Hi everyone. I'm Josh, and this is The Emerald,

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All that's happening on this green jewel in space. Hello, friends, a quick note here at the beginning about this episode.

So this is one that's been in the works for quite a while, and it goes into a subject that's timeless and a subject that I could truly steep in and explore forever.

It's about sound and vibration and how sound is understood in animist and spiritual traditions around the world.

And just so everyone knows, I started working on this episode some time ago, well before

the current crisis in the Middle East erupted. So in the midst of what's going on in the world

right now, it may seem tangential to release an episode about sound and vibration. And then, of course,

there are also ways in which song and sound are vehicles through which

to process difficult times.

And they offer a way to connect in the midst of the cacophony around us.

And they help us replenish our relationship to place and to each other, and to all that really

matters in a living sonorous world. So song and sound are from this perspective always relevant.

And the song of all that is, which as Tolkien articulated so clearly, is a song of both joy and lament,

is present and is waiting to be sung along to always. And so I just wanted to say that before this

episode starts. I know everyone is feeling a lot. I'm feeling a lot.

I'm going to dive into some of those feelings in future episodes and discussions. But for now,

here's an opportunity to steep and song, sound, and vibration. Really deep thanks to Trevor Hall,

to Sri Parvati Baou,

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