The Magic Therapy

of Colours

A.R. Hari
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Preface
Colour therapy has been in vogue since ancient times. Hindus
have always considered different colours as manifestations
of the Supreme Lord.
The following lines succinctly outline the relationship
between colours and God:
Evamesha mahadevo deva deva pitaamaha
Karomi niyathakalam kalatma eiswari thanuhu
Vishwame rasamayo vipra sarvaloka pradeepakaha
Thesham shreshta punanha
Saptarasamayo tanayee namaha
–Kurma Purana
The Lord is supreme and is the God of gods. He controls
time and time rests in Him. He illumines the world with His
brilliant hues. Of these, seven are most important and I bow
to them.
It is quite clear that much before Western scientists proved
through the prism spectrum that white light was made up
of seven colours, ancient Indian sages were well aware of
this fact.
From the early stages of human evolution colour has
aroused the interest of man. This is quite natural as nature is
filled with colour. Everywhere we look around us, greenery
is predominant in nature.
There are other rich colours in nature, too.
The sky is blue, but takes on breathtaking hues when the
sun’s rays play with the clouds during sunset. At such times,
one can see red as well as violet, which lights up the entire
sky. The rainbow is another beautiful phenomenon where
all the seven colours in the spectrum stand out brilliantly
across the sky.
 Flowers are another example of nature’s bounty seen
in innumerable colours. Almost all permutations and
combinations that man can ever think of already exist in
nature. The colour preference of nature indicates that nature
is fully aware of the beauty associated with colours and
utilises it to the maximum to make God’s creations appear
even more spectacular.
Apart from flowers, beautiful birds with kaleidoscopic
shades inhabit various parts of the globe, contributing their
mite to making the world more beautiful. It is therefore not
surprising that man noticed colours and has enjoyed their
beauty since ancient times.
This interest in colour must have goaded the ancients
to examine the impact of colour upon the mind and body.
There is little doubt that given its past heritage, India is the
birthplace of chromo-therapy. However, the scattering of light
into various colours through the use of prisms, the advent
of coloured glasses and other advances by the West helped
colour therapy take giant strides.
Colour therapy has come of age and is today recognised
as a respectable, holistic method of treatment. Research on
colour therapy is being conducted around the world. The
current findings are sufficient to justify the application of
colour therapy in many disorders to which the human body
is prone. Significantly, in the hands of a trained practitioner,
colour therapy is safe, harmless and relatively inexpensive
in India.
This book aims to enlighten the readers on the latest
research and breakthroughs in this field. The book is therefore
unique as it updates you on the latest research findings.
The application of colour in modern times is more
important than ever before. Earlier generations had the good
fortune of being exposed to nature, when they could enjoy
its beauty and receive vibrations from various colours. This
helped them have a cheerful mind and healthy body.
Today, this is no longer true. Modern man spends most
of his life cooped up either in a drawing hall, in the office
or in an automobile. He rarely looks up at the sky or has any
time to enjoy nature. Thanks to the odd hours they keep, some
people even spend a few months without being exposed to
the sun.
In such a situation, the body is the casualty, missing
out on the invigorating colour vibrations present in nature.
There is no doubt that the high energy levels and the good
health enjoyed by the ancients was partly due to the fact
that they allowed all colours in nature to work on them by
staying out in the open during the day. The body is blessed
with inherent intelligence and knows what colour is required
to repair which organ. As all colours are freely available in
nature, the vibrations were absorbed effortlessly, resulting
in vibrant health for everyone.
This luxury is largely denied to us today. To some extent,
having the right healthy colours in the interiors of our houses
and offices can rectify this shortcoming.
The Magic Therapy of Colours deals with the history of
colour therapy, the modern methods of utilising colour
therapy and the areas where it is beneficial. The book will
therefore be a valuable guide for those who wish to benefit
from colour and colour therapy.
–A.R. Hari
Contents

The History of Colour Therapy................................................ 9

The Basic Principles................................................................. 16

Application of Colour in Modern Medicine........................ 18

How Colours Affect Us........................................................... 22

Colours and Chakras in the Human Body........................... 25

Methods of Administering Colour Therapy........................ 30

Spot Application of Colour Therapy..................................... 32

Sources of Colour..................................................................... 83

Colour Breathing Techniques................................................. 90

Colour Combination Treatment............................................. 94

Colour Therapy Through Chakras...................................... 100

Acupuncture and LED Light Colour Therapy................... 103

Energy Colour Healing......................................................... 106

Octagonal Colour Pyramid................................................... 110

Use of Colour Pyramid Water.............................................. 112

Pyramid Healing Through Chakras.................................... 114

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 The History of
Colour Therapy
White colour consists of seven different colours and can be
split into its constituent colours by using a prism.
The seven colours that make up white light are:
• Violet
• Indigo
• Blue
• Green
• Yellow
• Orange
• Red
The ancient Egyptians believed that their God Thoth
was the one who developed healing with colour. The ancient
Greeks were also using colour to treat various diseases. They
had come to the conclusion that the human body contained
various coloured fluids – like bile (yellow), blood (red),
phlegm (white) and so on. They thought that these were
connected with the functioning of the spleen, the heart, the
liver and the brain and believed that good health resulted
when these humours were present in the right proportion.
In an effort to cure a person of his illness, they used
coloured garments, coloured plasters and the like.
In the first century AD, Aurelius Cornelius developed
the doctrine of medicine established by Hippocrates where
he mentioned the use of coloured ointments and coloured
flowers in medicine.
Arab philosopher and physician Ibn Sina (AD 980–
AD 1037) expounded the theory of colour healing in his
book Canon of Medicine and was the first to indicate that
red colour improved the quality of blood, white colour

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purified it and yellow colour reduced pain and inflammation.
Known as Avicenna in the West, Ibn Sina recommended
potions of yellow flowers to cure bile disorders and red flowers
to cure blood disorders. He also gave contraindications for
colour usage, wherein he advocated a ban on red colour in
case of haemorrhoids.
Theophratus Bombastus von Hohenheim – a renowned
healer, popularly known as Dr Paracelsus (1493–1541)
– openly confessed he had gained his knowledge about the
laws and practices of colour medicine from conversations
with witches. In medieval times, witches were strongly dealt
with by the Church and ordinary citizens were forbidden
from having contact with them. Dr Paracelsus regarded light
and colour as very essential to maintaining good health and
used them therapeutically by exposing herbs and preparing
elixirs to treat various conditions. He was successful in
treating a variety of ailments by his methods and people
from all over Europe visited him seeking cures.
During the Middle Ages, colour therapies lost credibility
with the rapid strides made by science, which placed
colour therapists in a difficult situation since they could not
satisfactorily explain how colours achieved healing.
Rationalism, reason and appraisal became critical factors
for the acceptance of a finding. Only what was certain and
evident was accepted and whatever was doubtful was
rejected. Gradually, the emphasis changed from the spiritual
to the material. Medicine concentrated on the physical body,
entirely ignoring the mind and spirit. Advances in surgery,
the discovery of powerful antibiotics such as penicillin and
their phenomenal success simply pushed healing systems
like colour therapy into the distant background.
All the same, research in colour healing continued to
survive in odd pockets, although it had lost much of its
significance and no longer attracted public interest.
In 1876, the Frenchman Augustus Pleasanton published
a book, Blue and Sunlight, in which he claimed that grapes
grown in greenhouses with alternate blue and transparent

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panes of glasses increased the yield. He also claimed that blue
light could treat disease and pain in humans. He credited
colours with other attributes such as increased fertility in
animals and physical maturation.
Another distinguished physician of the times, Dr Seth
Pancoast published Blue and Red Lights in 1877, wherein
he endorsed the findings of Augustus Pleasanton. In 1896,
the book Principles of Light and Colour, published by Edwin
Babbitt, became one of the most popular books of the time.
Babbitt identified various colours with the organs and
systems that they primarily affect. For example, red colour
was identified as a stimulant of blood and yellow and
orange as nerve stimulants. Blue and violet were identified
as soothing and anti-inflammatory. Based on these qualities,
red colour was recommended in chronic rheumatism, yellow
as a laxative, blue in inflammatory conditions, etc.
He developed various devices and named them
‘Thermolume’, which used colour glasses to produce
coloured light, and ‘chromo-disk’, which centred a coloured
light beam on desired parts of the human body. Babbitt also
developed the method of exposing water to various coloured
lights and claimed that consumption of this water could cure
various diseases. This method of treatment is still in vogue.
Following Babbitt’s discovery, quite a few people
began practising this system of healing, calling themselves
chromopaths. At the end of the nineteenth century, red light
was used to prevent scars in cases of smallpox and patients
with tuberculosis were treated with sunlight, to cite just two
examples.
The medical fraternity was not impressed and by and
large ignored the therapy. In the early twentieth century, the
Austrian social philosopher Rudolph Steiner (1861–1925)
suggested that there is a strong connection between colour,
form, shape and sound.
In other words, certain combinations of colour can
have regenerative or destructive effects. Theo Gimbel, who
founded the Hygeia College of Colour Therapy in Britain,

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