MANIFESTO
Consider each star and planet in the heavens to be a conscious living being. By its very nature, the light transmitted by a celestial body also contains its store of information. Atmosphere can be determined by spectral analysis, toposphere or terrain by telescope or satellite, and consciousness can be received by one’s attunement to the proper telepathic wavelength. There is a parallel between the movement of awareness, and the tuning of a radio receiver to pick up the desired frequency vibration.
FOCUS and DISCRIMINATION develop thereby. When the light energy information is transformed into sound, as in
[the musical composition] THE NIGHT SKY IN OCTOBER , the inherent mystery and awesome harmony of the Spheres is undeniably felt - provided the piece is played correctly! [composed by DS in 1973, it is a circular star chart which revolves by hand on center axis, with a stationary treble and bass clef staff lined transparency superimposed over it - the stars become specific notes, their relative distances are musical intervals]This moved me to discover and develop a new theory of a NEW MUSIC: the reciprocal communication/sympathetic vibration feedback system between earth and extraterrestrial intelligences. The Alien Communications Research Project (A.C.R.P.) was founded by myself in 1974 and the resultant music produced becomes part of the Intergalactic Cultural Exchange Program
. [According to the 1974 manifesto, "Just as Bartok, Stravinsky and Mahler collected folk songs from their countries and used them in their symphonies, I am collecting folk songs from outer space for the Alien Communications Research Project."]The basic theory is this: if one communicates in a language using the forms and symbols of another culture (planet, [species], dimension), with proper intent - not feeding fear but sending Love and evolutionary goals - the Others are bound to respond.
One can either imagine or accept the fact that, to varying degrees, intelligent beings exist in other dimensions, composed of increasingly more proportion of spirit to matter - and therefore invisible to physical perception. These beings could be Souls without corporeal form, or souls also able to project consciousness outside of their body, organisms of group mind life force (read STARMAKER by Olaf Stapleton), or astral entities playing upon our fantasy projections. There are Devas and Demons - one must use quite a bit of discretion in these realms; subtle deception is very commonplace since this is still MAYA or illusion.
That these beings do respond and are attracted to music even to the extent of feeding off of the vibrational energy, is exemplified by certain Tibetan rituals. They [
the monks] ring their bells, whose tone is so exceptional that it is called "the sound that cuts through all sound" to feed ghosts or wandering spirits whose only source of food is this sound.The ancient spiritual teachings tell us about the NADA, or unstruck sound, which permeates and echos throughout the entire cosmos, nourishing all who will surrender to it. Is this what Pythagoras called the MUSIC OF THE SPHERES? It invites each of us to personally explore its depth. These sounds are a moving path which eventually can lead us to the heart of God.
[note 2004: or to drive you insane]
I immediately began to translate the Outer Space language into a sound generating score. Each symbol became a certain inprovisatory process. The night before the world premier of LISHTA
[at Cal Arts] , I received a previously undecifered tape of "he who was visited". it turned out to be the Lishtans speaking English through him![see LISHTAN STATEMENT]
- David Simons 1979