Research
Acoustics, cymatics, and interspecies communication
Cymatics — The Geometry of Sound
How sound frequencies create visible geometric patterns: from Chladni's 18th-century plate experiments through Hans Jenny's 1960s film documentation to modern acoustic levitation, with the connection to standing-wave physics and the relationship to traditional sound-as-creation cosmologies.
The Structure of Whale Song
How humpback whale song hierarchical composition, sperm whale coda combinatorics, blue whale low-frequency calls, and the SOFAR ocean channel together form the longest-range biological communication system on Earth — with the cultural transmission, dialect groups, and modern research from Project CETI through Earth Species Project.
Sufi Dhikr and Zikr — The Practice of Remembrance
The Sufi practice of dhikr / zikr — repetitive sacred phrases recited individually or in collective ritual — surveyed across the principal Sufi orders (Naqshbandiyya, Qadiriyya, Chishtiyya, Tijaniyya, Mevleviyya, Khalwatiyya), with the phonetic structure, breath integration, and the specific phrases employed.
African Drumming and Ritual Rhythm — Bata, Dunun, Talking Drums, and Polyrhythm
The drumming traditions of West and Central Africa — bàtá of the Yoruba, dùndún talking drums, the Mande dunun ensemble, the djembe family, the Ewe drum families, the Kongo and Bantu rhythmic systems — surveyed for their structural sophistication, ritual function, transmission across the diaspora, and the polyrhythmic principle that organizes them all.