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Pauline’s
healing method has evolved from techniques taught at the Maitrey a School
of Colour Healing, and is now being taught by the Oracle School of Colour.
As such it might interest those practising the Therapeutic Touch or Reiki.
Part of this
course is designed to help students to heighten their colour sensitivity
and to appreciate and understand colour at all its many levels.
Pauline likens
colour to a large tree, the darkness at its roots meeting the light as
it travels up the trunk. Each colour splits into its many shades to form
the branches, with shades of red at the base of the branches gradually
changing with the spectrum until they reach the violet light in the upper.
This can be linked
with ourselves in our physical and spiritual aspects, or with the various
pathways which we take throughout our lives.
The Scientific
nature of light is clearly explained from Newton to Max Planck and Einstein.
The electromagnetic spectrum with the wavelengths of colours are given
in manometers, and there is an explanation of the working of the physical
eye in perceiving colour.
There is a thought-provoking
section on the characteristics of colours with information on their history
and uses for healing. With regard to illness, Pauline believes that we
have all come to a point in our history when we need to truly look at
ourselves in order to eradicate the old thought forms and genetic traits
which are preventing the full functioning of the chakras which regulate
the flow of prana. It is through the chakras that light and power from
the sun are brought to the etheric body, and it is through the etheric
body that our health is generated.
There are beautiful
drawings of the seven major chakras, with their Sanskrit names. The number
of petals attributed to them corresponds to the speed of vibration of
light.
Their colours,
where they are found on the body, and what can go wrong when they are
out of balance, is explained.
Colour therapy
is administered either by a colour therapy instrument or through contact
healing. The overall colour, the most important colour, can be found by
dowsing, kinesiology, or by dowsing with a spine chart.
Diseases and
their probable metaphysical causes are listed. There is a useful chapter
on protection and cleansing, which is often left out of other books, and
is so important that I feel it should come first.
Scientists are
researching the effects of hands-on healing on animals, children and adults.
Studies have shown that those receiving contact healing have improved
their levels of health considerably
Professor Robert
Becker, an American orthopaedic surgeon has shown that the auric field
around people contains a unique intelligence that controls growth, development
and health of cells and tissue. Together with other scientists he has
proved that the body is animated by a complex web of electrical energy,
and has worked with various techniques including contact healing to enhance
this. When given healing, the immune, endocrine and nervous systems are
strengthened. He says that the body uses electrical control systems and
the flow of these currents produces externally measurable magnetic fields.
He believes that in the interaction between healer and patient this system
is reinforced so that the body returns to normal balance. The healer is
able to do this through the frequencies of colour.
There is a clear
and detailed description of how to apply the colour healing touch, complete
with diagrams.
The second method
of working is with a colour therapy instrument as prescribed through a
spine chart. The treatment takes twenty minutes so that the patient absorbs
colour through their eyes and skin. It is important that this is done
by a qualified colour practitioner, because light is very powerful.
This is an invaluable
book for anyone working in the field of colour therapy or hands-on healing.
It is not the only method of colour healing but I feel it would be supportive
and informative for other methods also.
This excellent
book is for training therapists, and qualified therapists would find it
useful on their book shelves, It is not for beginners, and Pauline suggests
that they should first read her introductory book, A Piatkus Guide
to Colour Healing, (Piatkus 1999).
About
the Reviewer
Megan Wingfield
is an artist and writer, with experience in both Healing and Colour Therapies,
working from the Aquarian studio in Mid Wales. She is a member of the
International Association of Colour Therapy.
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