Cymatics and the Mysteries of the Cathedrals
About this episode
The episode explores the historical development of Cymatics and its connection to various historical figures and the mysteries of the Rosslyn Chapel.
Ernst Chladni documented the frequency patterns created in sand as it conforms to the sound frequencies emitted from vibrating metallic plates, he developed a formula that connected the specific frequencies with their manifest patterns, and published the results in his 1787 treatise. His work became an essential tool for violin and other musical instrument makers, and after publishing his 1802 book, Die Akustik, Chladni earned the title, “father of acoustics,” and his work became known as Cymatics. An incredible study that was hardly known of until the 1990s, when it began to spread on the internet and be demonstrated in videos. A century before Chladni, in 1680, Robert Hooke applied sand to a solid metal plate and ran a violin bow across the edge to create a vibration. Depending on the frequency he played, specific patterns would form in the sand. A century before that, Galileo observed the same thing with small particles on a musical sounding-board. A century before that, Leonardo da Vinci noted that distinct patterns would form within particles when subjected to vibration. And before da Vinci, the Rosslyn Chapel was founded in 1446 near Edinburgh, Scotland. A mysterious work…
More episodes of The Sunday afternoon podcast with Greg Reese
- Flock, Axon, Israel, and American Freedom
- New SAR Scans Reveal a Second Sphinx on Giza Plateau
- An Age of Revolution Returns
- 250 Years of Taxation in America
- Cyclic Cataclysm on a Heliocentric and Geocentric Earth
Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the The Sunday afternoon podcast with Greg Reese podcast page.