wisely and avoid negative forms of this art, forms that
have detrimental effects on the body, mind, and spirit.
Color Healing
We have ancient records detailing how priests in Egypt,
Babylonia, and China used colored light in their healing
practices. Healing through sunlight therapy was a
common medical practice for relief of skin disorders,
such as psoriasis, in Greece, China, and Rome. In the
late 1890s, Nobel prizewinner Dr. Neils Finsen expanded
upon this ancient knowledge and learned how to heal
skin lesions using red and infrared light treatments. In
1920, Dinshah Ghadiali from India developed a color
healing system that he called Spectro-Chrome. Through
experience he determined what colors were most
effective in treating a variety of diseases. Today,
dermatologists frequently use ultraviolet phototherapy
for certain skin disorders.
However, not more than fifty years ago, the Food and
Drug Administration banned the use of colored light in
healing, saying it was quackery. Now, the government
has approved a device, developed by Dr. John Downing,
called the Lumatron which uses colors and light
frequencies for therapy. Dr. Jacob Liberman, another
pioneering light therapist, called light the medicine of
the future because it directly affects the cells.
Today it is possible to buy special light projectors for
use in healing, but these machines are expensive. You
can make your own projector by using a snap-clip on the
end of a small metal rod and fastening this rod so that it
extends in front of an ordinary lamp. Make certain the
rod is long enough so the plastic is not too close to the
heat of the lamp. This device enables you to change