There are a number of light centered applications that reinforce the mind-body-spirit connection in the medicine of light.

In his book Light – Medicine of the Future, Liberman writes that we must expand our vision regarding the purpose of light. It is much more than illumination for our environment. It is "potentially one of the most disease-prevention tools at our disposal." 1

In a "leading edge" paper written by engineer and inventor David Tumey and his associate, William Sheline, entitled "Royal Rife Revisited: Reconstruction of the Original Rife Ray Tube," the authors describe a fascinating piece of equipment and its related therapeutical uses.

Royal Raymond Rife (l888-1971) was an accomplished scientist and microbiologist who developed an optical microscope that could provide magnifications, and resolutions heretofore unheard of…The major difference between visible light and electron microscopy is that by its nature, electron microscopes destroy the microorganisms while viewing them. Rife’s major advantage was that he could image living virus and other microorganisms and observe them in their natural state…

It is argued that Rife was the first person to empirically prove that viruses and bacteria are pleomorphic forms. Pleomorphism is the phenomenon by which one distinct life form mutates into another. Rife basically classified pathogenic disease causing bacteria into ten individual groups. Rife demonstrated that any organism within its group could be transformed morphologically into any other organism within the ten groups by carefully altering the media (light) in which it was cultured. Of course this discovery contradicts modern microbiology which teaches that a bacteria’s morphology is fixed and Unchangeable. 2 (Italicizing is mine)

Rife also discovered techniques for successfully culturing cancer virus. The virus he identified as BX and it was noted that the viruses refracted a purplish red color with a monochromatic beam under his microscope. In fact, Rife discovered that each organism depending on its state would refract unique spectra and have distinct coloration. By the late 1920’s and early 1930’s Rife discovered that by irradiating these pathogenic microorganisms with specific frequencies known as MOR’s for Mortal Oscillatory Rates, he could cause them to devitalize either by interrupting normal cytologic function or by inducing them to mutate into a non-pathogenic form. (2)

The authors go on to relate how Rife developed his original list of MOR’s by manipulating the dial of an audio frequency that had the ability to devitalize a particular organism. By the mid 1950’s he had developed a list of fifteen frequencies and the fifteen viruses they devitalized. The viruses on the list included Tetanus, Treponema, Gonorrhea, Staphylococci, Pneumococci, Streptothrix, Streptococci, Typhoid bacteria, Typhoid virus, Bacillus Coli Rod Form, Bacillus Coli Virus, Tuberculosis Rod Form, Tuberculosis Virus, Sarcoma (all forms?), and Carcinoma (all forms?) 3(The question marks are Stafford’s).

Tumey and Sheline describe how they went about reconstructing the Rife Ray Tube. In the conclusion of their paper they indicate that the next logical step might be to repeat the laboratory studies of Dr. Stafford and others whose work utilizing Rife’s MOR list in treating the associated viruses resulted in some amazing results as reported in Stafford’s paper, "Electromagnetic Field Therapy" (1963).

In the conclusion of his paper Dr Stafford writes:

Having worked with the specifically related field modality for the past six years, I am convinced that there exists some effective force in this form of therapy. This modality seems to exert some modifying force on the animal and human body…

If Mr. Rife’s theory is right, then a method must be developed to isolate the offending organism in each specific case and find the exact frequency which causes that organism to disintegrate. These facts should be determined before treating each patient in every instance. With data of this sort available for each specific case before treatment, more consistent results should be obtained. To date, we are merely using data developed by Mr. Rife years ago. We only can hope that we are approaching the critical resonant frequency of the suspected pathogen. This is a very blind and unscientific approach, admittedly. Perhaps with adequate research, these weaknesses may be overcome. (10-11)

Endnotes

1 Jacob Liberman, Light - Medicine of the Future (Santa Fe, New Mexico: Bear and Company, 1991) p.xv. This and subsequent direct references from this work are reprinted by permission of Inner Traditions International, Rochester, Vermont.

2 David Tumey and William H. Sheline, "Royal Rife Revisited: Reconstruction of the Original Rife Ray Tube" (Ohio, a paper written by the

aforementioned authors describing their years of work researching and reconstructing a working replica of Royal Rife's Original Ray Tube

Apparatus, 1994) pp. 1-2. Used with permission of David M. Tumey who sent the paper to me.

3 Robert P. Stafford, "Electromagnetic Field Therapy" (Dayton, Ohio: paper describing Dr. Stafford's investigation of the data developed by Royal Rife. Investigations took place from 1957 - 1963), pp. 10-11. Reported in Tumey and Sheline's paper cited under #2.