From Mitch Nur, PhD and his presentation

"Nearly 50 years ago I set off on an adventure, which would change the direction of my life. My interest in what soon was to become Tibetan Singing Bowls, began at the onset of the 1970’s at a time when I and a few of my friends were the few who had heard of them. This is a time before the internet and in order to learn about something in a far off land, it required going there. My studies then, focused on what was termed Para-Psychology, including shamanic conventions and out of body experiences induced by trance and music. When I arrived in India I had a small knowledge base of the Vedic culture, but my philosophical interests were on Buddhism and the scant academic leaning books by Evans-Wentz, Govinda, David-Neal, Watts, Günther, etc. that were available to American readers at that time. I felt ‘briefed’, and entered Nepal with the intention to getting to the bottom of these things called Tibetan Singing Bowls. In about 3 weeks time after countless talks with artisans in the handicraft industry of Kathmandu, no one could lead me to a Tibetan Singing Bowl or anyone who knew of their existence. I found this very odd, what I did not know at that time, was how long it would take to discover some version of the truth about them; their history, use, manufacturing sites, purposes, etc. What unfolded over the years was great friendships, meetings with remarkable men, and insights into things reserved for persons of high degree."

"Now that I have put my research to paper after all these long years and listened and read all the experts, my story is a bit different. Possibly because I’m one of the few, if not the only researcher who has actually physically lived in the Himalayas and India, conducted Field Studies there, interviewed Lamas, artisans, shopkeepers, historians, shamans, and along the way picked up titles and names due to my personal studies in Bön and Buddhism with high Lamas and Tulku’s. I’m not here to prove anybody wrong about their ’stories’ about the Bowls, even though there’s overwhelming misinformation concerning them; but to reveal what my research points to. It would be easy for me to say that aliens brought them here through a tunnel from Taos Pueblo to the Potala of Tibet, and that there is magic and secrets a foot. Everyone knows that Tibet is full of secrets and that the Bowls are one of them. A story told by profit motivated Singing Bowl merchants across the world for years. The amazing thing is that the Nepalese and Tibetans are starting to believe it."