Mind, Music & Imagery: Unlocking the Treasures of Your Mind

by Stephanie Merritt

Music affects our physical wellbeing even alters our behavior often without our being aware of it. The author chooses five popular works of classical music as a starting point to harness the power of music and enhance our lives. This book does more than suggest that music can be focused for our personal growth; it opens doorways to promote healing reduce stress inspire creativity and enhance relationships. This self-empowering book contains activities at the end of each chapter for using music to unleash your imagination and transform your life.

262 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1990

About the author

(Also writes under the pseudonym S.J. Parris)

Stephanie Merritt (born 1974 in Surrey) to Jim and Rita Merritt is a critic and feature writer for various publications including The Times, the Daily Telegraph, the New Statesman, Zembla and Die Welt. She has also been Deputy Literary Editor and a staff writer at The Observer.

Merritt graduated in English from Queens' College, Cambridge in 1996. Prior to this, she attended Godalming College in Surrey.

She is the author of two novels, Gaveston (Faber & Faber) which won a Betty Trask Award of £4,000 from the Society of Authors in 2002 [2:], and Real (2005), for which she is currently writing a screenplay. She has also written a memoir, The Devil Within, published by Vermilion is 2008, which discusses her experiences living with depression.

Meritt has appeared regularly as a critic and panellist on BBC Radio 4 and BBC7, has been a judge for the BBC and Channel 4 new comedy awards as well as the Perrier Award, and appeared as interviewer and author at various literary festivals, as well as the National Theatre and the English National Opera.