Editorial Reviews 
Book Description  
"Sound is more than simply a medium of artistic expression. Sound has practical and powerful applications in the real world." 

Mantras, or simple chants, are short phrases packed with energy and intention--specifically designed to generate powerful sound waves that promote healing, insight, creativity, and spiritual growth. Healing Mantras is the practical, how-to guide that makes the strengths and benefits of mantras available to everyone. The transformative power of sound has been passed down to the present from the sages of India, the classical scientists of ancient Greece, and the medieval monks of Europe. Mantras, sounds, and chants have inspired, comforted, and mended the lives of individuals, religious orders, and even entire cultures. Even though the science and discipline of chanting and formal prayer are practiced in every religion around the world, this is the first time that ancient Sanskrit mantras have been explained and adapted to Western needs. 

One of the few Western experts in Hindu and Buddhist mantras, Thomas Ashley-Farrand has practiced mantra-based spiritual disciplines for twenty-five years. In this illuminating book, he explains how and why mantras work and shows how to use them for everything from controlling habits to overcoming fear, from curing specific ailments to finding inner peace. In each of the more than fifty mantras, all translated from the original Sanskrit, Ashley-Farrand unlocks the power of every word, explains its appropriate application, and tells you how to pronounce it in easy-to-follow phonetic symbols. Inside, you'll find mantras for 

- Health - Worldly Success - Habit Control - Protection - Grief - Anger - Controlling Fear - Personal Attraction - Wisdom - Concentration and Mental Clarity - Healing Life Issues - and more! 

These mantras can be repeated aloud or in silence and can be used by people of any religion or spiritual practice, "as you wash dishes, as you drive on the freeway, as you meditate, or as you cook." Sound can help and sound can heal, and Healing Mantras now makes this sound medicine available to everyone. 

The author, Thomas Ashley-Farrand duf@earthlink.net , September 16, 1999 
Mantras solve common life problems and aid spiritual growth 
For ten years I used Sanskrit mantras exclusively as a tool for spiritual growth. When faced with a sudden life crisis, I decided to apply mantra to bring about a solution. I succeeded beyond my wildest imagining. From that time forward, I began to recommend mantras to others to help with their problems. The success stories they have given me from their own mantra practice has taught me much. May your own efforts also succeed abundantly for whatever purpose you apply this venerable practice of Sanskrit mantra recitation. 

About the Author  
Thomas Ashley-Farrand has practiced mantra-based spiritual disciplines for twenty-five years and is an expert in the use of Eastern mantras, including Hindu, Buddhist, and Tibetan. He teaches Sanskrit mantra and meditation at Chaffee College in Ontario, California, and lives in San Gabriel. His Web site is at www.sanskritmantra.com 

The publisher, Ballantine Wellspring(TM) , May 19, 2000 
The clearest teaching of the power of mantras available 
Rudolph Ballentine, MD, author of RADICAL HEALING: "Healing Mantras is a landmark work -- the first user-friendly manual to convey the power of mantras to heal and transform and to show us how to use them. The elegance and simplicity of the mantra as a tool for restructuring consciousness and shifting patterns in our lives is at last clearly articulated for the western reader. Keep this book by your bedside!"