Books
The Mystic Spiral, Journey of the Soul
by Jill Purce - Publisher : Thames & Hudson
UK: The Mystic Spiral, Journey of the Soul. Thames & Hudson, 24 Bloomsbury St, London WC1. (1974)
USA: The Mystic Spiral, Journey of the Soul. First Edition: Avon Books, (1974). Thames & Hudson Inc. (1980), 500 Fifth Ave, NY, NY 10110. ( Distrib: WW Norton.)
FRANCE: La Spirale Mystique. Le Voyage Itinérant de l'âme .Translated by Carlo Suarès. Editions du Chène (1974). O.P. New Edition : Librarie de Medici, Paris. (1995)
JAPAN: Heibonsha Ltd (1978), 5 Sanban-cho, Chiyoda-ku ,Tokyo 102.
GERMANY: Die Spirale, Symbol der Seelenreise. Kösel Verlag (1988, 1990, 1992). Flüggenstrasse 2, D 8000, Munich 19.
ITALY: La Spirale Mistica. Edizioni di Red (1988), Studio Redazionale, via Volta 43, 22100 Como.
RUSSIA: The Mystic Spiral. (14 April 1992) (15000 copies). Cultural centre 'Marta'. Chertanouskaya Printers. Moscow 113545, Varshavskoye shosse 129a.
Articles By Jill
The Spiral in Art; Aspirations Towards Eternity
The Structurist No. 11, 1971, Editor: Eli Bornstein, Univ. of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
The Spiral in The Music of Karlheinz Stockhausen
Main Currents in Modern Thought, Vol.30, No.1, Sept-Oct 1973, Editor: Henri Margenau. 12 Church St, New Rochelle, NY 10805, USA.
In French : La Spirale dans la Musique de Stockhausen Musique en Jeu, Forum de Musique Contemporaine 1, Editions du Seuil 15, Sept 1974, Paris
Stockhausen's Musical Notation
From catalogue for the exhibition: The Printed Scores of Karlheinz Stockhausen and John Cage. Middlesborough Museum, 1973, Middlesborough Recreation & Amenities Dept., PO Box 69, Zetland House, Zetland Rd, Middlesborough, Cleveland, UK
Creative Tension
In Japanese: Objet Magazine, YU. 5 1981, Kowsakusha + Forum International, Tokyo, Japan
In Dutch: Creatieve Spanning, Bres, No. 116, Feb- Mar 1986, Singel 376, 1016 AH, Amsterdam, Holland
Anxiety, Time & Sound Meditation
In About Time. Editor: Mike Dibb.Jonathan Cape, 1985, London UK. ( Based on the BBC Channel 4 TV series.)
Sound in Mind and Body by Jill Purce
Resurgence Issue 115, Mar-Apr 1986, Editor: Satish Kumar, Ford House, Hartland, Nr Bideford, Devon, UK
In Dutch: De Heilende Kracht van Geluid, Bres, No. 120, Oct-Nov 1986, Singel 376, 1016 AH, Amsterdam, Holland
In Portuguese: A magio do Som, Planeta No. 128, July 1987, Sao Paulo, Brazil
In German: Klang in Korper und Geist, Tattva Viveka Darmstadt, May 1999
In Norwegian : Lyd er en bro mellomand og materie, Nett Verk Nytt, 2 April 1994, Normannsgt. 47 D, 0655 Oslo, Norway
Harmonics of Mind and Body
International Synergy Journal, No. 2, 1986, Editor: David Dunn. 8320 Melrose, Suite 103, Los Angeles, CA 90069, USA
Healing Resonance
Re Vision, Journal of Consciousness and Change, Special Issue: The Resonating Universe, vol. 10, No. 1, Summer 1987,
Editor: Ralph Metzner, 400 Albemarle Street NW, Washington DC 20016, USA
Jill Purce, Sound & Vision
Magical Blend Magazine, No.20, Aug-Sept-Oct 1988, PO Box 11303, San Francisco, CA 94101, USA
The Sound of Enlightenment
Resurgence, March/April 1990, Editor: Satish Kumar, Ford House, Hartland, Nr Bideford, Devon, UK
The Power of Sound
Global Link Up, April-May 1991
Sound in Mind and Body
Music: Physician for Times to Come, Ed Don Campbell, Quest Bks, Chicago. USA 1991
Being In Tune
Resurgence, Nov/Dec 1991, Editor: Satish Kumar
Einstimmen (Re-Enchanting Our Lives) by Jill Purce
Die Welt braucht Stimmen, Harmonie und Resonanz. Der Zeit Punkt, 1/1992
Re-enchanting our Lives
The Way Ahead, edited by Eddie and Debbie Shapiro, 1992
The Power of Chant
The Unexplained, Orbis, November 1992
The Healing Voice by Jill Purce
Retreat, Editor: Roger Housden, Harper & Row, 1995
In Spanish: La Voz Curativa
The Healing Voice
Sound Healers Association International Directory & Resource Guide, 1995
Chant to Change Your Life by Jill Purce
Daily Mail, 1996
Voice Therapy
The Alternative & Complementary Health Compendium, 1996
The Healing Voice
Open Ear, vol. 3, 1996 (as in Retreat)
Finding Our Communal Voice
Voices From The Heart, Editors: Eddie & Debbie Shapiro, 1998
Biographies
Beyond Words
by Phil Catalfo, New Age Journal, Boston, USA, December 1991
The Healing Power of Living Mandalas (PDF)
Ann Napier Discovers the Magical Work of Jill Purce, Cygnus Review, June 2012
Interviews
The Power of the Voice
Interview with David Brown, Mavericks of the Mind, Thought Provoking Interviews on Consciousness
Interview with Karlheinz Stockhausen I, II, III
Sound International 1, Oct, Nov, Dec 1978, Editor: Richard Elen, Link House Group, Dingwall Ave, Croydon CR9 2TA, UK
Message to Japan
Object Magazine YU, Kowsakusha + Forum International, Tokyo, Japan 1983
In Search for Meaning and Spiritual Roots
Future Forum, 1983
The Sound of Serenity
Interview with Ruth Gorb, Hampstead & Highgate Express, April 6th 1984, London, UK
Universal Chants
Interview with Sheila Hale, Harpers & Queen, Feb 1985, 72 Broadwick St, W1V 2RP, London, UK
La Secundo Voz, El "Canto Armonico", importante regenerador personal
By Richard Belfer, Integral vol 79, Spain
Interview
with Tony Parsons, Kindred Spirit, Totnes, Devon, Summer 1988
Chants Would be a Fine Thing
Interview with Pamela Nowicka, The Independent, August 22nd 1988, London, UK
Sound Therapy
Natural Choice Magazine, 1989, Orbis Publishing Limited, Griffin House, 161 Hammersmith Road, London W6
Getting Those Good Vibrations
Interview with Polly Samson, The Observer, Sun 7 May 1989
Conversation with Stockhausen on Sirius
Towards a Cosmic Music by Karlheinz Stockhausen, Element Books, 1989, (reprinted from Sound International 1978)
The Healing Hum
Interview with Angus McGill, Evening Standard, Tuesday February 20 1990
Something to Really Sing About
Heathman, Ham and High, May 4 1990, London, UK
Sound in Mind and Body
Interview with Ann Sinnot, Holistic Health Matters, Camden New Journal, 1 November 1990, London, UK
Hymäily Vapauttaa, (Healing Sound)
Interview with Richard Burton, Voi Hyvin, Helsinki, Finland, Jan 1991
Duet For One
Interview with Stephen Jarvis, City Limits, January 31 - February 7 1991, London
Resonant Sound, An interview with Jill Purce, Woman of Mystical Sound
By Sw. Virato, New Frontier Magazine, April May 1991, USA
The Healing Voice
Interview with Robert March, The Sun, Sept, 1992, Santa Fe, NM, USA
Entretien Avec Une Magicienne Du Son
Interview with Patrice van Eersel, Nouvelles Clés, Nov/Dec 1992
Soul Music
By Barbara Griggs, Country Living, December 1992, London UK
Entretien Avec Une Magicienne Du Son
Interview with Patrice van Eersel, Nouvelles Clès, Nov/Dec 1992
Boventoonzingen: Therapie en Gewoon Leuk!
EGO 2000, Amsterdam ND February 1993
Sacred Sound
Interview with Emily Hynes, Rainbow Ark April -July 1993
Re-Enchanting The World
Interview with Richard Beaumont, Kindred Spirit, Totnes, Devon, UK Summer 1993
Hear My Song
Interview with Dee Pilgrim, Miss London, 15 November 1993, UK
Overtone Chanting
by Stephen Jarvis, Reprint of Duet for One, City Limits, Jan- Feb 1991, In The Bizarre Leisure Book, Stephen Jarvis, Robson Books, London 1993
Een Tibetaanse Manier Om Emotionele Blokkades Op Te Heffen
Interview with Leen Lampo, Fit & Gezond, Brussels, Belgium, March 1994
Heavenly Overtones
Interview by Dolly Dhingra, The Independent, Thursday 12 May 1994
Lydterapeuten Som Viser Oss Sjelen Var
Interview with Bodil Fuhr, Astenposten, Oslo, Norway, 5 October 1994
Vocal Accord
The London Magazine, December 1994
De Grace Chantons!
Le Livre Essentiel, Marc de Smedt, Clès-Albin Michel, Paris 1995
The Unbelievable Resonance of Being
Interview with Keith Clarke, The Singer, Vol 3 No. 1, London, Feb/Mar 1995
Chant To Change Your Life
Interview with Suzy Greaves, Daily Mail, December 9 1996
The Enchantress
Interview with Alan Franks, The Times - London, Magazine, December 14 1996
Sounds Divine: The Voice That Heals
by Chris Newby, Devon-What's On, 1997
Hall inte
Interview with Magdalena Kvarning, Aftonbladet Hälsa, Sweden, January 11 1997
The Power of Group Chant
by Mireia Catane, Spirit Magazine, London Jun/Jul 1997
Finding The Voice Within
by Natalie Savona, Here's Health Magazine, Sept, 1997
Overtone Chanting
by Emily Hohler, Hot Tickets Magazine, Evening Standard, London, 9th April 1998
Enchantment, Rediscovering the magic of sound
Jill Purce interviewed by David Jay Brown in Magical Blend, USA, Issue 60, April 1998
Enchanting
by Reva Klein, TES Friday, Times Educational Supplement April 24 1998
Zdravilna Moc Zvoka
by Zdenka Petan, Aura, October 2003, Slovenia
Les Âmes Qui Chantent S'Eveillent en Group
Interview with Patrice van Eersel, Nouvelles Clés, Winter 2003-4
Les Âmes Qui Chantent S'éveillent En Choeur
by Bobby Loevenstein, Nouvelles Clés, No 40, Winter 2003-2004
Une Humanité Que Ne Chante Plus Tombe Malade
by Patrice van Eersel, Tisseurs de Paix, pp 13-22, Editions de Rilié, 84220 Gordes, France 2005
Si L'Humanité Veut Guérir Elle Doit Se Remettre a` Chanter
by Patrice van Eersel, Canopée No 4, p 120, 2006 Nature et Découvertes, France 2006
En-Chanting The World (PDF)
The Healing Magic of Vocal Harmonics, Interview with Tamara Watson, Spa Asia, Sept/October 2007
Healing Patterns From the Past
Interview with Hugo Davenport, Resurgence & Ecologist, March/April 2016
Recorded Interviews & Films
Thinking Allowed with Jeffery Mishlove (transcript)
"The voice is that which tunes the body with the mind, and that's not just personal body with personal mind, but that's cosmic body with cosmic mind. When you use the voice, you're also using the breath. The breath is attached to the subtle breath and is attached to the thoughts. And so whenever you use the voice, you are using or you are modulating all of those together" - Jill Purce
Sound and Healing
Jill discusses the vibratory universe, sound as a bridge between the worlds, how voice is used as a spiritual practice and its connection with the nature of mind itself; voice as a sonorous yoga of presence; the nature of mantra and resonant fields; her groundbreaking work with Alzheimer's patients; a discussion and demonstration of overtone chanting, its importance and her pioneering role in bringing it to the west.
Sound, Pattern and Transformation
Jill discusses her path and the relationship between sound, form, pattern and creativity, and our rotational, spiral and sonorous journey; her work with the German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen; the creative and healing power of the voice; and the importance of the voice as a means to community, oneness and presence.
Sound Creates Form
We are told the world was created through sound....sound creates form. Jill demonstrates this with overtone chanting. The overtones introduce pattern into formless heaps of powder on a vibrating plate- the form of the sound itself. This video shows these cymatic patterns as they occur.
Just One More Breath
Jill overtone chanting in her 1984 art film "Just One More Breath". With each single extended breath the viewer soars higher up the medieval tower. Through the windows, day gradually turns to night. Finally, we alight at the summit as perfect darkness is reached. Made by Jill for an exhibition with Marina Abramovic, Ulay, and Lawrence Weiner, at the art festival "Forum en Scene" in Middleburg, Holland.
More Ways Than One - The Mystic Spiral (BBC)
A BBC documentary about the early pioneering work of Jill Purce on the spiral, showing her interdisciplinary explorations into nature, consciousness, science, art and religion. German composer Karlheniz Stockhausen, physicist Fritjof Capra and biologist Maurice Wilkins, who with Watson and Crick, received the Nobel Prize for the discovery of DNA, were all influenced by her work, and appear in the film to discuss her ideas.
Talk with Terence Mckenna
Jill being interviewed by visionary Terence McKenna, about the nature of overtones within music and a demonstration of overtone chanting under the resonant dome of the Natural History Museum, Prague.
Healing the Family and Ancestors
Jill being interviewed about her Healing Family and Ancestors workshops.