Bells have a special mystique that reaches out and touches our imaginations. No matter if they are the ones ringing to signal noon prayers at the church down the street, or ring when we open the door to our favorite caf, they add a certain dose of enchantment to an otherwise normal part of the day. We aren’t the only ones that have been enamored by their beautiful tones.

Bells have been ringing since antiquity, but they have not been the musical instruments or warning signals that were popular during the middle ages or still are in some more out of the way places in the world. They were used in ancient prayer rites as well as aids to worship as well as for casting magic spells. They were also placed on doors to houses to signify blessings.

It was thought that bells could be worn by people in order to fend off evil and to protect bearers from danger and misfortune. Additionally, it was thought that the sounds could invite and bring good spirits closer.

The bells that we are familiar with today get their roots from basic versions and designs. In fact, there have been artifacts discovered in the Middle East that resemble beehives and were made of bronze.

There have also been ancient bells discovered in South America that are wooden and shaped like rectangles. In Asia, bells were square shaped.

Christians started to make bells as a form of art in the eighth or ninth century. As time progressed, lots of modifications led to the discovery that if bells were shaped longer, they would make a deeper sound when they were rung.

Additionally, artisans found out that if they cast bells a little thicker and smaller, it would make a higher sound when they were struck. The bowl shaped bells that we are familiar with today were born sometime during the middle ages in Europe.

Bells we see today owe their designs and sounds to the refinement of the process that took hundreds of years to evolve. Today, large bells can sometimes be heard for miles around once they are struck.

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