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be broken up by a prism into the seven colours of the visible spectrum (called dispersion) and recombined into white light using his colour wheel (which depicted the seven colours and when spun appeared as a white disc) (Spitler, 1941). The re-emergence of light and colour, used therapeutically, occurred in the 1800’s when scientists made a number of interesting discoveries: General Augustus J. Pleasanton (1876) published his book Blue and Sun-lights in which he declared that the quality, yield, and size of grapes could be significantly increased when grown in a specifically designed greenhouse, in which planes of blue glass were alternated with transparent glass panes. He further found that blue light had significant curative properties in certain instances. In animals, he found that blue light cured certain diseases, elevated fertility, and increased the rate of physical maturation. Pleasanton also stated that certain colours of light were effective in treating pain in humans. He claimed that, after much experimentation and practice, the use of combinations of the calorific rays of the sun, and the electric blue light, had an effect on the glands, nervous system and secretive organs of man and animals. In 1877, Dr. Arthur Downes and Tomas Blunt discovered that sunlight (especially the blue, indigo and violet parts of the visible light spectrum) was effective in killing bacteria (Downes & Blunt, 1877). Based upon this research, German physicist and bacteriologist, Robert Koch discovered that sunlight was lethal to the Mycobacterium Tuberculosis organism (Hobday, 1999). In the same year Dr. Seth Pancoast (1877), a prominent physician, used sunlight filtered through panes of red or blue glass to stimulate or relax the nervous system. Dr. Edwin Babbitt (1878), one of the most famous pioneers of colour therapy, published his book The Principles of Light and Colour. He developed several devices combining coloured filters with both natural and artificial light. One of these devices, the Chromo Disk, fitted with specific filters on a disk mounted in front of a light source was used to focus colour on the desired areas of the body for treatment. By irradiating water with sunlight filtered through a Chromo lens, Babbitt developed what he called solar elixirs. According to him, this “potentised water” retained the energy of the vital elements of the particular filter/colour used and demonstrated remarkable healing powers. He used many different hues of colours never used before in light and colour therapy. Babbitt claims to have had successful outcomes with even stubborn ailments. 4PDF Image | THE USE OF LIGHT AND COLOUR AS A HEALING MODALITY
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