Even stranger, the entire book is written in question and answer format; effectively, IN ILM FORM. The man created a board on paper and then provided his own conversation. It's crazy.
It is utterly out of print and, while not rare, somewhat obscure and difficult to find. I'm going to reprint it here page by page so that we can all join in his one man discussion and also so that I'm compelled to finally read it myself.
I'll do three pages to start so that you can get the gist.
Delinquent Gods"2800 Pertinent Questions and 2800 Dependable Answers"by Frank Fruttchey"A Comment and Criticism of Present Day Standards of Music"Detroit, Michigan. Copyrigh(sic) January 1917 by Frank Fruttchey
PREFACEThe comment and criticism herein contained on Values in Music are a declaration that the human has not ever been on a right expressionable track to definitely and legitimately release the seeming purpose of the Great Architect of the universe in the human organization.Nothing need be further said except to invite the reader to read to the end of the book with as open a mind as possible. -THE AUTHOR
(i'm skipping the table of contents, first three pages follow
VALUES IN MUSIC (First Section)
In ancient times what was music?A "muse of the gods."
In modern times what is music?A muse of delinquent gods.
Then the modern gods have lost caste?So it would seem.
Is there any evidence the ancient god knew more of what we term music than the modern human (god)?None whatsoever.
Of what should music be an expression?Soul values.
Why use such a term?Because, scientifically, it is correct.
What is music?A game.
A game of what?Inclusive Harmonics.
Why inclusive Harmonics?Because there are differing types of Harmonics.
How many types are there?Two.
What do they represent?Harmonics of physical sound and Harmonics of tonality.
What then is the real determinate of music?Harmonic Orderliness.
Harmonic Orderliness of physical, spiritual and psychical nature?Of course.
What of the human status regarding physical, spiritual and psychical Harmonic Orderliness?We are compelled to recognize that most humans are harmonically decrepit.
And are, therefore, not in position to definitely employ either the Harmonics of physical sound nor those of tonality?Of course not.
And this, then, is why most humans are delinquent gods?Of course.
But why should the human god have lost caste?He never did really lose caste.
Why not?Because it cannot be said he ever possessed such an exalted estate -- except potentially.
Upon what is music integrated?Vibratorial Activity.
What is Vibratorial Activity?As far as the human is concerned, it would seem to be the colossus of Nature's design upon which are manifested her varying degrees of life.
Then it is the "sine qua non" of all life?Of course.
And failure to cognize it as a central activity is the one reason the human has not yet gained his rightful status -- as a god?So it would seem.
Where does Nature first definitely and continuously center, for the time being, her varying degrees of life?In the Mineral kingdom.
Where next?In the Vegetable kingdom.
Where next?In the Animal kingdom.
Where next?In the Human kingdom.
What do these successive kingdoms show?A progressive structural design.
A progressive structural design whose finality is invested where?In the human organization.
What ought it to prove to the human?That he has definitely been equipped to operate the forces of the forum of physical Nature.
What accompanies the human organization?A definite right to use forces which make the human as an individual unit possible.
What ought this to prove to the human?That he has definitely been equipped to operate the forces of the forum of spiritual Nature.
And it would seem, as far as this Old Mother Earth were concerned, that the Great Architect of the universe was willing for the time being to intrust(sic) His finer forces to an individual unit -- the human?So, it would seem.
And this is why the human is a potential god?Of course.
Why has he failed to use this potential articulative promise?Because of two reasons -- or conditions.
And these reasons or conditions are what?Impression and expression.
more soon
― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Friday, 29 July 2005 02:54 (twenty years ago)
― dasein, Friday, 29 July 2005 10:48 (twenty years ago)
And because he failed in these two matters he failed in sensing what? Appreciation.
But why should he have failed in these matters?His education was, and still is, at fault.
That is to say his education did not provide him with a definite expresion of his given opportunities?It did not.
And because he had no definite expression he failed in a use of his forces of impression?Of course.
And because of these two unreleased forces he failed in appreciation?Of course.
What is the particular failing of his education?It is a physiological measure of psychological problems.
His artistic, political and ecclesiastical measure of human potentiality, too?Yes - all three of them.
But these institutions receive their invested rights from traditional lore - both secular and religious, and -IT MERELY PROVES HOW STUPID THE INDIVIDUAL HUMAN WAS AND IS. emphasis by transcriber
Why so?Because there have always existed a great concourse of things in the forum of Nature which those humans who set in motion matters now based on traditional rights never dreamed existed.
And these traditional rights are founded upon the fascinations of physical matters?So it would seem.
― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Saturday, 30 July 2005 18:39 (twenty years ago)
― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Saturday, 30 July 2005 18:40 (twenty years ago)
And because of its fascinations it has proven to be the human's nemesis?Of course.
But some humans claim to have fathomed the resources of the physical organization?They have done nothing of the kind.
Yes, but --If they claim to have fathomed the resources of the physical organization it merely proves how presumptuous some humans are.
And we, then are a presumptuous, delinquent and dependent race of potential gods?Of course.
What do we need to lift us from this dependent state?A legitimate use of all physical resources.
What else?A legitimate use of intellectual resources.
What else?A legitimate use of all spiritual resources.
What would such matters give us?A conscious cognition of Soul Values.
And the base of such a matter is what?A conscious use of Vibratorial Activity.
How so?Because--From its beginnings, in the formations of the worlds, it has finally been focalized into a single unit -- the human organization.The human is thus possessed of all forces that made him possible.He thus is possessed of all forces that make it possible for him to be like unto the gods.He thus epitomizes Nature's purpose -- the human, made in the image of his God.
How can I attain a conscious use of Vibratorial Activity?By a process of refinement directed to the physical and spiritual texture of human character.
And if I did this I would no longer be a delinquent god?Of course not.
― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 05:03 (twenty years ago)
Refinement of the physical and spiritual texture of human character proves what?That the purpose of the Great Architect of the Universe is to release an individual unit - the human.
And the individual unit, the human, is placed where?Between two great worlds of matter.
Physical and spiritual?Of course.
And the physical is only the expressor of the spiritual?Of course.
And in itself, it is only a medium?Of course.
And any human who measures his potentiality according to the fascinations of the physical is controverting the purpose of the Great Architect of the Universe in the human organization?Certainly ---.
And the power to cognize the purpose of the Great Architect of the Universe is invested in what?Appreciation.
And the open avenues to appreciation are what?Impression and expression.
And to definitely operate the forces of impression and expression is dependant upon what?The distinction between physical sound and tonality.
Then physical sound, however beautiful it may be, is not music?Of course not.
― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Monday, 15 January 2007 21:34 (nineteen years ago)
Then tonality (human character) is the real essence of music?Of course.
What does tonality (human character) represent?Made in the likeness of the gods. The upper half of the great line of demarcation.
Then tonality (human character) and individuality are synonymous?Of course.
Why then should the musician and other humans cling so desperately to mere beautiful physical sounds - as music?The only reason in sight is they have yet to reach the crystaline purity of Soul Values.
And under such circumstances they could not possibly know the extent of tonality?Of course not.
And the distinction between physical sound and tonality holds good in all branches of human endeavor?It does absolutely.
Then there are few matters of human endeavor that can be found rightfully based as an act either of impression or expression?Of course.
And it means the fascinations of physical nature are strong enough to cheat the individual human from knowing the real essence of life and its living?Of course.
And because the human has lacked the distinction between physical sound and tonality he has gone hal-shot through time - been driven to tangents as it were?Of course.
― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 05:21 (nineteen years ago)
How can he right himself?By attaining Harmonic Orderliness.
Where must he begin?At the only root source provided by the Great Architect of the universe.
And what is that?Vibratorial Activity.
Where will he get a tangible use of Vibratorial Activity?In physical sound.
What is physical sound?Vibratorial Activity, mechanically confined within a given area or radius of action.
And this, in itself, is wonderfully pregnant with fascinating problems?More than we think for.
But why so?Because it is an offshoot of the forces which make the human organization possible.
And in its essence it would seem as if it were a "tester" to see how far the individual human would or could "make good"?So it would seem.
And this means that in order to use his organization legitimately the human must gain control of the finer forces which make him like unto the gods?Of course.
And it is in these finer forces that we are to find the real essence of tonality?Of course.
― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Saturday, 3 February 2007 20:08 (nineteen years ago)
― richard wood johnson (rwj), Sunday, 4 February 2007 18:01 (nineteen years ago)
― forksclovetofu, Sunday, 8 April 2007 17:42 (nineteen years ago)
― Rock Hardy, Sunday, 8 April 2007 17:55 (nineteen years ago)
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 8 April 2007 17:56 (nineteen years ago)
― modestmickey, Sunday, 8 April 2007 19:27 (nineteen years ago)
Corroboration of what? Human individuality.
What is the function of the instruments now in use? To set the Ether (physical sound) in motion.
And in that motion we find corroborative evidences of a wonderully provisioned vibratorial field in the forum of physical nature. Of course.
What do they (the instruments), release to human volition? Splendid opportunity to release modes of motion, access to which had hitherto been denied him
But, as mere instruments producing physical sound what have they accomplished? They have shunted the human upon an immense ocean of Vibrational Activity before he was scientifically prepared to handle its given areas.
But why so? Because in order to handle them, he was compelled to employ forces outside, or above, their spheres of action.
And then what? He then was traveling in an elusive country without scientific guidance - except it be the automatic precision of nature.
With what result? He had either to hammer his way through with physical technic or to literally tumble to what has since proven to be an amazing entanglement of states of motion.
And because, without the distinction between physical sound and tonality, the fascinations of physical problems were too strong for him? Exactly.
And in this he automatically denied the purpose of the Great Architect of the universe - in the human organization? Of course.
― forksclovetofu, Friday, 25 May 2007 04:08 (nineteen years ago)
Should every human then master the vibrator? Of course.
― dow, Friday, 25 May 2007 16:41 (nineteen years ago)
What happened? In the first instance he was forced to become a congealed physical technician. In the second instance he was hurtled upon rhapsodical emotional states from which he seldom escaped with his intellect, spirit or soul fully intact.
And this shows the human to be what? A mere "babe in the (vibratorial) woods"
What does he need to prove himself a Man "made in the image of the gods"? A continuity of physical sound.
Why does he need a continuity of physical sound? It is absolutely essential if he would be intelligible to himself and to his fellow humans.
And upon it he can alone find a definite mode of expression? Of course.
And vibratorially there is a definite continuity from the physical to the spiritual? Of course.
And in the human organization there is a continuity of muscle, nerve and intellect possible? Of coures.
And if the human fails to exercise this given external and internal continuity he automatically closes the forum of Nature to himself? He most certainly does.
And if he has no immediate cognition of the distinction between physical sound and tonality his whole organization is involved? It most certainly is.
And is this the reason the human is a delinquent god? It most certainly is.
What does such a matter involve? Appreciation.
― forksclovetofu, Sunday, 26 August 2007 18:13 (eighteen years ago)
Don't stop.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 26 August 2007 18:23 (eighteen years ago)
But what of the situation in which the human finds himself? It simply means that without the distinction between physical sound and tonality he cannot be brought to directly and definitely appreciate the wonders of the forum of physical and spiritual Nature.
And he then is forced to find his chief delight in dreaming? Of course.
But if he ever gets the distinction in operation, what then? He would then be able to gather the finest type of appreciation concerning the remarkable environment in which he had been placed.
Appreciation of what? The remarkable environment of which he has been placed.
And then what? He then would no longer need be a delinquent god.
And upon such a proposition rests the essence of music? Of course.
Would I dare measure our present standards of music from such a view-point? No one would or could deny you such a right.
But what would I find? Try it out and see for yourself.
But it might prove too distressing? Have you no command of your nerve? Do you not want to find a scientific outlet for your forces of impression and expression? Do you not want to find your real status of appreciation? Do you really wish to remain a delinquent god? Do you not realize that you are on your way to the land of the gods? Do you really want to be prepared to handle forces which made the gods possible? If you do, get busy now, here, while living on Old Mother Earth. Prepare yourself for the finalities which the Great Architect placed in the human organization best released by a definite distinction between physical sound and tonality.
(end section two)
― forksclovetofu, Monday, 3 September 2007 23:34 (eighteen years ago)
VALUES IN MUSIC (third section)
Individual cognition of the great line of demarcation depends upon what? The distinction that exists between physical sound and tonality.
Then physical sound, with all its wonderfully fascinating problems is only a medium to express tonality? Of course.
And the real wonders of music are invested in tonality? Of course.
Then, when we speak of the piano, the organ, or the voice, we have no right to designate the sounds produced as Tone? Of course not.
And we really have no right to designate any type of physical sound as Tone? Of course not.
What do the instruments of physical sound represent? Variations of beautiful sounds only.
But they do represent some phase of tonality, do they not? Only in the sense that human intelligence has been at work to mechanically capture the "sounds of the universe."
What is the evident purpose of Vibratorial Activity? To release a human organization.
What else? And, through the human organization to release human character (tonality).
With what is human character synonymous? Soul Values.
― forksclovetofu, Saturday, 10 November 2007 23:41 (eighteen years ago)
And the failure to release Soul Values is the reason the human is a delinquent god? Of course.
Then in music, as in other branches of human endeavor, it is apparent that the human must acquaint himself with forces which provide tonality? Of course.
What is the direct agency whereby such a status may be attained? A use of the "inclusive" Harmonic.
And there are Harmonics of physical sound and there are Harmonics of tonality? Of course.
And they are absolutely separate? Absolutely they are.
And lacking cognition of this distinction is the reason the human has not gathered forces which make him like unto the gods? Of course.
Where did the human first fail in this matter? In a lacking continuity of physical sound.
And in this he had no direct releasing agency of sufficient ampleness to recognize tonality as distinct from physical sound? Of course not.
And he then had to fall back upon mere conjecture? Of course.
But why so? Simply because he had no dependable process to operate the forces of the forum of Nature.
Neither that of physical or spiritual Nature? No.
What is the function of physical sound? It is used to enable the human to become intelligible to himself and to his fellow humans.
― forksclovetofu, Monday, 21 January 2008 19:25 (eighteen years ago)
How so?With it he is to locate, tabulateand consciously employ forces which release tonality.
In a use of physical sound with what is he chiefly concerned?The Harmonic.
What is the Harmonic?A measure of parts by which he is to definitely come into touch with the forces of the forum of Nature.
What is the function of the Harmonic?To lead the human safely and sanely out upon the unknown - in the forum of Nature.
And by its use the unknown becomes the know?Certainly.
And there are distinctions in Harmonics?Certainly.
WHat are these distinctions?Harmonics of physical sound and Harmonics of tonality (human character).
How can I distinguish the Harmonics of physical sound?They are not definitely named. They are used. They are under the automatic precision of Nature. They tumble to whatever direction they are spent by the directing intelligence of the human organization. Their business is to respond to human dictation - right or wrong. And this they do with a precision that is astonishingly simple in itself. If you want a definite measure of the vibratorial activity of physical sound, consult Helmholtz on "Sensation of Sound."
How can I distinguish the Harmonics of tonality?The Harmonics of tonality are directly concerned with human character. Their use is a determinate of the individual stamina, physical, spiritual and psychical, of the human using them. Like the Harmonics of physical sound they are not named. They are used. If you are not acquainted with them there is no way except by education that you can be shown. However, the public libraries are full of generally dependable works on psychology. Read and study them to your heart's content. Then apply what you have learned.
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 20 January 2010 23:00 (sixteen years ago)
However, the public libraries are full of generally dependable works on psychology
About right...
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 20 January 2010 23:49 (sixteen years ago)