Color Psychology And Color Therapy; A Factual Study Of The Influence of Color On Human Life. 9781786258663, 1786258668
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Table of contents :
TABLE OF CONTENTS
DEDICATION
PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION
INTRODUCTION TO THE REVISED EDITION
PREFACE
PART 1-THE HISTORICAL ASPECTS
CHAPTER 1-The Inspired Mystics
THE EYE OF GOD
THE RACES OF MAN
THE QUARTERS OF THE EARTH
THE PLANETS
CHINESE ASTROLOGY
THE ZODIAC
THE GOLDEN AGE
CHAPTER 2-The Bewildered Philosophers
ANCIENT REMEDIES
PRINCIPAL COLORS
THE ELEMENTS
HIPPOCRATES AND AFTER
AVICENNA, THE ARABIAN
THE ALCHEMISTS
PARACELSUS
THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT
CHAPTER 3-THE AMULET WEARERS
PHLOGISTON AND ETHER
THE DEVOTIONALISTS
AMULETS AND CHARMS
THE EFFICACY OF GEMS. PLANTS AND HERBSTHE SYMBOLISM OF RED
OTHER COLORS
SUPERSTITION TODAY
CHAPTER 4-The Aural Healers
ASTRAL LIGHT
THE ASTRAL WORLD
THE MODERN VIEWPOINT
BORDERLINE SCIENCE
THE WORK OF KILNER
THE WORK OF BAGNALL
CHAPTER 5-The Eager Chromopaths
THE WORK OF PANCOAST
THE WORK OF BABBITT
THE THERAPEUTIC PRIMARIES
BABBITT'S THEORIES
SOLAR DRUGS
BABBITT'S DISCIPLES
HESSEY'S THEORIES
THE PRESCRIPTION OF COLOR
PRELUDE TO MODERN THINKING
PART 2-THE BIOLOGICAL ASPECTS
CHAPTER 6-Electromagnetic Energy
BOYLE AND NEWTON
AFTER NEWTON
THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM
HELIOTHERAPY. NIELS R. FINSENPHOTOSENSITIVITY
EFFECTS OF ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT
FLUORESCENCE
RADIOSENSITIVITY
THE EFFECTS OF RADIOACTIVE ENERGY
CHAPTER 7-The Growth of Plants
GENERAL A.J. PLEASANTON
OTHER INVESTIGATORS
MODERN CONCLUSIONS
LENGTH OF DAY
THE EFFECT OF COLOR
MITOGENETIC RAYS
CHAPTER 8-Invertebrates and Vertebrates
THE LOWLY AMOEBA
INSECTS
INSECT REPELLENTS
FISHES
THE TURTLE
LUMINESCENCE
PROTECTIVE COLORATION
REACTIONS TO LIGHT AND COLOR
MAMMALS
CHAPTER 9-Diagnosis through Color
BORDERLINE PRACTICE
THE TOKENS OF DISEASE
COLORED VISION
WHAT THE EYE SHOWS. VITAMIN DEFICIENCIESMENTAL DISORDERS
CHAPTER 10-The Effects of Visible Light
THE MEDICAL PROFESSION
PHOTOBIOLOGY
THE DISCOVERY OF RAAB
LIGHT SENSITIVITY
URTICARIA SOLARE
THERAPEUTIC STUDIES
THE EFFECT OF RED COLORS
THE EFFECT OF BLUE COLORS
REACTIONS THROUGH THE EYE
THE HUMAN ORGANISM
PART 3-THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS
CHAPTER 11-Emotional Reactions
REACTIONS IN GENERAL
RESEARCH IN COLOR PSYCHOLOGY
THE WORK OF KURT GOLDSTEIN
TIME, LENGTH, AND WEIGHT ESTIMATIONS
COLOR AND OTHER HUMAN SENSES
OTHER RESEARCH
CHAPTER 12-Neurotics and Psychotics
THE WORK OF DEUTSCH. THE INFLUENCE OF ENVIRONMENTCASE HISTORIES
PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS
AURORATONE FILMS
MENTAL DISORDERS
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF COLOR
CHAPTER 13-Associations and Analogies
COLORS AND SOUNDS
MODERN RESEARCH
COLORS AND FOODS
THE TACTILE SENSE
LANGUAGE
COLOR AND FORM
COLOR AND PERSONALITY
SYMBOLISM
CHAPTER 14-The Anatomy of Beauty
A UNIVERSAL COLOR ORDER
COLOR COMBINATIONS
THE WORK OF GUILFORD
NATURAL LAWS OF HARMONY
SCIENTIFIC THEORIES
THE ELEMENTS OF SENSATION
MODES OF APPEARANCE
PHYSICS AND PSYCHOLOGY
OTHER PSYCHOLOGICAL PHENOMENA
CHAPTER 15-This Illusory World.
