THE EFFECT OF MUSIC AND FOCUSED MEDITATION ON THE HUMAN
ENGERY FIELD AS MEASURED BY THE GAS DISCHARGE VISUALISATION
(GDV) TECHNIQUE AND PROFILE OF MOOD STATES SUZANNE SITES GIBSON, M.S.W., L.C.S.W. Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of Holos University Graduate Seminary In partial fulfillment of the requirements For the degree of DOCTOR OF THEOLOGY In Energy Medicine Copyright by Suzanne Sites Gibson 2002 All Rights Reserved The work reported in this dissertation is original and carried out by me solely, except for the acknowledged direction and assistance gratefully received from colleagues and mentors. SUZANNE SITES GIBSON iv TABLE OF CONTENTS Abstract vii Acknowledgements viii List of Figures ix List of Tables x List of Abbreviations xii Definition of Terms xiii Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Chapter 2 Review of the Literature 6 The Energy Field 6 Human Energy Field 11 Evolution of the GDV Technique 26 Brief Description of Kirlian Photography 32 Micro-Acupuncture and GDV 33 Research Utilizing the GDV 35 Music and Guided Imagery 41 Emotions in Illness 41 Music and Healing in History 47 Music and Emotions 51 Primacy of Sound in Human Senses 53 Principles of Sound Healing 53 v Music and Physiology 59 Music and Healing 66 Guided Imagery and Physiology 68 Elements of Healing Music 71 Chapter 3 Research Methods 74 Participants 74 Design 75 Materials 76 Measurements 86 Hypotheses 87 Chapter 4 Results 90 Chapter 5 Discussion 109 Limitations 112 Future Research 114 Conclusions 116 Endnotes 119 Appendix A: Internal Review Board Application 139 Appendix B: Pre and Post Data, 44 Variables, Three Conditions 150 Condition 1, Music 150 Condition 2, Focused Meditation 158 Condition 3, Checklist of Health Issues and Illness 164 Pilot Study 170 Appendix C: T-Test Data, Condition 1. Music 174 vi Appendix D: T-Test Data, Condition 2, Focused Meditation 179 Appendix E, T-Test Data, Condition 3, Checklist of Health Issues and Illness 184 References 189 vii ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to explore the effect of music and focused meditation on the human energy field as measured by the recently invented Gas Discharge Visualisation Technique (GDV) the Profile of Mood State (POMS). Once a week for three weeks 45 participants had GDV and POMS measurements taken before and after three experimental conditions: 1) music; 2) music with focused meditation after viewing a printout of the participants own personal energy field; 3) no music, no focused meditation. The results indicate that both music and focused meditation had significant palliative effects on GDV physiological and POMS psychological measures. The POMS total score, and subscales of tension and depression scores all demonstrated a significantly improved mood state. The results of this study lend credence to the salutary effect of music and focused meditation as holistic medicine self-care tools both for maintaining wellness and for cultivating a healing environment. Perhaps both listening to music and focused meditation on strengthening ones personal energy field on a daily basis will join the accepted health care regimens of adequate diet and regular exercise. Both interventions of listening to music and energy field imaging increase the repertoire of response in self-care -- empowering individuals with readily available methods. Future experiments should focus on improved methodology and designing additional methods for participants to improve their own wellness. viii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The completion of this dissertation required the support of many others. I would like to express my gratitude and acknowledge the people who contributed their time and energetic support. My thanks to my subjects who volunteered their time to make this study possible. They were explorers freely committing a random act of kindness. My thanks to Norman Shealy, M.D., Ph.D., who encouraged me to follow my passion in the selection of a research topic; to my department chair, Berney Williams, PhD., for endless consultation and encouragement; to Robert Nunley, PhD., for mentoring me in the earliest stages of this project; to Robert Matusiak, Ph.D. My thanks to Konstantin Korotkov, Ph.D., for mentoring me, for processing of my data and for introducing me to the beautiful city of St. Petersburg, Russia, and the intellectual feast of his international symposium. My thanks to Dr. Rose Bruce, Edward Krizhanovsky. and Dr. Stuart Tousman for assistance with statistical analysis. My thanks to my fellow students Janet Dunlap and Michele Bertini for encouragement and support throughout this process. My thanks to Pamela Parsons for her mentoring and for giving so generously of her time as I struggled to master the GDV technique and to Kathy Coffman for reviewing the final document. My thanks to Jonathan Gibson, my son, who generously shared his computer expertise, time, and patient spirit. I would like to extend my gratitude to my family for their continued support and encouragement throughout this project: my husband, Mark, sons Jonathan and Robert, daughter Kristi, and my parents Robert and Ardene Sites. ix LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1 Electromagnetic Spectrum 10 Figure 2 POMS Results for Condition 1 96 Figure 3 POMS Results for Condition 2 97 Figure 4 POMS Results for Condition 3 97 Figure 5 GDV ANX Aggregate Means for Conditions 1,2,3 vs Pilot 107 Figure 6 POMS Aggregate Means for Conditions 1,2,3 vs Pilot 107 Figure 7 Hypothetical Results for Three Group Design 114 x LIST OF TABLES Table 1 Four Types of Treatment Outcomes 3 Table 2. Characteristics of the Human Energy Field in Health and Illness 19 Table 3 Qualities of Yin and Yang 21 Table 4 Chakras and Corresponding Lessons 22 Table 5 Anatomy of the Aura 25 Table 6 Sources of Stress That Impair the Body 45 Table 7 Music Mood Wheel and Emotions 51 Table 8 Sound Frequency and Wavelength 54 Table 9 Subjects and Diagnosis 75 Table 10 Demographics 75 Table 11 Design 76 Table 12 Specific Hypothesis for Condition 1, 2: Music and FM 91 Table 13 Paired Differences of Means Condition 1: Music 93 Table 14 GDV Anxiety Scores Condition 1, 2, 3 93 Table 15 POMS Total Score Condition 1, 2, 3 94 Table 16 POMS-Tension Condition 1, 2, 3 95 Table 17 POMS-Depression Condition 1, 2, 3 95 Table 18 SUDS Condition 1, 2, 3 95 Table 19 Paired Differences of Means Condition 2: FM 98 Table 20 GDV Area Condition 2: FM 99 Table 21 Specific Hypothesis for Condition 3: CHII 101 xi Table 22 Paired Differences of Means Condition 3: CHII 102 Table 23 GDV Br Condition 3: CHII 103 Table 24 GDV Area Condition 1 and 3: Music and FM 103 Table 25 GDV Brightness Condition 1 and 2: Music and FM 104 Table 26 GDV Anx Conditions 1, 2, 3 104 Table 27 Pilot Study: GDV Anx Aggregate Mean C 1, 2, 3 vs. Pilot 105 Table 28 GDV Anxiety Aggregate of Pretest Means and Pilot Mean 106 xii LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS BEO-gram Biological Emission and Optical Radiation Stimulated by Electromagnetic Field Amplified by Gaseous Discharge with Visualisation by Computer Processing refers to the images of the fingertips after computer processing and display on the computer screen; the gas discharge of the corona around the fingertips is now ready for quantitative analysis by the extensive computer program of the GDV Technique. CHII Checklist of Health Issues and Illness FM Focused Meditation GDV Gas Discharge Visualisation technique. GDV Area Gas Discharge Visualisation parameter referring to the number of pixels in the GDV image. The number of pixels, or basic unit making up a video image, tends to enlarge after healing interventions. GDV Br Gas Discharge Visualisation, Brightness parameter. Refers to the fingertip corona glow of the GDV image. GDV Anx The anxiety score obtained from the GDV Stress program which indicates the subjects level of stress. HEF Human Energy Field SDL State Dependent Learning SUDS Subjective Units of Distress POMS Profile of Mood State POMS-D Profile of Mood State, Depression subscale POMS-Tot Profile of Mood State, Total score POMS-T Profile of Mood State, Tension subscale Temp Temperature xiii DEFINITION OF TERMS AURA: The energy envelope that surrounds and interpenetrates the physical body. The aura is made up of all the different energy shells that compose the physical, etheric, astral, mental, causal and higher spiritual aspects of the multidimensional human form. 1 CHAKRA: An energy center in the body which is a step-down transformer for higher frequency subtle energies. The chakras process subtle energy and convert it into chemical, hormonal, and cellular changes in the body. Chakra comes from the Sanskrit word meaning wheel and refers to seven spinning vortices located along the spine. 2 CHI: The ancient Chinese term for a nutritive subtle energy which circulates through the acupuncture meridians. 3 ENDORPHINS: A variety of morphine-like proteins that are found in the brain and nervous system and in the organs of the body. One particular type of endorphin may mediate pain relief in certain settings. 4 ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRULM: Electromagnetic energy is made up of tiny packets of energy called photons that move in waves similar to the movements of waves in the ocean. There are many different types of electromagnetic waves from short x-rays to long radio waves. Together they form the electromagnetic spectrum. 5 EMOTION: The affective aspect of consciousness: feeling; a state of feeling; psychic and physical reaction subjectively experienced as a strong feeling and physiologically involving changes that prepare the body for immediate vigorous action. 6 xiv HOLISTIC: A synergistic approach which deals with the combined physical, mental, emotional and spiritual aspects of human health and illness. 7 KIRLIAN PHOTOGRAPHY: An electrographic process, pioneered in Russia by electrical engineer Semyon Kirlian, which uses the corona discharge phenomenon to capture the bioenergetic processes of living systems on film. 8 MERIDIAN: A microtubular channel which carries a subtle nutritive energy (Chi) to the various organs, nerves, and blood vessels of the body. 9 MOOD: A conscious state of mine of predominant emotion; a distinctive atmosphere or context; aura. 10 NEUROTRANSMITTER: A chemical or protein substance which is released at the synaptic membrane in order to continue the transmission of impulses from one nerve to the adjacent nerve. 11 PIXEL: The basic unit or picture element that makes up the images displayed on a video screen. 12 QUANTUM PHYSICS: The branch of physics which studies the energetic characteristics of matter at the subatomic level. 13 RESONANCE: The phenomenon of sympathetic vibration between two similarly tuned oscillators, e.g., the resonant vibration of the E strings of two Stradivarious violins. Resonance occurs at higher and lower harmonics as well between similar notes in higher and lower octaves, i.e. middle C resonates with both high C as well as low C). 14 THOUGHTFORM: A manifestation of a strong thought or emotion as an actual energetic structure within an individuals auric field. 15 xv VIBRATIONAL MEDICINE: That healing philosophy which aims to treat the whole person, i.e. the mind/body/spirit complex, by delivering measured quanta of frequency- specific energy to the human multidimensional system. Vibrational medicine seeks to heal the physical body by integrating and balancing the higher energetic systems which create the physical/cellular patterns of manifestation. 16 WELLNESS: A term referring to health, happiness, vitality, and wholeness of the entire mind/body/ spirit complex. A state of balanced health which is reflected in continued learning, growth, and ongoing creative expression. 17 1 CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION The definition of health and healing took on new dimensions with the advent of the holistic health movement in the 1970s. Some key concepts of the holistic health movement include the idea that body, mind and spirit each play a vital role in preserving and creating good health. According to Dr. C. Norman Shealy, one of the pioneers in energy medicine, holistic medicine is based on the fundamental principles that emotional, psychological and spiritual stress affect the body 18 This study is an exploration of how music affects both emotions and the energy field of the body. A second key concept is that active participation and personal responsibility for ones health is essential. Dr. Shealy states health is the result of a commitment to live a more conscious life -- to become more and more responsible for ones emotional health and well-being. 19 The combination of a well cared for body with adequate sleep, careful diet, regular exercise and proper breathing joined with a curious, clear, sharp, positively- focused mind coupled with a joyful contented spirit and a strong sense of purpose optimize the natural healing abilities of the body. Healing is not a passive event, according to medical intuitive Caroline Myss, but rather requires action. 20 Listening to music and focused meditation explored in this study are actions a person can easily add to ones repertoire of responses. 2 A third concept of holistic medicine is that our thoughts and intentions affect our physiology and that they deserve at least as much attention as the physical symptoms. Thoughts (very high frequency energy) translate into matter in the form of neurochemicals (lower frequency, denser energy). The late Edgar Cayce, who is perhaps the best known psychic in America, and one who laid the groundwork for the holistic health movement, expressed the thought that what we think is what our body becomes. Dr. Caroline Myss describes this process as our biography becomes our biology. 21 In other words, what we think and feel on a daily basis, affects our physical body. If the thoughts and attitudes with which we bathe our body are negative over a period of time, they will likely evolve into physical symptoms of disease. In this study, we see signs that even briefly bathing our energy field with music and focused attention can demonstrate shifts to a more positive state as measured by the POMS and GDV. Dr. Carol Schneider and Dr. Wayne Jonas noted there are four kinds of treatment outcomes in their presidential address to the International Society for the Study of Subtle Energies and Energy Medicine (ISSSEEM). 22 The first kind of healing outcome is a cure -- the elimination of disease. The second kind of healing outcome is care -- reflected in better symptom management. Empowerment is the third kind of outcome; this is characterized by better understanding of the disease. The fourth kind of healing is enlightenment, which consists of a realization of the value and purpose of ones life. This study addresses the second and third levels of healing outcome, care and empowerment. 3 Table 1 Four Types of Treatment Outcomes Type of Outcome Definition Cure: Elimination of the disease Care: Better management of the magnitude or consequences of the symptoms Empowerment: Better understanding of the disease and increased skill in self care Enlightenment: Realization of the value and purpose of ones life. Music has soothed the souls of humanity for thousands of years. More recently guided imagery and focused attention have emerged as a treatment tool. Fueled by research on the efficacy of intention, the credibility of imagery combined with music portends to be a potent therapeutic tool. Dr. William Tiller, Stanford University professor emeritus, has demonstrated that focused human intention on a physical device can robustly influence a specifically targeted experiment; for instance, the level of pH in water. Tiller postulates this information requires a shift from the currently prevailing paradigm that such a meaningful interaction of human intention on inanimate or animate objects simply does not exist; he raises the question that perhaps this data indicates a cosmological change in human consciousness. 23 Researchers at Princeton University independently demonstrated that thoughts affect instruments that generate random numbers. The effect of focused attention was 4 strongest when the groups attention was focused, and when the group was sharing an emotional experience. 24 Dr. Konstantin Korotkov invented the GDV 25 in 1996; it allows quantification of the human energy field. For thousands of years the energy field has been intuited and described qualitatively, and now with this technological advance, the energy field can be quantitatively described for the first time. Because this technology is so new, there is a dearth of research data available. This study is an attempt to contribute to the literature of how the energy field is affected by music, imagery and focused attention. The GDV device provides an accurate, exact and reproducible method of the analysis of energy-informational state of the human being and allows us to study the influence of various factors on this state, 26 i.e. allows us to study the effects of subtle energies such as music and focused meditation on the energy field of the subject. The invention of the GDV extends our senses in the same way that the microscope and telescope allowed scientists to see things that were not previously possible, and perhaps not imagined. It is probable that both music and guided imagery affect the HEF because studies have shown that music and imagery have the ability to influence a persons emotions and physiology. 27 28 29 Music and imagery are two powerful tools that influence the emotions and thereby the energy field. Music has long been known to soothe emotions, and more recently the efficacy of imagery in eliciting physiological responses has been demonstrated. The ability to improve ones mood is a powerful way to enhance ones health. The larger ones repertoire of healing tools, the better care an individual can take of one- self. According to the literature, negative emotions contribute to the evolution of 5 disease whereas positive emotions are prophylactic and even curative. Demonstrating the salutary effect of music and music combined with the imagining of ones own energy field with the intention of increasing its area, density, and brightness may encourage people to incorporate these tools into their own daily self-care routine. The prophylactic use of music may become a tool to soothe and dissipate daily emotional burdens, thus preventing the accumulation of stress in body tissue; or, become a tool to strengthen the energy field so that negativity in the environment may not penetrate to the physical body. The objective of this study is to explore how music and music with guided imagery affect the Human Energy Field (HEF) or aura as measured by the Gas Discharge Visualisation (GDV) technique and the Profile of Mood States (POMS). The imagery script was carefully and intentionally scripted to smooth, enhance, enrich, brighten and enlarge the HEF. These qualities of the HEF have been associated with a healthy aura as intuited by clairvoyants such as Dora van Gelder Kunz. 30 A lower score on the POMS total score and a decreased score on the subscales of tension and depression would indicate the subjects experiential shift mood of personal energy in a healthy direction -- reduced experience of negative emotions and increased experience of positive emotions. Positive emotions are known to facilitate healing. This study purports that listening to music alone and listening to music with focused meditation are both positive actions in self-care and contribute to creating conditions which foster healing. The ability of music to reduce depression and tension as measured by the POMS and GDV gives further evidence of the salutary effect of listening to music and imaging a stronger energy field. 6 CHAPTER 2 REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE THE UNIVERSAL ENERGY FIELD The dialog begun by Plato and Aristotle continues today: What is reality? Aristotle asserted that reality consists of only what comes into the mind via the five senses of seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, touching. Plato maintained that the physical world was only a shadow of the spiritual world. Aristotelian thinking -- if something is real, one of the five senses must perceive it--has dominated western scientific thinking. Platonian intuitive thinking -- there are intelligent forces beyond our five senses -- has been much more rare and less credible in western thinking, but common in eastern thinking. As measured by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, eighty-eight per cent of the population falls in this category of Aristotelian thinking style, whereas only twelve percent fall into the Platonian intuitive-feeling type. 31 From our current vantage point, as one looks back on the evolution of medicine, one could say that Greek Medicine evolved along the thinking of Aristotle and Chinese medicine evolved along the thinking of Plato. The two approaches are in interaction and beginning to merge into a new field of energy medicine. Dr. Richard Gerber suggests the term vibrational medicine. 32 This convergence accelerated with President Nixons visit to China in the 1970s and hence our exposure to the ancient Chinese practice of acupuncture. As western physicians gathered data regarding the efficacy of acupuncture, acceptance gradually evolved into recognition 7 by the National Institutes of Health of acupuncture as a legitimate intervention, although for limited application to such ailments as chronic pain. The paradigm of Newtonian physics has prevailed in western scientific thinking. In this framework, the body is viewed as a complex machine. The prevailing idea is that a diseased organ can be surgically removed or targeted by a particular drug. The chemical basis of the body is the focus of attention in Newtonian medicine with astounding discoveries in the field of neurochenistry, and in discoveries of miracle drugs both to fight infections and stabilize moods. But as important as these discoveries have been, they are only a part of the equation for healing. The animating life-force (Chi), which is the basis of acupuncture, has not been considered in the Newtonian paradigm. Newtons laws dealt primarily with the force of gravity, but they could not explain the forces of electricity and magnetism, which were discovered later. Gerbers view of the new Einsteinian paradigm does consider this life force (Chi) and views matter as energy; this contributed to new ideas of what constitutes health and healing. The basic idea of the Einsteinian paradigm is that a subtle energy system (Spirit, Chi, Life Force) is affected by emotions, the level of spiritual balance, nutrition and environment. All of these factors contribute to the health or illness of a person. Repatterning the energy fields then becomes the focus of treatment. 33 In Newtonian physics, matter was perceived as solid. In quantum physics, matter is now known to consist of particles and waves. David Bohm, innovative physicist and physical theorist, hypothesizes that the world is a vast ocean or sea of energy which he calls the implicate order because it cannot be seen or measured; it is potential energy with the possibility of taking form. The world we can see and measure is the explicate 8 order. Space and time are part of the explicate order because they require that someone be there to measure them. The superimplicate order interpenetrates and directs the implicate order. Bohm posits matter ranges in density from the most solid to the most subtle. The most solid states of matter are all visible forms including our body. The most subtle include thoughts and consciousness itself. 34 Bohms theories are a springboard for holistic health practitioners linking the influence of thoughts on health. Many holistic health practitioners believe that what we think about gathers energy, and if the thought collects enough energy it can manifest, that is, become visible in the physical form as in a negative thought influencing neurochemicals. This is in contrast to what Gerber calls the Newtonian model of medicine which views disease as originating in an organ or system within the body. Understanding the interaction of what Gerber calls Einsteinian (energetic) and Newtonian (chemical) models of medicine is a challenge for todays scientists and health care providers. Belleruth Naperstek, a social worker and pioneer in the field of guided imagery, interprets some of Bohms very complex concepts as follows: We are nothing but vibration in a sea of living, intelligent energy, -- that although we are disguised as separate, solid matter, this appearance of solidity is only how we appear in the overt, concrete order of manifest reality; at a deeper, truer level, we are all nothing but interconnecting, interpenetrating energy fields, transcending time and space, each vibration containing everything in the universe, each subatomic bit of us a hologram of all that is. This is why we can experience instantaneous, direct knowing. 35 The human energy field exists within the universal energy field -- sometimes described as a sea of energy that surrounds and permeates everything. The Chinese tradition calls this life force Chi, the Japanese, Qi or Ki, and in India ancient Hindu 9 texts refer to subtle energy called Prana. Chi is thought to enter the body via the charkas and Prana. Examples of this field in action citied by Donna Eden, a holistic health practitioner and author of Energy Medicine, include the gardeners green thumb, a force that helps plants grow; prayer, a force known to speed healing and the force which flows from a healers hands and relieves suffering. 36 In summary, some basic assumptions about the universal energy field are that it permeates all space including animate and inanimate objects. This field connects all objects to each other. Currently, technology like the GDV is emerging which for the first time in history allows scientific measurement of the etheric body, the layer of the energy field closest to the body. Dr. Barbara Ann Brennan, formerly a research scientist for NASA who holds a Masters degree in Atmospheric Physics, and currently founder of the Barbara Brennan School of Healing, notes the organizing effect the human energy field has on the body. She posits that any change in the physical body is preceded by a change in the energy field. 37 This paradigm-shattering concept is beginning to edge its way into healing practices and offers new options for maintaining health by having an individual consider their own energy field. Brian Snellgrove, a British healer and researcher and author of The Unseen Self: Kirlian Photography Explained, has worked extensively with Kirlian photography for over twenty-five years. Figure 1, the illustration of the electromagnetic spectrum on the following page, brings together an enormous amount of data. 38 39 Figure 1 allows us to see that our human senses take in only a fragment of the total known spectrum. 10 Figure 1. The Electromagnetic Spectrum According to Huffman, Vernoy and Vernoy, Electromagnetic energy is made up of tiny packets of energy called photons that move in waves similar to the movement of waves in the ocean. There are many different types of waves from short x-rays to longer 11 radio waves. Together they make up the electromagnetic spectrum 40 The electromagnetic spectrum is the radiant energy generated by the sun. 41 The orderly arrangement of radiation according to wavelength or frequency is called the electromagnetic spectrum. 42 Visible light is only a small part of the spectrum. As scientists develop more precise tools for measuring the electromagnetic field, more of its unknown qualities will be exposed and tamed. An example of technology devised in the past century that has become an accepted tool of western medicine is the electrocardiograph (EKG) which measures the minute electrical potentials occurring during a heart beat. Wilhelm Einthoven, a Dutch physiologist, invented the EKG. He first published his ideas in 1907 and received the Nobel Prize in 1924 for his investigations of the electrical currents of the heart. It was many years before this innovative idea that the heart had electrical properties became accepted and integrated into standard medical practice. The electroencephalograph (EEG) measure electrical voltages produced by neurons in the brain. THE HUMAN ENERGY FIELD The human energy field is described as a cloud of multicolored light, a colorful mist, which surrounds and emanates from the body and is usually not discerned by most people. Webster defines an aura as an invisible emanation or vapor or a particular atmosphere or quality that seems to arise from or emanate and surround a person or thing. 43 It is a vibrational field unique to each person and is thought to contain information concerning the health of the physical body, and reflects a persons well-being. 44 45 12 Until recently the evidence supporting the existence of the human aura has been from qualitative information only provided by gifted sensitives and clairvoyants who could intuit the aura. Written description of what may be the aura occurs in biblical accounts in both the Old and New Testament. Moses, as he carried the Ten Commandments down from Mount Sinai, was described as glowing: the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God. 46 At his conversion, St. Paul was described as emanating a brilliant light 47 and Jesus at his transfiguration was described with glistening intensely white garments. 48 At Pentecost, tongues of fire rested on the heads of each of the disciples and they were filled with the Holy Spirit. 49 These tongues of fire may reflect activity at the crown chakra, a download of cosmic energy, transmitting energy extraordinary gifts to these previously everyday people. The human energy field has been portrayed world wide in art. Russian icons dating from the 6 th century depict the energy field with light emanating from the heads of holy people. European artists, as well, portray Jesus and saints with light emanating from their heads in halos. In Hebrew this light was known as Shekinah, or luminous Presence of God. 50 Four types of auras were portrayed in medieval paintings: the Nimbus and Halo emanate from the head, and the Aureola and the Glory emanate from the total body and are less commonly illustrated. 51 In ancient eastern traditions, the crown chakra (one of seven energy centers in the body to be discussed later) is considered the portal through which cosmic energy enters the body. Holy people were considered to transmit more than a normal amount of cosmic energy and thus the glow of the halo. Pythagoras perceived the human energy field and was the first to record it in western literature about 500 BC. 52 But, this idea had been known worldwide for 13 thousands of years, most notably by the eastern traditions where the energy was called Prana in the Vedic texts and Chi in the Taoist texts. In the 16 th century Paracelsus described the aura: The vital force is not enclosed in man, but radiates round him like a luminous sphere, and it may be made to act at a distance. In these semi- natural rays the imagination of man may produce healthy or morbid effects. It may poison the essence of life and cause diseases, or it may purify it after it has been made impure, and restore the health. 53 In more modern times, in the 1800s and spilling over into the early 1900s, investigators in Austria, Germany and England independently were exploring the various phenomena of this vital force. Austrian born physician and natural scientist Franz Mesmer postulated a theory called animal magnetism to describe the healing energy he noted coming from his own hands. Mesmer worked with magnets as a healing modality, but gave up magnets after he discovered that energy emitted by his own hands could have similar therapeutic effects. It would be more than a century before this energy radiating from his hands could be measured. The world was not ready for his idea and he was ridiculed by the medical establishment of his day. 54 In Germany, the chemist Baron von Reichenbach discerned the energy field and called it the odic force after the Norse god Odin. Von Reichenbach engaged over 200 sensitives, clairvoyants, and scientists including physicians, mathematician to make observations about this odic force emanating from magnets and humans. From his observations, he concluded that the left side of the body was a negative pole and the right side, positive, suggesting the ancient Chinese concept of yin and yang. The clairvoyants described the energy field surrounding the body and noted particularly that the energy flowed from the fingertips. 55 This observation is consistent with the ancient Chinese 14 medical text, The Yellow Emperors Treatise in Internal Medicine that describes meridians terminating in the fingertips In England, Walter Kilner, a physician and member of the London Royal College of Surgeons, developed a system of diagnosis based on the volume, texture, color and appearance of the aura he observed emanating from the body. His book, The Human Atmosphere, was published in 1911. In this book he enclosed glass screens consisting of two hermetically sealed pieces of glass containing an alcohol solution of dicyanine, a coal-tar dye. 56 Dicyanine affected the retinal rods allowing a person to see shorter wavelengths than normal and thereby apparently perceive radiation in the ultra-violet range. After peering through the dicyanine screen one then shifted his gaze to the human body and could then perceive the energy field. Kilners experiments were interrupted by the outbreak of World War I; the supplier of dicyanine was German. Of particular importance to this study, Kilner noted that subjects could change their own aura through mental concentration. Kilners work was difficult to duplicate and some suspect that he himself developed clairvoyant abilities. Kilner concluded, There cannot be the least doubt of the reality of the existence of an aura enveloping a human being, and this in a short time will be a universally accepted fact. 57 This transition is taking longer than Kilner expected. C.W. Leadbeater, a clairvoyant, teamed with artist Rev. Edward Warner to illustrate the chakras in his seminal 1927 work The Chakras. He states in his preface that he believes this book is the first attempt to represent the chakras as they actually appear to sensitives and clairvoyants. 58 According to Leadbeater, there are seven primary chakras located along the spine. They are portals where cosmic energy enters the body. 15 Knowledge of these force centers is evidenced in ancient Egyptian monuments, in writings of 17 th century mystics and among the secret rituals of Freemasons. 59 Harold S. Burr, neuroanatomist at Yale University, studied living organisms -- from simple bacteria to complex humans- -- for over thirty years and concluded that there was unequivocal evidence that wherever there is life, there are electrical properties. 60 Burr devised a simple method for measuring electrical gradients in humans. Burr took two cups with salt solution and placed a silver-silver chloride electrode into each cup. The subject dipped his left hand index finger in one cup and the index finger of the right hand into the second cup thus completing the external circuit in the measuring device called a voltmeter. A voltage gradientelectrical discharge-- between the left finger and the right finger could be detected. Male subjects from Burrs lab were measured and it was found that the subjects could be divided into four groups: those with low voltage gradients of two millivolts, a group with two to four millivolts, a group with five to six millivolts, and a fourth with around ten millivolts. 61 The measurements were repeated daily with consistent reliable results. He then added female subjects and found that their voltage gradient increased over the month, and made a sharp rise for a period of twenty- four hours. The rise in the voltage gradient corresponded to the middle of the menstrual cycle and suspected ovulation time. Burr was thus the first to note a change in the voltage gradient associated with a specific biological activity. 62 The implications for dealing with infertility were immense, but his peers did not readily accept the results. The concept of this kind of physiological information-ovulation-being deciphered from a voltmeter measuring electrical output of index fingers in a salt solution did not fit with the scientific ideas of the day and seemed ridiculous. 16 One of Burrs colleagues, Dr. Ravitz was one of the first to document that the emotion of grief caused the voltage gradient to rise to 14 millivolts for two and a half minutes for a subject under hypnosis. As previously noted, generally voltage gradients range between two and ten millivolts. With this innovative experiment, Ravitz was the first to document that the mind is reflected in the energetic field. 63 Valerie Hunt, a kinesiologist at UCLA, was the first to attempt to document charkas electronically in 1978. 64 Hunt and her associates collected data as subjects underwent a protocol of Structural Integration (also known as rolfing, a special type of massage, designed by Ida Rolf), while simultaneously Rosalyn Bruyere, a clairvoyant, described change she perceived in the colors of the aura. Hunt found that the waveforms on the oscilloscope correlated with colors reported by Bruyere. EMG (electromyography) electrodes which measures electrical outputs of muscles were place over body regions Hunt believed appropriate for each chakra. Hunt found that each chakra emitted a specific color frequency. Rolfing produced emotional reactions in the subjects, which affected the color of the aura. Thus, a hint of a connection was established that there is a relationship between emotional states and the colors of the charkas. Ancient Chinese medicine and western science joined hands. Knowledge known for five thousand years by the Chinese began to gain credibility with western scientists. Hunt and Bruyere discuss their seminal work in detail in their books Infinite Mind 65 and Wheels of Light, respectively. 66 This investigation needs further elaboration. Hunt believes that there are two primary electrical systems in the physical body. One is the alternating electrical current -- the biological system -- of the nervous system and the other is the newly discovered electromagnetic system, or aura. According to 17 Hunt, the electromagnetic system vibrates at a frequency eight to ten times faster than the biological system. The electromagnetic system is both smaller in amplitude and higher in frequency than the biological. 67 These extremely high frequency (EHF) biological frequencies were first studied in Hunts labs at UCLA Leadbeater tells us that the physical body needs food, air and vitality (Chi/ Prana/ Ki/ Qi) for life to be sustained. He posits that in an underdeveloped person, the chakras are sluggish and in a more highly evolved person they pulse and radiate light indicating greater amounts of energy passing through them 68 reminiscent of the halo of Jesus and the saints, which indicates excessive spiritual energy around the crown chakra. Leadbeater notes that crowns or special headpieces are worn by deities or saintly, holy people to symbolize their more highly evolved state. For forty years before his death in 1945, Edgar Cayce, the remarkable American psychic who recognized the role negative emotions play in illness, wrote that seeing colors around people was an ability he always possessed. He believed that our eyes are gradually gaining in power and that one day we may perceive even more colors. 69 Cayce held white to be the perfect color and that when our souls are in perfect balance, we will emanate an aura of pure white. 70 The most well known example of this is the typical rendition of angels in garments of white. 71 The clairvoyant, Dora van Gelder Kunz, contributed to the literature of aura in health and illness in her beautifully illustrated book The Personal Aura. 72 Van Gelder Kunz collaborated with physician, Otelia Bengtsson, and artist, Juanita Donahoo, to convey her rich perceptions of the energy fields of variously ill persons, which she perceived clairvoyantly. The observations were done in the 1930s, but were not 18 published for 55 years. Van Gelder Kunz is another early proponent of the primary role of thought and attitude in maintaining our health and well being. In the illustrations of her descriptions, she documented the negative effects of negative attitudes on health. In the 1960s Dora van Gelder Kunz along with Dr. Shafica Karagulla, a neuropsychiatrist, teamed as researcher and observer in examining the role of the chakras in health and disease in 200 subjects. In the first step, they observed the etheric body of healthy subjects for two years. The etheric body is the auras layer closest to the body and from Kunz observation, extends out about five centimeters. In the second step of the study, Kunz focused on the etheric level of ill subjects and described the charkas and the functioning of the endocrine glands. Kunz observed each subject for up to three hours from a distance of twenty feet. She did not speak with the subjects and often could not see their faces. Karagula reviewed the medical charts for details of the subjects illness. 73 When Karagulas data from the medical charts was compared with Kunz observations, a link could be made between the charkas and the endocrine system. For instance in all nine cases which involved the surgical excision of the pituitary, Kunz observed abnormalities in the brow chakra and observed an absence of etheric energy in the core of the pituitary gland. 74 Kunz and Karagulla developed an outline for assessing characteristics of the etheric body that indicate health and illness. 75 Their findings, briefly summarized: 19 Table 2 Characteristics of Human Energy Field in Health and Illness Measure Health Illness Color Pale violet or bluegray Murky Brightness Luminous Dull Motion Rhythmic, but speed may vary Dysrhythmic Form Size, shape and symmetry Small, asymmetrical Angle At right angles to the physical body Droopy Elasticity Ability to expand and stretch Poor elasticity Texture Firm and fine Coarse, porous, broken, thin Kunz and Karagula conceived of the chakras transducing or converting the cosmic or universal energy into energy at a frequency that nourishes each endocrine system. 76 Dr. Hiroshi Motoyama, who holds doctorates in both psychology and philosophy and is the inventor of the AMI (Apparatus for measuring the Meridians and the corresponding Internal organs), calls the chakras intermediaries for energy transfer. He also posits that as the chakras are activated, man not only becomes aware of higher realms of existence, but gains ability to enter the higher realms. 77 Once the cosmic energy enters the body through the chakra energy center, it is transported throughout the body by the energy meridians or nadis. Motoyama is one of few to identify nadis of the physical body and acupuncture meridians as essentially the same. 78 The meridians are channels through which vital energy (Chi, Ki, Qi, prana) flows to each body system. The meridians were intuited by both ancient acupuncturists, as they treated patients, and yogis, who discerned the meridians through meditation. 79 There are twelve major meridians with the terminal points located on the fingers and toes. These points are known as sei or well points and this is where Chi/Ki/Qi enters and leaves the 20 meridians. According to Motoyama, the energy level at the sei points reflects the condition of the meridian, and each meridian reflects a particular body organ. 80 Motoyama notes that the original source of the previous information is The Yellow Emperors Treatise on Internal Medicine, the oldest text of Chinese medicine. The twelve meridians are divided into Yin and Yang energy. The energy of the Yang meridians flows from the upper part of the body to the lower (positive potential). The Yin meridians flow from the lower to the upper (negative potential). 81 The twelve regular meridians are the lung, large intestine, stomach, spleen, heart, small intestine, bladder, kidney, heart constrictor, triple heater, gall bladder and liver. These meridians do not exactly reflect the organ whose name they carry. Each meridian starts or ends at the tips of the fingers or the tips of the toes. Motoyama includes two recently discovered meridians of the diaphragm and stomach. 82 When Chi flows freely, the body is healthy; when energy is not flowing freely, illness develops. Yin and Yang are two concepts of Chinese medicine that describe the two polar forces of Chi. Yin refers to the qualities of dark, cold, female, negative while Yang refers to the opposite qualities of light, warm, male and positive. 83 Motoyama notes that Yin is associated with qualities of the latent, dark and unexplained aspect of things whereas Yang has the opposite qualities of patent, bright and exposed nature of things. 84 When Yin and Yang are balanced, the body is healthy. Excessive Yang energy generates excessive organ activity and excessive Yin results in under functioning of the organ. Yin, at its extreme, moves to Yang and Yang, at its extreme moves to Yinalways flowing and changing. 21 Table 3 Qualities of Chi: Yin and Yang Chi: Yin Yang Quality: Dark Light Cold Warm Female Male Negative Positive Latent Patent Unexplained Exposed Motoyamas AMI device, consisting of 28 electrodes which attach to the terminus of acupuncture points, measures the electrical differences between the left and right meridians. If the meridian pairs are out of balance, i.e. have different outputs, this indicates a disease in the organ that corresponds to that meridian. 85 Motoyama in Japan and Dr. Ion Dumitrescu, a Russian physician, independently established a link between energetic meridian imbalance and organ pathology. 86 . Caroline Myss, explores the chakras and the symbolic powers of the seven energy systems in her seminal book Anatomy of the Spirit. She proposes that each center contains a universal spiritual life-lesson that we must master if our consciousness is to evolve. 87 According to Myss, the lessons of each chakra are: 22 Table 4 Chakras and Corresponding Lesson Chakra Lessons First/Root: related to the material world Second/Genital: related to sexuality/work/physical desire Third/Solar Plexus: related to ego, personality, self esteem Fourth/Heart: related to love, forgiveness, compassion Fifth/Throat: related to will and self-expression Sixth/Brow: related to mind, intuition, insight, and wisdom Seventh/Crown: related to spirituality Myss elucidates the role of mental and emotional influences with each of the chakra lessons and notes a correspondence to illnesses associated with these negative emotions. For instance, she notes that the major emotion behind breast lumps is hurt, sorrow, and issues with nurturance. 88 Dr. Mona Lisa Schulz, psychiatrist and medical intuitive, describes the seven emotional centers of the body and their contrasting set of emotional challenges in her book Awakening Intuition. 89 Schulz states that the more these emotions are balanced, the healthier the individual. The issues to be balanced in the first chakra are sense of self versus sense of belonging; independence versus dependence; self-sufficiency versus helplessness; fearlessness versus fearfulness; trust versus mistrust. Schulz believes that unresolved issues emerge in disorders of the blood and bones as well as the immune system, spine and hips. In Schulzs opinion these body systems carry the emotions and memories of early family experiences. Caroline Myss, identifies physical dysfunctions of chronic lower back pain, sciatica, varicose veins, rectal tumors, depression and immune- related disorders with this first chakra. 90 23 The second emotional center according to Schultz contains memories related to our drives: how we pursue what we want in life and how we establish relationships separate from our family of origin. Emotions related to these issues are stored in the reproductive organs, the kidneys, bladder, urinary tract, lower gastrointestinal track and the muscles of the lower back. Schulz believes unresolved issues cause disorders in these organs. 91 The third emotional center is concerned with issues of responsibility and self- esteem. Schulz states that memories related to these concerns are stored in the organs of the gastrointestinal track that includes the mouth, esophagus, stomach, intestines, upper colon, liver and gallbladder. Emotional issues of this center relate to adequacy versus inadequacy, responsibility versus irresponsibility, aggressiveness versus defensiveness and competiveness versus noncompetitiveness. 92 Myss notes that arthritis, gastric ulcers, diabetes, liver dysfunction, and adrenal dysfunction are disorders associated with this third chakra. 93 The fourth emotional center involves the heart, lungs and breasts and relates to the emotional issues of intimacy and nurturance. The emotional expressions are passion, anger, rage, hate, hostility, joy, exuberance, stoicism, grief, courage, and loss. If we are unable to fully feel and appropriately respond to emotions linked to the emotional life of our relationships, we become vulnerable to illness in the heart, lungs, breasts, and esophagus. 94 Myss notes physical dysfunctions of congestive heart failure, heart attack, breast cancer, lung cancer and bronchial pneumonia are all related to the fourth chakra. 95 The fifth emotional center is related to balance between the issues of self expression or listening to others; between actively advocating for what we want or 24 passively waiting for things to come; and between imposing our will or being imposed upon by anothers will. The body organs, which are vulnerable to these unresolved issues, are the throat, the thyroid and the neck. 96 Myss notes that the physical dysfunctions associated with this chakra are raspy throat, chronic sore throat, temporomandibular joint problems, scoliosis, laryngitis, swollen glands, and thyroid problems. 97 The sixth emotional center relates to how we see the world, interpret the world and act upon the world. The task is to seek balance between wisdom and ignorance, rationality and irrationality, rigidity and flexibility. The body organs that are vulnerable to imbalance with these issues are the sensory organs of the eyes, ears, nose and brain. 98 Myss notes the physical dysfunctions of this chakra energy result in brain tumor, blindness, deafness, seizures, and learning disabilities. 99 The seventh emotional center is related to the issue of purpose in life. The balance to be achieved here is between a sense of purpose and an ability to accept uncertainty, between a belief that one can influence life and at the same time accept that things happen as they should. The illnesses which affect this emotional center involve the muscles, connective tissues and genes. 100 Myss notes physical dysfunctions associated with seventh chakra issues as energetic disorders, chronic exhaustion, and extreme sensitivity to light, sound or environment. 101 Clairvoyants discern a multilayered auric field commencing with the etheric layer, closest to the body. Most recently, Barbara Brennan, one of the worlds most gifted healers and founder of the Barbara Brennan School of Healing, describes the seven layers of the human energy field. She perceives each of these layers as interpenetrating each 25 other, but each with its unique frequency; she describes each successive level being of a higher frequency or higher octave. The physical layer is adjacent to the body, with each successive field extending further from the body in an egg shape. 102 Table 5 Anatomy of the Aura Level Life Experience 1. Physical pain and pleasure, safety 2. Emotions concerning feelings about oneself, confident 3. Mental/rational world strong clear mind; interested in learning 4. Relationships strong good relationships 5. Divine Will within level of divine love 6. Divine love spiritual ecstasy 7. Divine mind, serenity feeling connected to the universe Dr. William Tiller, material scientist and Stanford University professor emeritus, proposes a theory of a coherent group energy field (i.e. a group with a clear intention has the energetic power of the square of the number of coherent people involved). If the energy of one person were one volt, the energy of two people would be four volts and the energy of five thousand people would be five thousand times five thousand or twenty- five million volts. 103 Each individuals energy field bears informationmoral, mental, emotional, religious; when like minded individual fields merge, there is tremendous power. 104 The journey of the past thousands of years of intuited information about the human energy field is beginning to get precision. The GDV is a tool with the potential to contribute significantly to the advancement of knowledge concerning the human energy field. 26 EVOLUTION OF KIRLIAN PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE GAS DISCHARGE VISUALISATION TECHNIQUE The Gas Discharge Visualisation technique is based on Kirlian photography also known as bio-electrography. George Christoph Lichtenberg, a German professor of physics at Gottingen University, experimented with the effect of electrical discharges and found that they created patterns on film. In 1777 he observed patterns produced in resin dust by electrical discharges and was the first to observe a corona discharge from a human hand. 105 Prior to 1900 Yakub Narkevitch Yodko was the first to observe that pictures of healthy people and unhealthy people varied. Yodko also studied people under varying conditions including fatigue, excitement, as well as both asleep and awake. 106 Unfortunately, Yodkos records were destroyed in the Russian revolution After arriving in the United States from Serbia in 1884, Nicola Tesla conducted many experiments with high voltage photography and demonstrated the luminous discharges around the body. 107 In 1891, during a public lecture, Tesla demonstrated a vivid and startling corona luminescence effect: All around me the electrostatic force makes itself felt, so great is the agitation of the particles, that you may see streams of lightdue to a potential of about 200,000 volts, alternating in rather irregular intervals, sometimes like a million times a second. A vibration of the same amplitude, but four times as fast, to maintain which over 3,000,000 volts would be required, would be more than sufficient to envelop my body in a complete sheet of flame. But this flame would not burn me up; quite contrarily, the probability is that I would not be injured in the least. Yet a hundredth part of that energy, otherwise directed, would be amply sufficient to kill a person. 108 27 Tesla was immortalized in the 1980s when his name was designated as the unit of magnetic field strength utilized by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners; one Tesla is equal to 10,000 Gauss (unit of measurement of magnetic flux density). Tesla obtained over one hundred patents for electromagnetic devices including the high voltage Tesla coil that bears his name. 109 Professor Alexander Gurwitsch, a Russian researcher in the 1920s first described emanations given off by onion shoots that had the capacity to cause mitosis in other onion shoots. This observation stimulated the Russian researcher Wlail Kasnatschejew in the 1960s and 1970s to further pursue these findings and he concluded that cells communicate information via ultraviolet light. With a clever research design he clearly demonstrated that sick cells could make healthy cells ill depending on whether the flasks containing the cells were quartz (which allows transmission of ultraviolet light) or regular glass (which does not transmit ultraviolet light). 110 Dr. Fritz Popp expanded on the research of Gurwitsch and Kasnatschejew over a twenty-five year period in Germany. He developed very sensitive equipment to measure the light or biophotons given off by living systems. His equipment was so sensitive it could measure an emanation of a firefly at about 10 kilometers (one kilometer equals 5/8 of a mile). 111 In 1939, Semyon Davidovich Kirlian, known as the best electrician in the Russian village of Krasnodar, was called to repair some technical equipment at a research institute. While there, he chanced to observe a demonstration of a high-frequency instrument for electrotherapy. When he saw the spark between the electrodes and the patients skin, he wondered what would happen if he put a photographic plate between 28 the patients skin and the electrode. In the process of constructing the apparatus and taking the first picture of his own hand, he burned himself severely. In spite of the pain, Kirlian continued his experiment and developed a photo with a luminescence in the shape of the contours of his fingers (also referred to as corona of the fingers). Kirlian followed an intuitive hunch and persevered in developing a new process for recording the luminous energy emanating from the human body on film. Over the next quarter century, Kirlian and his wife Valentina, went on to develop and refine this new method of photography. The process came to be known as Kirlian photography and the luminous images as the Kirlian effect. 112 In 1949, the Kirlians obtained their first patent 113 for the invention of Kirlian Photography, but it wasnt until the early 1960s, twenty-five years after Kirlians initial discovery, that the Soviet government set up institutes and labs to begin research on Kirlian photography. 114 Kirlians most famous experiment was referred to as the The Phantom Leaf Effect. In this experiment a leaf was photographed before and after mutilation (cutting off a segment of the leaf). The cut leaf photograph shows the leaf structure intact, with the cut-away part visible, though somewhat faded. Gerber states, The Phantom Leaf Effect, seen via Kirlian photography, repeatedly demonstrates a holographic energy-field component of living systems. The missing leaf that appears in Kirlian electrographs appears identical in structure to the physical leaf. This phantom is a part of the etheric body of the leaf (a growth template or wave guide) that assists in the expression of the life force through the genetic potential of the plant. We must, for a moment, ask ourselves how Kirlian photography is able to reveal the etheric phantom. It is a feat which literally makes the invisible visible. 115 The Phantom Leaf effect has been difficult to duplicate, and in less than 5% of experiments does the phenomena appear. 116 This experiment continues to fascinate 29 scientists and lay people alike. Korotkov investigated this subject with the GDV and concluded that the phantom leaf phenomenon could be explained by real physical processes. 117 News of the Soviet research in the field of Kirlian photography, including the Phantom Leaf Effect, reached the United States in 1970 when authors Lynn Schroeder and Sheila Ostrander published the results of their 1968 tour of Russia, Bulgaria, and Czechoslovakia where they explored psychic research in laboratories from Prague to Moscow. 118 In 1970, after reading Schroeder and Ostranders account of Soviet research in Kirlian photography, Dr. Thelma Moss, a psychologist at UCLAs Neuropsychiatric Institute visited Russia. She was fascinated with the idea of recording on film the energy fields emanating from all living things and wanted to meet these pioneering researchers first hand. She did not meet with Semyon and Valentina Kirlian, as their location in southeastern Russia was too remote. Dr. Moss did meet with Viktor Adamenko in Moscow for several days. As a child, Adamenko lived next door to the Kirlians and participated in their experiments. Adamenko presented Dr. Moss with papers he wrote with another Russian scientist, Viktor Inyushin, in which he described dramatic changes in the Kirlian photographs. These changes resulted from different states of consciousness including hypnosis in a variety of states and of emotional and physical arousal. 119 Adamenko was preoccupied with the subject of acupuncture and its relation to Kirlian photography. In conversations with Moss, Adamenko spoke of a possible correlation between the invisible energy field described in Chinese medicine and the invisible 30 energy body made visible through Kirlian photography. He demonstrated a device he had invented on Thelma Mossa tobiscope-- which detected acupuncture points. 120 Moss next visited with physicist Victor Inyushin in Alma-Ata. She was not allowed to visit his laboratory, as the official permission for her visit had not arrived from Moscow. 121 It was Inyushin who termed the emanations noted in the Kirlian photographs bioplasma. He believed bioplasma to be an additional state of matter, with properties different from solids, gases and liquids. Moss found Inyushin also involved in research on acupuncture. Alma-Ata is located near the Chinese border and was on the caravan route traveled by Marco Polo on his journeys between Italy and China. The Kazakhstan, natives of this area, have an oriental heritage, which may partly explain their interest in acupuncture. Inyushin described a Chinese medical doctor to Moss. The doctor , who trained at the University of Peking and defected to Russia, was able to identify 700 acupuncture points on a person. Later, Inyushin and his young colleague Nicholas Shuisky used Adamenkos tobiscope to detect the acupuncture points. The points they located corresponded remarkably with those of the Chinese doctors description and thus a step was taken in empirically confirming the acupuncture points. 122 Dr. Moss became the first American to work in this new field of bioelectrography. In 1971, her student, Kendall Johnson, a curious insurance salesman turned graduate student, developed the first Kirlian camera in the United States in a lab in his fathers garage. 123 In June, 1973 scientists from twenty countries and many disciplines -- physics, chemistry, electronics, biology, psychology, psychiatry -- gathered in Prague to establish a new field of scientific inquiry: psychotronics, the study of all 31 interactions between man and objects. 124 Although psychotronics is not a term that gained popularity, the field of bioelectrography was launched. Electrophotography developed independently in at least two other countries. The Scottish scientists, Dennis Miller and Ted Smart, discovered electric photography. Miller and Smart focused their research on air, not leaves, seeds, fluids or fingertips, as had been the focus of the Kirlians. The Brazilian scientist Henry Andrade independently made his own electrical photographs in the early 1960s. 125 Researchers without access to each other were simultaneously exploring the energy field and refining scientific instruments to quantify what they were finding. In 1973, William Tiller and David Boyers researched the subject of corona discharge patterns and Kirlian photography. n the process the pair duplicated some of the Soviet research. Tiller and Boyers focused on investigating metallic electrodes rather than living systems. The United States Air Force Office of Scientific Research sponsored their work. Tiller and Boyers concluded that Although it now seems possible to account for the majority of the strange color effects observed in Kirlian photography, one cannot be certain that this is the only or the proper explanationKirlian photography experiments must be done more carefully than those in the past, if we are to use this as a tool to learn truly new information about changes in energy states of living systems... it is probably more appropriate to use the name corona-discharge photography. 126 In the 1980s, Peter Mandel, a German naturopathic doctor, developed an intuitive, but now well documented method of interpreting the bio-electrographic images for medical diagnosis. Mandel based his interpretations on the analysis of the corona of fingertips and toes in relation to their function as endpoints of the meridians of traditional Chinese medicine and German neo-acupuncture developed by Voll. 127 Korotkov utilized 32 the framework devised by Mandel as a basis for interpretation of the GDV computer constructed aura. The scientific community has been slow to accept Kirlian photography as a legitimate tool. Because of the widely disparate types of equipment used to create the images, results have been inconsistent. Lack of rigorous scientific standards has hindered the acceptance of Kirlian photography. The United States National Institutes of Health now has a division of Complementary and Alternative Medicine to gather data on subtle energy interventions. In November 2000, the International Union of Medical and Applied Bio-Electrography held its 5th official congress in Curitiba, Brazil and agreed to promote the scientific status of bioelectrography by way of thorough scientific research. Dr. Konstantin Korotkov was unanimously elected President of the IUMAB for the term 2001-2004. 128 The formation of the IUMAB is another step in formalizing the study of the energy field and demanding more standardization so information can be more readily compared and built upon. This standardization will give researchers a common language and accelerate progress in further understanding Kirlian photography and what it is actually measuring. Brief Description of the Kirlian Photography Process Technical description of the Kirlian process is beyond the scope of this paper. Harry Dakin describes the process in detail in his book High Voltage Photography. 129 Gerber gives a description, which provides basic information that is not overly technical: The basic principle behind Kirlian photographys ability to produce images on film is the corona discharge phenomenon. Most scientists who have studied Kirlian systems have agreed upon this fact. In the simple electrographic apparatus there is a high-frequency power source connected to an electrode beneath a sheet of film. A high- 33 frequency current, sent to the hidden electrode, creates an electrical field, which bathes the photographic film. The film surface becomes charged at a high electrical potential. When a finger or other grounded object is placed upon the film, it provides a pathway for electrons of high potential (on the film surface) to travel to low potential (ground, or earththe ultimate electron sink)Energy always flows from high to low potential. The electron trails, created by torrents of electrons jumping from the film to the grounded object, create the beautiful corona discharge, which is captured (in total darkness) on the photographic film. The image produced by this technique is called a Kirlian photograph. The pattern of electron streamers around the object, as well as the colors captured on film, appear to contain varying amounts of diagnostic information about the photographic subject. 130 MICRO-ACUPUNCTURE AND THE GDV Acupuncture has been practiced for more than 5,000 years. Micro-acupuncture was rediscovered in the 1950s when Dr. Paul Nogier, observed that the acupoints of the ear were reiterative of the anatomy of the whole body, that is, the acupoints of the ear correspond to specific body organs. 131 Other body parts such as the foot, hand, nose and orbit of the eye have been observed to correspond to body parts also. 132 For instance, stimulating a spot on hand, foot or nose could balance energy in a particular organ. Dr. Ralph Alan Dale, Director of the Acupuncture Education Center in Surfside, Florida, defines micro-acupuncture: Micro-acupuncture refers to the energetics (Qi) of an anatomic region such as the face, philtrum, ear, hand and abdomen. Each part of the body functions as an energetic microcosm with a diagnostic and therapeutic potential relating to the physiology and Qi of the body as a whole. These micro-acupuncture systems are manifested through micro- acupoints and micro-channels (meridians) whose topologies reflex as holographic reiterations of the bodys anatomy and of the vital energy (Qi) configurations of traditional Chinese acupuncture. A hologram is a three dimensional image of a given object which contains the information of the object in itself and in every part of itself. 133 In 1973, Dale began to explore what other body parts in addition to the ear might have holographic qualities. He found evidence of more than 30 body parts with this 34 characteristic. He notes the implication of this finding is that each part of the body might contain the energetic information of the whole organism. 134 Micro-acupuncture had been intuitive until 1951 when Paul Nogier began his scientific explorations in auriculotherapy, later referred to as auriculomedicine. The first hologram he discovered was the inverted fetus: when looking at the ear, the earlobe represents the head of the fetus, with the body curled around the earlobe. Nogier first showed the distribution of the auricular reflexes as reiterations of the anatomy in the form of a fetus in the womb with the head acupoints in the inferior position that is in the lobule. The viscera (Zng-Fu) were localized in the two conchae, and the extremities in the superior portion of the ear. 135 Dale evaluates Tae-Woo Yoos Koryo Sooji Chim (hand acupuncture), as the most remarkable, detailed and clinically useful of all the micro-meridian systems. 136 Yoo developed his system in 1971. Yoo identified the micro-meridian correspondences of all 14 principal meridians and equivalents for most of the 361 traditional acupoints on these conduits. In the hologram of Yoos hand system, the middle finger corresponds to the head. 137 This is a point of difference from Jaw Woo Parks Su Jok acupuncture, which bases its system on the thumb corresponding to the head. 138 Both practices appear to be effective, although the work of Park is much less known in the United States. Park, a Korean acupuncturist, is highly regarded in Russia where he has lectured widely and has a large following of practitioners. It is necessary to continue to collect empirical data on the micro-acupuncture of the hand and particularly the fingertips to define exactly what is 35 being reflected and what precisely the Kirlian photographs of the fingertips are measuring. Micro-acupuncture establishes the concept that vast amounts of information are contained in the fingertips; Motoyama with the AMI and Korotkov with the GDV pioneered in measuring and analyzing this data with scientific instruments. RESEARCH UTILIZING THE GDV The GDV provides an accurate, exact and reproducible method for the analysis of energy-informational state of the human being and allows us to study the influence of various factors on this state. 139 Images of the fingertips are taken with a table top camera which feeds the data into a computer which process the image into a BEO- gramprintout of the total energy field. Korotkov 140 studied the effect of a healer -- V. Soultanov -- on a patient over a two-day period. A baseline image was taken of the patients thumb after a hard-working day. The corona was broken (small gaps) and jagged (deep crevasses). After a short healing session, another photo was taken which showed some change. A second healing session brought more changes and after a 45-minute period the aura stabilized with smoothed edges and very few gaps. The patient reported moving from a state of stress to one of ease and well-being. Another image taken twenty hours later revealed that the pattern remained in the healthier state. The computational capability of the GDV then processed the data from the three images -- baseline, after first healing session, after second healing session -- and quantitatively displayed the results in a graph, which 36 demonstrated the reduction in the fractal coefficient, i.e. the reduction of the jaggedness and gaps in the corona of the thumb fingertip. In the 1970s Professor V.M. Inyushin in Alma-Ata was the first to make Kirlian photographs of grain. He observed grain over a six-day cycle and photographed both single grains and groups of four grains. He observed that the corona was far larger for a grain of wheat during germination than as a dry grain. Korotkov emulated this experiment using GDV technology 141 measuring wheat grains while dry and then on day 1, 2, 4, and 6 after sprouting in a wet media. He concluded that the grain energy increases dramatically after the grain has been awakened and then decreases, as the grain expends its energy on the growth of roots and sprouts. Korotkov, Gurvits and Krylov 142 took blood plasma samples from patients with primary and metastatic cancer and compared the blood plasma samples with samples of healthy donors. Samples were also taken from a patient with a benign tumor. They found that the characteristics of the blood plasma samples of the cancerous patients were significantly different from the samples from healthy donors in the GDV parameters of brightness, shape, size and color of the images. The most profound differences were in the two parameters of area and fractal coefficient. The samples were subjected to a potentisation procedure similar to that used in homeopathy. Even diluted to 1/1024 of the original plasma, the difference between cancer and normal plasma was evident in the GDV measurements indicating the GDV is sensitive to differences of disease states. In the late 1990s Korotkov 143 did a series of studies with Allan Chumak, a noted Russian healer, measuring his ability to influence the material world, i.e. water and people. First, Korotkov did a very simple study of Chumak. He took GDV images of 37 Chumaks fingers in a passive condition as a baseline and then he repeated the GDV images after Chumak intentionally focused on activating the energy stream through his hands. The baseline revealed a normal healthy strong positive energy condition. In comparing the before and after pictures, the average increase in area of the GDV images was 200%. Korotkov 144 conducted a study of GDV images of two water samples: a controlled sample and an experimental sample irradiated by Chumak (that is, Chumak focused intention on the water for five minutes). Two 200 ml bottles of tap water were utilized, one the control and one the experimental. Immediately after the five minutes of Chumaks influence, 10 GDV images of 20 ml of water from each bottle were taken. The difference of the average area of corona discharge between the irradiated and control water was over 300%. Chumaks focused attention dramatically increased the GDV area parameter. This increase in GDV area typically appears after healing interventions. In a third study with Chumak, Korotkov 145 took a series of GDV images of Chumaks right forefinger in a passive (baseline) condition and then in the condition intentionally shifting his consciousness. This was done over a course of 34 minutes. The graphed results show the GDV current changed from 1 to 7 during these 34 minutes. The baseline measured in a range around 4. Chumak was then asked to increase the signal and maintain it. After two minutes, the signal increased to 6 and remained at that level for three minutes. Chumak then offered to simulate the state of death. The signal then gradually dropped to zero for minutes 22 to 29. During this time Chumak physically turned absolutely pale. He was then asked to return to a normal level of consciousness. His signal then increased to 2, which was about half of the original level. At minute 33, 38 his level climbed to 3 almost back to a baseline of 4. The GDV was able to measure a previously unmeasured phenomenon. In yet another experiment Korotkov 146 took GDV measurements on Chumak positioned in one room, and a young woman subject, whom he did not know, in a second room. The task for Chumak was to change the condition of the young woman as measured by the GDV, to correlate with the condition of Chumak. The measurements were taken over a period of ten minutes. Graphs were prepared of the signals for both people and compared. The results demonstrated that the changes in Chumaks condition influenced the state of the young woman. The correlation of Korotkovs results was further demonstrated by the EEG signals of the young woman and Chumak as measured by Koekina. 147 To obtain instantaneous quantitative measures of how the human mind influences healing processes, Koroktkov and T. Chalko 148 conducted an experiment in which the subject (Chalko) performed two types of mental exercise: meditation and concentration. This experiment was repeated numerous times over two years with similar findings. Following is a description of one of the experiments. Images of the forefinger of the right hand of the subject were taken at one-minute intervals for nine minutes while the subject meditated. The bio-energy field level intensity -- increased with time until there was a 60% increase at 9 minutes. The gaps in the finger corona gradually filled in, indicating greater balance and harmony. It was noted that the benefits of meditation began to be reflected by the GDV after 8 minutes indicating that it takes time for the aura to become harmonious and gap free. The second type of mental exercise investigated was concentration. In this exercise the subject focused on an image at eye level two 39 meters distant. Images were recorded of the subjects middle finger of the right hand at one-minute intervals for eight minutes. The aura energy doubled during this time and initial gaps in the bio-energy field (as reflected in the finger corona) gradually closed. Both exercises induced dramatic positive changes in the aura and its distribution, but the concentration exercise was more effective. E. Anufrieva, V. Anufriev , and M. Starchenko, researchers at the Institute of Physics of the Ural Department of the Russian Academy of Sciences, The Ural Center for Energy Saving and Environment have produced Beo-grams demonstrating that thought and the heart are interrelated; they explored the possibility of thought effecting the cardiac rhythm. In the United States the field of psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) explores this mind body connection of thoughts affecting physiology. For two years this group of researchers conducted research on 50 practically healthy subjects. The subjects focused on sending a loved one the thought, Let the world be well. GDV images were taken of the sender of the thought and the recipient of the good will. The researchers found that the energy of the sent thought appeared instantly on the emanations from the left little finger, and received by the loved one at the heart sector of the right little finger. This emanation was registered in a period of 1-2 seconds from distances of 1-2 meters to 1500 kilometers. The researchers found that both thinking good thoughts (wishing others well), and touching a loved ones hand generated a transformation of the aura -- enriching it with energy, making the aura smoother, brighter and also filling the holes in the auric field. The authors conclude that they were able to measure the effect of thought on the aura, which changed its energetics and hence influenced the physical state. They 40 further conclude that being an altruist is beneficial for health. The researchers urge each person realize the power of ones own thoughts. 149 Carolyn Howell, practitioner at the Center for Counseling and Psychotherapy Education in London studied 11 people with HIV 150 attending weekly Tai Chi classes lasting sixty to ninety minutes over a period of eight months. A short comparative study was undertaken to measure changes in the energy field by taking GDV images of the ten fingers before and after Tai Chi class. The author found that the pre- and post- images showed a significant difference in the participants energy field -- from weak, fragmented images toward a brighter and more unified shape. Trampuz, Kononenko and Rus, 151 researchers at the University of Ljublyana, Slovenia, investigated the effect of The Art of Living Programme (AOL) on the biopsychological status of its participants as measured by the GDV. The AOL Programme consists of a six-day seminar, which provides participants with basic knowledge, techniques and skills for improving health, cognitive effectiveness and ability in coping with stress. The researchers found that there was a statistically significant difference in before and after measurements in an experimental group in the GDV parameters of area, shape, fractal dimension and brightness. None of those parameters differed significantly in the control group. They concluded that an AOL basic course significantly improves the psychophysical state of a person. In a second study by Trampuz, Kononenko and Rus, 152 the researchers took measurements before and after a two-hour AOL course, and found that the GDV parameter of area of the corona differed significantly between the two groups. In the third study, the participants in the AOL program were compared to a control group (those 41 who did not participate in AOL program). The GDV parameters of area, fractal dimension and brightness differed significantly between the two groups. The area grew larger and the fractal dimension (fewer fragments) and brightness grew smaller for the AOL group leading the authors to conclude that the AOL Programme does improve the bioelectric field as registered by the GDV technique. The GDV-brightness parameter has yielded contradicting results that raise the question of its reliability as a measure of change. This will be addressed later in the discussion section. Shaduri, Papitashivili & Ashugashvili at the Tbilisi Medical Institute 153 conducted a pilot study of 50 pregnant women in Georgia, former Soviet Union, utilizing the GDV. In Georgia, 75-80% of women suffer from hypothyrosis. The GDV reading demonstrated that 48 out of 50 expectant mothers in this study had a considerably increased fluorescence area and fractality in the zone that corresponds with the thyroid gland. The researchers plan further research as the GDV promises to be a safe and easy method to assist in a timely diagnosis to correct the hormone imbalance and thus preserve the health of the mother and baby. MUSIC AND GUIDED IMAGERY EMOTIONS IN ILLNESS A great synchronicity occurred in the 1970s and 1980s when a plethora of research findings concerning the interaction of the mind and body converged to form the field of psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) Among the seminal contributors were Herbert Benson, M.D. 154 at Harvard with the publication of Relaxation Response, Candace Pert, 42 Ph.D., with her identification of the opiate receptors later described in The Molecules of Emotion (Pert 1997), 155 and Kenneth Pelletier, M.D. at Stanford University with Mind As Healer, Mind As Slayer . 156 These seminal thinkers helped to elucidate the role of negative emotions, negative thoughts and stress on health. Emotion, as defined by Webster is an affective aspect of consciousness and a state of feeling. Emotion is a psychological and physical reaction subjectively experienced as a strong feeling and physiologically involving changes that prepare the body for immediate vigorous action. 157 Early in the 1900s Walter Cannon, Harvard physiologist, observed the fight and flight response of the body to stress. He identified physiological changes in the body during stress that include the arousal of the sympathetic nervous system characterized by increased heart rate, blood pressure, body metabolism, breathing rate, blood flow, and release of hormones such as adrenaline and noradrenaline or epinephrine and norepinephrine. 158 Herbert Benson, M.D., identified the relaxation response, the state of the body at rest. The relaxation response is characterized by decreases in heart rate, blood pressure, body metabolism, breathing rates, blood flow to muscles. Interestingly, Benson made his discovery in the same research rooms at Harvard where Cannon had made his observations about the survival instinct of the fight or flight phenomena decades earlier. Benson states that the relaxation response is even more important to the survival of our bodies than the fight or flight response because the relaxation response can prevent and compensate for damage done to our bodies by the too frequently elicited stress response. 159 43 In 1975, when Benson first published his ideas about quieting the body, the concept that stress had a role in illness was not well accepted. As people began to equip themselves with knowledge about this new theory of the relaxation response, the consciousness of the nation began to rise; the idea of being an active partner in ones wellness began to grow. This tool -- relaxation response -- could be self-administered. This tool could take many forms including Transcendental Meditation, prayer, yoga, Qigong, guided imagery, visualization and listening to music. The room to this healing place has many doors. Initially, Bensons work was discredited as merely the placebo response. This is a western medical term for a response when either nothing or sugar pill was given to a patient and yet a therapeutic physiological response occurred evidently by the patients belief in the efficacy of what he was receiving or doing, later called the faith factor and remembered wellness. Benson eventually demonstrated the relaxation response produced physiological changes that could be measured and repeated whether one was skeptical or not; he also noted that belief in the process could enhance the outcome. This observation allowed and gave permission to the patient to engage the power of his own spiritual beliefs to enhance ones healingone could enter the relaxation response either through a secular door or a religious door. According to Benson, there are a number of conditions that are exacerbated by stress, and to that extent the elicitation of the relaxation response would be helpful in reducing or eliminating the condition: Angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmias, allergic skin reactions, anxiety, mild and moderate depression, bronchial asthma, herpes simplex, cough, constipation, diabetes mellitus, duodenal ulcers, dizziness, fatigue, hypertension, infertility, insomnia, nausea and vomiting during pregnancy, 44 nervousness, all forms of pain, postoperative swelling, premenstrual syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, side effects of cancer, side effects of Aids. 160 The field of psychoneuroimmunology focuses on the interaction of the brain with the bodys immune cells. The seminal work of neuroscientist Candace Pert in the 1970s elucidated how neuropeptides, such as endorphins, in the brain produce changes in mood. 161 John Diamond, M.D., describes the primacy of the thymus gland as the link between mind and body and the first organ to be effected by stress and mental attitudes. Vibrant and positive health is linked to a healthy active thymus gland. 162 It was Dora van Gelder Kunz who discovered the connection between the thymus and the immune system in 1959; (the data was not reported in the medical literature until the 1960s). 163 Diamond identifies two primary emotions: love and hate. He associates positive emotional states of faith, trust, gratitude, and courage with love and negative emotional states with fear, hate and envy. Diamond notes affirmations that he believes activate the thymus gland and recommends that these be repeated several times a day: I am full of love. I have faith, trust, gratitude and courage. 164 Dr. Diamond believes these affirmations can contribute to calming the emotions and that this has a direct impact on the functioning of the thymus gland so essential to immune functioning. The role of stress in illness has received increasing recognition since the 1970s. Dr. C. Norman Shealy identifies six sources of stress, which impair the body. 45 Table 6 Sources of Stress That Impair the Body Physicalfractures, cuts Chemicalalcohol, nicotine, caffeine Electromagneticradio, TV, computers Mentalworry, frustration Emotionalfear, guilt, anger, anxiety, depression Spiritualmoral issues, existential questions. 165 William James, a Harvard professor of psychology for over thirty years, and author of the 1916 classic The Varieties of Religious Experience proposed the harmful effects of doubt, fear and worry and the healing effects of courage, hope and trust. 166 The role of emotions in healing stepped into the spotlight of scientific inquiry with the publication of Norman Cousins Anatomy of an Illness in 1975 in which he posed the question: Is it possible that love, hope, faith, laughter, confidence and the will to live have therapeutic value? 167 He stimulated the medical profession to examine if these positive emotions could have a salutary physiologic effect. In 1964 Cousins fell gravely ill with a serious collagen vascular disease i.e., a disease of the connective tissue. When his doctor told him he had a one in five hundred chance of recovery, and the likelihood of returning to his job at the Saturday Review literary magazine was remote, he avidly began to embark on his own treatment strategy with the support of his physician. He devised a plan for systematic pursuit of the salutary emotions. 168 From his vast readings in the field of health, Cousins was well aware that negative emotions produce 46 negative chemical changes in the body. Cousins was inspired by the 1956 publication of Hans Selyes The Stress of Life in which Selye identified the negative effects on the body of negative emotions. 169 Cousins successful treatment of his rare disease focused the attention of the medical community on the influence of positive emotions in generating a healing environment for the body. He believed that the placebo effect indicated a physiological basis for the will to live and as such was then an area to be researched and utilized with intentionality. While Cousins was immersed in his very personal research on the concept of the mind having control over the autonomic nervous system, the theory was simultaneously being investigated by Elmer and Alyce Green at the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas. The pioneering work of the Greens in biofeedback, later published in Beyond Biofeedback, contributed to the growing body of knowledge concerning the ability of the mind to influence physiological processes. 170 Caroline Myss states that passion is the strongest form of energy we can generate within our body and that it connects us to life. 171 Dr. C. Norman Shealy teamed with Caroline Myss to write The Creation of Health, a provocative book that posits that we create our health by our attitudes, emotions, belief patterns and spirituality. In their exploration of the psychological, physical and spiritual patterns they concluded that all negative patterns break down into four challenges to people: issues of power, responsibility, wisdom and love. Myss and Shealy state that illness presents us with the challenge to become increasingly empowered. 172 Dr. Shealy concludes after reviewing the literature concerning the connection between human emotions and disease that you cannot afford the luxury of fear, anxiety, 47 anger, guilt or depression, no matter what the cause! 173 Dr Shealy states the key to good health is attitude, that is, ones belief in the ultimate goodness of the universe. 174 The negative emotions of fear, anger, and guilt drain our health; the antidotal emotions which support good health are joy, laughter, happiness, serenity, peacefulness, optimism, forgiveness, patience, tolerance, compassion and love -- a desire to do good and to help others. 175 MUSIC AND HEALING IN HISTORY Music and healing have been closely connected from ancient times. The ability of music to affect both emotions and matter has been described since mythic times as exemplified by Apollo and Orpheus. In mythical times, Apollo, a major god in Greek and Roman mythology became a patron of musicians and poets; he also had healing powers, as did his son Asclepius. The marble sculpture Apollo Belvedere 176 is a replica of a much older bronze sculpture, which depicts Apollo with a lyre and a serpent, both symbols of music and healing powers. The power of music to influence the mind was known in ancient times. An ancient Spartan custom involved using flute music to remove the spirit of anger from their fighting men when they returned from battle. 177 An early reference to the ability of music to relieve pain is from Plutarch, on the authority of Aristotle, who referred to the custom of playing flutes while Etrusrian slaves were flogged in order to alleviate the pain. 178 Cleinias, a Pythagorean, and famous for his exemplary conduct and character, played his lyre whenever upset or angry in order to calm himself. 179 Homer recommended music to alleviate negative emotions such as anger, worry and fear and as a means to elevate soul and body. 180 48 In Biblical times, David comforted King Saul with his lyre: and whenever the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, David took the lyre and played it with his hand; so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him. 181 Sonic vibrations of instruments have been used in religious ceremonies throughout the world to influence consciousness. In China, meditation gongs have facilitated entering an altered state of consciousness for thousands of years; in Tibetan monasteries, metal singing bowls, bells and chanting; in Africa, drums; in India, tamboura (a lute-like instrument usually with four strings). The oldest healing music manuscript survives only as a fragment, the First Pythian Ode of Pindar, dating from 474 B.C. The manuscript was discovered in the monastic library of St. Salvator near Mescina, Sicily. This ancient Greek document was written in the Dorian mode, which the Greeks considered not only to be therapeutic, but also to have a civilizing effect, by cultivating courage, obedience to laws and basic ethical ideas. Pindars odes, sung to the accompaniment of lyre and flute, sought to inculcate healthy happiness as a national asset to Greek citizens. 182 Music played a pivotal role in the ritual feasts and festivals prescribed during the time of plagues. Songs accompanied by flutes and lyre were considered essential in elevating the spirits of the citizens and thereby strengthening their resistance to disease. The festivals were preventive medicine in that they were an attempt to dispel fear and panic. The Greeks were aware that fear and panic create vulnerability to disease and that the positive emotions, particularly joy, were protective. 183 The Greeks had an awareness of the social psychology of group support on disease that has given rise in the recent 49 decades to the formation of support groups for many different problems, both physical and mental. Pythagoras believed that if one listened to music on a daily basis it would improve and enrich ones health. 184 Pythagoras, used music to dispel psychic traumata among his disciples i.e., worries. He believed that the effect of daily diatonic chromatic and harmonic melodies would eliminate negative emotions and restore his disciples to a calm condition just as if the music was medicine 185 Plato and Aristotle believed that music had an important role in a well-ordered state and that music in fact helped to civilize. Polybius compares the Arcadians with their high reputation for virtue with the Cynaetheans who were known for their depravity and cruelty, even though they were of Arcadian stock. He attributes this disparity to the fact that the Cynaetheans had rejected the musical heritage of their forefathers -- a resource to soften the harsh living conditions. Polybius concluded that the only hope to change the national character was to reintroduce compulsory music education until the age of thirty. 186 Examples of the power of music continue throughout in the middle ages. In the 1730s the Italian castralto Farinelli was summoned to sing for King Philip V of Spain. Philip experienced one of the most famous spontaneous healings when his symptoms of depression and chronic pain disappeared after hearing Farinlli sing. 187 The power of music to affect matter appears in the myth of Orpheus, known for his extraordinary musical talent: his song deflected fallings rocks sparing his ship. His powers were so great that wild animals were said to listen to him play and trees would follow him. 188 50 A second example of music affecting matter is the Biblical account of Joshua and the falling of the walls at Jericho. The walls crumbled after Joshua led the Israeli army around the walled city shouting and blowing trumpets. 189 Thousands of years later this phenomenon of sound and matter was examined scientifically. Ernst Chladni, a German jurist, physicist and musician, now known as the father of acoustics performed the first known experiments demonstrating that sound/vibrations could move matter. He demonstrated this phenomena to Napoleon in 1809 by placing sand in a plate fixed to a pedestal. Chladni drew a violin bow around the plate, the sand vibrated and shifted from an amorphous pile to intricate designs. 190 He made sound waves visible. Chladni published his observations in Discoveries Concerning the Theory of Music in 1787. Cymataics is the study of how sound affects matter and is an expansion of Chladnis work principally by Hans Jenny, a Swiss physician and artist; this word comes from the Greek word kyma which means waves. Jenny theorizes, each human cell has its own frequency and the frequency of every human organ may be a harmonic of its component cells. 191 Jenny posits that understanding these signature frequencies is key to understanding how sound can be used to heal on a cellular level. These idea about how sound affects us at a cellular level needs further exploration and empirical data. The idea is intriguing. If vibrations can sculpt intricate designs in the sand, the question becomes can sound influence the vibrations in a human cell? Is it possible to influence a cell with the precision to block or eliminate toxic influences and enhance nurturing cellular environments? 51 MUSIC AND EMOTIONS Researchers have noticed that certain kinds of music elicit specific emotions and concluded that this power of music could be used intentionally to elicit emotions conducive to healing. These emotions would be characteristic of the relaxation response and include peacefulness and calmness, as we know from the work of Herbert Benson. In 1935, psychologist Kate Hevener arranged sixty-six adjectives according to eight principal mood qualities. She then arranged these qualities in a circle which she called a Mood Wheel in which each mood was related but different from the adjacent mood group. Music expressing each quality was selected and tested over a ten-year period. Heveners goal was to facilitate the smooth transition from one mood to another. Helen Bonny used this foundation in her development of guided imagery with music. The cycle of the mood wheel modulates from solemn to tragic, tender, tranquil, humorous, joyous, dramatic and majestic. Table 7 Music Mood Wheel and Emotion 1. Solemn, spiritual, lofty, awe, sacred 2. Tragic, pathetic, doleful, sad, mournful, gloomy 3. Tender, yielding, dreamy, plaintive 4. Tranquil, lyrical, leisurely, serene, quiet 5. Humorous, playful, whimsical, fanciful 6. Joyous, merry, gay, happy, cheerful 7. Dramatic, soaring, triumphant, passionate, excited 8. Majestic, vigorous, robust, martial, exalting. 192 The mood chart can be used to assist a person to experience a particular emotion fully and completely, or it may be used to gradually transform the emotional state by 52 choosing music sequentially from each adjacent mood quality. In this way music becomes a self-healing tool. This researcher recently used the Mood Wheel with a depressed patient with the following sequence of instrumental music: Chopins Funeral March, The Moonlight Sonata, first movement, Mozarts Eine Kleine Nachtmusic, Handels Hallelujah Chorus, and finally Sousas Stars and Stripes. A second sequence, with words, began with Roy Orbisons, Only the Lonely, followed by Im So Lonesome I Could Cry, Good Vibrations, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun and ending with Joy to the World (joy to the fishes in the deep blue seajoy to you and me). The patient expressed feeling empowered and relieved; she had a tool to aid her in extricating from the emotional paralysis in which she frequently felt stuck. Randall McClellan, who holds a Doctor of Philosophy in composition from the Eastman School of Music, notes three therapeutic applications for music: to help maintain a normal waking state of restful alertness; to terminate negative consciousness states such as lethargy or hysteria; and thirdly to provide a safe environment in which an individual may experience levels of consciousness perceived as conducive to mental health and a creative and enriching life. 193 Helen Bonny and Louis Savary state in the introduction to their 1973 book Music and Your Mind that theirs is the first book to demonstrate the profound relationship between mind and music. In this book the authors describe exercises and musical selections to achieve an altered state of consciousness where healing can be facilitated. 194 Bonny likens our normal everyday consciousness to the first floor of a skyscraper -- there are many higher and lower levels of consciousness which include the realms of creativity, insight, deep memory, and dreams. Bonny and Savory summarize the process 53 for experiencing an altered state of consciousness as a four step procedure beginning with an induction, description of a visual setting such as a meadow, the playing of a selection of music that supports the visualization, a countdown when the music ends to bring the person back to normal consciousness; a period of reflection on the meaning of the imagery concludes the protocol. 195 PRIMACY OF SOUND IN HUMAN SENSES Embryologists generally agree that the ear is the first organ in the embryo to develop and that it begins functioning at eighteen weeks and listens actively by twenty- four weeks. 196 It is sound that is the first means of perceiving the world. Amniotic fluid fills the nose and mouth and engulfs the floating body of the fetus. According to Verny, the fetus has no sense of sight smell, or touch. He believes the fetus lives for nine months in an environment of heightened sound, with vibration as the primary sense. Dr. Jeffrey Thompson, musician and composer, founder and director of the Center for Neuroacoustic Research, Encinitas, CA, states that the swishing water sound of the amniotic fluid, pulse sound of arteries, gurgles of the large and small intestine, respiration sounds, heartbeat sounds resonating through the body become deeply familiar to us. He believes accessing these familiar sounds contributes to healing and he utilizes these sounds in his compositions. 197 PRINCIPALS OF SOUND HEALING: RESONANCE, WAVE LENGTH, AND RHYTHM One of the fundamental principles of sound healing is resonance. Music is organized sound, so all the principles that apply to sound, apply to music. Every cell in the body, every molecule of the cell, and every atom of the molecule is in a constant state 54 of motion or vibration. Our body -- organs, bones, muscles, and cells -- will vibrate along with external sounds and music. If the sounds are harmonious or pleasing, the sounds support health. If the sounds are discordant or inharmonious like a jackhammer or vacuum cleaner, the sounds cause stress and thereby disrupt health. Sound waves have varying wavelengths, or frequencies. There is only a limited range of sound that we as humans can hear. Infrasound is below what our auditory organs can perceive, and ultra-sound frequencies are above what we can perceive. The chart illustrates: the higher the note is, the higher the frequency, the shorter the wave and, conversely, the lower the note is, the lower the frequency and the longer the wave. McClellan summarizes: 198 Table 8 Sound Frequency and Wavelength Frequency Wavelength Lowest audible tone 20 cycles per second 55 feet Lowest C on piano 32.7 cps 33.6 feet Middle C 261.6 cps 4.2 feet Concert A 440 cps 2.5 feet Highest C on piano 4,186 cps 2.6 inches Highest audible tone 20,000 cps .55 inches Christian Huygens, inventor of the pendulum clock, spent a day sick in bed in February 1665. This gave him the opportunity to observe two of his recently built clocks. He noticed that their pendulums were swinging in perfect synchrony/ unison. For hours 55 they maintained the rhythm. He interrupted the rhythm, and after half an hour they were back in unison. When he moved them apart, they began to fall ever so slowly out of synchrony at the rate of five seconds per day. Huygens observations established the theory of coupled oscillators, a sub branch of mathematics. Coupled oscillators exist in the natural world as seen in the pacemaker cells in the heart, insulin-secreting cells in the pancreas, and neural networks in the brain and spinal cord that control such rhythmic behavior as breathing, running and chewing. 199 The concept of entrainment is where the worlds of physics and biology connect. Research on entrainment and brain waves did not appear as a focus in the literature until the 1970s. The idea that something external could be intentionally utilized to modify brain waves evolved step-by-step from Huygens observations of his pendulum clocks to EEG development and eventually erupted in research of music effecting brain waves. Of course, mothers had known of the efficacy of humming and singing lullabies to their babies for centuries, but the work of Johannes Kneutgen On the Effects of Lullabies quantitatively demonstrated the infants response to soothing music as indicated by the breathing rhythms becoming synchronized with the rhythm of the music. 200 Robert Monroe pioneered the use of specific frequencies, not specific rhythms to entrain brain waves in his private research at the Monroe Institute. He found that the brain resonated when bombarded with pulsing sound waves, and patented this effect in 1975 naming it the frequency following response (FFR). 201 The frequencies he used were inaudible to the human ear, but were frequencies of from .5 Hz to 20 Hz. Monroe worked with a psychoacoustic phenomenon called beat frequencies. This phenomenon is 56 beyond the scope of this paper, but it is important in that Monroe discovered a way to synchronize the left and right hemispheres of the brain with sound. He called this process Hemi-sync. 202 Sheila Ostrander and Lynn Schroeder wrote Superlearning in 1980 and thereby introduced the Bulgarian Lozanov method of education that used music to elicit the alpha brain wave pattern using adagio sections of baroque music to enhance the learning process. This adagio baroque music, with a base beat of about 60 beats per minute, was particularly effective in influencing brain waves to enter the alpha range where Lozanov purported learning could take place at an accelerated rate. 203 An alpha wave is an electrical rhythm of the brain ranging between 8-13 cycles per second and represents a state of relaxation and heightened receptivity to healing as demonstrated in the biofeedback literature. Beta brain waves are associated with normal wakefulness and have a frequency range from 13 to 30 cycles per second. Theta brain waves are slower with a range of 4-9 cycles per second, and delta brain waves are slower, ranging around 6 cycles per second or less and are typical of the state of deep sleep. Jeffrey Thompson, D.C., Director of the Center for Neuroacoustic Research, referred to previously, is recognized worldwide as an expert in the field of brainwave entrainment frequencies which he incorporates into musical sound tracks. His compositions facilitate mind-body healing by modulating sound-pulses and influencing brainwave entrainment -- physiologically changing brain waves from beta into alpha and theta frequency ranges. Dr. Thompson has worked with NASA and the sound recordings sent back to earth from the Voyager Space Craft. He has researched the effects of the plasma-wave radio recordings on the subconscious mind for healing and emotional 57 release. Dr. Thompson has explored the niche of what he calls Primordial Sound which he defines as sound which is recognizable to the subconscious mind, such as nature sounds and physical organism sounds. 204 Jonathan Goldman, a musician, researcher, and author of Awakening the Lotus Chord: The Sacred Science of Sound Healing, states that one of the most popular entrainment frequencies utilized is that of 7.8 cycles per second which interestingly is identical to the alpha brain wave rhythm and also the frequency of a standing wave in the earths electromagnetic field, produced by continuous lightening discharges being harmonically reinforced at this wave length in the space between the ionosphere and the earths surface -- the Schumann Effect. Some interesting ideas have been posited about the importance of resonating with this frequency. Itzhak Bentov, author of Stalking the Wild Pendulum, theorizes that meditators who vibrate at this frequency would benefit by resonating with the geomagnetic energies of the earth and Dr. Robert Beck calls this frequency a cosmic carrier of information which could be the frequency which facilitates the work of healers and dowsers. 205 Two musical instruments -- drums and bells -- have been used since ancient times to influence/entrain the human brain, long before the concept of entrainment was so clearly identified. Jeanne Achterberg notes the ability of shamanic drumming to elicit theta waves. Tibetan bells, rung two at a time with slightly different frequencies create extra low frequencies (ELFs) between 4 and 8 cycles per secondin the brain wave range created during meditation. The bells and drums assist the brain in shifting frequencies. 206 The Institute of HeartMath in Boulder Creek, California, has developed a form of 58 meditation where heart rate entrains brain waves, the heart having the more powerful rhythm, and establishes a standing wave of coherence between heart, brain and body. Rollin McCraty, research director at HeartMath, states this synchronization of heart and breath cause brain wave patterns to dip to a very low frequency of .1 Hz and it is here that great power resides for healing. 207 A second principle of sound healing is rhythm which has measurable effects on both the heartbeat and breath -- two basic elements of life. 208 When the music is fast with a constant driving beat, the heartbeat will speed up and also modify muscle tension; slower music will subdue the same responses. A third healing principle of music is music as a carrier wave for consciousness as posited by Steven Halpern. 209 Halpern hypothsizes that the state of being of the composer affects the experience of the listeners and notes that the intent behind the creation or performance of the music is very important. His innovative composition of Spectrum Suite was part of Dr. Valerie Hunts research. Hunt believes that this particular composition produced a unique response in the human energy field and that unlike any other music she had tested, this music helped the energy field self-organize and shift to a higher order of functioning. 210 Exactly how the higher order of functioning is determined needs further exploration. Halpern also innovatively used crystal bowls and guided imagery to achieve a state highly conducive to healing by influencing brain waves to shift toward a state of relaxation -- from beta waves to increased alpha and theta waves. 211 59 MUSIC AND PHYSIOLOGY Dr. Mitchell Gaynor, medical oncologist and author of Sound Healing, reports the work of Satok, Nagao and Ishihaki, Japanese researchers who played music for surgical patients before and after administering anesthesia compared to a control group who did not receive music. The listeners produced significantly higher alpha brain waves indicating a state of relaxation, marked decreases in plasma levels of the stress hormones cortisol and ACTH; in contrast, to the control group/ the non -listeners showed increased levels of stress hormones. Gaynor offers this study as a contribution to the evidence that there is a biochemical explanation for stress hampering recovery from surgery and that music can foster and hasten recovery. 212 Dr. Ralph Spintge, a German anesthesiologist and one of the organizers of the International Society for Music and Medicine, explored the effect of music on 90,000 patients at a pain clinic in Germany. Sprintge found that patients who chose their own music and listened to it for 15 minutes, obtained a state of well-being necessitating 50% less of the recommended dose of sedatives needed to perform painful operations. 213 Nevill Drury, editor of Nature & Health and author of Music for Inner Space, Drury cites the work of immunologists Nick Hall, Barry Gruber and Stephen Hersh who demonstrated that relaxation and positive mental imagery stimulated the production of lymphocytes to fight cancer tumors more effectively. 214 This research provided quantitative data supporting the innovative work of Dr. Carl Simonton cited previously. Jayne Standley, PHD, Director of the Center for Music Research at Florida State University in Tallahassee, 215 did a controlled study of forty infants matched for gestational age, sex, and birth weight. Twenty infants in the neonatal intensive care unit 60 had lullabies sung to them and were massaged. This group this group had improved oxygen saturation levels, increased weight gain and shortened hospital stay. This was a controlled study with twenty infants receiving the intervention and twenty controls. The hospital stay was shortened by eleven days for female infants in the control group, but only 1.1 days for the male babies when compared to the control group. This striking sex difference in response to the effect of music and massage on the babies needs further exploration. Standley noted that non-nutritive sucking is one of the first rhythmic behaviors that babies engage in. This ability does not develop before 34 weeks gestation so premature babies (those born before the full 40 weeks gestation) have to be fed by tubes. It requires neurological coordination for the infant to suck, swallow and breathe. Dr. Standley has devised a pacifier-activated lullaby system that assists premature infants in developing this essential neurological skill. When the infant sucks on the pacifier, a lullaby plays, and when the infant stops sucking, the music stops. The infant can learn to keep the music on within three to four minutes. Infants as young as 30 weeks gestational age can learn to suck with this new device. 216 The infant appears to seek the soothing music and behaves in a way to continue to elicit the pleasant stimulus. B.B. Bittman 217 et al. at Meadville Medical Center Mind-Body Wellness Center, Meadville, PA, examined the effect of drumming in a single trial experimental intervention with control groups at the outpatient medical facility with a total of 111 age- and sex-matched volunteer subjects. The researchers found that group drumming resulted in increased dehydroepiandrosterone-to-cortisol ratios, increased natural killer cell activity, and increased lymphocyte-activated killer cell activity. The researchers 61 concluded that drumming has a potential to influence the body in the direction opposite the classic stress response. Dr. Stuart Rosenbush reports the experience of his patient who attended a one- hour Fleetwood Mac concert fifteen days after coronary artery bypass surgery. The patient felt the vibrations of the intensely loud music and his sternum began to ache, causing him to leave the concert and visit to doctor the next day. The pain resolved after several days. 218 Deforia Lang, a music therapist and author of Mind and Music, describes her own research exploring the effect of music on the release of salivary immunoglobulin A (IgA), an antibody in saliva which protects the body from infection; lower levels of IgA mean increased susceptibility to infection. Twenty patients listened to thirty minutes of music and twenty patients followed normal hospital routines. Pre and post- samples of saliva were drawn which demonstrated the subjects who received music therapy had a significant increase in salivary IgA. 219 In the 1980s, Norwegian educator Olav Skille devised a method of vibroacoustic therapy that consists of the patient being immersed in a musical bath. He worked with severely disabled children and found that after treatment, the children noted increased range of movement in legs, arms, hips and spine. He found that music in the lower ranges of 40-66 hertz resonates in the lower body and higher frequencies resonate in the upper body. 220 Avram Goldstein at the Addiction Research Center in Stanford, CA, noted that music could increase endorphin levels. He observed that half of his subjects experienced euphoria while listening to music, which allowed the body to create its own anesthetic. 62 He concluded that musical thrills were the result of endorphins released by the pituitary gland. 221 This is a very powerful effect for such a simple nonintrusive intervention. This information is not yet widely known in the general population. Bartlett, Kaufman and Smeltekop at Michigan State University found that listening to music they selected from several categories for fifteen minutes could increase levels of interleukin-1 (IL-1) in the blood from 12.5 to 14 percent as compared to the control group that read magazines for fifteen minutes. Levels of cortisol (a hormone that suppresses the immune system) in the experimental group decreased up to 25%. The researchers concluded that listening to fifteen minutes of music may elicit a profound positive emotional experience that can trigger the release of hormones which can contribute to a lessening of those factors which enhance the disease process. 222 Norman Cousins recorded his visit with Pablo Casals, the world-renowned cellist, shortly before Casals 90 th birthday. Casals suffered from rheumatoid arthritis, which left his hands swollen. As he sat down at the piano, his fingers unlocked like the buds of a plant toward the sunlight and became agile and powerful as they flew across the keyboard. 223 The work of Dr. Oliver Sacks, neurologist, is portrayed in the film Awakening. Sacks made the stunning discovery that chronic, mostly Parkinsoninan, patients with limbs frozen for forty years could move and feed themselves to the beat of music. When the music stopped, so did the movement. Each patient resonated to music of personal preference. Those who became ill and frozen in the 1920s preferred music of that era. Sacks described music as the most profound non-chemical medication for his patients. 224 Terry Woodford, a music producer, has enriched the world with his creative 63 contribution of music for infants that combines lullabies with the sound of the human heart. His tapes and audio-mattress system are currently utilized by 400 of the 460 neonatal intensive care units in the United States. The testimonies to the efficacy of this tool include inducing sleep, relief of pain to infants suffering from burns, inducing calm to babies addicted to crack cocaine, and increased relaxation to babies struggling on a respirator allowing easier breathing. 225 Fabien Maman, a musician and researcher who has examined sound, color, Chi movement and acupuncture for twenty years, states, we are, ourselves, musical vibration and we live in a universe of vibration which is nothing less than pure music. 226 Maman continues: We are musical beings because the very substance of our universe is music, -- ready to serve and inspire through its vibration. All vibration in our aura, in the energy fields around us, is full of musical notes in suspension. Sound and music are such a vital part of our lives because we ourselves are composed of musical vibration. We are music deeply, to the smallest particle of our being. We are music in the nucleus of our DNA, in our molecular structure. In our melodic consciousness rests the essence of our origin. This resonance reflects the divine pattern, the archetype, which enables us to become more than our personality and our biology. 227 Maman, the musician, collaborated with Joel Sternheimer, a physicist, who had discovered that each molecule in the body corresponds to a specific melody. Exactly how Sternheimer established this is unclear; further clarification and empirical data are needed to elucidate this data. Sternheimer posits that each molecule in our body can be reactivated through resonance if it hears the corresponding molecular melody. 228 Sternheimer further posits, to each atomic particle (electron, lamda, sigma) there corresponds a frequency which is inversely proportional to its mass. This music of the 64 elementary particles means that we, who are composed of these elementary particles, are also composed of musical frequencies. 229 Maman believes that the melodies in music resonate with specific molecules and that this explains why people are drawn to specific music -- people prefer music that resonates with their own body. He believes that people intuitively know what molecules they need and thus select music that is healing. 230 Empirical data is sparse for these ideas and rigorous investigation is necessary before western medicine can seriously utilize these concepts. Maman, in an innovative project, took Kirlian photographs of the electromagnetic fields of cells as the cells reacted to music and found that vibration of sound disrupts diseased cells. 231 At the biology laboratory at the University of Jussieu in Paris, Maman teamed with biologist Helene Grimal at the National Center for Scientific Research in Paris and photographed human cells under a microscope responding to music with instruments and voice. 232 Most of his experiments lasted 21 minutes. Sound was produced at a distance of thirty centimeters at an amplitude of thirty to forty decibels a relatively weak frequency. 233 This sound created noticeable changes in the cells, including the explosion of cancer cells as the sound progressed up the musical scale. 234 He concluded that sound plays a determinant role in the transformation of cellular structure, acting directly at the most subtle level of the human organism. 235 Mamans ideas need further confirmation and exploration. Maman took a series of photographs using healthy blood cells and played the chromatic scale for one octave from C to B through the blood cells with a xylophone in order to observe the changes in the fields around each of the healthy blood cells. He found that for each note played, there appeared a very specific shape and color directly 65 related to the note played. Maman found that the color pink surrounded the blood cell when A 440 was played. He notes that pink is often associated with the emotion of love. 236 Symphony orchestras tune to the note A before playing. In 1711, John Sore started this protocol. Maman questions: Did Sore intuit that the note A would clear and harmonize the space in preparation for the concert? 237 Maman describes his dream of tuning a whole city to A 440: for twenty minutes every radio and TV station playing music in the key of A, mothers humming the note A -- an entire city harmonized 238 Dr .C. Norman Shealy traveled to the Ukraine in 1992 to study with scientists who were exploring further the concepts of Georges Lakhovsky (1869-1942), concerning Giga-energy. Giga-energy posits that Each individual resonates most significantly at a unique eigen or individual frequency. Thus, there could be 27 billion specific frequencies, from 52 billion cycles per second up to 78,999 billion cycles per second. 239 Further clarification about exactly how these numbers were calculated is needed. If it is true that we each have a unique eigen, then we need an easily accessible method for determining individual eigens so that individuals can benefit from this unexplored potential resource. Further research is needed to determine if indeed each individual has a signature frequency, as unique as a fingerprint, and how this frequency can be used in maintaining wellness or creating a healing environment. 66 MUSIC AND HEALING Don Campbell, musician and author of the Mozart Effect, states that music is the archetypal ordering of sound and its rhythm has measurable effects on the heartbeat and breathtwo basic elements of life. 240 Edgar Cayce notes the ability of music to act as a bridge between states of consciousness. 241 The ability of music to shift moods is probably the best known and accepted effect of music. Many of the Cayce readings described the healing qualities of music and light and stressed that the way to mental, physical and spiritual harmony is found in the vibration of music. The healing effect of music is thought by some people to be due at least in part to vibrational changes on a cellular level. 242 Singing, chanting, vocal prayer all share this power of vibration and have the ability to alter the bodys physiology. Dr. David Simon, Medical Director of the Chopra Center for Well-Being, says,chants are chemically metabolized into endogenous opiates that are both internal pain killers as well as healing agents in the body. 243 Dr. Mitchell Gaynor, Director of Medical Oncology and Integrative Medicine at the Strange-Cornell Cancer Prevention Center, suggests the healing qualities of sound may: Alter cellular functions Entrain biological systems to function more homeostatically; Becalm the mind and therefore the body; Effect emotions, which influence neurotransmitters and neuropeptides which in turn regulate the immune system. 244 67 Campbell notes the charging or releasing effect of sound as noted in martial arts with the loud shout -- Hai -- - that accompanies certain movement and thought to release and direct energy. 245 Ronald Price, Ph.D., professor at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, is a modern day embodiment of a musical medical miracle. In his mid-twenties he was diagnosed with a degenerative Parkinsonian condition and faced a grim prognosis. His gross motor functioning began to deteriorate. He was drawn to the harp and began to play several hours a day and noticed that he symptoms began to disappear. He became a professional harpist; and when he played three hours a day, he remained symptom free. If he missed playing for several days, the symptoms would reappear (Brunner 1992, 74- 88). Price went on to form the Healing Harps a group -- of harpists who focus on playing music and collaborate with medical clinicians to gain understanding of how such remarkable healing results continue to occur. In an address to the 1995 Healing Harps Symposium in Allentown, Pa., Dr. Price summarized some of the characteristics that make the harp conducive to healing: The instruments archetypal significance as an ancient, spiritual healing instrument, which opens doors to the collective unconscious and, therefore, may facilitate the healing process. Its wide pitch range (low C 32.703 Hz to high G-3136.0 Hz), which can vibrate the entire human body. Its varied and soothing palette of tone colors The ethereal effect created through the harps unique glissando technique (utilizing enharmonic tones). The tension release associated with the emotional expression of plucking its strings, as Pythagoras suggested when he saw the strings as symbols of the nervous system. The instruments vibratory effect on the harpists body, especially the thymus gland, a major gland of the immune system located in the chest. 246 68 GUIDED IMAGERY AND PHYSIOLOGY Research has demonstrated that the images formed in the brain can affect the body physiology. The brain does not distinguish between what is real and what is imagined as demonstrated by the body perspiring when one imagines a frightening event or the heart racing when one imagines a hug from a oved one. acobsen (1942) described a physiological response in the muscle involved in visualization; for example, there is measurable tension in the leg muscles when one visualizes running. 247 Jeanne Achterberg, while she was Director of Research and Rehabilitation Science at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Dallas, Texas, found that the physiological effects of imagery are both powerful and specific. She conducted an experiment in which she taught one group of college students to imagine a very specific kind of white blood cells known as a neutrophil and a second group to imagine another group of specialized white blood cells known as T-Cells. Each group had a significant increase only in the type of cell imagined, but not the other, providing evidence of the highly specific ability of imagery. 248 This specificity of the power of imagery to affect our physical body raises questions about the power of imagery to affect our energy field. In sports, the ability of imagery to affect physiology is demonstrable. According to Dr. Charles A. Garfield, a former National Aeronautics and Space Administration researcher, the Soviets have explored imagery and sports performance.In preparing their Olympic athletes for the 1980 Winter Games in Lake Placed, NY, the Soviets divided their team into four training groups each group receiving a decreased amount of physical training and increased amount of imagery. The first group spent 100% of its time in physical training; the second group, 75% in physical training with 25% imagery; the third 69 group, 50% physical and 50% imagery; and the last group 25% physical and 75% imagery. The fourth group (75% imagery) achieved the greatest improvement in performance. The first group (100% of time in physical training) showed the least improvement in performance. 249 Energy follows thought, is a Chinese medicine concept. It has been demonstrated by Elmer and Alyce Green in their work with Biofeedback at the Menninger Clinc and by the imagery work of Dr. O. Carl and Simonton, Radiation Oncologist and Medical Director of the Cancer Counseling and Research Center in Dallas, Texas. In the 1960s Elmer and Alyce Green discovered that imagining a desired outcome was sufficient to manifest the outcome. 250 The Greens demonstrated that energy follows thought. By carefully monitoring the body with a device that detects and amplifies very subtle electrophysiological signals, they found that one could influence bodily activities such as brainwaves and blood pressure and conditions such as migraine headaches and gastrointestinal disorders. They named the process they discovered Biofeedback. The Greens were influenced by the German psychiatrist and neurologist, Johannes Schultz who had developed Autogenic Training, a structured set of self suggestion exercises to control body functions, for instance, warming of the hands. In the 1960s when the Greens discovered Schultz work, he had accumulated fifty years of careful observations. This gentle process of autogenic training encourages self- responsibility and active participation in ones treatment. Physicians Carl and Stephanie Simonton noticed in their work with cancer patients that emotions such as loss can predispose the body to illness. They attributed this to the sense of helplessness and hopelessness that the loss engendered. The 70 Simontons pioneered the use of visualization in the treatment of cancer in the 1970s. They championed the idea of imagining oneself well and of having an attitude of personal power. The couple powerfully demonstrated that visualization can change physiological processes and that energy also follows imagery. Dr. Simonton taught imagery techniques to 159 cancer patients considered medically incurable. The expected survival rate was twelve months. Four years later, 63 of the patients in the study were still alive. 251 252 McKinney and Antonni 253 found that depression as measured by the Profile of Mood State (POMS) was significantly reduced after a six-week intervention of Guided Imagery and Music (GIM) sessions. The beta-endorphin levels were significantly increased from the control group which had received no imagery intervention. Belleruth Naperstek, social worker, author of Staying Well With Guided Imagery 254 and Your Sixth Sense, 255 describes a study by Henry Bennett, an anesthesiologist who took 335 surgical patients and assigned them to one of five groups: Bennetts own instructions on imaging; simple relaxation and soothing music; hemi- synch relaxation tape that delivered different tones into each ear at different frequencies; Belleruth Napersteks elaborate verbally guided imagery with music; and a control group which listened to whooshing sounds. Napersteks group was the only one that had significant value in the post- surgical healing process as measured by fewer days in the hospital (one full day less than the control) and loss of only 200 cc of blood as compared to 350 in the control group. 256 This study provides some of the most solid quantitative data to date on the efficacy of guided imagery on physiological processes. The French researcher Gerard Renoux, of the University of Tours, notes that imagery is an effective tool in balancing the brain hemispheres and maximizing the 71 bodys potential for regaining a state of health and well-being. 257 Efficacy of imagery in healing is being explored around the world. Caroline Myss describes the profound power of sacred imagery -- a way of feeling a connection with the Divine. She states that having a favorite sacred image (saint, spiritual teacher, or physical object like a crucifix) to visualize provides a level of comfort that is both healing and centering prevents slipping into despair when facing daily worries. 258 It appears that imaging sacred objects influences ones emotions and possibly strengthens ones resolve in pursuing ones daily tasks and personal mission (or continuing to define the mission!). ELEMENTS AND QUALITIES OF HEALING MUSIC Music has five principal elements: rhythm, tone, melody, harmony and timbre. Rhythm is the fundamental element of music and the music of primitive people is composed totally of rhythm. According to Dr. Robert Assagioli, an Italian psychiatrist: Organic life is based on various rhythms: the rhythm of respiration; the rhythm of the heart-beat; the rhythm of the various muscular movements; the rhythm of activity and rest; the rhythm of the various bodily functions, not to speak of the more subtle vibratory rhythms of every cell, every molecule and every atom. It is therefore not surprising that the rhythms of music exercise a powerful influence on those organic rhythms. 259 Every note has a specific rate of vibration called a tone. Sound has power over inorganic matter, as previously described in its ability to create shapes in sand. 260 Melody is the combination of rhythms, tones and accents. The sounding of several tones that blend with each other produces harmony. Some of the healing characteristics of music identified by McClellan include: Pulse: At or below heart rate (72 beats per minute) for calming 72 Rhythm: Smooth and flowing Melodies: Slow and sustained Dynamics: Very soft to moderately loud Duration: Minimum of fifteen minutes of steady music. 261 Andrew Watson, therapist and author, and Nevill Drury, editor, author and lecturer on music and guided imagery, define healing music as music designed to enhance ones feeling of inner well-being. 262 Drury posits that music has a formidable role to play in maintaining health and that for music to be healing it has to have certain qualities: Ability to generate the relaxation response Ability to harmonize left and right brain hemisphere activity Ability to stimulate integrative levels of awareness relating to body, mind and spirit Ability to engage creatively Ability to generate good feelings about oneself Resonate with ones entire being. 263 Don Campbell, musician, educator and founder of The Institute of Music, Health and Education talks of a sonic sanctuary providing a haven 264 where music can elicit a sense of safety and well-being, whether listening to comforting hymns, or familiar tunes associated with a happy memory, or soothing classical music. He has written on the effects sound and music can have on health in the previously cited The Mozart Effect. He, more than any other person has brought American awareness to the work of the French researcher, Alfred Tomatis, M.D., 73 who noticed that Mozarts music calmed listeners and allowed clearer expression; he concluded that the music of Mozart indisputably achieved the best and longest lasting results. 265 Jeanne Achterberg, Barbara Dossey and Leslie Kolkmeier in their classic book Rituals of Healing state that in order to heal, one must send loving, positive images to the body. 266 Music is a valuable tool that one can use in promoting personal involvement in maintaining ones health. Music is non intrusive and non- invasive. Music increases self-reliance and engages the patients own ability to heal by mobilizing forces of mind and body. Perhaps most importantly, music creates a healing environment. 74 CHAPTER 3 RESEARCH METHOD PARTICIPANTS Subjects over age 25 were recruited for the study by advertising in local newspapers and community newsletters, referrals from colleagues, my own private practice and word of mouth. Subjects who defined themselves as healthy, (no diagnosis and no medication) and subjects with a diagnosis of a physical or mental condition were recruited to participate in this study to assess the effect of music and guided imagery on the human energy field. At the initial phone call, subjects with alcohol or drug issues were excluded. Forty- nine subjects completed the first condition, forty five completed the second, and forty-four, the third. The actual number of subjects varies per variable per session depending on subject error; for example, if any one item was left blank on the POMS, it was not possible to include the subjects score for that variable. Nineteen subjects had no diagnosis and no medication and thirty subjects had a diagnosis. See Table 13 for description of subjects and diagnoses. Table 14 illustrates subject demographics of mean age 50.47; 7 men and 42 women participants. 75 Table 9 Subject and Diagnosis Number of Subjects Diagnosis 1 ADD 2 Arthritis 2 Breast Cancer 8 Depression 2 Diabetes 5 Fibromyalgia 1 Gerd 1 Glaucoma 2 Heart Condition 1 High Cholesterol 1 Lymphodema 1 Multiple Sclerosis 1 Depression, but no medication 1 Osteoporosis 1 Parkinson 19 No Diagnosis Table 10 Demographics Total Mean Age No Diagnosis Diagnosis Men Women Subjects 49 50.47 19 30 7 42 DESIGN The design is repeated measures so that the same subject is tested in three conditions: First Condition--Session 1: In the first session the subjects reviewed the Internal Review Board proposal with the research protocol and were asked to sign the Informed Consent Form. Subjects listened to fifteen minutes of music, 76 Pachelbels Canon in D. The pre measurements are described in detail in the measurements section and are identical for all three conditions. The mean score was calculated from all the individual scores and it was the mean score of each measure that was compared pre and post intervention. Second Condition--Session 2: Each subject viewed his own GDV BEO gram from session one (post intervention) for two minutes. Then with eyes closed, the subject listened to the guided imagery script focused meditation--with Pachelbel Canon in D in the background. Third Condition--Session 3. Each subject completed the Checklist of Health Issues and Illness. (CHII) 267 with no music. Pre and post measures were taken. The CHII is explained in the next section under materials. Table 11 Research Design Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Condition Music Music/FM CHII/No Music MATERIALS The Gas Discharge Visualisation Technique The Gas Discharge Visualization Technique (GDV) was developed by Konstantin Korotkov 268 in 1996 to capture, map and analyze the electromagnetic field emanating from the human body. The GDV allows us to see and measure phenomena that up until this time had not been measurable. A high intensity electric field is created 77 by the GDV (10kV, 1024 Hz, .05 second duration) around any object set on the plate, which in this study is the fingertips. 269 The electric field produces a visible gas discharge glow around the object (a Kirlian picture). The image is transferred to a PC- computer using built in video techniques and modern electronicsGas discharge can be produced around any object, and will show variations in size, color, distribution, etc. depending on the very slight changes in the objectThe GDV glow around fingers can be divided in sectors which corresponds to acupuncture meridians in fingersVerification of the equipment settings and environmental conditions is done by comparing the numerical parameters of the test object image to the optimal parameters. 270 The computer software calculates descriptive values from the images. Evaluation of these images can be done by comparing the numerical data. Data was collected on the corona of each of the ten fingers. The data was analyzed using the parameters of area and brightness as defined by Korotkov. 271 Dr. Korotkov notes that: The GDV parameters themselves need to be understood and studied in more detail. They do not duplicate each other. Rather they are complementary. They represent different ways of looking at the same information. 272 In this study we will utilize three GDV measures, two of which quantify the finger corona discharge, area and brightness, and one which utilizes data from the BEO- gram to compute the subjects stress level, GDV anxiety score. Korotkov identifies a set of quantifiable parameters with which to assess the fingertip corona-- parameters of area (GDV Area) and brightness (GDV Br) The first parameter is area. 273 On the finger GDV image there is always an inner area where the finger makes contact with the electrode. This forms a natural point of reference, as it depends on the size of the finger and the way it is positioned on the electrode. 274 This inner area is represented by an oval and a set of three corresponding ovals with increasing radii is formed around the original 78 point of contact by the finger. How much of the corona lies within each of the rings (ring distribution) is calculated. These are ratio coefficients. From the ratio coefficients the area of the GDV image can be calculated. In Korotkovs experience, in the healing process area increases. 275 Dr. Paul Dobson, psychologist and Director of Studies for the MBA programme in Human Resource Management at City University Business School in London teamed and Elena Tchernychko, researcher in Stress Management at the same institution, found the GDV image area and brightness to have reliability coefficients of .91 and .895, respectively. 276 Dobson and Tschernychko state that the change in area represents movement toward more complete and stronger rings. 277 The second quantifiable GDV parameter utilized in this study to assess the fingertip corona is Brightness (GDV-Br), the intensity of the corona luminescence. According to Dr. Korotkov, the brightness parameter is controversial and has varying results. 278 For example, in the previously cited studies by Trampuz, Kononenko and Rus, 279 the reseachers found that as area increased, brightness decreased and Howell who found that as area increased so did brightness. 280 A third GDV parameter utilized in this study is the GDV Anxiety score that is derived from the GDV Stress program. It is a measure of stress experienced by the subject. Recently, Korotkov developed a technique he believes distinguishes the psychological data from the physical data. He uses an optical filter during the process of capturing the BEO-grams with the GDV camera. According to Korotkov, BEO-grams taken without the filter reveal the psychological field. A maximum amount of frequencies pass through the optical system without a filter revealing tiny fluctuations in 79 the energy field that Korotkov believes are caused by emotion. When a filter is placed on the optical window of the GDV camera, the BEO-grams have fewer fluctuations. Korotkov believes that this makes physical problems easier to detect. The GDV Anxiety score is based on a comparison of the data from filtered and non filtered BEO-grams. 281 Korotkov hypothesizes that without the filter, the BEO-gram data reflects the sympathetic nervous system and with the filter reflects the parasympathetic nervous system. The GDV-Anx score ranges from 3 to +3. A score of -.5 to +.5 would be considered normal level of anxiety, .5 on either side of 0. A score from -.5 to 3 would be low anxiety, and a score of +.5 to +3 would be high anxiety. The data base for assessing a normal level of anxiety is based on a large quantity of patients in Korotkovs database from multiple countries. 282 The Profile of Mood States (POMS) The POMS consists of 65 adjectives describing mood rated on occurrence within the past week for the pre- test and at this moment for the post-test. The total mood disturbance score is calculated by summing the scores on the negative scales (Tension- Anxiety, Depression-Dejection, Anger-Hostility, Fatigue, Confusion) and subtracting the score from the Vigor subscale score. The Vigor score is negatively related to the other POMS factors of Tension and Depression. Adjectives such as lively, active, energetic, cheerful, alert, full of pep, carefree, vigorous compose the Vigor subscale. 283 The higher the total score, the greater the mood disturbance, and conversely, the lower the score, the healthier the mood. The POMS has been used to measure mood change in other research with music and guided imagery. 284 285 80 Subjective Units of Distress: SUDS The SUDS is perhaps the simplest of scales in that the subject rates himself on a scale of calm (1) to distress (10) before and after the intervention. Stress Computer A hand held stress computer marketed by E.J. McGowan and Associates, Inc, 656 Stratford Avenue, Elmhurst IL 60126-4654, was used to measure the fingertip temperature. Specifications: Display, LCD, _ high. Range: -58 degrees to 158 degrees Fahrenheit. Accuracy: + or 1.8 degrees. Battery: 1.5 V. The Stress Computer was taped to the middle finger of the non-dominant hand for measuring. The Stress Computer is based on the idea that under stress hands and feel are cool and that warm hands indicate relaxation. A temperature of 95 degrees is considered deep relaxation. Music. Pachelbels Canon in D, was selected because it seemed to this researcher to included Randall McClellands qualities of healing music previously described, but reiterated here: Pulse at or below heart rate for calming (below 72 beats per minute); Rhythm: Smooth and flowing Melodies: Slow and sustained Dynamics: Very soft to moderately loud Duration: Minimum fifteen minutes of steady music. 286 81 The Guided Imagery Script. The researcher composed a script for imaging the strengthening the energy field for Session 2. GUIDED IMAGERY FOR AURA STRENGTHENING Take a moment to focus Your attention on your aura picture. Notice everything about it. Notice where it is thin, Notice where it is thick Notice any jagged edges Any breaks, or holes in the auric field Create a vivid image of your aura in your minds eye. Allow your eyes to close And shift your full attention To your breath. Breathing in oxygen to nurture your body, Exhaling tension and stress. Imagine yourself surrounded with loving kindness and peace Breathe in this loving kindness and peace. And again, Exhale any tension and stress Thats right. Imagine a shower of relaxation Beginning at the top of your head Flowing down around your scalp With gentle warmth Soothing and smoothing the scalp And flowing down through the facial muscles Relaxing bringing warmth and relaxation Continuing to flow down through your neck Soothing and smoothing this muscle group. And down through your shoulders and arms Allowing any remaining tension to just drain out Through your fingertips And noticing the shower of relaxation Flowing down through your chest Soothing and smoothing each muscle group and organ Down through your abdomen Down through your pelvis Soothing and smoothing each muscle group and organ 82 As the shower of relaxation And noticing the gentle warmth in your thighs and calves As the shower of relaxation continues Smoothing and soothing. Allowing any remaining tension to drain out Through the tips of the toes And feeling the warmth of relaxation permeating very Muscle group, every organ, every cell of your body. For a moment, just savor this relaxation Thats right. Breathing in air and vital energy Nourishment for your aura And exhaling stress and tension. The breath brings in oxygen to nourish the body and aura. It flows up the spine to the top of the head And then down the face, tongue, throat, chest, navel And then up the spine again to the top of the head Circulating. Energizing. Thats right. Circulating energy. The breath brings in oxygen to nourish the body. It flows up the spine to the top of the head And then down the face, tongue, throat, chest, navel. Again and again. Like waves on the ocean shore. And as you relax more and more, Go to a place of comfort, security and safety. A place special to you Either from your own experience Or a place you can imagine A place of comfort, security and safety. Perhaps curled up on a sofa, snuggled with a blanket... Perhaps walking in a redwood forest... Perhaps strolling along a beach at sunset Wherever that comfortable, secure and safe Place is for you, Just be there now. In your minds eye, look around. Notice all the features of your special place. Here the sounds of your place of comfort. Is there music? Are there voices? Is there silence? Breathe in the fragrances of your special place Allow the comfort of this place 83 To permeate through your entire body. Like a sponge, allow your body to absorb this comfort Into every muscle group, every organ, every cell. Thats right. Waves of comfort pulsing through your body And once more allow yourself to bring to mind The image of your aura. Allow your full attention to be with you own well-being Notice a brilliant white light surrounding your aura A while light of healing energy surrounding your aura completely. And feel the warmth of this healing light Absorb into your aura. The aura grows stronger and more vibrant As it is nourished by the warmth of the healing light. Jagged edges smooth Any tears or breaks in the auric field fill in Nourished by the healing light The aura expands As it is nourished by the warmth of the healing light. The aura grows in its capability of protecting the physical body A shield of protection. You become aware of the healing energy Beaming down on you Easily absorbed by the top of your head. Circulating around your body And through your body Knowing exactly where to go. Deferring to the natural wisdom Of the body. You dont have to tell your body When to breathe Or the heart when to beat. Your body just knows The healing light pulses through the body with each Beat of the heart Flowing intelligently To the precise area where healing is needed most. Nourishing, strengthening as it flows. Strengthening the aura As the healing light pulses through Any jagged edges smoothing. The aura expanding, getting denser 84 Thin areas transforming into thick dense energy Pulsing a radiating healthy energy. Filtering out negativity and toxins Protecting your body Be aware of the energy field growing stronger The holes gradually filling and closing. Imagine a glowing sphere of golden light Surrounding the top of your head. Breathe in this golden lightand breath out Now, imagine a golden light emanating from your throat And breathe in this light, and breathe out. And now noticing a radiance coming from the center of the chest As you breathe it in, and breathe out And now, you notice light radiating from The solar plexus, the area just above the belly button. Breathe it in and breathe out. See the glow around your pelvic area And once again, breathe it in, and breathe out. Thats right. And becoming aware of a rainbow of color Completely surrounding you. Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet You breathe in the rainbow of color And feel the colors flow through your body And allowing your body with its infinite wisdom Of what is just right for you to Absorb whatever color is nourishing to you. Thats right. Breathe in the colors And allowing the colors to flow up the spine Nourishing your body and organs Each energy center selecting exactly What is needed for strengthening and energizing The rainbow of colors flowing up the spine And down the face, tongue, throat, chest, abdomen pelvis The rainbow of color nourishing and enriching. Allow the image to come to your mind of a full, Vibrant, dense and strong aura. And now taking your thumb and three fingers Begin tapping on the temporal bone First with the left hand As you repeat: 85 I no longer have jagged edges in my auric field I no longer have holes in my auric field I no longer have a thin auric field. And as you tap on your right temporal bone Repeat to yourself: My aura is smooth and round My aura is completely intact My aura is dense and thick and continuous. My aura is supporting my health and wellness. And taking a moment to savor the image Of this stronger, denser, smoother aura Enriched and expanded Knowing a transformation has occurred and Filled with gratitude and appreciation And taking a few more energizing breaths, As you continue to savor the vitality of your aura You may return to this room with full awareness, Feeling relaxed, refreshed and strengthened. Checklist of Health Issues and Illness (CHII) The CHII, developed by L. Rose Bruce, Ph.D, Caroline M. Myss, Ph.D., and C. Norman Shealy, includes 74 statements related to emotional issues of each chakra. The statements are posed in opposites. For instance, statement one is The world is an unsafe place as compared to I feel safe in the world. The subject is asked to rate on a scale of one to seven to what extent he agrees with the statement on the left1,strongly; 2, moderately; 3, slightly. If the subject is neutral about the two statements, he would rate it 4. If the subject agrees with the statement on the right slight, he would rate it 5, slightly agree; 6, moderately agree, and 7 strongly agree. Completing this checklist was not intended to be a therapeutic experience in this study. It was intended to be a neutral task that would not significantly affect any of the measures. 86 MEASUREMENTS The measurements taken pre and post for each of the three conditions include: Images of the corona discharge at the fingertips with the GDV. The researcher gave directions on finger placement, and then took the first GDV image. Korotkov describes the first step in the process as the capture and registration of the finger image. This is done by the subject placing his fingers, one by one on the glass plate at a 10-degree angle to the vertical. Proper positioning is essential so that the area of contact and the area of the corona can have the proper ratio. The researcher demonstrated proper positioning of the finger on the discharge plate and gave instruction about the necessity of proper pressure of the finger on the plate. The Profile of Mood State, (POMS) which gives a total score and seven subscales; only two subscales were utilized in this project, tension and depression. Subjective Units of Distress (rating self from 1-10 on continuum of comfort (1) distress (10) Fingertip temperature taken by the Stress Computer. The probe was affixed to subjects middle finger on the non-dominant hand with tape. Each session lasted approximately one hour with up to six subjects per session. The subjects reported for data collection for three consecutive weeks between 4 PM and 9 PM; the data was collected in this same time period for all subjects for consistency. 87 Data was collected from April 2 to April 20, 2001 and again from April 23 to May 18, 2001. Hypothesis for condition 1, MUSIC: The GDV parameters of fingertip image Area and Brightness are expected to increase as a result of listening to the music thereby indicating a strengthening of the energy field. Dr. Paul Dobson, psychologist and Director of Studies for the MBA programme in Human Resource Management at City University Business School in London teamed and Elena Tchernychko, researcher in Stress Management at the same institution, found the GDV image area and brightness to have reliability coefficients of .91 and .895, respectively. 287 Dobson and Tschernychko state that the change in area represents movement toward more complete and stronger rings. 288 As previously noted in Chapter 2, Music and Physiology, Satok, Nagao and Ishihaki demonstrated that music can influence our bodies on a physiological level by increasing alpha brain waves associated with a state of relaxation, decreases in plasma levels of the stress hormones cortisol. 289 The GDV offers an opportunity to observe the influence of music on the energy field which this researcher expects to be ameliorativeincreasing the area, smoothing, jagged edges, increasing brightness, all suspected to be signs of a stronger energy field as suggested by Kunz and Karagulla 290 as illustrated in Table 4. 88 The GDV Anxiety score is expected to decrease as a result of listening to music. The GDV-Anx is a new measure recently developed by Dr. Korotkov and empirical research is needed to validate the usefulness of this score. The POMS is expected to show a decrease in the subscale of tension (T) and depression (D) thereby giving evidence of the ability of music to influence the emotions and thus the energy field. Although the effect of music on improving mood is well known and reviewed in Chapter 2, this is one of the early studies to explore musics influence in the transformation of an individuals energy field as measured by the GDV. If a subject rates himself in a more positive mood after listening to music, and GDV measurements likewise shift to reveal an energy field that has a increased in the GDV parameters of area or brightness, then we will have quantification on a physiological level of a change in the subjects energy field. The SUDS is expected to move in the direction of distress to comfort, from a higher score to a lower score. The soothing effect of music is well known and reviewed earlier in Chapter 2 in the section Music and Emotions. The skin temperature is expected to increase thus indicating increased relaxation. Hypotheses for condition 2, FOCUSED MEDITATION: In Session 2 the subjects listened to 15 minutes of imagery with music, focusing on the BEO-gram for about two minutes before closing the eyes and imagining the breaks in the aura filling in, the aura expanding, imaging colors flowing through energy centers. The research of Jeanne Achterberg 291 cited in Chapter 2 demonstrating the high specificity of guided imagery in increasing white blood 89 cells, neutrophil, as opposed to another white blood cell, T-cell, raises the question of whether guided imagery can also affect the more subtle human energy field. The GDV parameters of area and brightness are expected to increase as a result of the guided imagery focusing on the personal BEO-gram made from the first session after listening to the music. From the experience of Dr. Korotkov, the GDV Area parameter increases with healing interventions. 292 The GDV-Anxiety score is expected to decrease. The POMS is expected to show a decrease in the subscale of tension. The SUDS is expected to move in the direction of comfort. The skin temperature is expected to increase. Hypotheses for condition 3, CHII: No significant change is expected in the GDV parameter of area and brightness after completing the Checklist of Health Issues and Illness (CHII) with no music and no meditation. No change is expected in the GDV-Anxiety score. The POMS is expected to show no significant change in the POMS Total score or subscales of depression and tension. The SUDS is expected to show no significant change. The skin temperature is expected show no significant difference. 90 Chapter 4 Results The three hypothesis will be examined focusing on the psychological variables of POMS-Total Score, POMS-Tension, POMS-Depression, SUDS and the physiological variables of Temperature, and the parameters of GDV Area, GDV Brightness (GDV BR) and GDV Anxiety (GDV Anx) in each of the three experimental conditions. HYPOTHESIS 1 The prediction for hypothesis l is that listening to music (Pachelbel Canon in D) for 15 minutes is expected to cause statistically significant psychological change as measured by the POMS and SUDS and statistically significant changes in physiological dimensions as measured by temperature and the GDV. Table 12 illustrates the 8 specific hypotheses for Conditions 1 and 2. One subject had an adverse reaction to the music. It reminded her of a traumatic incident. This subjects scores on the POMS-Total increased from 37 to 56; the POMS-Tension subscale increased from 12-13 and the POMS- Depression subscale increased from 12-15. This subjects GDV Area increased from 17,102 to 18, 293. The GDV-Anx increased from .789 to 2.501 and her GDV-Br decreased from 167.003 to 166.002. On all the measures except GDV-Area, this subject showed an adverse reaction both psychologically and physiologically. 91 Table 12 Specific hypothesis for Condition 1 and Condition 2 Psychological Variables A decrease in the POMS Total Score (POMS-Tot) A decrease in the POMS -Tension (POMS-T) A decrease in POMS -Depression (POMS-D) A decrease in the SUDS Physiological Variables An increase in Temperature An increase in the GDV Area An increase in the GDV Brightness (GDV Br) A decrease in the GDV Anxiety Score (GDV Anx). Using SPSS software paired sample t-tests were computed for the Profile of Mood States (POMS) scores both before and after the music intervention. The paired t-test was used because the same subject was measured pre and post intervention, repeated measures design, and the mean pretest score of all subjects was compared with the mean posttest score of all subjects. The number of subjects in each paired test is given in parentheses, i.e t(47). The t-test answers the question: Is the difference between the pretest mean and the posttest mean greater than one would expect by chance. The t value obtained is compared to a critical scale and if the obtained value is larger than the critical value, then the difference is significant. 293 Significant variables are presented in bold print. Temperature was the only non-significant variable for all conditions. The degree of freedom (df) in Table 13, 19 and 22 refers to the quantity of n-1 for a set of scores from which one has calculated a mean. Since a sample is a subset of the population a correction is made (n-1) for the degrees of freedom. Statisticians believe that a more accurate estimate of the total population standard deviation is calculated from the sample 92 (in this case our 49 subjects, n=49) standard deviation when the n-1 (49-1=48) formula is used rather than n (49). 294 For the physiological GDV measures either related sample t-test or Wilcoxon statistics were run, depending on the normality of the results of the variable. The results for GDV-Anxiety indicated a violation of the normality assumption and thus the non- parametric Wilcoxon statistic was used for analysis. The Wilcoxon statistic takes the difference scores for each participant and rank orders the results. A significant Wilcoxon result in the present data would still indicate that the intervention had an effect but the result is not as powerful as a t-test. The z score tells us how far from the mean of a distribution the score is. If a z score is 0, then the raw score was at the mean. 295 In this case a z-score of 2.19 indicates a raw score approximately two standard deviations from the mean. As predicted for hypothesis 1, there were statistically significant improvements on the POMS-Total score, POMS-Tension and POMS-Depression score respectively, t(47)=6.573, p< 001, t (47)=7.549, p<. 001, t (47)=5.096, p<. 001. There was also a statistically significant 1.68 drop in the SUDS scale after the music intervention t(48)=5.08, p<. 001. Table 13 illustrates that the mean POMS-Total decreased by 23.29 points from pre to post music intervention, while the POMS-Tension and POMS-Depression scores decreased by 7.00 and 6.25 points respectively. These results show total support for our hypotheses. The GDV variables of Area and Brightness had normal distributions thus satisfying the assumptions for doing the parametric t-test. For the GDV Area and GDV 93 Br, illustrated in Table 13, t-test results indicated a statistically significant increase in both parameters t(47)=2.725, p<. 01, t(47)=4.391, p<. 001 respectively. The Wilcoxon statistic indicated a similar significant result for GDV Anx, z=2.19 p<.05, illustrated in Table 14. Table 13 Paired Differences of Means Condition 1 (Music) Paired Differences Standard Of Standard Error of Means Deviation Mean Tvalue df sig POMS-Tot 23.29 25.549 3.543 6.573 47 001 POMS-T 7.00 6.425 .927 7.549 47 .001 POMS-D 6.25 8.497 1.226 5.096 47 .001 SUDS 1.68 2.320 .331 5.080 48 .001 Temp. -1.057 5.4398 .7771 1.360 48 .180 GDV Area 594.680 1527.6013 218.2288 2.725 48 .009 GDV Br 1.78759 2.849904 .407129 4.391 48 .001 Table 14 GDV Anxiety Score Conditions 1,2,3 Wilcoxon Matched pairs Condition N Z-Score p Condition 1 (Music) 48 2.195798 <. 05 Condition 2 (FM) 44 .035011 No Condition 3 (CHII) 44 .256744 No The mean change in the mean POMS-Total Score, POMS-T, POMS-D and SUDS between pretest and posttest were dramatic and merit separate charts so that these large changes can be more easily shown. Table 15 displays the means of the pretest and 94 posttest for Conditions 1, 2 and 3 for the POMS-Total Score. In Condition 1, the mean POMS-Total Score dropped from 27.59 to 4 after listening to music for 15 minutes. The POMS-Total Score is like a score in the sport of golf, the lower the better. The higher the POMS score, the more negative the mood, the lower the score, the more positive the mood. In Table 16, Condition 1, the POMS-Tension mean group score change from 10.84 to 3.83 is displayed, demonstrating a marked decrease in tension after listening to music for 15 minutes. Table 17 demonstrates a similar reduction in the POMS-Depression mean score in Condition 1 from 10.18 to 3.83, after listening to music for 15 minutes. Table 18 demonstrates the SUDS mean perceived reduction in stress between pretest and posttest measured on the SUDS scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being distressed and 1, comfortable. Subjects rated themselves more comfortable after 15 minutes of listening to music at a significance of p<.001 or 1 in 1,000 as previously noted with the mean score decreasing from 4.47 to 2.70. Table 15 POMS-Total Score Pretest and Posttest Mean Score (Standard Deviation) Condition N Mean(SD)Pre Mean(SD)Post Condition 1 Music* 49 27.59(33.10) 4.00(22.16) Condition 2 FM** 45 20.33(26.18) -1.07(15.44) Condition 3 CHII*** 44 14.53(27.25) .68(22.72) *t=6.573, p<.001; ** t=7.682, p<.001; ***t=5.601,p<.001. See Tables 13, 17, 22. 95 Table 16 POMS-Tension Pretest and Posttest Mean Score(Standard Deviation) Condition N Mean(SD)Pre Mean(SD)Post Condition 1 Music* 49 10.84(7.65) 3.83(4.23) Condition 2 FM** 45 8.53(5.05) 2.47(3.14) Condition 3 CHII** 44 7.53(6.11) 4.20(4.67) *t=7.549, p<.001; **t=8.915, p<.001; ***t=5.048, p<.001. See Tables 13, 17, 22. Table 17 POMS-Depression Pretest and Posttest Mean Score(Standard Deviation) Condition N Mean(SD)Pre Mean(SD)Post Condition 1 Music* 49 10.18(10.13) 3.83(5.06) Condition 2 FM** 45 6.62(6.57) 2.27(3.47) Condition 3 CHII*** 44 4.80(5.82) 2.66(4.08) *t=5.096,p<.001; **t=6.038,p<.001; ***t=4.144,p=<.001 See Tables 13, 17, 22. Table 18 Subjective Units of Distress (SUDS) Pretest and Posttest Mean Score(Standard Deviation) Condition N Mean(SD)Pre Mean(SD)Post Condition 1 Music* 49 4.47(2.04) 2.70(2.37) Condition 2 FM** 45 4.92(2.09) 2.99(1.74) Condition 3 CHII*** 44 4.52(1.94) 4.24(2.22) *t=5.080,p<.001; **t=8.248, p<.001; ***t=1.185, non significant. See Tables 13, 17, 22. 96 Figures 2, 3, and 4 illustrate visually the shifts in mood from before and after each of the three interventions. In Figure 2, the Music intervention, the mean POMS-Tot shifted from 27.59 to 4; the mean POMS-T from 10.8 to 3.93; the mean POMS-D from 10.18 to 3.83. In Figure 3, the Focused Meditation on ones own energy field, the POMS-Tot shifted from a mean of 20.33 to 1.07; the mean POMS-T shifted from 8.53 to 2.47 and the mean POMS- D from 6.62 to 2.27. Figure 3 we see the results of completing the CHII: the mean POMS-Tot declined from 14.53 to .68; the mean POMS- T declined from 7.53 to 4.20; the POMS-D declined from 4.80 to 2.66. All of these POMS measures were significant: p<.001. The results of condition 3 do not support our hypothesis. Possible explanations for the outcome are explored in the next chapter. FIGURE 2 POMS Results for Condition One 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 POMS-Tot POMS-T POMS-D POMS Scale S c o r e Before After 97 FIGURE 3 POMS Results for Condition Two -5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 POMS-Tot POMS-T POMS-D POMS Scale S c o r e Before After FIGURE 4 POMS Results for Condition Three 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 POMS-Tot POMS-T POMS-D POMS Scale S c o r e Before After 98 HYPOTHESIS 2 The prediction for hypothesis 2 is that focused meditation with music (FM) after viewing a computer printout of the subjects personal energy field will lead to significant changes in POMS dimensions, GDV dimensions, SUDS and Temp. The predictions are identical to the predictions for hypothesis 1. Paired sample t-tests using SPSS software indicated statistically significant changes for the POMS-Total score, POMS-Tension score, and POMS-Depression score respectively t(44)=7.682, p<.001, t(44)=8.915, t (44)=6.038, p<.001 as illustrated in Table 19. The number in parentheses reflects the number of subjects. There was also a statistically significant 1.93 drop in the SUDS after the focused meditation intervention t(44)=8.248, p<.001 (see Table 18). Table 19 illustrates that the POMS-Total score decreased by 21.4 points, while the POMS-Tension and POMS depression decreased by 6.07 points and 4.36 points, respectively. Temperature change was not significant. Table 19 Paired Differences of Means Condition 2 (FM) Paired Differences Standard Of Standard Error of Means Deviation Mean Tvalue df sig POMS-Tot 21.4 18.687 2.786 7.682 44 .001 POMS-T 6.07 4.565 .680 8.915 44 .001 POMS-D 4.36 4.839 .721 6.038 44 .001 SUDS 1.93 1.572 .234 8.248 44 .001 Temp. -.85 4.805 .716 -1.185 44 .242 GDV Br -.81 2.405 .362 2.232 43 .031 99 Similar to Condition 1, a paired sample t-test was computed for variable GDV Br while the Wilcoxon statistic was used for variables GDV Area and GDV Anx. As predicted, the t-test for GDV Br indicated a statistically significant increase in brightness at the posttest t(43)=2.23, p<.05. The Wilcoxon test for GDV Anx (see Table 14) was non-significant (p>.05) while the Wilcoxon test for GDV Area indicated a statistically significant increase after the FM intervention (p<.001). Table 20 GDV-Area Wilcoxon Pairs Test Condition 2 (FM) Measure N Z p GDV Area 44 3.827 <.05 Tables 15, Table 16, Table 17, and Table 18 illustrate shift of mean pretest and posttest scores for Condition 2 on the salient psychological and physiological variables. Table 15 illustrates a shift in the POMS-Total score pretest to posttest mean from 20.33 to 1.07, or 21.40 points; Table 16 illustrates a decrease in the POMS-Tension score pretest to posttest mean from 8.53 to 2.47, or 5.06 points; Table 17 illustrates a decrease in the POMS-Depression score pretest to posttest mean from 6.62 to 2.27, or 4.35 points; Table 18 illustrates a decrease in SUDS pretest to posttest mean score from 4.92 to 2.99, or 1.93 points on a scale of 1-10. Figure 3 illustrates visually the decrease in mean POMS-Tot, POMS-T and POMS-D pre and post intervention, for condition 2, focused meditation. Note the paired difference of means score for the POMS-Tot is 13.39, which is less than the 23.29 for 100 condition one (see Table 13), yet condition 2 has a negative post mean. This is due to the fact that the pre POMS-Tot of session 2, Focused Meditation was 20.33 and the mean pre POMS-Tot for session one was 27.29the scores of the five subscales reflecting negative emotional states (Tension, Depression, Anxiety, Fatigue and Confusion) is subtracted from the Vigor subscale (considered to be positive emotional state). When the negative subscales dip dramatically, it is possible to get a negative POMS-Tot. The score of the POMS-Tot (total mood disturbance scale) reflects a global estimate of the subjects affective state. The interventions of Music and Focused Meditation are efficacious in eliciting a more positive mood. HYPOTHESIS 3 Condition3: In this session the same participants that completed the first two conditions also participated in the third condition. The intervention was to complete the Checklist of Health Issues and Illness (CHII) with no music. The same before and after psychological and physiological measurements took place. It was predicted that the participants would show no psychological or physiological changes after performing the control task. The task was chosen thinking it to be a neutral activity that would not elicit a positive change in mood or physiology. Most of the data does not support this hypothesis. Table 21 summarizes the specific hypotheses for Condition 3. 101 Table 21 Specific Hypothesis for Condition 3 PSYCHOLOGICAL VARIABLES No significant change in POMS Total Score No significant change in POMS-T No significant change in POMS-D No significant change in the SUDS PHYSIOLOGICAL VARIABLES No change in Temperature No significant change in the GDV Area No significant change in the GDV BR No significant change in the GDV Anx Contradicting our hypotheses, paired sample t-tests using SPSS software indicated statistically significant changes for the POMS Total score, POMS-Tension score and POMS-Depression score respectively t(43)=5.601, p<. 001, t (43)=5.048, p<. 001, t (43)=4.144, p<. 001. The number in parentheses indicates the number of subjects for this condition. Table 15 illustrates that the POMS Total score decreased by 13.39 while the POMS-Tension and POMS-Depression scores decreased by 3.32 and 2.19 points respectively. Supporting our prediction is the fact that the SUDS results after the intervention was not statistically significant t (43)=1.185, p>.05. Temperature was not significant. Table 22 illustrates this data. 102 Table 22 Paired Differences of Means Condition 3 (Control) Paired Differences Standard Of Standard Error of Means Deviation Mean Tvalue df sig POMS-Tot 13.39 15.854 2.390 5.601 43 .001 POMS-T 3.32 4.360 .657 5.048 43 .001 POMS-D 2.18 3.493 .527 4.144 43 .001 SUDS 25 1.400 .211 1.185 43 .243 Temp. .80 4.204 2.141 .375 43 .710 GDV Area -769 1436.741 214.177 -3.594 44 .001 Similar to the first two conditions, a paired sample t-test was computed for the physiological variable GDV Area while the Wilcoxon statistic was used for the variables of GDV Brightness and GDV Anxiety. The t-test for area contradicted our hypothesis since there was a statistically significant increase in GDV Area after the intervention t(44)=3.41, p<. 01. Supporting our hypotheses, the Wilcoxon statistic indicated no statistically significant changes in GDV Brightness or GDV Anxiety (p>.05). Table 22 gives the differences of pretest and posttest means for Condition 3 on the salient variables. Table 15 illustrates a shift in the POMS-Total score for Condition 3 from a mean 14.53 to a mean of .68. Table 16 illustrates a decrease in the POMS- Tension pretest to posttest means from 7.53 to 4.20, p<. 001. Table 17 illustrates a decrease in the POMS-Depression pretest to posttest mean from 4.80 to 2.66, p. < .001. Table 18 illustrates a decrease in SUDS pretest to posttest mean score from 4.52 to 4.24 which was not significant. These results will be elaborated upon in the limitation section of the next chapter. 103 The GDV parameter of Area was significant at the p<. 001 level (see Table 22); the GDV Brightness (See Table 23) and GDV Anxiety (see Table 14) scores were not significant. These findings will be addressed in the limitations section of the next chapter. Table 23 GDV-Brightness Wilcoxon Pairs Test Condition 3 (Control) Measure N Z p GDV Br 44 1.207 NO The following tables present the GDV data for Conditions 1,2, and 3. Table 20 GDV- Area Condition 2 and Table 23 GDV-Br Condition 3 are repeated here for the readers convenience. The tables appear in order of GDV Area , GDV Br and GDV-Anx: Table 24 (GDV Area, Conditions 1 and 3), Table 20 (GDV Area, Condition 2,Wilcoxon), Table 25 GDV-Brightness, Conditions 1 and 2, Table 23, GDV-Brightness Condition 3, Table 26, GDV-Anx, Conditions 1, 2 and 3. Significant data is in bold. Table 24 GDV Area Pretest and Posttest Mean Score (Standard Deviation) Condition N Mean(SD)Pre Mean(SD)Post Condition 1 (Music)* 49 15779.13(1839.84) 16373.81(1853.49) Condition 3 (CHII)** 45 15263.02(2046.25) 16032.79(1950.21) *t=2.725, p<.009;; **t=3.594, p<.001 104 Table 20 GDV-Area Wilcoxon Pairs Test CONDITION 2 (FM) Measure N Z p GDV Area 44 3.827 <.05 Table 25 GDV Brightness Pretest and Posttest Mean Score (Standard Deviation) Condition N Mean(SD)Pre Mean(SD)Post Condition 1 (Music)* 49 164.79(2.76) 166.58(2.83) Condition 2 (FM)** 44 166.33(2.82) 167.13(3.36) *t=4.391, p<.001; **t=2.232,p<.031; Table 23 GDV Brightness WILCOXON PAIRS TEST Condition 3 (Control) Measure N Z p GDV Br 44 1.207 NO Table 26 GDV Anxiety Pretest and Posttest Mean Score (Standard Deviation) Condition N Mean(SD)Pre Mean(SD)Post Condition 1 (Music)* 49 1.80(1.60) 1.37(.82) Condition 2 (FM)** 44 1.52(.67) 1.57(1.17) Condition 3 (CHII)*** 45 1.41(.86) 1.64(1.66) *t=2.048, p<.046;**t=-.247,p>.05; ***t=-.84, p>.05 105 Pilot Study A group of sixteen subjects were eager to continue the experiment and agreed to listen to the FM compact disc three times per week for three weeks and then report back for post testing with the POMS and the GDV. The GDV-Anx data is illustrated Table 27. The pretest score is the aggregate mean of the pretest for conditions 1, 2 and 3 compared with the posttest (Pilot) three weeks after condition 3. Twelve of the sixteen subjects (75%) demonstrated a reduction in the GDV Anx score. Figure 5 illustrates the GDV Anx data Table 27 GDV Anxiety Data Aggregate Means VS PILOT Pilot Study: Three Weeks Post Pretest Means and Mean at Posttest N=16 N Pretest aggregate mean of Conditions 1,2, 3 Pilot Mean 1 1.925833 1.7 2 3.872333 3.288 3 2.164333 2.112 4 2.392167 2.296 5 2.6685 1.959 6 2.786667 2.72 7 2.278 1.906 8 2.445 1.98 9 2.478833 2.311 10 2.691333 2.056 11 2.54 2.724 12 2.594333 2.762 13 3.14425 3.521 14 2.628 2.16 15 2.098833 1.976 16 3.129167 2.71 106 The GDV Anx pretest mean (the average of the three pretest of the three conditions) is 2.6148, standard deviation .47081 whereas the pilot mean, three weeks later was 2.3863 with a standard deviation of .51891. The difference between the mean of the pretest scores and the posttest (three weeks after Condition 3) was significant at the .011 level, t (15)=2.913, p=. 011. Table 28 GDV Anx Aggregate of Pretest Means and Pilot Mean N=16 GDV Anx Means (SD) Mean of Pretest 3 conditions 2.6148(.47081) Pilot Mean 2.3863(.51891) p<.011 107 Figure 5 GDV Anx Aggregate Means Conditions1,2,3 vs Pilot Pilot Group N=16 Pretest (Mean of three initial conditions) and Posttest (after 3 weeks) GDV Anx Scores GDV Anxiety Means for Session 1 - 3 & Pilot 0 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total # Values R e a d i n g
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V a l u e s 108 Subjects demonstrated a marked shift toward a positive emotional state as measured by the POMS in the aggregate pretest means compared with the pilot mean three weeks later. 109 Chapter 5 Discussion In general, hypothesis 1 and hypothesis 2 provide support for the predictions of The palliative effect of music and focused guided imagery on the human energy field. The dependent variables of Profile of Mood State Total Score (POMS-Tot), POMS- Tension (POMS-T), POMS-Depression (POMS-D), Subjective Units of Distress (SUDS), GDV Area, GDV-Brightness (GDV-Br), and GDV-Anxiety (GDV Anx) scores all showed significant change after the intervention of listening to music in condition 1 and Focused Meditation in condition 2. Both experimental conditions demonstrated significant reduction in POMS scores; this indicates a shift toward the experience of a more positive mood. The SUDS decreased thus also indicated an increased subjective experience of comfort. The Temperature score did not change significantly between pretest and posttest in any of the three experimental conditions. The physiological measures of GDV Area and GDV Brightness scores both increased significantly in condition 1 (Music) and condition 2 (FM) as illustrated in Table 13, (Paired Differences of Means, condition 1), Table 18 (SUDS) and Table 20 (GDV Area). The GDV Anx Score decreased significantly in condition 1 (Music) but not in condition (2) as illustrated in Table 14 (GDV Anx). Perhaps there was an element of performance anxiety influencing the results of the GDV Anx score. Subjects had viewed their energy field for the first time and there may have been uneasiness about the condition of the energy field and whether or not they could fulfill the subtle expectation of changing the energy field with the imagery of the focused meditation. 110 This data suggests that one can have some influence on creating a healing environment for ones body by both listening to music and listening to guided imagery with a focus on strengthening ones own energy field. This study suggests that the energy field responds to the stimuli of music and imagination as measured by the POMS the GDV and the SUDS. The significant change in the GDV data between pre and post conditions indicates an energetic shift, which may be important in facilitating our bodys ability to protect and produce health. As indicated by the GDV Area, the energy field increased significantly with the intervention of music and focused guided imagery suggesting increased protection of the physical body from toxic influences. Korotkov has found that increases in GDV-Area result from healing. 296 From the innovative research by Kunz and Karagula we know that a healthy energy field is luminous. The GDV-Br significance indicates increased intensity or brilliance of the energy field, again suggesting increased strength. These findings are consistent with the literature that supports the palliative effect of both music and imagery in creating a healing environment by reducing pain, 297 facilitating bone healing, 298 regulating hypertension, 299 regulating the immune system 300 and inducing a change of mood from negative to positive 301 . Dr. Melinda Maxfield, a researcher on psychological and physical effects of percussion, states that thirteen to fifteen minutes is a sufficient time for drumbeats to correlate with changes in brain wave frequency. 302 Our data suggests that this time frame is also sufficient to effect palliative effects on mood and physiology as measured by the GDV technology and POMS. 111 Norman Cousins, faculty member of the School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, now deceased, stated, Any serious illness has a tendency to produce melancholy and despair. 303 In 1987 he began a research project at UCLA with malignant melanoma patients. The POMS was used to assess mood change. Cousins considered measurement of depression as significant as the measurement of cancer- fighting cells in the immune system. The experimental group, who received coaching in eliciting positive emotions, showed a significant drop in depression as measured by the POMS and a significant increase in immune cells as measured by blood samples. Cousins concluded that if you can reduce the depression that almost invariably affects cancer patients, you can increase the bodys own capacity for combating malignancies. 304 In preparing for this study, Cousins subjected himself to five minutes of experiencing emotional well being, taking blood tests pre and post the elucidation of positive emotions in himself by imagining loving thoughts for himself and the world. The results of his blood test revealed an increase of 30 percent in the precursor natural killer cells and 200 percent in the antibody-coated T cells. 305 Immunologist Dr. Ronald Glaser and psychologist Dr. Janice Kiecolt-Glaser of Ohio State University College of Medicine have made major contributions to the literature linking the relationship of stress and negative emotions to an impaired immune system. Conversely, they noted the beneficial effects on the immune system of positive emotions. In a study comparing 38 married women with 38 separated and divorced women, the Drs. Glaser found that the separated and divorced women were more depressed and had lower percentages of Natural Killer cells. 306 112 Hypothesis 3 was not supported by this research. It was not expected that Condition 3 would demonstrate significant reduced scores on the dependent variables of POMS-Tot, POMS-D, POMS-T, and GDV-Area. The GDV-Brightness, GDV-Anxiety, SUDS and Temperature did not change significantly as expected. The subjects task was to complete the CHII health questionnaire for 15 minutes. This task was not expected to have an effect on the subjects mood or physiology. However, the results indicate that completing the CHII had a significant effect on the subjects POMS scores and on the GDV-Area. Several explanations are possible. Rather than being No Task, the completion of the CHII required concentration, which may account for the increase in GDV-area. LIMITATIONS The results from condition 3 prevent strong conclusions from being made about the effects of music and Focused Meditation on the human energy field. Unfortunately, the design of the experiment and specifically condition 3 confounded the study. Since a within-subject design was used in the experiment, the same participants were involved in all the sessions. It is quite possible that when the participants came back for condition 3 that they had specific expectations about how they were to rate their mood state during the post-test of condition 3 (see Table 15). This phenomenon termed demand characteristics may have caused them to subjectively rate their scores on the posttest significantly lower than they rated their mood on the pre-test. Since physiological variables are not based on self-report, one would predict less demand characteristic in the GDV data. Supporting this idea is the fact that only 1 of the 3 physiological variablesGDV Area-- showed a significant change during the third condition. GDV- 113 BR and GDV Anx were non significant. The mean POM Tot at the pretest showed a progressive decline from Condition 1through 3 with initial scores of 27.59, 20.33, 14.53, respectively, as shown in Table 15. As the subjects presented for each of the three experimental conditions, they exhibited increasing states of relaxation at the pretest. One possible explanation is that the subjects experienced state dependent learning (SDL). Ernest Rossi, a clinical psychologist who trained with the late Dr. Milton Erickson, defines SDL as a process where what is learned is dependent on ones physiological state at the time of the experience. 307 In other words, the relaxation learned in condition 1, listening to music effected the second condition just by the participants being in the same physical location as condition 1. Another possibility for the non-support of hypothesis 3 is that the subjects response in condition 3 was influenced by conditions 1 and 2 where they had experienced significant relaxation and state dependent learning may have transpired; that is, learning took place and there was an association to the previously relaxed state achieved in previous weeks. G.H. Bower has shown that when participants are placed in similar environments during tasks that learning performance is enhanced. 308 It is possible that when subjects returned for the second and third conditions that some learning from the earlier session occurred. Participants may have experienced relaxation in condition 3 due to a return to the same testing environment. Another possible explanation is that the CHII served as a process of disclosure. One subject spontaneously remarked after completing condition 3: It felt wonderful to tell the truth about myself. Pennebaker describes the health benefits of expressing 114 oneselfhe concludes from his research: If you can get people to talk or write about their problems, their health improves. 309 He writes about the beneficial effects of disclosing secrets. In one experiment he found that confession brought about brain wave congruence. 310 The POMS-T showed a similar trend as displayed in Table 16 with pretest scores declining in each of the three conditions from an initial score of 10.84, 8.53 and 7.53. The POMS-D likewise demonstrated the same trend of decreased scores for the pretest over the three conditions, as shown in Table 17: 10.18, 6.62 and 4.80, respectively. FUTURE RESEARCH This research design was a design of repeated measures on a subject under three different conditions. This researcher proposes that a mixed design would give more unambiguous results: one group of subjects experiences one condition only, for instance thirty subjects experience only listening to music, thirty experience only Focused Meditation, and thirty subjects do nothing. This would eliminate any influence from one condition to another. The following chart illustrates the hypothesized results of the three group mixed design. 115 Figure 7 Hypothetical Results For Three Group Design 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 Before After Time of Testing P O M
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S c o r e Control Music Imagery Many subjects expressed great interest in continuing with the experience and sixteen actually completed an additional protocol of listening to the Focused Meditation compact disc at home for a period of three weeks, three times per week at the same time of day and then completed the POMS and the GDV testing. The results are illustrated in Figures 5 and 6 in the previous chapter. A significant change in the physiological parameters from pretest conditionsthe mean of the three pretest conditions-- to posttest gives further support for the palliative effect of focused imagery concentrating on the subjects energy field. We suggest that future research with a larger number of subjects would yield more conclusive data. 116 Music as a form of energy medicine is in its infancy as far as exploring its therapeutic value and place in healing. More studies documenting the efficacy of music and its healing effect on the energy field are necessary to further our understanding of this tool. Joshua Leeds, composer and producer in the field of therapeutic sound, notes the increased use of music in healing and states the field of therapeutic sound and music is taking its place in the pantheon of subtle energy modalities. 311 CONCLUSION The literature reports that 85 per cent of illnesses can respond to the bodys own healing; that is, most illnesses are self-limiting. 312 This study contributes to the body of knowledge that we can create an environment that fosters well-being. This research suggests that listening to music and listening to imagery that focuses on strengthening the energy field can contribute to creating an environment that facilitates optimum functioning of the immune system. Emotions affect biology. The more skills we possess to create positive emotions, the more we can contribute to creating healing conditions for our body. The more we can maintain positive emotions, the more we create an environment for optimum functioning of the entire body, including the immune system. Conversely, the more we experience negative emotional states, the more difficult the working conditions for our body and the more impaired the immune system. This study suggests that listening to music and focused guided imagery have palliative effects on both psychological and physiological functioning. 117 This study suggests that the GDV technology can measure subtle shifts in the energy field after listening to music and after listening to a focused guided meditation with music. The GDV Area parameter and GDV BR both increased significantly as a result of the interventions. The GDV Area consists of the inner area in the shape of a oval where the finger makes contact with the electrode; the GDV computer program automatically constructs two additional ovals around the original, making a set of three concentric ovals. When the GDV Area increases after an intervention, this is an indication of increased energy emitting from the fingertip. 313 A decrease in anxiety as measured by the GDV indicates a calming of the energy field, which is an important quality for immune system enhancement. The GDV can measure the energy field previously inaccessible to quantification With this information we can be intentional about the influences we allow ourselves to experience. We gain power over our quality of life; we can reduce pain and suffering and increase our sense of well-being. Knowing we can influence our energy field is a vital self-care tool. We can actively participate in creating and maintaining our health. By purposely reducing negative emotions we create the conditions conducive to fostering health. This research is an attempt to contribute to the knowledge of how music, which is organized sound, a subtle form of energetic medicine, and focused meditation, can contribute to ones personal arsenal of weapons to protect and enhance ones wellness. Music and focused meditation provide tools for maintaining wellness, preventing illness and repairing damage to the energy field. Music and focused meditation foster 118 conditions which empower ones immune system to function optimally. Music and focused mediation are easily accessible and relatively inexpensive resources. This study is a contribution to empirically based evidence of the efficacy of therapeutic music and focused meditation imagining the expansion of ones own energy field. Konstantin Korotkovs GDV Technique is a valuable tool in assessing the human energy field. 314 The results of this study are encouraging; more research is needed to further explore and define the fluctuations of the energy field. There are many competing demands for health care routines and one needs data about efficacy in order to make decisions about how to allocate precious personal time. . According to Dr. Norman Shealy, the quest for perfect health requires the perfect practice and expressions of particular spiritual qualities, one of which is serenity. Dr. Shealy states: Spiritual deficits leading to illness are lack of forgiveness, tolerance, serenity, love, reason, wisdom, will, faith, hope, charity, courage, joy, motivation, confidence, and compassion. Theoretically, perfect practice and expression of these attitudes should result in perfect health. 315 In this study, music and focused meditation demonstrated a capacity to elicit some of these healthy attitudes as measured by the POMS. In conclusion, I refer once more to Dr. Shealy who sates that From a holistc perspective, disease is generally considered the integrated result of all cosmic, environmental, chemical, electrical, mental, physical, emotional attitudinal and spiritual stress. 316 This study offers evidence suggestive that listening to music and focused meditation we can create conditions that foster our emotional well being by reducing the stress of negative emotions in our life and thereby contribute to increasing our quality of life. 119 ENDNOTES CHAPTER 1 1. Richard Gerber, Vibrational Medicine, (Santa Fe, NM: Bear and Company, 1988), 532, 533. 2. Ibid. , 534. 3. Ibid. 4. Ibid. , 535. 5. Karen Huffman, Mark Vernoy and Judith Vernoy. 1995. 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Creighton, Getting Well Again, (New York: Bantam Books, 1978). 253. C.H. McKinney and M.H. Antonni, Effect of guided imagery and music on depression and beta endorphin levels in healthy adults: a pilot study, Journal of the Association for Music and Imagery: Journal of the AMI, 4, 67-78. 254. Belleruth Naperstek, Staying Well with Guided Imagery, (New York: Three Rivers Press, 1988). 135 255. Belleruth Naperstek, Your Sixth Sense, (San Francisco: Harper, 1997). 256. Belleruth Naperstek, Workshop Lecture May 2000, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. 257. Neville Drury and Andrew Watson, Healing Music, (Dosset, England: Prism Press, 1988), 25. 258. Caroline Myss, Why People Dont Heal, 185-86. 259. Robert Assagioli, Music: cause of disease and healing agent, In Don Campbell (Ed.) Music Physician, 100. 260. Ibid. 261. Randall McClellan, The Healing Forces of Music, 183-184. 262. Ibid. , 9. 263. Neville Drury and Andrew Watson, Healing Music. 26. 264. Don Campbell, The Mozart Effect, 77. 265. Ibid. , 27. 266. J. Achterberg, B. Dossey and L. Kolkmeier, Rituals of Healing, (New York: Bantam Books, 1994), 53. Chapter 3 267. Rose Bruce, Caroline Myss and C. Norman Shealy, Checklist of Health Issues and Illness, 1999, personal communication. 268. Korotkov, Aura. 269. Ibid. , 203; info@gdvresearch.com). 270. info@gdvresearch.com. 271. Korotkov, Aura, 62. 136 272. Personal communication from Konstantin Korotkov. Unpublished manuscript. December 2001. 273. Ibid. , 63. 274. Ibid. , 62. 275. Personal communication via email with Konstantin Korotkov, January 21, 2001. 276. Paul Dobson and Elena Tchernychko, Investigations into stress and its management using the Gas Discharge Visualisation Technique (www.kirlian.co.uk, .1999) 6. Unpublished report from the City University Business School, London. 277. Ibid. , 24. 278. Personal Communication via email with Konstantin Korotkov, January 21, 2001. 279. Andrej Trampuz, Igor Kononenko and Velko Rus, Experiential and biophysical effect of the art of living program on it participants, International Journal of Psychology, 2000,12/ 280. Carolyn J. Howell, The therapeutic effect of Tai Chi in the healing process of HIV. International Journal of Alternative and Complmentary Medicine,. November 1999, 15-19. 281. Personal communication with Konstantin Korotkov. 282. Personal communication from Konstantin Korotkov via email, November 2001. 283. Douglas M. McNair, Maurice Lorr and Leo F. Droppleman, POMS manual, Profile of Mood States, (San Diego, CA: EdITS, 1971), 5. 137 284. C.H. McKinney and M.H. Antoni, et al., Effects of guided imagery and music (GIM) therapy on mood and cortisol in healthy adults, Health Psychology, 1997, 16(4): 390-400. 285. C.H. McKinney and M.H. Antoni, 1995. 286. McClelland, 183-184. 287. Paul Dobson and Elena Tchernychko, Investigations into stress and its management using the Gas Discharge Visualisation Technique (www.kirlian.co.uk,.1999), 6. 288. Ibid. , 24. 289. Mitchell Gaynor, Sound Healing, 162. 290. Karagulla and Kunz, The Chakras, 91. 291. Michael Talbot, The Holographic Universe, 85. 292. Personal communication by email from Dr. Korotkov, January 21, 2002. 293. Carol Taylor Fitz-Gibbon and Lynn Lyons Morris, How To Analyze Data, (Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, 1987), 41. 294. Ibid. , 16. 295. Ibid. , 33. 296. Personal commuuication from Konstantin Korotkov, January 2002. CHAPTER 5 297. Jeanne Achterberg, Barbara Dossey, and Leslie Kolkmeier, Rituals of Healing, 96-108. 298. Ibid. , 129-135. 299. Ibid. , 185-190. 138 300. Ibid. , 239-268. 301. Cathy H. McKinney, Michael H. Antoni, Adarsh Kumar, Mahendra Kumar, The effects of guided imagery and music on depression and beta-endorphin levels in healthy adults: a pilot study, Journal of the Association for Music & Imagery 4 (1995): 67-78. 302. Melinda Maxfield, The journey of the drum, In Music and Miracles, ed. Don Campbell, (Wheaton, IL: Quest Books, 1992), 143. 303. Norman Cousins, Head First: The Biology of Hope. (New York: E.P. Dutton, 1989), 259. 304. Ibid. , 259-260. 305. Ibid. , 253. 306. J.K. Kiecolt-Glaser, L.D. Fisher, P. Orgrocki, J.C. Strout, C.E. Speicher, and R. Glaser, Marital quality, marital disruption, and immune function, Psychosomatic Medicine 49 (1989), 13-34. 307. Ernest Lawrence Rossi, The Psychobiology of Mind-Body Healing. (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1993), 47. 308. G.H. Bower, Mood and Memory. American Psychologist, 36 (1981), 129-148. 309. James W. Pennebaker, Opening Up: The Healing Power of Expressing Emotions, (New York: The Guilford Press, 1997), 25. 310. Ibid. , 55. 311. Joshua Leeds, An introduction to the use of therapeutic music and sound in health care: rhythm, resonance and entrainment---the bodys call for unity, American Journal of Acupuncture, 24 (1996) 297-308. 139 312. Franz Ingelfinge, Arrogance, New England Journal of Medicine, 303 1980, 1506- 1511. 313. Konstantin Korotkov, Aura and Consciousness, 62. 314. Ibid. 315. Caroline Myss and C. Norman Shealy, The Creation of Health, 54. 316. Ibid. , 54. 139 APPENDIX APPENDIX A INTERNAL REVIEW BOARD APPLICATION THE EFFECT OF MUSIC AND GUIDED IMAGERY ON THE HUMAN ENERGY FIELD AS MEASURED BY THE GAS DISCHARGE VISUALISATION TECHNIQUE PROTOCOL #: DATE: March 8, 2001 PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Suzanne Gibson, MSW, LCSW, doctoral graduate student, Greenwich University and Holos University of Graduate Studies LOCATION: 201 West Main Street, Barrington, IL 60010 DATE STUDY TO BEGIN: April 1, 2001 LENGTH OF STUDY: Six months 1. STUDY CONDUCT 1.1 Background The Gas Discharge Visualisation (GDV) technique was developed by Konstantin Korotkov, Professor of Physics at the Federal Technical University SPIFMO, St. Petersburg, Russia. The device works on the basis of the Kirlian effect. This instrument allows quantification of the energy state of both living and inanimate objects. The GDV is a non invasive tool. The GDV is the first tool to project the total body aura from the information contained in the fingertip images. The total body aura is visualised or depicted on the computer screen. The aura can also be reproduced and displayed graphically. Previously, before the invention of the GDV, interpretations of Kirlian photographs were highly intuitive and impossible to reproduce. The stronger and more vibrant the aura, the healthier the person. Both music and guided imagery have demonstrated ability to elicit a healing response. It is well known that music affects mood and emotions and that emotions can facilitate or impede healing. Guided imagery is a tool utilized in the treatment of many conditions including cancer and chronic pain. This study seeks to contribute quantifiable data on the effect of these two mind/body tools on the human energy system. 1.2 Objective The objective of this study is to evaluate and compare the effect of listening to music and/or guided imagery on the energy field of each subject. There will be 140 one group of subjects of both healthy persons and persons with a diagnosis of a physical illness. The subjects will attend 3 sessions with up to 6 subjects in the group. Session 1, subjects will listen to music; Session 2, each subject will listen to guided imagery while focusing on strengthening his own energy field as reflected on the BEOgram (the depiction of the human energy field) of his own unique energy field ; and session 3 subjects will complete the Checklist for Health Issues (CHII). 1.3 Study Design The research design is one group under three influences. Fifty subjects will be recruited. The subjects will be a mixture of healthy persons and those with a diagnosis physical or mental condition. In groups of not more than six, the subjects will participate in three sessions within a one month period. Each subject will be compared for before and after changes in his energy field as measured by the GDV. A. Session l: 1. The researcher will review the purpose of the study and answer questions. 2. The subjects will sign the Informed Consent Form. 3. The subject will complete the Profile of Mood States (POMS), a measure of before and after conditions. 4. The subject will complete a brief symptom inventory. 5. A Stress Computer will be affixed with surgical tape to the subjects middle finger and the temperature will be noted. 6. The subject will give a Subjective Units of Distress (SUDS) At this moment rating using a scale of 1-10, with 1 being very distressed and 10 being very comfortable. 7. Subject will be instructed in the proper positioning of fingertips and the first set of BEOgrams (GDV images of fingertips) will taken. 8. The subject will listen to 15 minutes of music-Pachelbel Canon. 9. 10 minutes after the listening period concludes, the second set of BEOgrams will be taken. 10. The subject will rate his SUDS. 11. The temperature will be noted. 12. The subject will take the POMS. B. Session 2: 1. The subject will complete the POMS. 2. The subject will have temperature recorded. 3. The subject will give his SUDS at this moment:. 4. The subject will have BEOgram taken of ten fingertips. 5. The subject will listen to 15 minutes of music with guided imagery. 141 6. 10 minutes after the listening period, the second set of BEOgrams will be taken. 7. The subject will repeat the POMS. 8. The temperature will be noted. 9. The SUDS at this moment will be noted. C. Session 3: 1. Steps 14 of Sessions 2 remain the same for Session 3. 5. The subject will complete the Checklist of Health Issues (CHII). 6. Steps 69 of Session 2 remain the same for Session 3. 1.3.2 Concomitant Medications and Therapy All subjects will continue whatever medications they are taking and will continue to follow their program of care. This study is for research purposes only and is not intended for diagnosing or treating any medical problem. 1.4 Subject Population 1.4.1 Inclusion Criteria a. Subjects may be male or female b. Subjects may be either healthy or have a diagnosis of a physical or mental disorder such as depression, anxiety, fibromyalgia, heart disease, and diabetes. c. Subjects will be between 25 years of age and over.. d. Subjects will show willingness to participate by signing a voluntary informed consent form. e. Subjects will show ability and stated willingness to follow the directions of the researcher. 1.4.2 Exclusion Criteria a. Subjects with addiction to drugs or alcohol will be excluded from the study. b. Subjects with a pacemaker will be excluded. . 1.4.3 Discontinuation Criteria a. Subject may be dropped from the study at any time at his/her own request or that of the researcher. 142 b. If the subject terminates his/her participation in the study prematurely, the reason will be recorded in his/her report form and reported to the IRB in writing. c. If an adverse reaction should occur during the study, the researcher will determine whether the subject should be discontinued and report same to the IRB in writing. 1.5 Evaluations 1.5.1 Safety a. Dr. Korotkov states: It (the GDV) is totally safe for the user. At the same time it uses a set of voltages, including high-voltage (much less on intensity compared with normal TV-set or computer screen). That is, the equipment cannot produce a dangerous voltage. All the wires, carrying high voltage, are hidden under the mounting and insulated carefully. It is prohibited to dismantle the device! It is necessary to control the quality of grounding. In case of Western standard, a three-polar plug provides for the automatic grounding. Otherwise, one should see to the device being grounded or the neutral wire being grounded. In this case its quality can be checked by the absence of a potential on the grounding electrode of the device. (Konstantin Korokov, Aura and Consciousness. St. Petersburg, Russia; St. Petersburg Division of Russian Ministry of Culture, State Editing & Publishing Unit Kultura, 1998, p.55.) For additional details about the GDV, consult the web site:http://www.kolumbus.fi/pekka.kaariainen/gdv/gdv1.htm; http://www.kirlian.org/crowntv.htm. b. The GDV device, like any electrical device, such as a hair dryer, vacuum cleaner or television, can be dangerous if the insulation is damaged or if anybody tries to open up the devices body. Precautions one would take with any electrical device would be appropriate with the GDV device. c. Safety will be evaluated by monitoring the occurrence of any adverse effects. Adverse effects will be monitored as follows: The subject will be instructed to notify the researcher as soon as possible should adverse or unusual symptoms occur. The researcher will record the event in the Subject Evaluation Form. In the event of any reaction, the researcher must notify the IRB Chair as soon as possible. Any 143 adverse reaction will be recorded in the complaint file and reported to the full IRB Board. If there is a major adverse reaction (such as death or immediate threat of death), the FDA and the Chair of the IRB will be notified within the first 24 hours and then in writing. In case of adverse effects, proper therapeutic and follow-up measures will be taken by the researcher in accordance with good clinical practice. 1.5.2 Efficacy The efficacy of music and guided imagery on the human energy field as measured by the GDV will be assessed by comparing the GDV data of the four groups. The researcher will also be noting the changes in the Profile Of Mood State test, the skin temperature, and the SUDS. 1.5.3 Statistical Analysis This design is one group under three different conditions. The before and after scores n the GDV measures, POMS, Temperature, SUDS will be analyzed with Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) to determine if the changes are significant. 1.6 Special Instructions All subjects will be required to sign the Informed Consent Form. All subjects will be instructed in the placement of finger tips on the glass plate to be photographed. 1.6.1 Subjects will refrain from eating or drinking two hours prior to participation in research project. 1.6.2 Subjects will refrain from exercise 6 hours prior to participation in research project. 1.6.3 Subjects will refrain from alcohol and sexual activity for 24 hours prior to participation in research project. 2. Management and Regulation 2.1 Monitoring Monitoring responsibilities performed by the sponsors monitors include but are not limited to: 2.1.1 Review of the Research Protocol 144 2.1.2 Consultation as needed during data collection period to assess protocol adherence and accuracy and completeness of Subject Report Forms 2.2 Monitoring Personnel Robert Nunley, Ph.D. and C. Norman Shealy, M.D., Ph. D. Dr, Nunley is a geography professor at the University of Kansas. He is Assistant Dean of Energy Medicine at Greenwich University. In 1998-99 he served as co-president of ISSSEEM (International Society for the Study of Subtle Energy and Energy Medicine). He serves on the board of HOLOS University Graduate Studies in Energy Medicine. Dr. C. Norman Shealy is the Founder of the American Holistic Medical Association and also founder of the Shealy Institute in Springfield, Mo. He is the author of 13 books including 90 days to Self-Health, The Self Healing Workbook, Miracles Do Happen, and with Caroline Myss, The Creation of Health. He has taught at Harvard, Case Western Reserve, and the Medical Schools of the University of Wisconsin and the University of Minnesota. 2.3 Regulatory Considerations The GDV is approved by the Russian Ministry of Health for use in Russia.. The GDV is widely used in Russia, Germany, and England. 2.3.1 Protocol Agenda The researcher shall not implement a change in or otherwise deviate from the protocol if the change may increase the risk to study subjects or adversely affect the validity of the investigation or rights of human subjects. Changes may be made to reduce the risk to subjects; however, the researcher must notify the Chair of the IRB prior to such changes and the IRB Board will be notified by letter also. 2.3.2 Subject Report Form Completion and Submission Reports of progress or lack of progress will be sent to the IRB every 3 months for one year from the start date which is April 1, 2001. Subject Report Forms will be completed at the end of one year. They shall be maintained by the researcher with a final report to the IRB. 145 Appendix a SUBJECT INFORMED CONSENT STUDYS NAME: THE EFFECT OF MUSIC AND GUIDED IMAGERY ON THE HUMAN ENERGY FIELD AS MEASURED BY THE GAS DISCHARGE VISUALISATION (GDV) TECHNIQUE. APRIL 1, 2001 DATE APPROVED BY IRB: BEGINNING OF STUDY: April 1, 2001 LENGTH OF STUDY: Six months. Target completion date September 2001. SUBJECT INFORMED CONSENT PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Suzanne Gibson, MSW, LCSW under the supervision of C. Norman Shealy, M.D., Ph.D., and Robert Nunley, Ph.D. NAME OF EQUIPMENT/THERAPY The equipment used in this study is the Gas Discharge Visualisation Instrument. It is an electrical device which takes images of the fingertips. The Instrument is attached to a personal computer which processes and prints the images. The GDV Instrument creates an electric field (10kV, 1024 HZ, 0.5 sec) around the object that is set on the glass plate of the instrument, in this case, the fingertips, one at a time. The electric field produces a visible gas discharge glow around the object (the Kirlian effect). The image is transferred to a personal computer for processing and printing. As there is no photo paper processing involved there is no need for a dark room. The GDV was developed by Dr. Konstantin Korotkov, Professor of Physics at the St. Petersburg State Technical University SPIFMO, St. Petersburg, Russia. Dr. Korotkov has more than 70 publications in leading Soviet and Russian research journals on physics and biology, and has 12 patents on inventions in the field of biophysics and is the author of 4 books. Professor Korotkov is Associate Editor of the Journal Consciousness and Physical Reality. Dr. Korotkov can be reached at 191040 P.O.Box 752, St. Petersburg, Russia. Email: korotkov@mail.admiral.ru. The Profile of Mood State (POMS) test will be used as another measure of before and after conditions. The POMS was developed by Douglas M. McNair , Boston University School of Medicine and Maurice Lorr, Catholic University America and Leo Droppleman, Private Practice. The POMS measures dimensions of affect or mood and has proved to be useful for assessing psychiatric outpatients and their responses to various interventions. The POMS consists of 65 adjectives describing feeling and mood to which the client responds according to a five-point scale ranging from not at all to Extremely. The six moods assessed are : TTension-Anxiety DDepression-Dejection AAnger-Hostility VVigor-Activity 146 FFatigue-Inertia CConfusion-Bewilderment The POMS is distributed by Edits, P.O. Box 7234, San Diego, CA 92167. The Stress Computer measures skin surface temperature. The sensor is taped to the fingertip of the middle finger of the hand.. Under stress hands are cool. Cold hands are tense and warm hands indicate relaxation. A temperature of 95 or above is considered deep relaxation. The Stress Computer is distributed by E.J. McGowan and Associates, Inc., 656 Stratford Avenue, Elmhurst, Il 60126-4654. The Subjective Units of Distress Scale is the subjects estimation of distress based on a scale of 1-10. Guided imagery script is prepared by the principal investigator. PURPOSE This is a clinical investigational study. The purpose is to determine if simple, readily available tools such as music and guided imagery can affect the human energy field and so empower individuals TO facilitating their healing and maintaining health. INCLUSION REQUIREMENTS YOU MUST: 1. Be between 25-65 years of age. 2. Continue with any established treatment already in process. Participation in this study is not instead of any treatment plan already in place. 4. Be willing and able to give a written informed consent. 5. Be willing and able to understand, and willing to follow the study procedures. EXCLUSION CRITERIA YOU MUST NOT 1. Be a person addicted to drugs or alcohol. 2. Have a pacemaker. PROCEDURES 1. The subject will attend three session within one months time. 2. At the time of the initial phone contact, the subject will be advised of the purpose of the study and assigned a date for the first session. 3. The subjects will be in groups of up to six. 4. At the initial session, questions will be answered, questions answered and the Informed Consent Signed . 5. Subjects will receive a pre and post intervention BEOgram (GDV images of fingertips). 6. Subjects will receive pre and post POMS tests, temperature readings and SUDS ratings. 147 7. The intervention in Session 1 will be 15 minutes of music. In Session 2, the subject will be given a printout of his energy field from Session 1 and asked to focus on it during the 15 minutes of guided imagery. In Session 3, the Checklist for Health Issues will be taken; it is not expected to change the energy field. POSSIBLE BENEFITS The therapies of listening to music and/or guided imagery may become valuable personal tools for strengthening the energy field. Other people may benefit from the information learned from this study. POTENTIAL RISKS The subject may receive little or no benefit from the experience of participating in the study. CONFIDENTIALITY Identifying information such as name, address, and social security number will be kept confidential. Results of the study may be reported in scientific presentation or publications, but particular subjects will not be identified. The subjects identity will not be disclosed to anyone else, unless required by law. COST There will be no charge for participation in the study. The subject is a volunteer. QUESTIONS This form has stated the purpose of the study. If you, the subject have any questions about the study, or injuries as a result of the study, please call Suzanne Gibson, LCSW at 847-304-1062. Suzanne Gibson, LCSW is a doctoral student in Energy Medicine at Greenwich University. This research is undertaken under the supervision of Robert Nunley, Ph.D. and C. Norman Shealy, M.D. Dr. Nunley is a geography professor at the University of Kansas. He is an adjunct faculty member and former Department Chair for Energy Medicine at Greenwich University. In 1998-99 he served as co-president of ISSSEEM (International Society for the Study of Subtle Energy and Energy Medicine). He serves on the board of HOLOS University Graduate Studies in Energy Medicine. Dr. C. Norman Shealy is the Founder of the American Holistic Medical Association and also founder of the Shealy Institute in Springfield, Mo. He is the author of 13 books including 90 days to Self-Health, The Self Healing Workbook, Miracles Do Happen, and with Caroline Myss, The Creation of Health. He has taught at Harvard, Case Western 148 Reserve, and the Medical Schools of the University of Wisconsin and the University of Minnesota. If further question, Dr. Nunley can be reached at 785-863-2176 and Dr. Shealy can be reached at 417-267-2900. SUBJECT STATEMENT It has been reported in the journals that music and guided imagery facilitate a healing response. I am signing this consent freely and am not being forced. I understand that, by signing this form, I do not lose any rights to which I am entitled, and agree to participate in the study. I hereby state that I have the legal capacity to enter into contract and that no guardian has been appointed for me. I agree to follow the instructions for participation: refrain from eating two hours prior to participation in the research project, refrain from exercise six hours prior to participation and refrain from consumption of alcohol and engaging in sexual activity for 24 hours prior to participation in this study. The consent form has been read by (to) me and study information has been fully explained to me. Any questions that have occurred to me have been fully answered by the researcher in charge of this study. I will receive a signed copy of this form. By signing this consent form, I am authorizing release of my records to the Food and Drug Administration, the Institutional Review board and any third party required by law. I understand that this research is not intended for the diagnosing or treating of any medical problems. This study is intended for research purposes only. _____________________________________________________________________ Participants Signature Date Principal Investigators Signature Date Participants Printed Name Investigators Printed Name 149 Appendix b SUBJECT REPORT FORM Principal Investigator: Suzanne Gibson, LCSW, P. 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D i a g n o s i s 3 8 . 5 1 1 7 - 1 0 - 3 5 1 1 1 3 0 3 6 M 1 9 5 0 5 1 P a r k i n s o n s 8 8 1 8 5 7 1 2 7 2 5 8 2 0 7 6 0 3 7 F 1 9 5 3 4 8 N o
D i a g n o s i s 7 4 4 2 2 - 2 2 8 0 0 0 5 0 3 8 F 1 9 4 8 5 3 F i b r o m y a l g i a 7 4 3 0 7 9 3 3 1 2 9 9 2 7 1 2 8 4 3 9 F 1 9 7 0 3 1 F i b r o m y a l g i a 1 3 7 1 3 8 5 3 5 2 9 1 7 0 5 4 0 M 1 9 5 6 4 5 N o
D i a g n o s i s 1 2 7 1 5 0 8 - 9 8 3 3 1 3 1 4 1 F 1 9 4 4 5 7 N o
D i a g n o s i s 4 2 5 1 - 9 - 2 9 4 0 5 1 1 0 4 2 F 1 9 5 6 4 5 D e p r e s s i o n - M e d s 7 0 2 1 1 2 8 3 4 7 2 8 1 3 5 4 4 3 F 1 9 6 5 3 6 D e p r e s s i o n - M e d s 7 5 . 5 2 5 . 5 4 7 - 2 1 1 1 2 0 4 1 1 0 4 4 F 1 9 3 8 6 3 A r t h r i t i s 6 0 5 6 6 - 2 6 9 1 4 0 0 0 4 5 M 1 9 5 3 4 8 N o
D i a g n o s i s 6 0 . 5 6 0 - 3 - 1 4 7 5 0 0 1 1 4 6 F 1 9 5 4 4 7 N o
D i a g n o s i s 1 1 7 1 2 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 2 1 4 1 0 0 4 7 F 1 9 4 6 5 5 M S 3 2 . 5 1 7 4 0 - 1 0 1 0 2 3 0 5 0 4 8 F 1 9 4 8 5 3 F i b r o m y a l g i a 1 2 8 9 3 8 9 7 6 3 2 1 7 2 5 1 8 4 6 4 9 F 1 9 4 4 5 7 N o
D i a g n o s i s 7 6 2 0 5 3 0 4 1 5 7 5 1 7 1 M e a n 5 0 . 4 7 7 7 . 2 9 1 6 2 . 8 1 2 7 . 5 9 4 . 0 0 1 0 . 8 4 3 . 8 3 1 0 . 1 8 3 . 8 3 7 . 5 5 1 . 8 8 S D 1 0 . 1 3 4 1 . 5 9 1 2 0 . 8 4 3 3 . 1 0 2 2 . 1 6 7 . 6 5 4 . 2 3 1 0 . 1 3 5 . 0 6 6 . 6 5 4 . 0 9 1 5 2 P O M S - V S 1 P r e P O M S - V S 1 P o s t P O M S - F S 1 P r e P O M S - F S 1 P o s t P O M S - C S 1 P r e P O M S - C S 1 P o s t S U D S S 1 P r e S U D S S 1 P o s t T e m p e r a t u r e S 1 P r e T e m p e r a t u r e S 1 P o s t G D V A n x i e t y S 1 P r e G D V A n x i e t y S 1 P o s t L e f t H a n d G D V H e a l t h I n d e x S 1 P r e L e f t H a n d G D V H e a l t h I n d e x S 1 P o s t L e f t
M e d i t a t i o n P O M S - T o t a l S 2 P r e P O M S - T o t a l S 2 P o s t P O M S - T S 2 P r e P O M S - T S 2 P o s t P O M S - D S 2 P r e P O M S - D S 2 P o s t P O M S - A S 2 P r e P O M S - A S 2 P o s t P O M S - V S 2 P r e P O M S - V S 2 P o s t P O M S - F S 2 P r e P O M S - F S 2 P o s t P O M S - C S 2 P r e P O M S - C S 2 P o s t S U D S S 2 P r e S U D S S 2 P o s t 6 2 8 6 1 3 0 0 9 1 1 9 9 6 1 6 4 7 4 4 - 6 - 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 1 6 6 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 5 3 7 3 9 5 1 4 1 7 7 7 7 1 6 3 7 2 6 1 0 0 7 0 1 3 5 3 2 4 4 1 1 3 - 1 3 5 0 7 0 2 0 1 6 2 0 1 1 6 4 1 4 - 2 1 - 1 6 3 4 0 0 0 0 2 7 2 5 2 1 1 4 3 2 - 9 - 1 8 2 2 1 0 2 0 2 1 2 2 6 1 1 1 3 2 3 9 9 1 8 3 5 5 1 0 0 1 6 1 0 1 2 5 1 0 6 3 3 1 2 - 1 6 5 0 7 0 5 0 1 9 2 0 5 0 9 4 5 5 7 6 - 3 1 6 0 1 8 0 3 0 1 8 1 1 1 7 6 3 1 9 7 - 5 - 1 3 6 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 8 0 2 6 3 3 . 5 1 . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 1 0 - 1 4 4 1 8 0 5 0 1 6 1 8 5 2 4 1 8 6 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 2 4 - 9 1 0 0 6 0 5 0 1 2 1 3 1 1 3 4 1 3 1 9 - 2 5 1 1 7 5 2 0 1 2 1 4 3 2 4 4 8 7 2 0 4 1 3 8 6 3 2 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 5 1 0 8 5 4 2 7 1 4 9 4 3 3 2 2 1 2 1 7 1 3 6 7 4 1 8 6 2 6 7 5 1 4 0 2 0 3 2 7 2 1 1 6 4 3 - 1 - 9 6 0 4 0 6 1 2 2 1 2 4 0 1 2 4 2 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 1 - 7 5 0 9 3 2 0 2 1 1 3 3 0 3 3 2 1 4 - 1 2 7 0 3 0 0 0 9 1 3 9 0 4 1 8 5 6 3 2 2 4 3 3 1 2 1 1 6 1 2 8 6 5 2 2 - 3 - 1 5 8 5 2 0 4 0 2 3 2 2 3 0 3 2 5 2 7 3 4 1 9 4 1 8 2 1 9 0 1 4 1 6 1 3 3 1 8 1 1 7 3 1 9 - 3 9 1 3 1 5 0 1 6 1 5 1 4 6 4 4 8 2 3 - 1 7 9 5 1 0 1 3 3 3 0 3 1 2 1 8 5 5 2 5 8 2 3 1 2 2 2 2 7 1 3 1 9 8 1 1 8 9 1 3 7 5 1 5 9 - 1 - 1 9 7 0 3 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 3 0 6 1 3 2 4 7 9 6 0 1 6 7 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 1 4 6 5 - 1 3 - 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 9 5 3 3 3 4 3 1 0 - 1 7 1 6 0 1 3 0 2 2 1 1 0 5 6 4 4 3 2 8 - 2 6 1 1 3 2 1 3 3 1 4 1 2 5 0 5 4 4 - 4 - 2 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 6 5 0 6 3 5 7 9 3 0 2 4 1 0 2 5 1 2 9 1 1 1 1 0 2 5 1 3 7 4 8 4 3 2 - 1 5 1 1 1 8 0 1 1 0 1 4 2 7 1 2 0 4 1 1 7 2 5 9 2 4 1 3 4 1 3 9 9 0 8 1 1 2 1 1 4 1 1 8 4 2 2 9 9 7 3 5 3 3 0 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 7 3 4 2 3 - 1 4 8 0 2 0 2 0 1 5 1 5 2 0 4 1 5 3 - 1 - 2 4 4 0 0 0 8 0 2 2 2 5 6 0 3 1 3 8 5 2 9 2 1 5 1 5 6 2 3 9 6 8 1 6 6 1 6 1 1 8 6 5 9 2 0 1 2 3 1 1 6 1 4 3 3 1 0 1 5 1 0 1 0 8 7 3 4 - 1 3 7 0 0 0 1 1 1 8 2 0 1 0 5 4 1 2 3 - 3 - 2 1 2 9 1 1 1 1 1 9 1 9 0 4 2 2 6 5 3 9 3 2 1 2 9 1 6 1 5 9 0 1 6 1 8 3 1 0 6 3 5 7 - 9 9 0 3 1 6 0 1 8 1 2 0 0 7 2 7 4 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 2 7 1 6 1 2 4 3 5 4 0 1 2 9 6 3 1 4 1 3 5 2 2 0 . 3 3 - 1 . 0 7 8 . 5 3 2 . 4 7 6 . 6 2 2 . 2 7 7 . 0 4 0 . 9 6 1 5 . 8 9 1 5 . 0 0 7 . 7 6 3 . 9 6 6 . 2 7 4 . 2 9 4 . 9 2 2 . 9 9 2 6 . 1 8 1 5 . 4 4 5 . 0 5 3 . 1 4 6 . 5 7 3 . 4 7 6 . 7 9 2 . 3 5 6 . 1 8 6 . 4 7 5 . 6 2 4 . 0 6 4 . 0 4 3 . 4 2 2 . 0 9 1 . 7 4 1 6 0 T e m p e r a t u r e S 2 P r e T e m p e r a t u r e S 2 P o s t G D V A n x i e t y I n d e x S 2 P r e G D V A n x i e t y I n d e x S 2 P o s t L e f t H a n d G D V H e a l t h I n d e x S 2 P r e L e f t
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I l l n e s s P O M S - T o t a l S 3 P r e P O M S - T o t a l S 3 P o s t P O M S - T S 3 P r e P O M S - T S 3 P o s t P O M S - D S 3 P r e P O M S - D S 3 P o s t P O M S - A S 3 P r e P O M S - A S 3 P o s t P O M S - V S 3 P r e P O M S - V S 3 P o s t P O M S - F S 3 P r e P O M S - F S 3 P o s t P O M S - C S 3 P r e P O M S - C S 3 P o s t S U D S S 3 P r e - 5 - 1 1 8 2 0 0 2 1 2 2 1 8 1 1 6 3 8 - 9 - 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 1 5 4 4 2 0 2 1 5 5 4 3 7 6 6 4 1 4 1 5 8 5 4 2 5 4 8 5 2 2 0 5 0 1 3 3 2 5 3 4 1 2 - 8 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 6 1 6 9 6 5 1 3 - 2 1 - 2 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 9 0 0 1 0 2 - 1 7 - 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 7 1 2 5 6 7 2 5 3 2 3 1 8 5 6 6 4 7 3 1 8 5 0 0 9 3 2 2 1 7 3 4 5 6 5 - 1 - 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 4 7 4 2 2 9 - 4 - 1 9 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 2 3 2 0 8 3 3 . 5 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 7 - 1 4 4 2 1 0 1 0 8 2 0 6 2 3 2 4 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 3 5 X X 8 X X 3 X X 0 X X 6 X X 2 3 X X 7 X X 6 9 - 1 4 3 1 1 6 4 1 0 1 5 2 0 0 0 4 1 4 1 3 4 8 3 4 1 1 0 1 6 1 6 8 7 8 9 5 - 9 - 1 2 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 8 1 6 1 1 1 1 4 2 4 2 3 5 7 2 3 1 0 5 5 1 0 8 1 1 1 0 7 - 3 - 1 0 3 1 4 0 5 2 1 7 1 4 1 0 1 1 4 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X - 9 - 7 5 4 6 4 0 0 2 5 1 9 2 1 3 3 1 8 - 1 6 4 0 4 0 1 0 9 1 6 6 0 2 0 3 - 1 4 - 1 4 2 1 0 0 2 4 2 4 2 4 1 0 5 5 2 - 6 - 1 8 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 0 0 2 2 6 7 9 5 1 1 9 1 8 1 5 8 2 2 0 1 2 1 1 7 1 4 1 8 1 2 7 1 1 2 0 2 5 2 2 0 5 1 0 1 3 1 3 1 6 4 5 3 9 - 2 8 5 1 1 1 2 6 0 2 9 3 2 0 0 6 2 4 6 5 4 2 1 7 1 3 1 8 1 2 8 7 6 9 1 6 9 1 2 1 0 6 1 0 - 7 5 9 5 1 5 1 1 8 2 6 6 2 7 6 3 1 6 5 1 2 - 5 7 1 5 0 3 0 1 8 1 4 7 4 8 4 3 - 1 0 - 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 2 6 0 0 6 1 4 6 5 - 3 1 9 1 1 9 7 4 0 1 2 9 1 9 7 6 9 1 3 3 9 8 1 4 3 4 1 2 2 7 8 6 1 0 6 3 6 - 4 - 2 9 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 1 6 0 6 2 4 7 0 5 0 2 1 1 8 1 7 1 1 1 1 4 1 0 1 1 2 5 2 4 6 4 5 1 0 - 1 2 7 3 4 0 5 0 1 4 1 6 4 0 4 1 6 2 6 3 6 9 1 0 1 3 1 4 7 1 1 1 8 1 5 8 9 7 7 4 4 8 3 9 1 8 1 3 6 4 4 1 8 7 1 8 1 8 1 0 1 0 6 1 4 - 5 1 6 4 1 0 1 0 1 7 1 3 1 1 0 2 4 7 5 - 1 4 6 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 2 4 5 4 3 2 2 7 4 0 4 7 5 1 1 5 6 5 7 1 0 1 3 8 1 0 8 2 9 3 2 8 8 1 2 1 0 5 5 1 6 1 4 1 3 1 6 7 7 5 - 5 - 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 2 5 9 3 2 1 3 - 8 - 9 9 7 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 5 1 9 5 7 2 7 0 2 0 1 3 5 8 4 8 4 4 - 1 2 - 1 7 3 2 1 0 1 1 1 9 2 0 0 0 2 0 5 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 1 0 2 4 3 2 7 1 2 1 9 9 3 4 1 5 1 3 1 3 1 3 7 2 2 1 3 7 1 4 . 5 3 0 . 6 8 7 . 5 3 4 . 2 0 4 . 8 0 2 . 6 6 6 . 1 3 1 . 8 4 1 6 . 2 0 1 6 . 6 1 6 . 6 0 4 . 6 8 5 . 6 7 3 . 9 1 4 . 5 2 2 7 . 2 5 2 2 . 7 2 6 . 1 1 4 . 6 7 5 . 8 2 4 . 0 8 9 . 5 4 3 . 2 6 6 . 0 6 7 . 3 1 6 . 2 2 5 . 7 5 4 . 2 4 3 . 4 8 1 . 9 4 1 6 6 S U D S S 3 P o s t T e m p e r a t u r e S 3 P r e T e m p e r a t u r e S 3 P o s t G D V A n x i e t y I n d e x S 3 P r e G D V A n x i e t y I n d e x S 3 P o s t L e f t H a n d G D V H e a l t h I n d e x S 3 P r e L e f t H a n d G D V H e a l t h I n d e x S 3 P o s t L e f t
M e d i t a t i o n P O M S - T o t a l P i l o t P O M S - T P i l o t P O M S - D P i l o t P O M S - A P i l o t P O M S - V P i l o t P O M S - F P i l o t P O M S - C P i l o t G D V A n x i e t y I n d e x P i l o t L e f t H a n d G D V H e a l t h I n d e x P i l o t L e f t H a n d D e v i a t i o n P i l o t R i g h t H a n d G D V H e a l t h I n d e x P i l o t R i g h t H a n d D e v i a t i o n P i l o t S r / S 1 P i l o t S r - S 1 P i l o t G D V
A r e a P i l o t X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X - 3 3 6 5 2 3 2 4 1 . 5 9 9 0 . 2 5 5 0 . 4 0 . 3 2 7 0 . 3 6 1 . 2 8 1 0 . 0 7 2 2 0 5 6 7 . 5 4 5 0 1 1 1 5 4 2 . 1 3 4 0 . 7 6 0 . 4 4 0 . 6 0 7 0 . 4 7 0 . 7 9 9 - 0 . 1 5 3 1 4 8 0 8 . 2 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X - 6 3 2 0 2 0 7 2 0 . 6 7 8 1 . 2 0 4 0 . 3 8 1 . 1 2 7 0 . 4 0 . 9 3 5 - 0 . 0 7 8 1 2 4 3 3 - 2 3 1 0 0 2 6 2 0 1 . 0 3 4 0 . 2 9 6 0 . 3 5 0 . 2 4 4 0 . 3 3 0 . 8 2 5 - 0 . 0 5 2 1 5 9 6 1 . 9 - 9 3 4 1 2 4 5 2 1 . 1 9 1 0 . 4 1 8 0 . 4 6 0 . 3 4 9 0 . 4 9 0 . 8 3 6 - 0 . 0 6 8 1 7 7 6 2 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X - 1 8 1 0 0 2 4 4 1 1 . 5 9 4 0 . 4 8 0 . 3 6 0 . 5 2 6 0 . 3 7 1 . 0 9 5 0 . 0 4 6 1 5 7 2 7 . 8 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 3 6 8 1 1 7 8 5 1 3 0 . 9 4 5 0 . 5 4 5 0 . 5 0 . 6 2 7 0 . 5 1 1 . 1 5 0 . 0 8 2 1 7 0 5 4 . 8 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X - 1 9 1 2 0 2 3 1 0 1 . 1 2 4 0 . 5 2 1 0 . 4 4 0 . 5 9 0 . 3 5 1 . 1 3 1 0 . 0 6 8 1 6 3 5 0 . 3 1 7 1 6 2 4 4 7 1 . 2 5 1 0 . 6 2 2 0 . 4 4 0 . 6 7 4 0 . 4 1 . 0 8 4 0 . 0 5 2 1 4 4 9 6 . 5 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 1 7 1 6 8 4 3 2 4 7 8 1 . 7 3 0 . 2 9 1 0 . 2 5 0 . 2 7 4 0 . 2 3 0 . 9 4 4 - 0 . 0 1 6 1 6 7 0 6 . 6 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X - 6 5 3 6 2 7 1 6 1 . 5 6 5 0 . 4 5 4 0 . 2 1 0 . 2 5 6 0 . 2 6 0 . 5 6 4 - 0 . 1 9 8 1 5 2 6 2 . 9 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X - 6 6 2 4 2 2 2 2 0 . 7 2 3 0 . 3 2 2 0 . 2 2 0 . 4 6 8 0 . 2 3 1 . 4 5 2 0 . 1 4 6 1 7 4 0 2 . 2 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X - 1 5 2 3 0 2 3 1 2 1 . 2 9 9 0 . 1 9 3 0 . 2 9 0 . 3 6 1 0 . 1 6 1 . 8 6 8 0 . 1 6 8 1 4 2 8 7 . 9 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 2 2 1 1 1 0 4 1 6 7 6 2 . 6 9 2 1 . 0 5 6 0 . 2 8 0 . 8 0 1 0 . 2 6 0 . 7 5 8 - 0 . 2 5 6 1 4 2 2 1 . 4 6 3 9 2 3 3 1 2 0 1 3 7 1 . 3 5 5 0 . 5 7 4 0 . 2 0 . 4 3 2 0 . 1 5 0 . 7 5 2 - 0 . 1 4 2 1 4 2 5 7 . 8 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 2 8 6 1 5 2 9 8 6 0 . 2 2 0 . 8 3 4 0 . 2 2 0 . 8 1 7 0 . 2 1 0 . 9 8 - 0 . 0 1 7 1 4 8 7 8 . 9 - 1 2 2 1 1 1 8 0 2 0 . 6 8 9 0 . 7 9 1 0 . 2 4 0 . 6 2 2 0 . 2 1 0 . 7 8 6 - 0 . 1 6 9 1 5 0 4 4 . 8 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 2 . 5 3 4 . 7 6 5 . 1 2 4 . 1 8 2 0 . 1 2 4 . 3 5 4 . 2 4 1 . 2 8 0 . 5 7 0 . 3 3 0 . 5 4 0 . 3 2 1 . 0 1 - 0 . 0 3 1 5 , 7 1 9 . 0 9 2 2 . 7 2 3 . 0 9 6 . 2 7 7 . 3 2 5 . 8 4 3 . 3 5 3 . 4 2 0 . 5 9 0 . 2 8 0 . 1 0 0 . 2 4 0 . 1 1 0 . 3 1 0 . 1 2 1 , 8 4 8 . 1 1 1 7 2 F o r m C o e f f P i l o t F r a c t a l D i m e n s i o n P i l o t B r i g h t n e s s P i l o t S p e c t r u m P i l o t X X X X X X X X 6 . 0 2 1 2 . 2 8 9 1 6 8 . 7 4 7 9 5 . 9 5 . 2 5 1 1 . 8 3 6 1 6 2 . 9 8 3 1 6 8 . 3 X X X X X X X X 3 . 9 4 5 2 . 1 2 7 1 6 0 . 1 7 8 1 5 1 . 4 4 . 6 2 8 2 . 2 1 3 1 6 9 . 1 9 3 . 8 5 . 0 0 4 1 . 9 6 4 1 6 4 . 9 9 2 1 2 7 X X X X X X X X 5 . 9 2 3 1 . 9 6 8 1 6 5 . 2 1 4 1 4 1 . 4 X X X X X X X X 4 . 5 6 8 1 . 7 6 7 1 6 3 . 1 1 4 1 2 5 . 9 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 4 . 6 5 3 1 . 8 4 1 1 6 6 . 0 9 6 1 1 7 . 4 6 . 0 6 1 . 7 0 1 1 6 4 . 7 3 2 1 6 9 . 4 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 5 . 5 9 2 . 0 4 8 1 6 5 . 9 2 9 1 4 2 . 1 1 7 3 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 4 . 9 1 7 2 . 1 8 6 1 6 9 . 2 2 1 9 4 X X X X X X X X 4 . 6 8 4 2 . 1 2 8 1 6 8 . 6 1 5 1 1 0 . 6 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 4 . 8 4 8 1 . 9 7 2 1 6 3 . 3 1 2 1 3 6 . 3 X X X X X X X X 4 . 4 4 5 1 . 8 1 8 1 6 2 . 2 3 6 1 6 2 . 2 4 . 4 4 7 1 . 7 6 5 1 6 4 . 4 6 9 1 4 1 . 1 X X X X X X X X 4 . 5 2 7 1 . 8 0 5 1 6 2 . 5 1 8 1 6 1 . 2 3 . 7 2 8 1 . 8 7 9 1 6 2 . 4 7 2 1 2 8 . 5 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 4 . 9 0 1 . 9 6 1 6 4 . 9 4 1 3 3 . 3 2 0 . 6 8 0 . 1 8 2 . 7 2 2 5 . 0 9 174 APPENDIX C T-TEST DATA SESSION 1, MUSIC TOTAL GROUP S1 (MUSIC) PRE & POST T-TEST Paired Samples Statistics : Session 1 Mean N Std. Deviation Std. Error Mean POMS-Total S1Pre 27.29 48 33.384 4.819 Pair 1 POMS-Total S1Post 4.00 48 22.156 3.198 POMS-T S1Pre 10.83 48 7.730 1.116 Pair 2 POMS-T S1Post 3.83 48 4.234 .611 POMS-D S1Pre 10.08 48 10.214 1.474 Pair 3 POMS-D S1Post 3.83 48 5.063 .731 POMS-A S1Pre 7.50 48 6.710 .968 Pair 4 POMS-A S1Post 1.88 48 4.093 .591 POMS-V S1Pre 16.75 48 6.201 .895 Pair 5 POMS-V S1Post 14.46 48 7.235 1.044 POMS-F S1Pre 8.21 48 6.549 .945 Pair 6 POMS-F S1Post 4.29 48 5.496 .793 POMS-C S1Pre 7.42 48 4.010 .579 Pair 7 POMS-C S1Post 4.63 48 3.105 .448 SUDS S1Pre 4.47 49 2.045 .292 Pair 8 SUDS S1Post 2.79 49 2.367 .338 Temperature S1Pre 86.655 49 7.6148 1.0878 Pair 9 Temperature S1Post 87.712 49 6.5449 .9350 GDV Anxiety S1Pre 1.79943 49 1.593533 .227648 Pair 10 GDV Anxiety S1Post 1.37267 49 .818843 .116978 Left Hand GDV Health Index S1Pre .71902 49 .329205 .047029 Pair 11 Left Hand GDV Health Index S1Post .75553 49 .314849 .044978 Left Hand Deviation S1Pre .4606 49 .14417 .02060 Pair 12 Left Hand Deviation S1Post .4327 49 .05024 .00718 Pair 13 Right Hand GDV Health Index S1Pre .6258 49 .27619 .03946 175 Right Hand GDV Health Index S1Post .71173 49 .290428 .041490 Right Hand Deviation S1Pre .4243 49 .06168 .00881 Pair 14 Right Hand Deviation S1Post .4443 49 .10702 .01529 Sr/S1 S1Pre .85684 49 .386978 .055283 Pair 15 Sr/S1 S1Post .96604 49 .323355 .046194 Sr-S1 S1Pre -.09327 49 .181313 .025902 Pair 16 Sr-S1 S1Post -.04384 49 .125179 .017883 GDV Area S1Pre 15779.13 49 1839.839 262.834 Pair 17 GDV Area S1Post 16373.810 49 1853.4933 264.7848 Form Coeff S1Pre 4.60467 49 .870380 .124340 Pair 18 Form Coeff S1Post 4.55473 49 .908865 .129838 Fractal Dimension S1Pre 2.04761 49 .188749 .026964 Pair 19 Fractal Dimension S1Post 2.11622 49 .184743 .026392 Brightness S1Pre 164.79363 49 2.756884 .393841 Pair 20 Brightness S1Post 166.5812 49 2.83120 .40446 Spectrum S1Pre 135.335 49 18.9940 2.7134 Pair 21 Spectrum S1Post 131.137 49 21.4795 3.0685 176 SESSION 1 MUSIC Paired Samples Correlations : Session 1 N Correlation Sig. Pair 1 POMS-Total S1Pre & POMS-Total S1Post 48 .678 .000 Pair 2 POMS-T S1Pre & POMS-T S1Post 48 .556 .000 Pair 3 POMS-D S1Pre & POMS-D S1Post 48 .559 .000 Pair 4 POMS-A S1Pre & POMS-A S1Post 48 .517 .000 Pair 5 POMS-V S1Pre & POMS-V S1Post 48 .713 .000 Pair 6 POMS-F S1Pre & POMS-F S1Post 48 .624 .000 Pair 7 POMS-C S1Pre & POMS-C S1Post 48 .351 .014 Pair 8 SUDS S1Pre & SUDS S1Post 49 .455 .001 Pair 9 Temperature S1Pre & Temperature S1Post 49 .715 .000 Pair 10 GDV Anxiety S1Pre & GDV Anxiety S1Post 49 .415 .003 Pair 11 Left Hand GDV Health Index S1Pre & Left Hand GDV Health Index S1Post 49 .830 .000 Pair 12 Left Hand Deviation S1Pre & Left Hand Deviation S1Post 49 .281 .051 Pair 13 Right Hand GDV Health Index S1Pre & Right Hand GDV Health Index S1Post 49 .828 .000 Pair 14 Right Hand Deviation S1Pre & Right Hand Deviation S1Post 49 .320 .025 Pair 15 Sr/S1 S1Pre & Sr/S1 S1Post 49 .174 .233 Pair 16 Sr-S1 S1Pre & Sr-S1 S1Post 49 .397 .005 Pair 17 GDV Area S1Pre & GDV Area S1Post 49 .658 .000 Pair 18 Form Coeff S1Pre & Form Coeff S1Post 49 .579 .000 Pair 19 Fractal Dimension S1Pre & Fractal Dimension S1Post 49 .321 .024 Pair 20 Brightness S1Pre & Brightness S1Post 49 .480 .000 Pair 21 Spectrum S1Pre & Spectrum S1Post 49 .784 .000 177 Session 1 MUSIC Paired Samples Test : Session 1 Paired Differences 95% Confidence Interval of the Difference Mean Std. Deviation Std. Error Mean Lower Upper t df Sig. (2- tailed) Pair 1 POMS-Total S1Pre - POMS- Total S1Post 23.29 24.549 3.543 16.16 30.42 6.573 47 .000 Pair 2 POMS-T S1Pre - POMS-T S1Post 7.00 6.425 .927 5.13 8.87 7.549 47 .000 Pair 3 POMS-D S1Pre - POMS-D S1Post 6.25 8.497 1.226 3.78 8.72 5.096 47 .000 Pair 4 POMS-A S1Pre - POMS-A S1Post 5.63 5.778 .834 3.95 7.30 6.744 47 .000 Pair 5 POMS-V S1Pre - POMS-V S1Post 2.29 5.178 .747 .79 3.80 3.067 47 .004 Pair 6 POMS-F S1Pre - POMS-F S1Post 3.92 5.311 .767 2.37 5.46 5.109 47 .000 Pair 7 POMS-C S1Pre - POMS-C S1Post 2.79 4.120 .595 1.60 3.99 4.694 47 .000 Pair 8 SUDS S1Pre - SUDS S1Post 1.68 2.320 .331 1.02 2.35 5.080 48 .000 Pair 9 Temperature S1Pre - Temperature S1Post -1.057 5.4398 .7771 -2.620 .505 -1.360 48 .180 Pair 10 GDV Anxiety S1Pre - GDV Anxiety S1Post .42676 1.458532 .208362 .00782 .84569 2.048 48 .046 Pair 11 Left Hand GDV Health Index S1Pre - Left Hand GDV Health Index -.03651 .188008 .026858 -.09051 .01749 -1.359 48 .180 178 S1Post Pair 12 Left Hand Deviation S1Pre - Left Hand Deviation S1Post .0280 .13871 .01982 -.0119 .0678 1.411 48 .165 Pair 13 Right Hand GDV Health Index S1Pre - Right Hand GDV Health Index S1Post -.08592 .166907 .023844 -.13386 -.03798 -3.603 48 .001 Pair 14 Right Hand Deviation S1Pre - Right Hand Deviation S1Post -.0200 .10504 .01501 -.0502 .0102 -1.333 48 .189 Pair 15 Sr/S1 S1Pre - Sr/S1 S1Post -.10920 .459184 .065598 -.24110 .02269 -1.665 48 .102 Pair 16 Sr-S1 S1Pre - Sr-S1 S1Post -.04943 .174667 .024952 -.09960 .00074 -1.981 48 .053 Pair 17 GDV Area S1Pre - GDV Area S1Post -594.680 1527.6013 218.2288 -1033.458 -155.901 -2.725 48 .009 Pair 18 Form Coeff S1Pre - Form Coeff S1Post .04994 .817118 .116731 -.18476 .28464 .428 48 .671 Pair 19 Fractal Dimension S1Pre - Fractal Dimension S1Post -.06861 .217573 .031082 -.13111 -.00612 -2.207 48 .032 Pair 20 Brightness S1Pre - Brightness S1Post -1.78759 2.849904 .407129 -2.60618 -.96900 -4.391 48 .000 Pair 21 Spectrum S1Pre - Spectrum S1Post 4.198 13.5060 1.9294 .319 8.077 2.176 48 .035 179 APPENDIX D T-TEST DATA SESSION 2, FOCUSED MEDITATION TOTAL GROUP S2FOCUSED MEDITATION--PRE & POST T-TEST Paired Samples Statistics Mean N Std. Deviation Std. Error Mean POMS-Total S2Pre 20.33 45 26.185 3.903 Pair 1 POMS-Total S2Post -1.07 45 15.441 2.302 POMS-T S2Pre 8.53 45 5.048 .753 Pair 2 POMS-T S2Post 2.47 45 3.138 .468 POMS-D S2Pre 6.62 45 6.572 .980 Pair 3 POMS-D S2Post 2.27 45 3.467 .517 POMS-A S2Pre 7.04 45 6.792 1.013 Pair 4 POMS-A S2Post .96 45 2.354 .351 POMS-V S2Pre 15.89 45 6.180 .921 Pair 5 POMS-V S2Post 15.00 45 6.474 .965 POMS-F S2Pre 7.76 45 5.617 .837 Pair 6 POMS-F S2Post 3.96 45 4.056 .605 POMS-C S2Pre 6.27 45 4.042 .603 Pair 7 POMS-C S2Post 4.29 45 3.415 .509 SUDS S2Pre 4.92 45 2.089 .311 Pair 8 SUDS S2Post 2.99 45 1.740 .259 Temperature S2Pre 90.28 45 5.623 .838 Pair 9 Temperature S2Post 91.13 45 6.211 .926 GDV Anxiety Index S2Pre 1.52 44 .674 .102 Pair 10 GDV Anxiety Index S2Post 1.57 44 1.166 .176 Left Hand GDV Health Index S2Pre .70 44 .371 .056 Pair 11 Left Hand GDV Health Index S2Post .78 44 .321 .048 Left Hand Deviation S2Pre .46 44 .155 .023 Pair 12 Left Hand Deviation S2Post .45 44 .073 .011 Right Hand GDV Health Index S2Pre .66 44 .304 .046 Pair 13 Right Hand GDV Health Index S2Post .78 44 .293 .044 Right Hand Deviation S2Pre .43 44 .061 .009 Pair 14 Right Hand Deviation S2Post .45 44 .158 .024 Sr/S1 S2Pre 1.07 44 .706 .106 Pair 15 Sr/S1 S2Post 1.11 44 .588 .089 Pair 16 Sr-S1 S2Pre -.04 44 .175 .026 180 Sr-S1 S2Post .00 44 .209 .032 GDV Area S2Pre 15857.19 44 2088.678 314.880 Pair 17 GDV Area S2Post 17134.99 44 2331.321 351.460 Form Coeff S2Pre 4.98 44 1.275 .192 Pair 18 Form Coeff S2Post 4.62 44 1.223 .184 Fractal Dimension S2Pre 2.07 44 .182 .027 Pair 19 Fractal Dimension S2Post 2.23 44 .210 .032 Brightness S2Pre 166.33 44 2.818 .425 Pair 20 Brightness S2Post 167.13 44 3.359 .506 Spectrum S2Pre 133.90 44 19.909 3.001 Pair 21 Spectrum S2Post 130.47 44 20.005 3.016 181 SESSION 2 FOCUSED MEDITATION Paired Samples Correlations N Correlation Sig. Pair 1 POMS-Total S2Pre & POMS-Total S2Post 45 .711 .000 Pair 2 POMS-T S2Pre & POMS-T S2Post 45 .457 .002 Pair 3 POMS-D S2Pre & POMS-D S2Post 45 .698 .000 Pair 4 POMS-A S2Pre & POMS-A S2Post 45 .576 .000 Pair 5 POMS-V S2Pre & POMS-V S2Post 45 .666 .000 Pair 6 POMS-F S2Pre & POMS-F S2Post 45 .640 .000 Pair 7 POMS-C S2Pre & POMS-C S2Post 45 .715 .000 Pair 8 SUDS S2Pre & SUDS S2Post 45 .677 .000 Pair 9 Temperature S2Pre & Temperature S2Post 45 .674 .000 Pair 10 GDV Anxiety Index S2Pre & GDV Anxiety Index S2Post 44 -.093 .549 Pair 11 Left Hand GDV Health Index S2Pre & Left Hand GDV Health Index S2Post 44 .778 .000 Pair 12 Left Hand Deviation S2Pre & Left Hand Deviation S2Post 44 .131 .397 Pair 13 Right Hand GDV Health Index S2Pre & Right Hand GDV Health Index S2Post 44 .642 .000 Pair 14 Right Hand Deviation S2Pre & Right Hand Deviation S2Post 44 .533 .000 Pair 15 Sr/S1 S2Pre & Sr/S1 S2Post 44 .306 .043 Pair 16 Sr-S1 S2Pre & Sr-S1 S2Post 44 .375 .012 Pair 17 GDV Area S2Pre & GDV Area S2Post 44 .566 .000 Pair 18 Form Coeff S2Pre & Form Coeff S2Post 44 .430 .004 Pair 19 Fractal Dimension S2Pre & Fractal Dimension S2Post 44 .332 .028 Pair 20 Brightness S2Pre & Brightness S2Post 44 .710 .000 Pair 21 Spectrum S2Pre & Spectrum S2Post 44 .769 .000 182 SESSION 2 FOCUSED MEDITATION Paired Samples Test Paired Differences 95% Confidence Interval of the Difference Mean Std. Deviation Std. Error Mean Lower Upper t df Sig. (2- tailed) Pair 1 POMS-Total S2Pre - POMS- Total S2Post 21.40 18.687 2.786 15.79 27.01 7.682 44 .000 Pair 2 POMS-T S2Pre - POMS-T S2Post 6.07 4.565 .680 4.70 7.44 8.915 44 .000 Pair 3 POMS-D S2Pre - POMS-D S2Post 4.36 4.839 .721 2.90 5.81 6.038 44 .000 Pair 4 POMS-A S2Pre - POMS-A S2Post 6.09 5.768 .860 4.36 7.82 7.082 44 .000 Pair 5 POMS-V S2Pre - POMS-V S2Post .89 5.180 .772 -.67 2.45 1.151 44 .256 Pair 6 POMS-F S2Pre - POMS-F S2Post 3.80 4.341 .647 2.50 5.10 5.872 44 .000 Pair 7 POMS-C S2Pre - POMS-C S2Post 1.98 2.872 .428 1.11 2.84 4.619 44 .000 Pair 8 SUDS S2Pre - SUDS S2Post 1.93 1.572 .234 1.46 2.41 8.248 44 .000 Pair 9 Temperature S2Pre - Temperature S2Post -.85 4.805 .716 -2.29 .59 -1.185 44 .242 Pair 10 GDV Anxiety Index S2Pre - GDV Anxiety Index S2Post -.05 1.400 .211 -.48 .37 -.247 43 .806 Pair 11 Left Hand GDV Health Index S2Pre - Left Hand GDV Health Index S2Post -.08 .235 .035 -.15 .00 -2.135 43 .039 Pair 12 Left Hand Deviation S2Pre - Left Hand Deviation S2Post .01 .163 .025 -.03 .06 .603 43 .550 Pair Right Hand GDV -.12 .253 .038 -.19 -.04 -3.093 43 .003 183 13 Health Index S2Pre - Right Hand GDV Health Index S2Post Pair 14 Right Hand Deviation S2Pre - Right Hand Deviation S2Post -.02 .136 .020 -.06 .02 -.979 43 .333 Pair 15 Sr/S1 S2Pre - Sr/S1 S2Post -.04 .769 .116 -.28 .19 -.368 43 .715 Pair 16 Sr-S1 S2Pre - Sr- S1 S2Post -.04 .217 .033 -.11 .02 -1.291 43 .204 Pair 17 GDV Area S2Pre - GDV Area S2Post -1277.80 2071.287 312.258 -1907.53 -648.07 -4.092 43 .000 Pair 18 Form Coeff S2Pre - Form Coeff S2Post .36 1.335 .201 -.05 .76 1.775 43 .083 Pair 19 Fractal Dimension S2Pre - Fractal Dimension S2Post -.17 .228 .034 -.24 -.10 -4.894 43 .000 Pair 20 Brightness S2Pre - Brightness S2Post -.81 2.405 .362 -1.54 -.08 -2.232 43 .031 Pair 21 Spectrum S2Pre - Spectrum S2Post 3.42 13.561 2.044 -.70 7.55 1.674 43 .101 184 APPENDIX E TOTAL GROUP S3CHII--PRE & POST T-TEST Paired Samples Statistics Mean N Std. Deviation Std. Error Mean POMS-Total S3Pre 14.07 44 27.384 4.128 Pair 1 POMS-Total S3Post .68 44 22.721 3.425 POMS-T S3Pre 7.52 44 6.181 .932 Pair 2 POMS-T S3Post 4.20 44 4.673 .705 POMS-D S3Pre 4.84 44 5.878 .886 Pair 3 POMS-D S3Post 2.66 44 4.080 .615 POMS-A S3Pre 6.27 44 9.602 1.448 Pair 4 POMS-A S3Post 1.84 44 3.256 .491 POMS-V S3Pre 16.43 44 5.927 .894 Pair 5 POMS-V S3Post 16.61 44 7.314 1.103 POMS-F S3Pre 6.23 44 5.758 .868 Pair 6 POMS-F S3Post 4.68 44 5.750 .867 POMS-C S3Pre 5.64 44 4.287 .646 Pair 7 POMS-C S3Post 3.91 44 3.476 .524 SUDS S3Pre 4.49 44 1.951 .294 Pair 8 SUDS S3Post 4.24 44 2.219 .335 Temperature S3Pre 88.01 44 7.703 1.161 Pair 9 Temperature S3Post 87.21 44 14.786 2.229 GDV Anxiety Index S3Pre 1.41 45 .864 .129 Pair 10 GDV Anxiety Index S3Post 1.64 45 1.663 .248 Left Hand GDV Health Index S3Pre .65 45 .344 .051 Pair 11 Left Hand GDV Health Index S3Post .74 45 .343 .051 Left Hand Deviation S3Pre .42 45 .067 .010 Pair 12 Left Hand Deviation S3Post .43 45 .091 .014 Right Hand GDV Health Index S3Pre .60 45 .310 .046 Pair 13 Right Hand GDV Health Index S3Post .67 45 .300 .045 Right Hand Deviation S3Pre .41 45 .058 .009 Pair 14 Right Hand Deviation S3Post .41 45 .072 .011 Sr/S1 S3Pre .94 45 .431 .064 Pair 15 Sr/S1 S3Post .99 45 1.199 .179 Sr-S1 S3Pre -.05 45 .160 .024 Pair 16 Sr-S1 S3Post -.06 45 .152 .023 185 GDV Area S3Pre 15263.02 45 2046.261 305.039 Pair 17 GDV Area S3Post 16032.79 45 1950.212 290.720 Form Coeff S3Pre 5.27 45 1.299 .194 Pair 18 Form Coeff S3Post 5.06 45 1.632 .243 Fractal Dimension S3Pre 1.99 45 .169 .025 Pair 19 Fractal Dimension S3Post 2.09 45 .185 .028 Brightness S3Pre 165.55 45 3.574 .533 Pair 20 Brightness S3Post 165.99 45 4.380 .653 Spectrum S3Pre 134.43 45 21.073 3.141 Pair 21 Spectrum S3Post 130.67 45 22.202 3.310 186 SESSION 3- CHII Paired Samples Correlations N Correlation Sig. Pair 1 POMS-Total S3Pre & POMS-Total S3Post 44 .815 .000 Pair 2 POMS-T S3Pre & POMS-T S3Post 44 .710 .000 Pair 3 POMS-D S3Pre & POMS-D S3Post 44 .813 .000 Pair 4 POMS-A S3Pre & POMS-A S3Post 44 .434 .003 Pair 5 POMS-V S3Pre & POMS-V S3Post 44 .710 .000 Pair 6 POMS-F S3Pre & POMS-F S3Post 44 .869 .000 Pair 7 POMS-C S3Pre & POMS-C S3Post 44 .817 .000 Pair 8 SUDS S3Pre & SUDS S3Post 44 .782 .000 Pair 9 Temperature S3Pre & Temperature S3Post 44 .334 .026 Pair 10 GDV Anxiety Index S3Pre & GDV Anxiety Index S3Post 45 .027 .859 Pair 11 Left Hand GDV Health Index S3Pre & Left Hand GDV Health Index S3Post 45 .877 .000 Pair 12 Left Hand Deviation S3Pre & Left Hand Deviation S3Post 45 .361 .015 Pair 13 Right Hand GDV Health Index S3Pre & Right Hand GDV Health Index S3Post 45 .885 .000 Pair 14 Right Hand Deviation S3Pre & Right Hand Deviation S3Post 45 .753 .000 Pair 15 Sr/S1 S3Pre & Sr/S1 S3Post 45 .544 .000 Pair 16 Sr-S1 S3Pre & Sr-S1 S3Post 45 .799 .000 Pair 17 GDV Area S3Pre & GDV Area S3Post 45 .743 .000 Pair 18 Form Coeff S3Pre & Form Coeff S3Post 45 .656 .000 Pair 19 Fractal Dimension S3Pre & Fractal Dimension S3Post 45 .505 .000 Pair 20 Brightness S3Pre & Brightness S3Post 45 .781 .000 Pair 21 Spectrum S3Pre & Spectrum S3Post 45 .746 .000 187 SESSION 3CHII Paired Samples Test Paired Differences 95% Confidence Interval of the Difference Mean Std. Deviation Std. Error Mean Lower Upper t df Sig. (2- tailed) Pair 1 POMS-Total S3Pre - POMS-Total S3Post 13.39 15.854 2.390 8.57 18.21 5.601 43 .000 Pair 2 POMS-T S3Pre - POMS-T S3Post 3.32 4.360 .657 1.99 4.64 5.048 43 .000 Pair 3 POMS-D S3Pre - POMS-D S3Post 2.18 3.493 .527 1.12 3.24 4.144 43 .000 Pair 4 POMS-A S3Pre - POMS-A S3Post 4.43 8.697 1.311 1.79 7.08 3.380 43 .002 Pair 5 POMS-V S3Pre - POMS-V S3Post -.18 5.204 .785 -1.76 1.40 -.232 43 .818 Pair 6 POMS-F S3Pre - POMS-F S3Post 1.55 2.945 .444 .65 2.44 3.481 43 .001 Pair 7 POMS-C S3Pre - POMS-C S3Post 1.73 2.472 .373 .98 2.48 4.635 43 .000 Pair 8 SUDS S3Pre - SUDS S3Post .25 1.400 .211 -.18 .68 1.185 43 .243 Pair 9 Temperature S3Pre - Temperature S3Post .80 14.204 2.141 -3.52 5.12 .375 43 .710 Pair 10 GDV Anxiety Index S3Pre - GDV Anxiety Index S3Post -.23 1.853 .276 -.79 .33 -.838 44 .407 Pair 11 Left Hand GDV Health Index S3Pre - Left Hand GDV Health Index S3Post -.08 .170 .025 -.14 -.03 -3.322 44 .002 Pair 12 Left Hand Deviation S3Pre - Left Hand Deviation S3Post -.01 .092 .014 -.03 .02 -.406 44 .686 188 Pair 13 Right Hand GDV Health Index S3Pre - Right Hand GDV Health Index S3Post -.07 .147 .022 -.11 -.02 -3.145 44 .003 Pair 14 Right Hand Deviation S3Pre - Right Hand Deviation S3Post .00 .048 .007 -.02 .01 -.468 44 .642 Pair 15 Sr/S1 S3Pre - Sr/S1 S3Post -.04 1.030 .154 -.35 .27 -.287 44 .775 Pair 16 Sr-S1 S3Pre - Sr- S1 S3Post .02 .099 .015 -.01 .05 1.038 44 .305 Pair 17 GDV Area S3Pre - GDV Area S3Post -769.78 1436.741 214.177 -1201.42 -338.13 -3.594 44 .001 Pair 18 Form Coeff S3Pre - Form Coeff S3Post .21 1.253 .187 -.17 .58 1.112 44 .272 Pair 19 Fractal Dimension S3Pre - Fractal Dimension S3Post -.11 .176 .026 -.16 -.05 -4.045 44 .000 Pair 20 Brightness S3Pre - Brightness S3Post -.43 2.742 .409 -1.26 .39 -1.062 44 .294 Pair 21 Spectrum S3Pre - Spectrum S3Post 3.76 15.447 2.303 -.88 8.40 1.634 44 .109 189 REFERENCES Achterberg, J., Dossey, B. & L. 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