Tantra of Sound

'Tantra of Sound' was really a discovery for me! On first sight, and compared to Goldman’s earlier book 'Healing Sounds,' which I equally reviewed, this present book appears to be edited in a more professional way, and in fact, it’s from a different publisher. The choice of headers and font, all is perfect in the present publication, and I did not find one single typo, while in 'Healing Sounds,' I found several.And this present volume has one big advantage: it comes with an Audio CD that contains 20 tracks over 60.34 minutes of playing time, the first and last being Introduction and Conclusion and all the others being vocal intonations. In addition, it is noteworthy that this volume has been authored by both Jonathan Goldman and his wife Andi Goldman, and this for good reason.The book’s main intent to to apply sound to relationship, and even to love and sexual union, in order to stimulate and broaden the pleasure and joy of love within the couple—really an extraordinary gift item after all. I can whole-heartedly recommend this book. But not only for this purpose. In fact, I am myself in the moment without a partner, and this fact did not reduce my interest in the book.To begin with, what is of high interest in this present book is the research that the authors have done on Tantra, a research that pretty much unveiled most of what is written on the Internet about Tantra as folklore and imagination.So, to summarize, if you want to buy this book for strictly enhancing your sex life, and expect it to contain explicit sexual advice, you better buy any other book on the matter.This book does not contain sexual advice. On the other hand, the exercises are varied enough and thorough enough to impact, if you do them correctly, on your emotional body, and that of your partner, and by so doing, you may experience a stronger fusion and perhaps also a stronger sexual response. I would say that chances are higher for this to happen than not to happen. But the book is not written with an intent that focuses on the sexual union, but is much broader in perspective and rather speaks of love, instead of speaking of sex. And I personally think that this is the right approach, as it is holistic.I will not discuss the holy mantras that the authors very thoroughly present both in verbal explanation and as vocal intonations because this may be considered by the authors as core material and therefore might be considered as more tightly restricted by copyright. I will thus not quote from these chapters that cover 20 pages of the book, so much the more as this information was secret for hundreds of years.Suffices thus to mention that the book elaborates in its Chapter 6 the ‘Sacred Vowels’ and in its Chapter 7 the ‘Bija Mantras’ and that the CD contains vocal intonations of these mantras, which may be very powerful. For what reason other than for that have they been kept secret for so long? It’s because they are powerful and therefore should be used responsibly. For the couple, Chapter 10 is of particular interest as it discusses and explains ‘Sounding the Bijas with a Partner.’Now, with this voluntary restriction, let me shortly mention here what I myself found particularly useful in the book, while it may be a byproduct of the author’s research. Indeed, I myself found the authors’ explanation of the chakras, and of the brain waves particularly useful.In my research on the human energy field I found a stringent incongruence of terminology in this respect; in fact, I found that most authors, when they speak about the aura only want to mention the etheric body, and thus only one of the seven bodies we possess as humans, and I find the authors’ very encompassing notion of aura comprehensive and elucidating.

Filled with interesting trivia, history, and psychology, Tantra of Sound is a book of education and introspection. The team writing makes for an enjoyable and unforgettable read.