Music

Music, like visual art, transcends language and education. In the case of WingMakers, music plays a central role. James Mahu has composed and produced 10 CDs and various musical arrangements that include poetry to music.

While the vast majority of philosophical systems (and mythological, for that matter) do not feature music as an integral part of their materials, James has always said that, “the music is an important part of the WingMakers experience.” It’s not critical or essential, but it can be useful to engage with the music and let it, in a sense, carry you away.

The music arrived in 2001 with the release of the First Source CD. First Source CD was more than 60-minutes of music; it also included art files, writings and poetry. It was related to the first nine chambers of the Ancient Arrow site, which are part of The Ancient Arrow Project novel.

Over the next 15 years, nine additional CDs were released, along with numerous music compositions for poetry, film, and special meditations related to the EventTemple’s website.

From a structural perspective, the 24 Chambers of the Ancient Arrow site are contained as a collection of four CDs, and the Hakomi site has a similar collection. There is also a CD devoted to The Grand Portal, which was originally released on the Lyricus website.

For those who want to listen, the WingMakers collection is on SoundCloud, and for those who want to purchase either an individual song or a CD, you can find them in the store.

Within The Collected Works of the WingMakers Vol. I is a great introduction to the music as presented by the esteemed author, John Berges.