Myth of Invariance: The Origin of the Gods, Mathematics and Music from the RG Veda to Plato

by Ernest G. McClain

MYTH OF INVARIANCE explores the unifying symbolism of music and number so the reader can understand the secrets from Babylon, Egypt, Greece and the Bible - secrets hidden for centuries.

Genres: Music

216 pages, Paperback

Published January 15, 2014

About the author

Ernest G. McClain is Professor Emeritus of Music, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, retired since 1982 and living presently in Washington, D.C.. Clarinetist, band director, author of three books and more than thirty related essays in various professional journals, his degrees from Oberlin, Northwestern, and Columbia are in Music Education.

Reviews

[Justin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Borderline numerology for sure. However, there's less mystic conclusions drawn by McClain. The mathematician's comment at the back of the book is rather to the point. It's difficult to understand the methodology he proposes for reading the harmonics into all of these texts, but it certainly bears some fruit. Though whether the fruit is ripe or rotten is difficult to discern.