The Pitch Doctor-Sound Medicine Belldrums

Yes I call myself the "Pitch Doctor" But its just a play on the word "Witch Doctor" because I make Sound Instruments with Tones that Heal (imho), not because I think I am an expert on Music ha ha......

I began my journey into the power of sound to affect changes in the human energy system years ago in 1987 in Amsterdam when I was introduced for the first time to the Australian Aboriginal Yidaki. (Didgeridoo)

I felt its power the minute I heard it and had an instant spiritual revelation and was transported in my consciousness to Australia and had an amazing vision.

Then in 1988 I met Australian Aboriginal Activist Robert Thorpe while he was in Holland at the Aboriginal Festival in Amsterdam. Robert gave me my first real yidaki and eventually invited me to Australia to meet Aboriginal Tribal Elders in Arnhem Land and Warnambool. (Dr. Yinupingu, Djalu Gurruwiwi and "Uncle Banjo" Clarke)

 

I later met the Australian Vocalist and yidaki player Jo Truman in Amsterdam, who taught me circular breathing and my  Yidaki playing started from there.

 I was fascinated in the states of consciousness that I experienced while playing the yidaki and others told me that they also experienced similar states while listening to the sound of the yidaki.

I then began a series of experiments with open minded Doctors, kinesiologists and  the Dutch Biologist Sakia Bosman,  to determine what was happening to peoples energy states and consciousness while listening to the yidaki. I eventually wrote about this research in the Book "Vibrational Healing with the Australian Aboriginal Didgeridoo " New Leaf Publishing

 

A few years after that, I travelled to Australia and met the frontman for the Australian Aboriginal group "Yothu Yindi" - Dr. M******* Yinupingu.

Dr Yinupingu was fascinated in my research into the healing power of the Aboriginal Yidaki  and had his own Traditional views on the subject. He told me that the Yolgno (Yolgnu) People had long recognised the healing power of the yidaki and that it produced a special power called "Djarwunma" which meant Peace or Healing power. He also gave  that name to my daughter Emerald.(Em)

He  introduced me to several Tribal Elders of the Yolgnu poeple of Yirrkala, where I asked for official tribal permission to play their instrument and continue my research into its healing powers.

I was granted the permission and also given  Tribal Name

(Ngurula Gurruwiwi) and accepted into the Galpu Clan as an Honorary tribal brother of the Official Yolgno Custodian of the Yidaki, Djalu Gurruwiwi. I also recieved personal yidaki tuition from the yothu Yindi main yidaki player M****** Munungurr

I returned to Holland and began working as a sound healer and also began working with Dutch Keyboard wizard Alain Eskinasi.

 I eventually started performing "Sound Healing " Concerts all over Holland with Alain and a large group of healers skilled in reiki, spiritual healing and other modalities, doing concerts which we called Electric Dreamtime Healing Concerts using  yidaki's , keyboards, Tibetan singing bowls and the worlds first multi person(50) Brain machine developed by Amsterdam Artist Marc Marc.  

I eventually emigrated to New Zealand where I have lived ever since. I gave up sound healing many years ago but around 2009 I heard the Hang drum for the first time and fell in love with the sound.

I then discovered Dennis Havlena's webpage on the net detailing how to make a "hank drum" from a LPG gas Bottle. For the next 5 years I cut and welded gas bottles together experimenting until I found my own perfect version of the tank drum, which I called the "Belldrum".(Sounds like a bell - play it like a drum)

All my sound Healing knowledge has gone into these drums for people to experience for themselves the true healing power of sound!

 

 Namaste!

 

Jim Wafer

Nelson, New Zealand March 2015