"Sound is more than simply a medium of artistic expression. Sound has
practical and powerful applications in the real world."
Mantras, or simple chants, are short phrases packed with energy and
intention--specifically designed to generate powerful sound waves that
promote healing, insight, creativity, and spiritual growth. Healing
Mantras is the practical, how-to guide that makes the strengths and
benefits of mantras available to everyone. The transformative power of
sound has been passed down to the present from the sages of India, the
classical scientists of ancient Greece, and the medieval monks of
Europe. Mantras, sounds, and chants have inspired, comforted, and mended
the lives of individuals, religious orders, and even entire cultures.
Even though the science and discipline of chanting and formal prayer are
practiced in every religion around the world, this is the first time
that ancient Sanskrit mantras have been explained and adapted to Western
needs.
One of the few Western experts in Hindu and Buddhist mantras, Thomas
Ashley-Farrand has practiced mantra-based spiritual disciplines for
twenty-five years. In this illuminating book, he explains how and why
mantras work and shows how to use them for everything from controlling
habits to overcoming fear, from curing specific ailments to finding
inner peace. In each of the more than fifty mantras, all translated from
the original Sanskrit, Ashley-Farrand unlocks the power of every word,
explains its appropriate application, and tells you how to pronounce it
in easy-to-follow phonetic symbols. Inside, you'll find mantras for
- Health - Worldly Success - Habit Control - Protection - Grief -
Anger - Controlling Fear - Personal Attraction - Wisdom - Concentration
and Mental Clarity - Healing Life Issues - and more!
These mantras can be repeated aloud or in silence and can be used by
people of any religion or spiritual practice, "as you wash dishes, as
you drive on the freeway, as you meditate, or as you cook." Sound can
help and sound can heal, and Healing Mantras now makes this sound
medicine available to everyone.
