the spiral in 3's, then 5's, then 8's, then 13's into all of the bowls sounding at sunset.

We had about 300 people meditating around us and it was incredible - at the apex of the sounding, it became completely quiet around us - the city sounds were unusually silenced and overhead the sky was magnificent, a deep twilight blue, and the clouds in the sky were blazing pink.

One of the bowl players told me there was a pink wispy cloud that formed halfway down the tall buildings across the way and just hovered there until we were finished when it disappeared! We had candles in the bowls so as it got dark the bowls became illuminated from within - it was beautiful!"

Letter to Candace from Betty, one of the audience members,

"The Solstice Meditation was so powerful! I did a walking meditation around the perimeter of the seated and standing crowd.

I could feel the energy streaming up through my feet. The air was infused with energetic sound. I was so grateful I could attend.

All of the participants looked beautiful in their shades of white,
with the colorful streamers surrounding them.

As the sun set the illuminated bowls made for a magical conclusion.

Thanks to all participants and visitors seen and unseen, for this special gathering."

Amazingly, just the week before Summer Solstice, Candace was contacted by Chuck Cogliandro, director of Kumandi Drums, when he found out both groups had "sound" intentions to celebrate the solstice in the same arena!!! Many of you may know Chuck as the organizer of the 100-member percussion tribe that began the Opening Ceremonies of the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.

Chuck had invited 1500 of his closest friends and was planning to lead a rhythm mandala, teaching stepping, chanting and tapping patterns for concentric circles of rhythm. He thought perhaps we could join our energies and events and indeed, the timing and placement was already perfect.

As Candace noted, "how interesting that we have together come up with complementary events celebrating the complete spectrum of energy, starting with the percussion moving energy up from the lower chakras and ending with the crystal bowls moving the energy even higher into the upper chakras and beyond!!!"

Chuck’s comments to Candace after the event, “Wow that was such an amazing evening. I hope you got to see the most glorious sunset appearing over the downtown skyline as your bowls glowed with life. I have heard from so many people who were heartened and had their hopes rekindled for peace and joy in our community from the togetherness and love that was present in the gathering. What a profound synchrony of events, to have our intentions for our offerings so perfectly aligned!”