Colour Therapy

Published on December 2016 | Categories: Documents | Downloads: 29 | Comments: 0 | Views: 386
of 23
Download PDF   Embed   Report

Comments

Content





COLOUR THERAPY


COLOR THERAPY


In colour there is life. To understand this power, is living.
Colour could very well be the most magnificent experience we take for granted.
Look around; it's everywhere, surrounding and embracing us. We interpret life
as much through colour as we do shape, texture and sound.
The truth is, the power of colour is the very essence of life.
Our most important energy source is light, and the entire spectrum of colours is
derived from light. Sunlight, which contains all the wavelengths, consists of the entire
electromagnetic spectrum that we depend on to exist on this planet.
Light flows through our eyes and triggers hormone production, which influences our
entire complex biochemical system. This biochemical system then affects our being.
And light does not travel alone. Light travels with other energies as shown below.
We know that each colour found in the visible light spectrum has its own wavelength
and its own frequency, which produces a specific energy and has a nutritive effect. We
know some rays can be dangerous if we are exposed to them. But the visible light, the
rainbow, has a soothing effect on us.
Light is the only energy we can see, and we see it in the form of colour.
Our body absorbs colour energy through the vibration colour gives off. All organs,
body systems, and functions are connected to main energy centres.
Through colour we receive all the energies we need to maintain a health body, mind,
and soul. The National Institute of Mental Health has done studies showing that our
mental health, behaviour, and general efficiency in life depends to a great extent on
normal colour balance. When something goes wrong, or is out of balance, we can
strengthen our energy centres through the conscious use of colour.
Light consists of the seven colour energies: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo,
and Violet. Each colour is connected to various areas of our body and will affect us
differently emotionally, physically, and mentally. By learning how each colour
influences us, we can effectively use colour to give us an extra boost of energy when
we need it.
If you wake up in the morning with little energy, or you need to prepare for a business
meeting, this is where the power of colours can help. All you have to do is reflect on
the type of day you have planned; choose the colour that will help you meet the
demands of the day; and then absorb that particular colour. It's like fuelling your
system with the right kind of gas!

BRIEF HISTORY OF COLOR AND LIGHT THERAPY
Healing by means of color and light was the first type of therapy used by man. The
sun's rays kept him warm, the colors of the flora fed him and accounted for his mood.
The Egyptian Pharaohs and the Inca Indians worshipped the Sun as God and used
plants as medicinal herbs.
In 6th century BC, Orpheus, the founder of the first metaphysical mystery school in
Greece utilized vibrational medicine of color and light as a means of healing and
spiritual awareness. Both Pythagorus and Plato were strongly influenced by his
teachings.
In 125 AD - the ancient scientist, Apuleius experimented with a flickering light
stimulus used to reveal epilepsy.
In 200 AD - Ptolemy observed patterns of color rays coming from the sun into the eyes
produced a feeling of euphoria.
In the 17th century - French psychologist Pierre Janet used flickering lights to reduce
hysteria for hospital patients.
1876 - Augustus Pleasanton used blue light to stimulate the glandular system. In this
same year, Seth Pancoast utilized red light to stimulate the nervous system.
1878 - Dr. Edwin Babbitt used variant colors to produce healing of internal organs.
1908 - Aura Soma developed in England used colors to heal physical and emotional
symptoms and promote psychological change.
1926 - C.G. Sander specified that application of particular colors was necessary for
normal health.
1930 - The Father of Spectro-Chrome Metry, Dinshah P. Ghadiali compiled an
encyclopedia of treatment with the use of color and light for over 400 various health
related disorders.
1941 - Dr. Harry Riley Spitler formulated "The Syntonic Principle" stating that light by
way of the eyes balances the autonomic nervous system.
1943 - Dr. Max Lucher developed psychological color testing to reveal information
hidden in the subconscious mind which is still used today.
1980 - Dr. Thomas Budzynski - used phototherapy to accelerate learning.
1991 - Dr. Harrah Conforth applied color and light to facilitate whole brain
synchronization and Dr. Robert Cosgrove utilized colored light for sedative properties
prior to , during and immediately following surgery.

Color Research
That color affects us all is an undoubted fact. Its significance has been investigated and
the results utilized in merchandizing, selling, home decorating, the workplace
environment, industry, plant growth, nutrition, physics, physiology, psychology,
ecclesiasticism and art. In fact, color is so much a part of our lives that we tend to take
it for granted.
Physical healing is encouraged by directing colored light towards diseased areas of the
body or to the eyes. In conventional medical treatment, phototherapy and
photochemotherapy are used in current dermatological practice e.g. in the treatment of
psoriasis, and blue light has been shown to be effective in the treatment of
hyperbiliruminemia in the newborn.
There is a wealth of evidence to support the psychological effects of color and Dr Max
Luscher's The Luscher Color Test contains ample evidence of this (be advised that
many of the references in this book are in German).

In conventional medical practice, the use of blue light in the treatment of
hyperbilirubinemia has been proven by many researchers including Vreman et al with
their study "Light-emitting diodes: a novel light source for phototherapy". Creamer and
McGregor of St John's Institute of Dermatology, London. UK published a paper in
January 1998 entitled "Photo (chemo) therapy: advances for systemic or cutaneous
disease", exploring the value of light as a treatment. Griffiths of the University of
Manchester, UK, in July 1998, published a paper on "Novel therapeutic approaches to
psoriasis" and in October 1998, The Archives of General Psychiatry ran four articles
on light therapy. Regrettably, where treatment of a broader spectrum of disorders is
concerned, the evidence is largely anecdotal.
Research in the agricultural field lends support to the potential for color as a therapy in
humans as the following examples show:
1. In 1997 researchers at the School of Agriculture and Forest Science at the University
of Wales, UK used red and blue light to establish whether these would increase activity
and reduce locomotion disorders in meat chickens. They showed that in 108 chicks
walking, standing, aggression and wing stretching all increased in intensity when
reared from day 1-35 in red light. Where blue light was used, there was a high
incidence of gait abnormalities. Prayitno DS., Phillips CJ and Stokes DK. 1997. The
effects of color and intensity of light on behaviour and leg disorders in broiler
chickens. Poultry Science 76(12): 1674-81.
2. Michael Kasperbauer, a researcher at the US Agricultural Research Service Center
in Florence, South Carolina, showed that using red plastic sheeting under tomato and
cotton plants produced a 15-20% higher yield than plants grown over traditional black
or clear plastic. Also turnips grown under blue plastic had an improved flavour when
compared with those grown under green sheets. Analysis of those grown under the
blue plastic revealed that they had higher concentrations of glucocinolates and vitamin
C (glucosinolates being the compounds which give turnips and horseradish their
traditional "bite"). Kasperbauer and his team have also investigated the link between
color and pest control. Michael Orzolek of Pennsylvania State University proved that
aphids and the plant viruses they transmit are generally attracted to yellow and repelled
by red and blue. This finding echoes the work of Babbitt a century earlier when he
wrote "The electrical colors which are transmitted by blue glass often destroy the
insects which feed upon plants." Boyce N. Rainbow Growing. New Scientist. 24
October 1998.
Future research could focus on the clinical efficacy of color therapy and, the
neurobiological mechanism of action. Extensive anecdotal evidence of the value of
color therapy in the treatment of countless physical disorders over many decades
deserves to be revisited. However, this evidence needs to be subjected to rigorous
scientific research in order to establish (or otherwise) a sound basis for color therapy.
Developing instruments for applying color could provide a commercial incentive for
clinical trials.
A major resource for researchers is the Faber Birren Collection Of Books on Color
which was presented to Yale University in 1971. Faber Birren (1900-1988) was a
leading authority on color and the collection's holdings are the most extensive to be
found anywhere. A complete online bibliography can be found at the Yale University
Library website.
from the chapter on Color Therapy by Therese M Donnelly in the Clinician's Complete
Reference to Complementary & Alternative Medicine by Donald W Novey MD,
published by Mosby, 2000.

The practical application of a specific colour for a bodily condition requires common
sense and experimentation. Generally, dis-harmony that produces a cold, wet condition
requires red. Conditions of a hot, thermal nature require blue to calm and effect a
stabilization of the subtle body in question. Therefore, contra-indicated to any red
condition is the use of a red colour application such as with sunstroke. The use of red
will aggravate the problem. The same is true of any blue condition; ie, contra-indicated
for colds or pneumonia is the use of cold blue.
Some color therapists believe colours contain energy vibrations with healing
properties. Exposure to a color and its vibrations can be used to assist the body's
natural healing and recuperative powers to achieve and maintain health and well-being.
The are seven natural colours in the visible light spectrum (rainbow): red, orange,
yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. Each color vibrates at its own individual
frequency. In Color Therapy each color corresponds to one of the seven chakras
(energy centres in the body), which in turn can influence a specific gland, organ, or
tissue of the body. for example, the color red, which corresponds to the root or base
chakra, can be used for problems with the adrenal glands, kidneys, and bladder. The
color rays may be in the visible or invisible spectrum and can be administered through
colored lights or applied mentally through suggestion.
RED
Red is called "The Great Energizer" and "The Father of Vitality."
Red is warm, vital, heating. It loosens, opens up clogs, releases
stiffness and constrictions. It is excellent for areas that have
become stiffened or constricted.
RED is the first visible colour we see after the infra-red band is passed.
Red is thermal, heating, warming, yang and positive. It has many
tendencies including the promotion of cellular growth and activity,
stimulating the Will aspect, corresponding to our life force, or the
circulatory system. It is therefore indicated for all colds, sluggish or
dormant conditions, such as pneumonia, bursitis, paralysis, arthritis,
anaemia, as a liver stimulant, an energy builder, for raising the blood
pressure and increasing circulation
Red is called "The Great Energizer" and "The Father of Vitality." Red
is warm, vital, heating. It loosens, opens up clogs, releases stiffness and
constrictions. It is excellent for areas that have become stiffened or
constricted.
Red links with and stimulates the root chakra, at the base of the spine,
causing the adrenal glands to release adrenalin. This results in greater
strength. Red causes hemoglobin to multiply, thus increasing energy
and raising body temperature. It is excellent for anemia and blood-
related conditions.
RED VITALITY, COURAGE, SELF CONFIDENCE
Use when you need to meet a demanding day, or when you feel drained
of energy. The colour red provides the power from the earth and gives
energy on all levels. It connects us to our physical body. Everything
that is to be commenced needs the life vitality of red.
ORANGE
Orange in the true color of the sun. Orange has a freeing action
upon the body and mind, relieving repressions.
Because orange is a blend of red and yellow, it combines physical
energy with mental wisdom, inducing a transformation between
lower physical reaction and higher mental response. Thus, it is
often referred to as "The Wisdom Ray."
Orange is warm, cheering, non-constricting. Through orange, we
are able to heal the physical body (red) and, at the same time,
induce within the mind (yellow) greater understanding on how
the body may be kept in good repair. Orange helps assimilate
new ideas and stimulate mental enlightenment. It is also helpful
in dealing with excess sexual expression.
Orange in the true color of the sun. Orange has a freeing action
upon the body and mind, relieving repressions.
Because orange is a blend of red and yellow, it combines physical
energy with mental wisdom, inducing a transformation between
lower physical reaction and higher mental response. Thus, it is
often referred to as "The Wisdom Ray."
ORANGE - joy and constructivity - animates like red, although
different cures are effected by this ray. Included are
inflammation of the kidneys, gallstones, prolapses, menstrual
cramps, epilepsy, wet cough and all sinus conditions.
Orange is warm, cheering, non-constricting. Through orange, we
are able to heal the physical body (red) and, at the same time,
induce within the mind (yellow) greater understanding on how
the body may be kept in good repair. Orange helps assimilate
new ideas and stimulate mental enlightenment. It is also helpful
in dealing with excess sexual expression.
ORANGE HAPPINESS, CONFIDENCE, RESOURCEFULNESS
Brings joy to our workday and strengthens our appetite for life!
Orange is the best emotional stimulant. It connects us to our
senses and helps to remove inhibitions and makes us
independent and social.
YELLOW
Yellow helps strengthen the nerves and the mind. It helps
awaken mental inspiration and stimulates higher mentality.
Thus, it is an excellent color for nervous or nerve-related
conditions or ailments.
Yellow links with and stimulates the solar plexus, or psychic
center. It can be used for psychic burnout or other psychic-
related conditions or ailments.
Yellow can be used for conditions of the stomach, liver, and
intestines. It helps the pores of the skin and aids scarred tissue in
healing itself. It also has a very enriching effect upon the intellect
and the brain.
YELLOW is stimulating to the nervous system and the intellect.
These rays have an alkalizing effect which strengthens the nerves,
and are awakening, inspiring and vitally stimulating to the higher
mind or manas, aiding self-control. Typical diseases treated by
yellow are constipation, gas, liver troubles, diabetes, eczema and
skin troubles, leprosy and nervous exhaustion.
YELLOW helps strengthen the nerves and the mind. It helps
awaken mental inspiration and stimulates higher mentality.
Thus, it is an excellent color for nervous or nerve-related
conditions or ailments.
Yellow links with and stimulates the solar plexus, or psychic
center. It can be used for psychic burnout or other psychic-
related conditions or ailments.
Yellow can be used for conditions of the stomach, liver, and
intestines. It helps the pores of the skin and aids scarred tissue in
healing itself. It also has a very enriching effect upon the intellect
and the brain.
Like the color of gold, yellow represents the highest of the
physical colors. "Worth its weight in gold" applies to yellow.
YELLOW WISDOM, CLARITY, SELF-ESTEEM
Gives us clarity of thought, increases awareness, and stimulates
interest and curiosity. Yellow energy is related to the ability to
perceive and understand. The yellow energy connects us to our
mental self.
GREEN
GREEN
Most people associate blue with healing. However, green is the
universal healing color. The ancient Egyptians and Chinese used green
as the primary color of healing. Why is that? Because green is midway
in the color spectrum; therefore, it contains both a physical nature and a
spiritual nature, in equal balance and in equal harmony. Thus, green can
be used for just about any condition in need of healing. When in doubt,
green will always work.
Green is the color of Nature and the earth. It is balance and harmony in
essence and possesses a soothing influence upon both mind and body. It
is neither relaxing nor astringent in its impact.
In a more practical sense, green affects blood pressure and all
conditions of the heart. It has both an energizing effect and a
moderating or soothing effect.
GREEN BALANCE, LOVE, SELF CONTROL
GREEN is the colour of balance, harmony, nature, neutrality and of
non-resistance. It was the colour of the first system from which we
evolved and remains with us to this day as the calming, peaceful green
of spring and nature. Green corresponds to the heart center on the
physical plane and heals many illnesses of this nature, specifically
including heart troubles, decreasing and stabilizing blood-pressure,
ulcers, cancer, headaches, nervous disorders and influenza, and acts as
a general tonic.

Helps relax muscles, nerves, and thoughts. Cleanses and balances our
energy, to give a feeling of renewal, peace and harmony. Green
connects us to unconditional love and is used for balancing our whole
being.
Green is the color of Nature and the earth. It is balance and
harmony in essence and possesses a soothing influence upon
both mind and body. It is neither relaxing nor astringent in its
impact.
In a more practical sense, green affects blood pressure and all
conditions of the heart. It has both an energizing effect and a
moderating or soothing effect.
BLUE
Dr. Edwin Babbitt, in his classic, "The Principles of Light and
Color," states that "The Blue Ray is one of the greatest antiseptics
in the world."
Blue is cooling, electric, astringent. It helps bleeding, decreases
fevers, and cures soar throats. Blue can have a sedative effect, as
expressed in the remark of "feeling blue." It is a very positive
color, indicating loyalty and reliability, as expressed in the
sentiment of being "true blue."
BLUE
BLUE, on the other hand, is at the opposite end of the visible spectrum
and is electric, cooling, yin and negative. Dr Babbitt has called blue one
of the greatest antiseptics in the world. Blue light will stop bleeding of
the lungs, decrease fevers, cure sore throats, give relief to most
inflammations of the skin and gums, and can be used with infants for
pain while teething. Blue is also used for goitre, measles, chickenpox,
cuts, bruises and burns. Relaxing, soothing blue rays will also bring
great calm and peace to the mind that is worried, excited, or in a
constant nervous state. More diseases are treated by blue light than by
any other colour, which is not surprising considering that cosmic fire in
our system is clear cold blue.
Dr. Edwin Babbitt, in his classic, "The Principles of Light and Color,"
states that "The Blue Ray is one of the greatest antiseptics in the
world."
Blue is cooling, electric, astringent. It helps bleeding, decreases fevers,
and cures soar throats. Blue can have a sedative effect, as expressed in
the remark of "feeling blue." It is a very positive color, indicating
loyalty and reliability, as expressed in the sentiment of being "true
blue."
Blue links with and stimulates the throat chakra. The throat chakra is
often referenced as the "power center" and "the greatest center in the
body" because it is the primary center of expression and
communication, through speech. Thus, the effect of blue upon this
center and the aura, in general, is quite profound.
Blue can be used for any type of ailments associated with speech,
communication, or the throat. Solarized blue water is an excellent tonic
for laryngitis or inflammation of the larynx.
BLUE KNOWLEDGE, HEALTH, DECISIVENESS
This is a mentally-relaxing colour. Blue has a pacifying effect on the
nervous system and brings great relaxation. Ideal for sleep problems,
and hyper-active children. Connects us to holistic thought, and gives us
wisdom and clarity enhancing communication and speech.
Blue can be used for any type of ailments associated with speech,
communication, or the throat. Solarized blue water is an
excellent tonic for laryngitis or inflammation of the larynx.
INDIGO
Indigo is a great purifier of the bloodstream and also benefits
mental problems. It is a freeing and purifying agent.
Indigo combines the deep blue of devotion with a trace of
stabilizing and objective red. Indigo is cool, electric, and
astringent. It is, also, the color ray used by Spirit to help entrance
a medium.
INDIGO
Indigo is a great purifier of the bloodstream and also benefits mental
problems. It is a freeing and purifying agent.
INDIGO, as previously stated, is the colour of our solar system. It has
been particularly beneficial in treating cataracts, glaucoma and various
eye problems. Other uses of indigo include purification of the blood
and of the mind. Ear and nose complaints, diseases of the lungs,
asthma, infantile convulsions and mental complaints may be remedied
through the use of indigo.

Indigo combines the deep blue of devotion with a trace of stabilizing
and objective red. Indigo is cool, electric, and astringent. It is, also, the
color ray used by Spirit to help entrance a medium.
Indigo links with and stimulates the brow chakra (third eye) and
controls the pineal gland. It governs both physical and spiritual (not
psychic) perception; that is, clairvoyance, clairaudience, and
clairsentience. Thus, it can be of great assistance in dealing with
ailments of the eyes and ears, as well as assisting in problems or
conditions related to mediumship.
Finally, indigo is considered the ray of the Holy Spirit.
INDIGO INTUITION, MYSTICISM, UNDERSTANDING
The indigo energy connects us to our unconscious self, and gives us the
experience of being part of the whole universe. Strengthens intuition,
imagination, psychic powers, and increases dream activity.
VIOLET
Violet is truly the color of the divine Spirit. Violet works only on
the levels of the Spirit. It is generally not used for physical
conditions; however, some color experts believe that it does
provide nourishment to the cells in the upper brain and does
have a link with the crown chakra. Furthermore, it helps expand
the horizons of our Divine understanding.
Violet should be used only for spiritually-related problems.
Leonardo da Vinci proclaimed that you can increase the power of
meditation ten-fold by meditating under the gentle rays of Violet,
as found in Church windows.
VIOLET is the last colour we can see before light passes on to ultra-
violet. This colour is an excellent remedy for neurosis, diseases of the
scalp, sciatica, tumors, rheumatism, cerebro-spinal meningitis,
concussion, cramps and epilepsy. Violet animates and cleans the
venous blood. Esoterically violet is white and synthesizes all form
manifestation.
Violet is truly the color of the divine Spirit. Violet works only on the
levels of the Spirit. It is generally not used for physical conditions;
however, some color experts believe that it does provide nourishment to
the cells in the upper brain and does have a link with the crown chakra.
Furthermore, it helps expand the horizons of our Divine understanding.
Violet should be used only for spiritually-related problems.
Leonardo da Vinci proclaimed that you can increase the power of
meditation ten-fold by meditating under the gentle rays of Violet, as
found in Church windows.
VIOLET BEAUTY, CREATIVITY, INSPIRATION
Purifies our thoughts and feelings giving us inspiration in all
undertakings. The violet energy connects us to our spiritual self
bringing guidance, wisdom and inner strength. Enhances artistic talent
and creativity.
.

WHITE
White is the perfect color; for it is all color, in perfect balance and
harmony. It is the color of the awakened Spirit; the light of
perfection; the light of the Christ and Buddhic consciousness. It
is also the Divine Light.
Just about everyone has heard of surrounding people with the
"White Light of Healing and Protection." Directing white into the
aura helps stimulate the person's own divine nature into healing
the self.

The general rule of thumb is to place the affected area 12 inches from the glass and
approximately 10-12 inches from your LIGHT SOUIRCE if you are inside. Twice a
day is the ideal and, once started, the treatment should continue until the complaint is
gone.
Colds are the most dramatic to experiment with. Use red. Focus over the chest and
leave it there for 5-7 minutes. Colds and asthma, utilizing red and orange respectively,
have reportedly brought dramatic results in a very short time. If you are not sure of any
colour, always under-expose the time of treatment.
TIMES
RED: 5-10 minutes. Never more than 10 minutes.
ORANGE: 5-15 minutes, with 15 minutes used only for sinus problems.
YELLOW: 15 minutes. As a nerve tonic 15 minutes is ideal.
GREEN: 10-25 minutes. This is the only colour that can be applied at such length.
BLUE: 5-15 minutes. Never over-expose around the head region.
INDIGO: 10 minutes. For eye therapy usually 1-5 minutes is sufficient.
VIOLET: 5-25 minutes. The only occasion for a 25-minute application of violet would
be in treating sciatica, exposing only the back or sides of the body.
Any colour that is applied to a specific area must be localized; this is very important.
Green, yellow and blue may be general.
Red is never to be applied to the head region.
The best part of the rainbow isn't the pot of gold...
...It's the rainbow itself

" An apple reflects a shade of red to the retina, forming impulses that travel as coded
messages to the brain, where hormones are released, altering metabolism, sleeping,
feeding and temperature patterns. So you see, we don't just notice colors, we feel them.
Mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually, they empower us. Dawn to dusk,
they rule our world, transforming nature's energy into personal realization. Every color
has its own personality and in each lies knowledge and clarity."
~Suza Scalora
Color Therapy, or Color Healing, is the therapeautic use of varous forms of color and
light for physical, emotional, and spiritual benefit to the human body. Color and light
therapy involves the application colour in a variety of ways: colored gels with light to
penetrate and stimulate the body's meridians which corresponds to traditional Asian
acupuncture systems as well as accessing and incorporating the axiational lines ;
colored lights applied to areas of the body; the use of colored lenses (prescription and
non-prescription eyewear) for a variety of health concerns; the use of the sun; light
applied to the eyes ; and the use of crystals or crystal rods with or without an outside
light source for penetration of colorinto the body through the auric field, also using the
acupuncture systems and axiational lines. Further use of color is made in the
environment through the use of colored light bulbs, the paints applied to a room, the
color of carpeting and furniture, or through the use of certain colored clothes, the use
of crystals in the environment, sunlight, all of which directly impact the body through
the bio magnetic (auric) field.
Color assists the body in its natural ability to balance itself and has been used for
centuries by practitioners of the healing arts especially in Asia and in the ancient
civilizations.. Egyptian priests left manuscripts showing their system of colour science,
and Indian and Chinese mystics had knowledge of colour in their secret doctrines.
In 1666, Sir Isaac Newton developed the first valuable theory of color when he
admitted sunlight through a prism. Newton established the presence of seven basic
colors in the spectrum. For centuries the healing profession has recognized that color is
a force of immeasurable and infinite power, exerting a tremendous psychological and
physiological influence on people.
In Europe in the late 1800s and early 1900s psychologists working in mental hospitals
researched the effect of color on patients. By utilizing different colored walls and lights
it was found that depressive patients put into rooms with red or bright yellow walls,
and hyperactive patients put into rooms with blue or green walls, were both calmed by
the respective colours.
Black is a color associated with tragedy and death. Blackfriars Bridge, in London, was
a was a gloomy black structure known for its high rate of suicide. After the bridge was
painted green, the suicide rate declined by one third.
The use of color has numerous applications in industry. Experiments have shown that
muscular reaction time is much quicker under the influence of red light than green
light, which has application on an assembly line. The colours used on factory walls and
machinery affect employee morale, efficiency, absenteeism, and accident rates.
In sports, a locker room painted in colours on the red side of the spectrum is known to
stimulate team members. Uniform color can also influence a teams performance: thus,
many professional football teams use red or orange as some part of the team colours.
Color is used extensively in interior design to create a certain feeling or mood, and to
influence behaviour. For example, red rooms cause an overestimate of time. This is a
particularly effective color for restaurants that want to make an individual feel she has
spent more time there than she actually has. This allows the restaurant to seat more
people in a given time period.
Restaurants and food processors use color to make food more attractive and appetizing.
it has been suggested that consuming naturally colored foods and beverages is and an
excellent way of getting color into the body for the improvement of health.

The condition that led the way to acceptance of some form of light treatments is
Seasonal Affective Disorder or S.A.D.. This condition occurs most frequently during
the long winter months but has also been shown to be present in people who have been
house or hospital confined for long periods. Other occupations, such as pilots, flight
attendants, miners, third shift industrial workers, etc., also experience symptoms of
light deprivation. Some of these industries have begun to require the employees to sit
in full spectrum light rooms for periods of time to avoid symptoms. Some people have
affectionately called this condition "Cabin Fever" and have used it to describe a feeling
of frustration, confinement, irritation at everything and anything and an inability to
concentrate or enjoy the simple pleasures of life.

" ALL FORMS OF MATTER ARE REALLY LIGHT WAVES IN MOTION."
- Albert Einstein
Color. We delight in a rainbow, sigh at a sunset, luxuriate in the rich colors of our
homes, clothes, special spaces. Our eyes gravitate towards saturated color like moths to
the light. No coincidence, considering the entire spectrum of colors is derived from
light. And no surprise, really, that seeing, wearing or being exposed to color- whether
in the form of light, pigment, or cloth- can affect us at levels we are only just
beginning to understand.
Scientifically, it makes sense. Color is simply a form of visible light, of
electromagnetic energy. Let's break it down. What exactly is light? It is the visible
reflection off the particles in the atmosphere. Color makes up a band of these light
wave frequencies from red at 1/33,000th's of an inch wavelength to violet at 1/67,000
of an inch wavelength. Below red lie infrared and radio waves. Above it: the invisible
ultraviolet, x-rays, and gamma rays. We all understand the impact of ultraviolet and x-
rays, do we not? Why then wouldn't the light we can see "as color" not have as big an
impact?
How we "feel" about color is more than psychological. The last decade has proven that
lack of color, or more specifically, light, causes millions to suffer each winter from a
mild depression known as Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). Because of the complex
way in which exposure to various colors acts via the brain upon the autonomic nervous
system, exposure to a specific color can even alter physiological measurements such as
blood pressure, electrical skin resistance and glandular functions in your body. And
they most certainly can affect how you feel on a day-to-day basis. Learning about
color's qualities and putting it to use can enhance your spirit, improve your health, and
quite ultimately, expand your consciousness.
Did you know?
Many people today agree that we are made up of vibrations and vibrations are colors.
Some people who are sensitive can see other people and even objects giving off or
being surrounded by colors. These emanations are called auras or energy fields. There
are also some common misunderstandings associated with particular colors. For
instance, the color black has often been feared. It has been believed to represent the
unknown. Black in the past and even now has had associations of somehow being bad.
But if you look again, you will see that black has great depth. Many image consultants,
color therapists and healers have a fixed belief system about color. For example,
orange is accepted for autumn, blue for calming, yellow for intellectual openness and
mental clarity, white for purity, and purple for power. Colors do not need to be fixed or
used only in these ways. Find out what works for you by exploring every color.
In Occult Meditation, by Alice A. Bailey, the Tibetan says that "..colours are the
expressions of force or quality. They hide or veil the abstract qualities of the Logos,
which are reflected as virtues or faculties. Therefore, just as the seven colours hide
qualities in the Logos, so these virtues demonstrate in the life of the personality and are
brought forward objectively through the practice of meditation; thus each life will be
seen as corresponding to a colour."
The basic premise of the ancient art of Colour Therapy is that all manifested life is
energy, emanating from One Source, to and including all directions, encompassing all
possibilities. It is here that we begin to see just why colour and sound play a very
important part in our everyday lives. Each day we see colours and hear sounds which
act upon our bodies. When we find a colour or ray quality lacking or in excess, the
result can be dis-ease, dis-harmony or dis-cord.

The modern interpreter of colour therapy, or chromo therapy, was Dr Edwin Babbitt
with his widely known work The Principles of Colour Therapy, printed in 1878. It is
interesting to note that Babbitt's diagram of the atom is found in A Treatise on Cosmic
Fire by Alice Bailey. The Tibetan illustrates that this energy system is repeated
throughout the manifested universe, from the smallest atom up to and including the
largest solar system. Here again we find agreement between exoteric and esoteric
scientific theory.
.
In meditation, you may visualize or 'breathe in' a specific colour for treatment of any
conditions previously named. By consistently practising this form of colour therapy,
you will achieve the desired result, though the time period may be slightly longer. As
we have seen through example and experiment all is Energy and that Energy generates
a force which is applied either correctly or not. In the correct apprehension of force and
its action upon our bodies, we can truly effect lasting change within ourselves. "Colour
is therefore 'that which does conceal'. It is simply the objective medium by means of
which the inner force transmits itself; it is the reflection upon matter of the type of
influence that is emanating from the Logos, and which has penetrated to the densest
part of His solar system. We recognize it as colour. The adept knows it as
differentiated force, and the initiate of the higher degrees knows it as ultimate light,
undifferentiated and undivided." - The Tibetan.
This ancient art is still practical today, and its uses are many and varied.
As John Gage shows in his definitive history Colour and Culture (1995), the way we
see colour is associative rather than empiric – for example, we think of blue as cool,
expansive and soothing, even though the blue bit of a gas flame is hotter than the
orange. Colour has different meanings in different contexts, but, Gage writes, “there
seems to be a universal urge to attribute affective characters to colours”. Practitioners
of chromo-therapy were convinced that colour was primarily a question of immediate
feeling rather than intellectual judgment, and that it could have profound psychological
and physiological influences. This belief in the powerful corporeal effects of colour
influenced avant-garde artists such as Gauguin and Kandinsky, who thought of
chromo-therapy as a useful tool in developing a non-representational art, because it
provided the grammar for a supposed universal language of colour. But though
chromo-therapy was once an intellectual fashion, its role in the story of modern art is
largely forgotten. Where did the idea that colour could heal come from?

In the West, theories of colour evolved out of alchemy and medicine; colour was,
therefore, intimately bound up with the therapeutic. The first colour circles were urine
charts used by physicians to identify an imbalance of the four humours. A fifteenth-
century example, from an anonymous Treatise on Urine, shows a radial pattern of
twenty vials in various hues, running from clear (indicative of a phlegmatic
temperament) to black (melancholic) through a series of yellow ochres (choleric) and
blood reds (sanguine). Potions and herbs were often chosen by doctors on the basis that
their colour opposed and would therefore harmonise any humoural lopsidedness.

In his influential Theory of Colours (1810), Goethe developed this relationship
between colour and Hippocratic medicine. He and his friend, the Romantic philosopher
Friedrich Schiller, also visualised colour relationships in a circle – which they called a
“Temperamental Rose” – but they adapted the entire spectrum (not just those shades
relevant to the medical diagnosis of bodily fluids) to the four humours. Green and
yellow represented the active, sanguine character, exemplified by bon vivants, lovers
and poets. Purple and blue-red characterised the passive and melancholic type –
monarchs, scholars and philosophers. However, for Goethe, colours weren‟t just
arbitrary symbols of these bodily states, they could also produce them. “Every colour,”
he believed, “produces a corresponding influence on the mind.”
Goethe tried to prove that colour had a direct, rather than mediated, effect on our
feelings by tinting his laboratory windows alternately yellow, red, green and blue. He
concluded that “the eye could be in some degree pathologically affected by being long
confined to a single colour; that, again, definite moral impressions were thus
produced… sometimes lively and aspiring [yellow], sometimes soft and yearning
[blue], sometimes uplifted to the noble [red], sometimes dragged down to the base
[green]”.
His own house was decorated according to this scheme. Unpopular guests never made
it past the “Juno room”, which was painted a “gloomy and melancholy” blue so that
they wouldn‟t be tempted to stay long. The lucky ones who had dinner invitations were
led into the warmth of his yellow dining room: “The eye is glad-dened,” he hoped, “the
heart expanded and cheered, a glow seems at once to breathe towards us.” He preferred
to work in a green garden room as he found the neutral admixture of yellow and blue
to be peaceful and soothing.
Following Goethe, doctors began using colour not just as an aid to diagnosis, but as a
cure in itself. The French psychologist Charles Féré, who worked under Charcot at the
famous Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris, was convinced of its psychological therapeutic
properties. He began experimenting with coloured light on hysterics in the 1880s,
glazing asylum cells with blue or violet glass to create calming and curative effects.
Féré thought of coloured light as different waves or vibrations of radiant energy that
could be sensed not just by the eyes, but all over the skin in a form of cutaneous vision.
In 1887 he set up a device, invented by Etienne-Jules Marey, who pioneered the
photography of serial motion, to test this peculiar theory. It was a primitive
oscillograph which measured the contractions of the hand and forearm under the
influence of various coloured lights, definitively proving, Féré thought, that red had the
most exciting effect and violet the most calming.
Other doctors had already followed Goethe‟s lead. Dr Ponza, Féré wrote excitedly,
“has announced happy effects from red light in melancholics and blue light in
maniacs”, and Dr Davies, of the County Lunatic Asylum in Kent, “has obtained four
cures of maniacs by the same treatment, but has not obtained any results in
melancholics”. (However, Féré admitted, “the experiments of M Taguet had a negative
result in all cases”.) Colour treatment soon became fashionable. The illustrations in
Seth Pancoast‟s Blue and Red Light: or, Light and its Rays as Medicine (1877) show a
well-dressed woman sprawled languidly on a couch as she bathes in coloured light.
One contemporary writer dubbed the resulting craze the “blue glass mania” and offered
the following prescription: “Blue glass one part; faith, ten parts; mix thoroughly and
stir well until all the common sense evaporates, as the presence of a minute quantity
will spoil the mixture.”
However, apparently lacking in common sense, the research conducted by scientists
and physicians into the psychological power of colour inevitably influenced artists,
who found in this work an affirmation of the moral significance and physiologic
impact of their medium. Paul Gauguin‟s use of bold, flat planes of non-representational
colour, as seen in Faa Iheihe (1898), was directly inspired by chromo-therapy. “Since
colour,” he wrote in his diary, “is in itself enigmatic in the sensations which it gives us
(note: medical experiments made to cure madness by means of colours) we cannot
logically employ it except enigmatically… to give musical sensations which spring
from it, from its peculiar nature, from its inner power, its mystery, its enigma.”


Kandinsky, who had been impressed by Gauguin‟s forceful use of brilliant colour
when he saw his paintings in Paris in 1902, came across chomo-therapy when he read
Arthur Osborne Eaves‟s The Power of Colours (1906). “Colour directly influences the
soul,” Kandinsky wrote in Concerning the Spiritual in Art (1912). “Anyone who has
heard of colour therapy knows that coloured light can have a particular effect upon the
entire body. Various attempts to exploit this power of colour and apply it to nervous
disorders have again noted that red light has an enlivening and stimulating effect upon
the heart, while blue, on the other hand, can lead to temporary paralysis.”

That same year, the Swiss psychologist Dr Max Lüscher developed a colour test which
consisted of a person sorting 73 colour patches into an order of preference (an
abbreviated test of eight cards was also used), and claimed to be able to judge
personality from the results. He even believed that “it is sometimes possible to deduce
personality characteristics of a painter when great emphasis is placed on one or two
colours, for example, Gauguin‟s obsession with yellow in his later paintings”. His
ideas served to boost interest in chromo-therapy, reviving a fashion just as the FDA
was recalling all of Ghadiali‟s devices. Lüscher was influenced by both Goethe‟s
theory of colour and Kandinsky‟s neo-Romanticism – and thought his test worked as
“an early warning system for stress ailments… cardiac malfunction, cerebral attack or
disorders of the gastro-intestinal tract”. He was convinced colour had fixed primal
associations that took us back to an ancient fear of the dark, to hunting and self-
preservation. “The test is a „deep‟ psychological test,” Lüscher asserted, insisting on its
scientific veracity, “developed for the use of psychiatrists, psychologists, physicians…
It is NOT a parlour game.”
His theories were taken up not only by psychiatrists and therapists, but by the
advertising and marketing industries, where they had a wider and more long lasting
influence. For example, Lüscher advised that sugar shouldn‟t be sold in a green
package, as the colour is associated with astringence, whereas blue was associative of
sweetness. In the 1960s, the American scientist Alexander Schauss read Lüscher‟s
musings on colour psychology, packaging and décor and began his own research into
the physiological effects of colour. He thought he‟d discovered a colour with a
profoundly calming effect and was keen to put it to use. Beginning in 1979, he
persuaded a number of American prisons to paint their cells a camp, but supposedly
pacifying shade. If only he‟d done so in time for Ghadiali‟s confinement, the Bombay
colour theorist might have found himself in a cell painted a bright Indian pink





Products in this Category




ADK4000 Colour
Therapy Unit
NZ$ 1,613.05
(approx USA$
1,396.38)



Chakra Balance
CKBL
NZ$ 329.00
(approx USA$
284.81)



Accu Beam Light
Therapy Unit
NZ$ 115.46
(approx USA$
99.95)



ADK4000 pro
Colour Therapy Unit
and Bourne Protocol
CD
NZ$ 1,959.94
(approx USA$
1,696.68)





Nova LED Light
Therapy Unit
NZ$ 115.46
(approx USA$
99.95)






[Close Box]

Select Language ▼







Yahoo Voice or Chat with us.







Become an Altered States Affiliate

DISCLAIMER
Altered States products are sold for learning, self-improvement and simple relaxation. No statement
contained in this catalogue, and no information provided by any Altered States employee, should be
construed as a claim or representation that these products are intended for use in the diagnosis, cure,
mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease or any other medical condition. The information contained in
this catalogue is deemed to be based on reliable and authoritative report. However, certain persons
considered experts may disagree with one or more of the statements contained here. Altered States assumes
no liability or risk involved in the use of the products described here. We make no warranty, expressed or
implied, other than that the material conforms to applicable standard specifications.
The publisher does not accept any responsibility for the accuracy of the information or the consequences
arising from the application, use, or misuse of any of the information contained herein, including any injury
and/or damage to any person or property as a matter of product liability, negligence, or otherwise. No
warranty, expressed or implied, is made in regard to the contents of this material. No claims or endorsements
are made for any drugs or compounds currently marketed or in investigative use. This material is not
intended as a guide to self-medication. The reader is advised to discuss the information provided here with a
doctor, pharmacist, nurse, or other authorized healthcare practitioner and to check product information
(including package inserts) regarding dosage, precautions, warnings, interactions, and contraindications
before administering any drug, herb,radionics tool,or supplement discussed herein.

Sponsor Documents

Or use your account on DocShare.tips

Hide

Forgot your password?

Or register your new account on DocShare.tips

Hide

Lost your password? Please enter your email address. You will receive a link to create a new password.

Back to log-in

Close