“Improvised music is a matter of being in touch with self. To understand agreeable and disagreeable, negative and positive, cause and effect and more. When you can feel and understand the deepest existence of soul, that allows you to express your musical story of life on higher levels.” --Antoine Roney

"Su Terry has done a superb job of melding spiritual awareness, gender equality, physical and metaphysical principles, with musical tenets inherent in all musicians. In an emerging world of AI, this work is an artistic string theory and a must read for all." --John La Barbera

"This book puts into words the concepts I have always espoused as a musician; Music of the Spheres, if you will, and the surety of spiritual connection as we improvisers listen to the Universe, and pull sounds from the Air that are always surrounding us, waiting to be plucked and honed by our craft and spread back out into the non-Void, to be heard and used again. Su Terry’s book is a cherished and thorough study I'll be referring to for years to come. " --Peggy Stern
 

"A fantastic work that bridges the gap between ancient wisdom and modern musicianship, 'Music and the 7 Hermetic Principles' offers performers, composers, and music lovers a fresh perspective on their art. Su Terry expertly demonstrates how Hermetic philosophy can enhance everything from practice techniques to performance anxiety, while deepening our understanding of music's transformative power. This is essential reading for anyone seeking to elevate their musical practice beyond mere technique to touch the realm of universal principles." --Clarice Assad

"This is a fascinating book that has gotten me thinking about music in a way I have tended to avoid. I have always shied away from really trying to understand how and why I, personally, am able to do certain things that other musicians cannot do (and vice versa). When it comes to self-examination there is a tendency to be like people who refuse to go to the doctor because they are afraid they will find something wrong with them, as though the sickness wouldn’t occur without a doctor’s visit. So it is with the strange way in which some of us experience and create music; we worry that to confront the mysteries of performance and composition will be to put a stop to the flow that leads to the successful practice of the art.

Su Terry’s new book, because it is from a musician who has been through the same conflicts, beautifully addresses this strangeness in all of its mysterious wonder, and is an inspiring look at not just these mystical musical relationships but at the way in which the mind intervenes in all worldly practices as a deliberative and separate dimension. Music is special, but it is (unless I am misunderstanding her point of view) a mirror of daily life, and the way in which that life feeds off both reality and the intangible equates to the way in which the artist juggles practicalities with the unknowable confusions (otherwise known as mysteries) of conscious life.  I recommend you read this book whether or not you are an artist, because it has something to teach everyone." --Allen Lowe

" I would recommend that musicians take this book to heart." --Gene Perla

"I love what Su has done connecting music with the Hermetic teachings! Very insightful. It's amazing to me how connected the hermetic philosophy is to 'modern' science and music, especially for me, improvisation and post Coltrane modern jazz. Record a free group improvisation, when you hear back later you can appreciate the ebb and flow of the rhythmic principle, gender in the dynamics of the improv, principle of correspondence between the bass sounds and the horns...The principles analyze my reality better than any other theory I've ever come across."   --Asante Santi Debriano

"In her new book Music and the 7 Hermetic Principles Su Terry outlines with extreme clarity what makes a great musician. It is not enough to perform music with all the right notes, pauses, rhythms, pianissimos, and fortissimos. The artist’s connection to The All–the original iCloud–is essential. Not only that, Su brings in this book ideas and concepts that make us rethink what we understand about making art. This is a book that I will read and reread many times." --Luiz Simas

"Su Terry's Music and the 7 Hermetic Principles is a must-read for musical seekers of today and tomorrow. Su shares profound insights that can actually elevate the consciousness of not only artists, but also of any intelligent mind that considers the divinely healing and universally connective energetic power of music as a spiritual medium. Su's work, inspired by her life's dedicated path of learning, playing, and teaching music, is nourishment for the soul." - Benny Green

"A must read for anyone wishing to explore the deeper relationship between music and the laws of creation." –Paula Kimper

"Su Terry has written a fascinating book relating how music is indeed a spiritual journey and one that can be understood in more layman terms, and taught in much detail. The book outlines the process by delving into 7 ancient Hermetic principles rendering them with more modern applications which the reader can apply to his or her musical journey and understand how indeed music fits into the universe. Su is a wonderful spiritual and musical guide!"  –Randy Brecker

"Music and the 7 Hermetic Principles is an important guidebook for those who make music. Su Terry takes us on an insightful, transcendental journey that examines the wellsprings of creativity and the sonic realties of organized sound. This book offers various strategies that could aid in awakening our collective human intelligence in the face of the current techno age we live in." --James Weidman Musician, Professor of Jazz Piano and African American Studies, University of Georgia

"I love this book. It's well-written and touches on very important things." –bassist LONNIE PLAXICO