Dr. John W. Hopkins and "The Music of the Spheres", 1969

Dr. John W. Hopkins and "The Music of the Spheres", 1969.

This lecture was held at the beautiful and nearly brand new Hotel Miyako in San Francisco, which had just finished completion and was opened for business in 1968. The Hotel Miyako had been written about and advertised in Bay Area newspapers, one of their suggested rental possibilities advised availability of space for scientific conventions.


Dr. Hopkins called "The Music of the Spheres" the "Huisoc" and implied it was a ceremony. I am not certain of the spelling of "Huisoc" in English as this is a word delivered to Dr. Hopkins from the space beings in a language only he and they understood. But the name of the ceremony involving the "music of the spheres" was pronounced by Dr. Hopkins as "WHEE-sock" (with the first syllable "WHEE" emphasized, and the following syllable "sock" de-emphasized and somewhat swallowed as was the tradition of some spoken languages indigenous to Native American cultures. I am taking a liberty with linguistics by spelling the word "Huisoc" with the first syllable "Hui" pronounced as in "Huichol" (the metaphysical tribe in Mexico).

After a substantial catered dinner of sliced beef Au jus and tender squash in butter sauce served by pleasant waiters to all those seated at dining tables spread with brilliant well starched tablecloths, in a banquet room downstairs at the Miyako Hotel in San Francisco, the ceremony began. As I recall, large bouquets of flowers were placed about the room, and at least one fresh bouquet was set on every table. Altogether, there were no more than ten tables with no more than six people each at each table for this event.

First was an Invocation by Alice Bailey, which was printed out, and handouts, though few in number were passed around, so people shared the sheets of paper. These were mimeographed copies, the text displayed in purple ink. Mr. Hopkins in a deep voice recited the Invocation, while others read silently along. As I recall, Dr. Hopkins had selected his favored passages from the Invocation and I don't believe it was the entire Invocation as shown below, but I'm not certain which stanzas he may have excluded or included though I am tempted to say any stanza devoted to "light" was recited.

(The Invocation I should explain was The Great Invocation, a mantra given in 1937 to Bailey by Djwhal Khul)

THE GREAT INVOCATION
Through Alice Bailey and Djwhal Khul

Let the Forces of Light bring illumination to mankind.
Let the Spirit of Peace be spread abroad.
May men of goodwill everywhere meet in a spirit of cooperation.
May forgiveness on the part of all men be the keynote at this time.
Let power attend the efforts of the Great Ones.
So let it be, and help us to do our part. Stanza One 1935

* * * * * * *

Let the Lords of Liberation issue forth.
Let Them bring succour to the sons of men.
Let the Rider from the Secret Place come forth,
And coming, save.
Come forth, O Mighty One.

Let the souls of men awaken to the Light,
And may they stand with massed intent.
Let the fiat of the Lord go forth:
The end of woe has come!
Come forth, O Mighty One.
The hour of service of the Saving Force has now arrived.
Let it be spread abroad, O Mighty One.

Let Light and Love and Power and Death
Fulfil the purpose of the Coming One
The WILL to save is here.
The LOVE to carry forth the work is widely spread abroad.
The ACTIVE AID of all who know the truth is also here.
Come forth, O Mighty One and blend these three.
Construct a great defending wall.
The rule of evil now must end. Stanza Two 1940

From the point of Light within the Mind of God
Let Light stream forth into the minds of men.
Let Light descend on Earth.

From the point of Love within the Heart of God
Let love stream forth into the hearts of men.
May Christ return to Earth.

From the centre where the Will of God is known
Let purpose guide the little wills of men -
The purpose which the Masters know and serve.

From the centre which we call the race of men
Let the Plan of Love and Light work out
And may it seal the door where evil dwells.

Let Light and Love and Power restore the Plan on Earth.

Stanza Three - 1945
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The traditional invocation was followed by a small inspirational talk by Dr. Hopkins, which was delivered with some warmth and intimacy to the audience. He was, after all, an effective public speaker. And the feeling generated throughout the room and generally felt by all was that a benign event was about to unfold from this atmosphere of kindliness, gentleness, and that Dr. Hopkins felt some real affection for the beings he was about to contact.

Dr. John W. Hopkins prepared himself at the podium and soon fell into a trance which allowed him to communicate with the space beings. With eyes closed, he began singing the "music of the spheres", which was sung in the language that only he and the space beings understood, and so I find difficult to describe. His singing (as this was melodious song and not repetitive or echoed or prolonged chant) continued for at least ten minutes, perhaps longer as I had neglected to keep track of chronological time in any way.

When his communion with the space beings had ended, at least for this point in time, Dr. Hopkins, with his eyes still shut, shook his head several times as if to clear his head from this dizzying experience, as if he were pulling himself back to earth after going into trance. He opened his eyes, blinked a few times as if to pull this plane of existence into better focus, and sweetly smiled at the audience and delivered a deep, satisfied "sigh" as if to say, "That was wonderful, wasn't it?"