Book Review: The Mystical Symphony

Reviewed by Alexandria Ducksworth

A beautiful and inspiring piece exploring the spiritual forces driving our everyday lives

Judith Bowen’s mystical journeystarts with a vision at church. Not only does the vision inspire her to start meeting new people from other walks of life but it gets her started on what would turn into a lifelong career in healing. Like Hildegard of Bingen, the 12^th century German abbess who had visions from God that led her rise in the Christian church (extremely rare during those times!), Bowen’s otherworldly glimpse beyond the five senses transformed her life for the better. The Mystical Symphony is her story.

The book reads like a soothing river. You’ll lose track of time as you flow through Bowen’s motivational story. As a healer, Bowen presents many interesting thoughts regarding music and dance as healing rituals. Commonly, people use music to start their day or create a certain atmosphere. One may even use music simply as a way to kill time during a long trip. More spiritually attuned individuals use music to lift their spirits and connect with the heavens. Dance has been used for centuries as a healing practice. Dance rituals, like ones she’s witnessed in the American Southwest, are not merely performed for festive purposes, but they are a way to heal the soul and become one with nature. 

Bowen has an appreciative and uplifting view on life. She has been through many ups and downs, including marriages, spiritual transformation, traveling, unlocked achievements, and even abortion. Despite it all, Bowen still sees beauty in life. When there are shadows, there is always light. 

This author encourages readers to take a deeper look at life, beyond the ordinary. To her, there is a a grand spiritual force at work. It’s everywhere in nature. It’s the energy found in animals, rivers, sunlight, and even human beings. According to Bowen, we are creators with the ability to manipulate this limitless energy. Bowen uses hers to heal others. The universe has made us to create; this creative force is what made the flowers, the trees, and all the natural foods we eat. It’s even behind the books and TV shows we use to entertain ourselves.

The Mystical Symphony is a calming, motivational memoir about a meaningful mystical journey. Bowen reminds readers of the bigger picture in life: there’s more than our daily routines, distractions, and stressors. There is a layer of spirituality and beauty underneath our noses waiting to be explored. We not only live in a physical world but a mystical one to learn from. Will you open to it?

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