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Musikkens Makt Og Den Nye Verdensorden 1 INNHOLD FORORD ... ........................................................................................ 3 KILDENE .......................................................................................... 4 UTGANGSPUNKT FOR BOKEN ............................................................. 5 KAPITTEL 1 ........................................................ 9 ROCKENS ANSIKT................................................................................ 9 KOMMENTARER TIL ROCKENS HISTORIE .............................................. 9 VERDIER OG FILOSOFIER I ROCKEMUSIKKEN ...................................... 17 Musikk og opprør ......................................................................... 18 Musikk og sex .............................................................................. 20 Musikk og stoff ............................................................................ 25 KAPITTEL 2 ...................................................... 27 MUSIKKENS FYSIKK ........................................................................... 27 MUSIKKENS EVNE TIL Å PÅVIRKE ...................................................... 27 Effekten av rytme ........................................................................ 28 Menneskets rytmikk ................................................................... 30 Musikkens rytmiske elementer .................................................... 31 Anapestisk rytme ....................................................................... 33 Virkninger av musikkens puls ...................................................... 34 Forsøk med musikkens fysiologiske virkning ................................... 38 Musikkens terapeutiske makt ........................................................ 40 KAPITTEL 3 ...................................................... 42 MUSIKK OG BUDSKAPER .................................................................... 42 OKKULTE BUDSKAPER I MUSIKKEN ................................................ 45 Magi ........................................................................................... 46 Golden Dawn ............................................................................. 46 Aleister Crowley ........................................................................ 47 ROCKENS ÅNDELIGHET .................................................................... 50 Rock som alternativ religion ......................................................... 54 "Death metal" - den nye rockekulturen ........................................ 55 Satanisme på fremmarsj ............................................................. 55 Angrep på kristendommen .......................................................... 60 Symboler og kjennetegn ............................................................... 63 BAKLENGS MASKERING ................................................................... 63 Eksempler fra rocketekster ........................................................... 68 2 En kamp mellom det gode og det onde? ......................................... 75 ÅNDER I VIRKSOMHET ..................................................................... 76 New Age ................................................................................ 79 New Age- musikk ....................................................................... 80 Psykedelisk og eksperimentell musikk ............................................ 82 Okkultisme .................................................................................. 83 Utviklingen av rytmisk musikk fra oldtidens Egypt til dagens rock ....... 84 STIKKORD ........................................................................................ 89 BIBLIOGRAFI ...................................................................................... 4 DISKOGRAFI ....................................................................................... 9 3 FORORD ... Musikkens makt har gjennom årtusener vært kilde til undring og spekulasjon. Gamle greske filosofer, som Platon og Pytagoras, har grublet over musikkens krefter. «Musikken er ikke gagnlig i bare én, men i mange retninger, nemlig til homøopatisk renselse av sjelen, lu t- ring av affektene og forfinelse av sedene.» (Aristoteles). I «Kjøpmannen av Venedig» lar Shakespeare dette sies: «Den mann som ikke har musikk i seg og ikke røres av akkorders klang, han er i stand til svik og ran og drap. Hans sinn er mørkt, så lukket som en natt, som Erebos, så dyster er hans vei. Stol aldri på en sådan mann...» Dette skulle bety at en som ikke lar seg påvirke av musikk, må være et forherdet menneske. Napoleon, som kanskje hadde lyttet til musikk av Mozart og Beethoven, sa at: «en dypt følt symfoni av en mester forfeiler aldri sin virkning på sinnet, og har langt større virkning enn moralprekener. Disse overbeviser bare fornuften. På vanene har de ingen virkning.» Den samme generalen og keiseren sa også at: «av alle kunster har musikken den største innflytelse på liden skapene, derfor skulle en lovgiver aller mest benytte seg av musikk!» Konfucius sa for lenge siden at: «vil du vite om et land er vel styrt og har gode seder, da lytt til dets musikk.» Vi ser at tidligere tiders samfunnsledere mente at m usikken spilte en stor rolle i samfunnet, og de hadde forståelsen av at det kunne ligge moralske krefter latent i m u- sikken. Gjennom forskning i musikkens fysiske egenskaper (som jeg kommer tilbake til) har man i den senere tid oppdaget at musikken blir mot tatt gjennom den delen av hjernen som registrerer følelser og fornemmelser uten først å bli registrert i den delen av hje r- nen som har med fornuft og intelligens å gjøre. Musikken gjør sin virkning på kroppen uavhengig av storehjernen. Den når oss direkte g jennom thalamus, senteret for følel- ser og sinnsstemninger. Når så storehjernen - den tenkende delen - blir invadert gjen- nom thalamus, kan en godt tenke seg at musikk kan være et effektivt middel til å styre menneskets tanker og moralske oppfatninger. Hvordan er dagens musikk når det gjelder formidling av etikk og moral? Hva formi d- les gjennom musikkens kanaler og gjennom musikernes liv og levnet? Er det tilfeldigh e- tene som rår, eller kan samfunnsutviklingen og påvirkningen gjennom musikken som medium være styrt av bakenforliggende interesser? I denne boken vil jeg berøre vesentlige ting når det gjelder musikkens makt. Med musikkens makt mener jeg musikkens evne til å påvirke oss som mennesker i kraft av musikkens fysiske natur og de budskapene som blir presen tert gjennom tekstene og fremføringen av musikken. Jeg ønsker å stille spørsmål om det kan være krefter og ideologier som ligger bak og trekker i de musikalske trådene, og ønsker derfor å gi en beskrivelse av en del gjennomgående og typiske trekk ved ungdo mmens favorittmusikk. Jeg vil for en stor del omtale musikkens virkning og musikkens makt over mennesket, og ser det som en nødvendig konsekvens av dette å komme inn på samfunnsmessige, religiøse og historiske spørsmål. Om jeg så trekker trådene til histor ien og ideologiske 4 retninger svært langt og utenfor det musikalske feltet, så er det fordi helhetsbildet kun fremstår etter at de forskjellige delene er blitt grundig belyst. Etisk og moralsk oppfatning står også i forhold til en åndelig dimensjon, tanker om hvor mennesket kommer fra og hvor det går hen. Mange artister og komponister u t- trykker sitt åndelige syn gjennom musikk, enten de tror på en personlig Frelser, tilh ø- rer New Age eller andre okkulte retninger og religioner, eller har et atei s- tisk/evolusjonistisk grunnsyn. Kampen mellom en god og en ond makt vil derfor være sentralt, siden svært mange artister tar opp dette temaet, enten relatert til en jordisk makt eller til en åndelig makt. Jeg vil berøre åndelige spørsmål der dette er del av den musikalske problemstillingen. På grunn av okkultismens religiøse natur, vil jeg noen steder bruke bibeltekster som motvekt der dette er relevant for sammenhengen. Musikk kan sies å være et universelt språk som vi kan si formidler de samme sinn s- stemninger hvor vi enn befinner oss på kloden. Og musikken har direkte adgang til emosjonene våre, noe som også kan gjøre den til et redskap såvel i en negativ retning som i en positiv retning. Jeg har valgt å ta for meg den musikken som har appell til flest mennesker, spes ielt ungdom, og som man i dag kan si er blitt universell, nemlig rock. Fordi tilhengerne av denne musikken er betydelig mange og lar seg influere av musi kkens budskap i en alder der moral- og verdisyn skal formes, vil budskaper formidlet gjennom disse musi kkfor- mene være mest interessante for samfunnsutviklingen fremover. Selv om rock og pop utgjør en forsvinnende liten del av musikkhistorien, er det disse genrene som domin e- rer i en tid der kabel-tv, video og hi-fi er allemannseie. I USA utgjør rockeplater a lene mer enn 60% av salget, og plater med klassisk musikk står bare for 5% av omsetningen. Siden Norge er et vestlig land påvirket av USA og Europa, blir vi automatisk med på denne karusellen, det sørger satellitt-tv og ulike media for. Så langt det lar seg gjøre, vil jeg la musikerne og folk innen bransjen selv få uttale seg. Det vil derfor bli en del sitater og litteratur-henvisninger. Mange av uttalelsene har jeg oversatt fra engelsk. Behandlingen av enkelte temaer kan gjerne virke noe en s- rettet, men jeg gjør det bevisst på grunn av den videre sammenhengen, og for å belyse spesielle sider ved disse musikkformene. Dette betyr imi dlertid ikke at jeg er blind for andre sider ved denne musikken, noe
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