This book provides a full spectrum of information from the practical to the spiritual. Find out how to decorate with color to create specific moods. Learn how to dress for success and interpret others' personalities by the colors they wear. Improve your health by using colored lights and color-based meditations and visualizations and eating foods of certain color.
Provides information on the practical and spiritual applications of color, covering such topics as improving health with colored light, interpreting personalities through the colors they wear, and decorating with color to create moods.
2013 Reprint of 1950 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. American writer Faber Birren devoted his life to color and it's effects on human life. After writing around 25 texts on the topic, it would be safe to say his work is considered highly among color experts and psychologists around the world. Birren's work has a strong focus on linking how humans perceive colors to how it makes them react. He writes, "Good smelling colors are pink, lilac, orchid, cool green, aqua blue." Birren explores the work of several physicians, scientists and doctors, mainly the German psychoanalyst and physician Felix Deutsch, whose findings throw important light not only on medical practice with references to color but on the whole psychology of color. Birren states that if a person prefers warmer colors such as hues of red and oranges, they are likely to me more aware of their social environment. He labels these as "warm color dominant subjects." On the other hand, those preferring cooler colous such as blues and greens, are categorized generally as "cold color dominant subjects" and are recognized as finding it challenging to adapt themselves to new environments and situations." By splitting people into separate categories, based on their color preferences, Birren finds himself able to establish a greater understanding of their personalities and characteristics. One experiment Birren explores in his text, courtesy of Kurt Goldstein, involves a subject standing before a black wall with his eyes shut and arms outstretched to touch the wall in front. When the subject is influenced by a warm color such as the color red, his arms deviate away from each other, whereas when under the influence of a cooler colour such as green or blue, even though the reaction is a subtle one, the subject will move his arms closer together. I find this experiment, simple as it is, to be fascinating in highlighting the strong effects colors have on our minds and bodies. As well as distinguishing the differences in peoples' character through his use of color psychology, Birren also touches on the effects colors can have on the mentally ill. This section was the most interesting and involved a series of complex experiments such as discovering which neurological disorders were linked to which colors. Courtesy of the work by Hans Huber, it was proven that patients suffering manic tendencies preferred the color red, a symbol of blood and anger. Hysterical patients were more sensitive to green, "perhaps as an escape," the color linked to paranoid subjects was found to be brown and schizophrenics are sensitive to yellow. Birren states that persons troubled with "nervous (neurotic) and mental (psychotic) disturbances are greatly affected by color and are responsive to it." Therefore color becomes much more significant to them, and affects them in a completely different way than those without such neurological disturbances. Chapter 12 "Neurotics and Psychotics" is the most compelling in the text as it relates to my dissertation topic. After struggling to find texts specific to my research subject, this text and its contents came as a welcomed discovery and I will be referring to Birren's work throughout my further research.
A new dimension in holistic healing, Color Medicine provides a powerful technique for treating specific imbalances and strengthening the immune system. By combining aura-attuned chromatherapy with harmonious sounds, tissue salts, and hydrochromatherapy, the 49th vibrational technique was developed. It is safe, simple, economical, and highly effective. A breakthrough, yet as old as recorded medicine, it utilizes the subtle energy vibrations similar to those found in the visible spectrum--the 49th octave. Light energy is processed through color filters and irradiated into the aura. By matching corresponding wavelengths to the organs and systems of the body, it strengthens or sedates energy in the distressed areas, creating a support system for the healing process. A textbook and how-to handbook, it encompasses an encyclopedia of vital fascinating information, charts, diagrams, and tables, as well as methods of treatment and technical advice. Whether you are a holistic practitioner or merely curious, this book marks a new frontier in the world of alternative healing. Explore the electromagnetic effects on physical/etheric bodies Recognizing the aura; color meanings and tonal equivalents Adjusting the body's oscillations by sound Effects of monochord/color and rhythm on the body Interplay between music and the chakra system Biochemical system's dependency on light Materials and practical techniques 123 major illnesses and their treatments
Everyone reads their horoscope in the newspaper and online; however few really understand very much about astrology. To the uninitiated, astrology can seem rather daunting. All those measurements, degrees, and logarithms—what's simple about it? This wonderful introduction demystifies a topic that everyone knows a little bit about and provides a basic framework for understanding it. The Jacksons’ easy and straightforward approach explains how you can learn more about yourself and those around you through the zodiac. They also explore some more esoteric topics in astrology, including trines, aspects, and conjunctions. Look up the characteristics of each sun sign, create a birth chart, find out your rising and moon signs, and more. Illustrated with line drawings and charts, this plain and simple guide will be received enthusiastically by the novice and the experienced alike. This book was previously published by Sterling in 2005 as Simply Astrology.
The healing properties of colour and light have been recognised since ancient times; today colour therapy techniques are used to great effect in a range of complementary therapies and for personal wellbeing. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to colour healing and offers step-by-step instructions for treatment. The opening chapters provide an overview of the science behind light and colour, and a brief history of colour healing from Ancient Greece to modern day. The characteristics of different colours are then given, as well as an explanation of how each colour relates to particular body parts and the major and minor chakras. The core of the book offers a complete treatment programme, teaching diagnostic techniques and a variety of approaches including healing with prana energy, healing with touch, healing with a colour therapy instrument, and absent healing. With useful illustrations and diagrams throughout, this book will be an essential guide for colour therapists, colourpuncture practitioners, kinesiologists, reflexologists and energy healers, as well as anyone with an interest in the restorative power of colour.
Colourpuncture is the revolutionary new medicine of light founded and developed by scientist and healer Peter Mandel. By focusing coloured light on acupuncture (and other) points on the skin, it energizes powerful healing impulses in our physical and energy bodies. In Colour Me Healing Jack Allanach tells the story of Mandel's discovery and subsequent evolution of this radical new system, one which could well be the medicine of the future - a medicine of light and colour, rather than drugs. As well as describing the development of Colourpuncture, this unique book offers new insights on the nature of illness and disease and their non-physical origins. Colour Me Healing is an outstanding and compelling journey. It takes the reader through the development of this new medicine of light to the forefront of modem science and biophysics. It is essential reading for anyone concerned with opening a new window onto emotional disharmonies and the energetic imbalances that cause sickness. Jack Allanach writes regularly for multinational telecommunications companies. He lives with his wife in the Blue Mountains near Sydney, Australia. Expertly written and highly readable, this astounding book offers an extraordinary insight into the medicine of the future. It includes: . Jack Allanach's own experience of Colourpuncture . Peter Mandel's initiation into the world of healing . The nature of illness and disease . An explanation of Colourpuncture . An introduction by the internationally recognized biophysicist Dr Fritz-Albert Popp
We are surrounded by colour, and we largely take it for granted. Each colour, hue, tint, and shade has characteristics that affect our physical, emotional, and spiritual lives. Learn how to use colour knowledge to enhance every aspect of your life, from health to relationships.This book provides a full spectrum of information from the practical to the spiritual. Find out how to decorate with colour to create specific moods. Learn how to dress for success and interpret others' personalities by the colours they wear. Improve your health by using colored lights and colour-based meditations and visualizations and eating foods of a certain colour.The author provides information on each colour of the spectrum and discusses colour in relation to astrology, the chakras, the aura, and divination. Exercises for healing with colour are also provided.
A photo-packed exploration of the world of hair color and a guide to making it work for you, as told by Hollywood’s most influential hair colorist Tracey Cunningham is the world’s most in-demand hair colorist, working with Hollywood’s biggest celebrities, and her influence on the beauty industry is unparalleled. In this book, Tracey traces the history of hair color and its global cultural influence and provides a practical manual for transforming your hair into its perfect true color—or even trying your hand at being an actual colorist. Tracey equips you with nutrition and lifestyle habits for healthy hair (the canvas for any good dye job), your essential pre-salon checklist, countless sources of hair color inspiration (including exclusive personal photos from and interviews with her A-list clients), and much more. She also takes you inside the mind of an expert colorist and shares her own epic entrepreneurial journey in the process. With Tracey Cunningham’s True Color as your guide, you’ll never look at hair the same way—and never leave the salon anything but happy again.
