Carl Leon Bohannon

Color interacts with matter and its effect on living organisms can readily be observed. This article focuses on experiences people have had using color for healing purposes and some possible reasons why it works or doesn’t work.

When researching an idea/experience/event/phenomenon, I strive to have an open mind.  I assume that there is value and ask that the value be revealed. This is a concept suggested by the psychic Edgar Cayce in one of his readings for an individual doing scientific research. The idea is to accept things at face value and then determine what they mean and how they fit into what I already know. It allows me to experiment and have experiences without knowing where they will take me.

Many critics of metaphysics seem to take an opposite viewpoint, that is, they strive to disprove an experience and explain it away with conventional concepts. They seem to believe that “it can’t happen, therefore, it didn’t happen.” The results you get when approaching experiences from these two perspectives will be very different. I do not attempt to change anyone’s mind. Everyone’s point of view is appropriate.

I have come to appreciate the concept of “informed intent.” Experiences really do have the energy that we give them with whatever we believe about them. This is at the core of understanding how light, energy, consciousness and materiality interact.

Color effects on living organisms:

Plants, animals, humans and even inanimate objects can be altered by exposure to specific light frequencies - color. experiments with plants have shown that certain color frequencies can retard, enhance and change the growth patterns of plants.

Animals also respond to colors. I know of a golden lab that was rejuvenated by sleeping under a colored light. In his old age he had slowed in his movements and energy. After a few nights under a yellow light bulb, his energy and movements improved to what they were years before. He seems to really enjoy his yellow light and the improvements have remained. Even fish benefit from color therapy. A friend reported that she had forgotten to thoroughly wash her hands after cleaning the kitchen before she started cleaning the fish tank. Hours later her gold fish were floating upside down on the surface. They weren’t dead yet but were in very serious condition from toxic shock one might assume. She looked in her color kit and decided to use yellow as a stimulant for the nervous systems. The light was left on all night. The next morning the fish were back to normal.

At my workshops on color I ask for volunteers with ailments like a headache or muscular pain to sit under a colored light as a demonstration. The volunteers get to experience the effects of the color and report on the results. On one occasion a young woman with a migraine headache volunteered. She had experienced the migraines for years and additionally lost her sight and hearing on the left side during an episode. She was obviously in a lot of pain. After talking with her, we decided to try a purple light on her face and about twenty minutes later she was amazed that her pain had started to diminish and her sight and hearing had returned. She reported later that she starts the purple light tonation whenever she feels a headache coming and it never develops. Before this she had to go to the emergency room for an injection and then sleep for hours and the pain would gradually go away over several days.

Another example of rapid results to color is my mother. She had high blood pressure that hardly responded to medication or a diet change. One morning she experienced a spike in her blood pressure that measured in the range of 250’s/120’s. While we waited for her doctor to order stronger medication, I suggested that she relax in her recliner under an indigo colored light. In about half an hour just before I went to pick up her new, stronger prescription, she felt much better and checked her blood pressure again. This time it was in the 120’s/60’s. We could hardly believe it and the really amazing part is that her pressure remained in this range for almost eight months without medication and without any further exposure to the color. Her doctor thought her blood pressure cuff was malfunctioning, but it proved to be accurate within a few points. There is another individual who had to use the indigo color regularly to keep his blood pressure in an acceptable range. His surprise came when an EKG later showed that a dangerously irregular heart beat had corrected itself. His doctor refused to believe that color could possibly be linked to the change in the two traces he held.

An acquaintance wanted help for the burn he had as a result of the radiation treatment that he had just finished. The burn was on his side and about the size of a basketball and looked like raw hamburger. He was told that it would take months to heal because it was approximately three inches deep (according to his doctor). He used a combination of colors that have proven effective for such burns. Ten days later the skin was normal looking except for a few darker spots and there was no pain.

I have regularly used color for indigestion. Within minutes I can feel the pressure diminish and the discomfort leave. At certain times of the year I have trouble with allergies and get sinus headaches. I have difficulty with decongestants because they start to affect my digestive system when I use them for more than two days. Now I use green followed by blue on my face. I can actually feel and hear the sinuses open during the tonation. The effect lasts for about three days. I repeat the color tonations if the condition starts to return. I have none of the side effects I get from decongestants and I don’t need anything for pain.

Color can also be used to charge water or anything else with energy. The use of the water or object will then have a similar effect to the color itself. This of course is more difficult to verify. However, I have experienced similar benefits from charged water. In the days of cathedral building many reported what they called miracles from praying before saints depicted in stained glass windows. Perhaps the combination of faith in a saint and the effects of color did help people.

These are just a few examples of the direct experiences I have had using color. You might ask, “does color work for everyone every time?” No, of course not. Color is not a substitute for proper nutrition, exercise, attitudes, or surgery. What amazes me is that it works at all.

I have just begun a search to understand what may be happening. When we understand the mechanisms, then it should be possible to improve the effectiveness and reliability of using color therapeutically. To understand what color may be doing we will have to consider quantum theory, electromagnetic energy, the electrical properties of living cells, and some psychic insight.

Color and electromagnetism:

Color is what we call a narrow band of electromagnetic energy that we can detect with our eyes. Except for the frequency of vibration it is no different from heat, ultra violet, radio, or cosmic rays. Albert Einstein received his Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of the relation between color and matter. He discovered the photoelectric effect upon which the field of spectroscopy is based. Elements when excited by sufficient energy (heat) will emit a characteristic color. Also, if the specific element is radiated with the frequency of light associated with that element, then an electrical current will be induced in that material. It is not too much of a stretch to understand that color can at least cause an electrical response in organisms, animals, even objects.

In Dr Richard P. Feynman’s book, QED - The Strange Theory of Light and Matter, he describes how light and matter interact. Photons (light) interact with matter continually turning into electrons and a puzzling array of particles that then emit photons. The light that comes from matter, which allows us to detect it is not just a reflection of a light source, but is also the matter of the object itself radiating the light. Photons are thus propagated through matter in all directions. Technology can actually measure the light that passes through an object. And as Einstein discovered when electrons are disturbed, they create electric currents that form fluctuating magnetic fields.

Other aspects of quantum theory are also particularly interesting. Light is both a wave and a particle. It functions as a wave front until observed, and then it functions as a particle. Another way to perceive this phenomenon would be that light is aware of consciousness. Some theoretical physicists even postulate that the universe doesn’t exist without an observing consciousness. Photons (a quantum of light) travel astronomical distances without lose of energy and are thus independent of space. Photon interaction within mater is also independent of time. Events go both backward and forward in time. However you might interpret these facts, there is some kind of a link between consciousness and light.

Experiments show  that every living cell has an electrical potential across the membrane. This electrical charge varies with differing conditions and also has a weak magnetic field. Cells that group together to form organs or systems within an organism will also have an accumulative electrical charge and magnetic field. The larger and more complicated organisms, like animals and especially humans, have huge and complicated electrical fields. You could actually describe a human body as a biochemical structure housing an electrical being.

Organic magnetic fields:

With the use of magnetic resonant technology, medical science has a valuable tool to see what is happening within the body of living organisms without disturbing them. This technology works because living organisms do have magnetic fields. Those who can perceive these fields directly (auras) see dynamic pulsing energy around individuals and within them around organs. With practice and experience auras can be read and give detailed information about the functioning of each part of the body. The energy patterns accurately reflect the function of the organ and if you can influence that pattern, perhaps you can influence the function of the organ.

The A.R.E. Clinic in Arizona has a device that records the electrical signatures of healthy organs. When these signals are broadcast to a malfunctioning organ, it assists in the healing process. Edgar Cayce suggested several subtle energy devices that could promote healing by balancing the energy fields in specific areas of the body.

Our bodies have many governing mechanisms that keep balances within the systems of our bodies and between the various parts of our bodies as well as keeping the whole in balance. If these governing mechanisms were malfunctioning, they would actually cause imbalances and then maintain the imbalances while resisting all attempts to change them. I call these mechanisms electromagnetic set points. Attempts to influence the balance of the body against these set points will be futile. Until the electromagnetic set points are corrected, other therapeutic modalities will have minimum effect. But once the set points have been changed, then the function of the organs will begin to respond to therapies and change back to normal function. Apparently these set points are influenced by our attitudes and beliefs about our body, our environment, the events we experience, and our very nature. With this in mind, we can begin to understand how attitudes contribute to healing and how the placebo effect might work.

Theories about color as a healing agent:

If we understand that our bodies are electrical in nature, then treating the ailments of the body without considering the electrical fields would be foolish. Because of the relation between color and matter it is an obvious tool to influence the electrical fields of the body. On many occasions I have observed almost instantaneous healing of a physical condition with the application of color. The only explanation I know of that fits the observed experience is the electromagnetic set points. If we consider the relationship of consciousness and light, perhaps we begin to understand the body-mind connection and how we can psychologically sabotage our physical balance and health.

The electromagnetic fields about our bodies reflect the functioning of our bodies. When the function changes, these fields are changed and when the fields are changed, the function changes. Color can influence these fields by a damping effect bringing balance or equilibrium, by a stimulating or calming effect, and by a resonate tuning effect that will alter the field.

Conclusions:

In conclusion there is much to learn about color and its relation to life. Experiences have demonstrated the tantalizing possibilities of using color as a healing agent. More experimentation is needed with better technology. When color doesn’t have an effect, it’s probably because the wrong frequency was used or used at the wrong time or in the wrong sequence. I believe that we will have to explore the unseen Universe to gain a better understanding of light and the Intelligent Energy that operates outside of time and space.