MUSIC: Keynote Of The Human Spirit
Ruth B. Skaggs
COMMENTS ABOUT THE BOOK
“Music: Keynote of the Human Spirit has opened my eyes and ears to the monumental effect of music for healing the psyche and soul. As a scientist, scholar, musician and therapist, Ruth Skaggs gives us an understanding of the effect of music on body/mind, as well as poignant case material describing the transformations and healing of clients faced with death or drug abuse.”
Natalie Rogers, author, The Creative Connection: Expressive Arts As Healing
“From the opening pages I knew I had found one of those healers of ancient tradition who calls upon the mystery of music to restore the body and soul. This healer also educates us with modern research finding, insights from depth psychology and case histories that will thrill any music lover. Skaggs opens our eyes to the mysteries of music as oracle, metaphor and universal creative force. Every chapter offers enlightening research findings and on-target quotations.”
Dianne
Skafte, author, Listening to the Oracle
“The author’s statement in the
introduction stood out for me as the focus in this work. She writes, ‘This book is an attempt to
explore the meaning of music in the whole of humanity, its part in the
evolution of consciousness, its role as a carrier of unconscious universal
motifs and its power to heal.’ She
increases the reader’s awareness of the need for healing music in our world
today, and she challenges the reader to be responsible and intentional in the
use of music.”
Linda Mattern, music therapist,
“As a musician, I know that the
truth of what she writes has always been just beyond my understanding, and she
pulls it forward into my consciousness.
Her book provides the clarity to recognize the simple power of music and
its place in our lives.”
Rebecca Liprie, NCTM
“Ruth Skaggs has a profound love
affair with music and shares this in her book.
She feels that integrating music, not only in therapy, but in education,
medicine and drug treatment, could help us with the ‘global changes we need for
our survival.’ With this short yet meaty
book she has made a very good case for the importance of music in our lives as
well as providing us with rich clinical information and research.”
Kate T. Donohue, PH.D, California Institute of Integral Studies