The solfeggio frequencies are used in sound and meditation practice, each assigned a purpose and often a chakra. Joseph Puleo and Leonard Horowitz introduced the set in the late 1990s as six core tones (396, 417, 528, 639, 741 and 852 Hz), derived from a numerological reading of a passage in the Book of Numbers; three further frequencies, 174, 285 and 963 Hz, were added later by the sound-healing community, making the nine this category lists. The system is not the medieval solfege of Guido of Arezzo, which named notes relative to one another rather than fixing frequencies. This category records the assignments as the practice states them.
Facts
Overview
- Entries in the Atlas
- 9
- What Defines This Grouping
- Pitches in hertz, each assigned a purpose and often a chakra, used in modern sound and meditation practice. The atlas records the assignments as the practice states them. 1
- Size of the Traditional Set
- 6 tones in the originating publication: 396, 417, 528, 639, 741 and 852 Hz 1
Origins
- Origin Period
- 1999, in Horowitz and Puleo's Healing Codes for the Biological Apocalypse. 1
- Creator / Originator
- Joseph S. Puleo and Leonard G. Horowitz, who derived the numbers by Pythagorean numerological reduction of the verse numbering of Numbers 7:12-83. 1
Sources
- Healing Codes for the Biological Apocalypse Leonard G. Horowitz and Joseph S. Puleo, 1999
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The Solfeggio Frequencies
The solfeggio frequencies are used in sound and meditation practice, each assigned a purpose and often a chakra: 528 Hz, for instance, is widely marketed as a frequency of "transformation" or "love". They are played, toned or used in music by those who hold that particular pitches carry particular healing or spiritual effects.
Joseph Puleo and Leonard Horowitz introduced the set in the late 1990s as six core tones (396, 417, 528, 639, 741 and 852 Hz), which they derived from a numerological reading of a Latin hymn to John the Baptist, from whose lines the medieval solfege syllables (ut, re, mi...) were originally taken. Three more, 174, 285 and 963 Hz, were added later, making the nine the atlas lists.
A modern sound practice
The solfeggio frequencies are a recent construction, and their claimed ancient and healing properties are not established by evidence; the atlas presents them as a modern sound-healing system with a datable and traceable origin rather than as an ancient or scientifically validated practice, and notes that the connection to the historical solfege is numerological, not musicological.
The entries give each frequency its assigned purpose and chakra. The chakras the frequencies are keyed to are treated in their own category, and the practice belongs among the modern correspondence systems.
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