14. Light

Light has been identified in religion and science as the governing medium of the universe. This page will be updated as new discoveries about the nature of light are made. Hopefully, they will be enlightening!

A.) Biophotons:
Biophotons are weak electromagnetic waves in the optical range of the spectrum that all living cells emit. They cannot be seen by the naked eye but can be detected using special equipment. It is believed that photons are stored in the molecules of the cell DNA. This is a very new science and may revolutionize our understanding of life and light. The phenomenon was recognized by Russian biologists in the early 1900's, but didn't receive a lot of attention until the release of a book by Marco Bischof in 1995. The book, titled Biophotons, was only published in German. A basic overview of the book can be seen at: http://www.starbuilders.org/fft/articles/biophoton.html. A more recent work of the same title was published in 2002 by Kluwer Academic Publishers. The editors are Jiin-Ju Chang, Joachim, and Fritz-Albert Popp. This is condensed from a series of papers presented at a symposium at the International Institute of Biophysics in Neuss, Germany in 1997. Watch for more to come!

B.) Light and Consciousness:
Peter Russell is an author who has a degree in physics and experimental psychology. He has also studied Eastern philosophy. In his book, From Science to God, he describes similarities in the characteristics of light and consciousness. He concludes that nervous systems are not creators of consciousness, but are simply amplifiers of it, and postulates that the source of all consciousness may be the light that permeates the universe. http://www.peterrussell.com/