In the world of our Stone Age ancestors sound mattered much more than it does today. Their world was quieter, less polluted by noise. They were acutely aware of the properties of all types of rhythm and resonance, and sounds often held magical qualities for them. Recent exciting research has started to reveal the rich sound world in which they lived. It is reconstructing a vanished past, often using computer modelling and sophisticated equipment to calculate frequencies and resonances, and has demonstrated that stone-built chambers, temples and even caves were deliberately constructed or used in ways that would enhance the ritual sounds produced within them, sometimes accompanied by the use of hallucinogenic substances.
in the process it is exposing the very origins of music and revealing a lost world where echoes were regarded as the voices of the spirits.
Paul Devereux, BA, FRSA, is a full member of the Society for Scientific Exploration (USA), a member of the Scientific and Medical network, member of the Folklore Society, member of the Traditional Cosmology society, Member for Psychical Research and member of the Society for the Anthropology of consciousness (USA).
As a globally recognised writer, researcher and broadcaster, he is an experienced and respected author and researcher primarily dealing with archaeological themes and ancient life-ways, spanning the range from academic to popular.
Devereux's work is always research-based and the antithesis of new-age fantasies, and covers a wide range of study concerning ancient sites and landscapes, and human consciousness, especially in the context of cognitive archaeology. He was awarded a Lifebridge Foundation (USA) grant to make field, photographic and ethnological studies of selected shamanic landscapes throughout the Americas in 1999-2000.
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