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@ REVIEWS Dr Valerie Hunt, Dr Konstantin Korotkov ferers have a better chance of recovery if B oO oO K Ss and Dr Harry Oldfield are just three of the placed in sunlit as opposed to dull rooms, 7 modern-day pioneers featured here. Dr and that hospital patients get fewer bugs if Reviewed by Ruth Parnell Oldfield, for instance, has developed not they can catch sight of the Sun. PIONEERS OF THE AURA only a viewing but a healing technology that Dr Hobday, an independent consultant, by Karen Mutton is revolutionising how we perceive and researcher and lecturer, notes that ancient TGS Publishers, Frankston, Texas, 2007 respond to subtle energy fields (NEXUS architects recognised the importance of the ISBN 0-971 -31665-1 (329pp tpb) Conference-goers were recently treated to Sun and designed temples to facilitate solar Available: www.karenmutton.com/rampa/ his images and crystal healing techniques). worship by bringing the light indoors. pioneers.html; www.HiddenMysteries.com Bioelectric organising fields (Dr Rupert Ancient physicians, too, recognised the he idea for this book about pioneering Sheldrake's morphic resonance), the electro- importance of indoor levels of light higher research into the aura came to Karen magnetic nature of the bioenergy field and than those required for vision, as did Mutton while she was writing revisions to the nature of the emotional body are covered Modernist architects like Le Corbusier and her book about the mystic T. Lobsang here, and there's much more besides. Each Walter Gropius who included sunlight traps Rampa (see NEXUS 13/02-03) who himself °ty is only a few pages long, but reference _ in their designs. Dr Hobday devotes a chap- had much to teach about the aura or human details are provided to aid research. ter, "Temples to the Sun", to heliotherapy energy field. Soon she discovered that this centres as well as orientation of buildings to field had been observed by clairvoyants in THE LIGHT REVOLUTION: Health, make the most of available sunlight. . many ancient cultures and she noticed ithad Architecture and the Sun We be unlise more mane light at ot tis: also been depicted in religious artworks, for by Richard Hobday, PhD posal by taking heed of the practices of the example as a halo around the head or a glow _ Findhorn Press, UK, 2006, USA, 2007 tens Romans who regarded jt so nighly around the body. She also realised it was ISBN 1-84409-087-6 (172pp tpb) DeH re ac fed 0 sung fi egisia "ton being researched by modern-day pioneers Available: http:/www.findhornpress.com those wha seek more eulie ‘htenment. or whose discoveries were being dismissed by AS I write this review, I'm hearing news " : 8 : orthodox science. eports that despite all the calls to cover Pioneers of the Aura would have to be the —_ up from the harmful rays of the Sun to pro- only collection of its kind, with information _ tect against skin cancer, we're depleting our- about past and present luminaries in the field selves of essential vitamin D which we can Reval tia of aura research. Beginning with Paracelsus _ only extract from our skin via sunlight. 5 VOR LEO in the 16th century and Baron von Richard Hobday's new book helps us Reichenbach (of Od fame) in the 19th (see understand how fundamental natural, full- extract in 14/06), Mutton discusses forma- spectrum light is to good health. Low levels tive views on the universal fluid of life. of light from artificial sources in indoor Among the many change-agents featured environments increase our susceptibility to ti ee here are Theosophists Leadbeater and mood swings and have adverse effects on aby ge Bailey, clairvoyant Edgar Cayce and aura- our immune system. The author considers photography inventor Semyon Kirlian. the link between lack of sunlight, serotonin = Most people have heard of Kirlian photog- _ levels and suicide, plus how to overcome raphy but don't necessarily realise it's been light deprivation and harness the antimicro- considerably refined in recent times—by bial powers of light. He points to recent scientists, engineers and psychologists alike. research that confirms that heart attack suf- ferers have a better chance of recovery if placed in sunlit as opposed to dull rooms, and that hospital patients get fewer bugs if they can catch sight of the Sun. Dr Hobday, an independent consultant, researcher and lecturer, notes that ancient architects recognised the importance of the Sun and designed temples to facilitate solar worship by bringing the light indoors. Ancient physicians, too, recognised the importance of indoor levels of light higher than those required for vision, as did Modernist architects like Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius who included sunlight traps in their designs. Dr Hobday devotes a chap- ter, "Temples to the Sun", to heliotherapy centres as well as orientation of buildings to make the most of available sunlight. We can utilise more of the light at our dis- posal by taking heed of the practices of the ancient Romans who regarded it so highly that they had "right to sunlight" legislation. Dr Hobday includes copious references for those who seek more enlightenment. THE LIGHT REVOLUTION: Health, Architecture and the Sun by Richard Hobday, PhD Findhorn Press, UK, 2006, USA, 2007 ISBN 1-84409-087-6 (172pp tpb) Available: http://www.findhornpress.com AS I write this review, I'm hearing news eports that despite all the calls to cover up from the harmful rays of the Sun to pro- tect against skin cancer, we're depleting our- selves of essential vitamin D which we can only extract from our skin via sunlight. Richard Hobday's new book helps us understand how fundamental natural, full- spectrum light is to good health. Low levels of light from artificial sources in indoor environments increase our susceptibility to mood swings and have adverse effects on our immune system. The author considers the link between lack of sunlight, serotonin levels and suicide, plus how to overcome light deprivation and harness the antimicro- bial powers of light. He points to recent research that confirms that heart attack suf- me Lighit PFevalution A a iil NEXUS = 67 DECEMBER 2007 — JANUARY 2008 www.nexusmagazine.com