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Older Titles:
(These titles are in no particular order)

Health & Light
By Dr. Ott
My copy seems to be missing or I would give you the publishing date. It was a breakthrough book when it came out, early 70's I think. Dr. Ott worked as a documentary film maker for Disney and when he was asked to do stop animation of plant growth, he had to develop an entire protocol of artificial lighting so the plants and flowers he was filming could survive under long and harsh lighting conditions. He invented "full spectrum" lighting and his fluorescent tubes still bear his name. His research spread to animal behavior when he discovered rats living under red lights would be much more aggressive than another group living under blue lights. 

Light: Medicine of the Future
Jacob Liberman Ph.D.
A recent title, which also seems to be missing from my library. Color therapy is still in its infancy. Until specific light frequencies can be matched exactly to their glandular field counterpart to trigger specific hormone releases, it is guess work or wishful thinking at best. Without state-of-the-art SQUID equipment, this research will remain the restricted domain of non-lethal weapon military research. Until civilians like Dr. John Zimmerman can fund their programs,  new age writers will capitalize on what we don't know instead of what we should be studying. 

The Rainbow Book
Edited by F.Lanier Graham
Like the title says. This wonderful 1979 book, actually a soft cover revised edition of a hard cover 1975 book I never saw, is chuck full of modern and ancient art & science illustrations about the rainbow. I wonder if Mariah Carey has this book on her shelf... Never mind. It contained the first chart I ever found over lapping sound waves and light waves, even though I later realized the frequency and color match was upside down, and wrong. But it gave me a historical background of the study of light and its influence on the culture of man.

Supersensonics
By Christopher Hills
The author was a cult figure in 1975 when this self-published title appeared in new age bookstores. It contains a lot of charming notions about energy and our place in it, although wanting in a lot of places and limited in depth of scientific substance. But it draws from an immense variety of sources and cooks up a pot-pourri about the effects of radiation on the human form that can't be ignored, despite its sometimes fantasist attitude toward the data. It pointed in the right direction but fell short of its broad stroke ambition.

The Roots Of Consciousness
By Jeffrey Mishlove, Ph.D.
Although this voluminous compilation of writings on the topic was first published in 1975, I only discovered the 1993 revised edition in 1999. Most of what it contains is straight psychedelic psychology from the period, but there are a few hints of the biolelectromagnetic theories to come. If at the time this book had the foresight of combining what was touched on in the three other titles just mentioned, we could have saved twenty years murking in the darkness about the questions it dared to ask.

The Body Electric; Electromagnetism and The Foundation of Life
By Robert O. Becker & Gary Selden
It took ten years for a scientific book to finally appear about the electromagnetic nature of man's nervous system. In 1985 this was a ground breaking book that revolutionized anatomy. All the old repressed ideas of turn of the century electricity pioneers shunned by chemical pharmacology rose again with a vengeance, this time never to lose ground again. I strongly urge anyone interested in the history of electricity in life to discover the Bakken Museum in Minneapolis. It is closely associated with the US Psychotronics Association, an organization dedicated to furthering the inquiry. 

Megabrain
By Michael Hutchison
Michael was the first mainstream journalist in 1986 to tackle the influence of electromagnetic fields on the mind. He capitalized on it with the pricey quarterly Megabrain Report. But his follow up book The Anatomy of Sex & Power was a tremendous disappointment when not a mention of bioelectromagnetic sexual research was made. Michael helped open brain entrainment centers around the country and was a  driving force behind the Tools For Exploration catalog. He recently suffered a serious accident which broke several vertebrae in his neck. He has begun to regain some movement in his arm and legs, but still has little control over his fingers. He did not carry medical insurance and donations can be made to: Desert State Life Management, 320 Central Av. SW, Suite 200, Albuquerque, NM 87102.

Vibrational Medicine
By Richard Gerber
This wonderful 1988 book with the heart shaped Kirlian leaf on the cover was a milestone in opening the medical community to the reality of electromagnetic medicine and its immense potential. Although suppressed researchers like Moray or Rife are not included, who were healing patients with electromagnetic waves years before Pete Townsend of the Who weaned himself of heroin addiction with a TENS (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation) device, you can still feel their influence on the author. It was updated in 1996 and is probably still the best book to give somebody who knows absolutely nothing about the subject and still thinks man is just a bag of water & bones devoid of electrical life.

The Web Of Life
By John Davidson
Reads like the Fantastic Voyage with Raquel Welch. This is the second part of John's Trilogy. The first volume, Subtle Energy, deals specifically with bio-electric fields. The third, Secret Of The Creative Vacuum, with zero-point energy. Released in 1988, the author managed to bring free energy and fringe science out of the shadows. He spends a lot of time in India. Other writers like Brian O'Leary have mirrored his work, consciously or unconsciously. But the source material here is rock solid and if there is one book that can walk you through the endocrine dance, this is it. His store The Wholistic Research Company is in Hatfield, Herts., England. The publisher is the C.W. Daniel Company. 

Electromagnetic Man
by Cyril Smith & Simon Best
While the Zapping of America by Paul Brodeur in 1977 was pure techno-paranoia about the influence of microwaves on the brain, this British book 12 years later in 1989 had a much more comprehensive perspective on the subject, not so alarmist, yet sharpening the notion that we are at the mercy of a gigantic electronic smog experiment some people, more or less sensitive or allergic to certain fields, may suffer from. There have been many books on the harmful effects of what Big Igloo wants to exploit. Few on the positive applications. This book refreshed the overly pessimist Brodeur outlook. The book has since spawned a newsletter.

Mind, Body & Electromagnetism
By John Evans
A simple book, but for the first time in 1986 linked scientifically ancient Chinese CHI medicine like acupuncture points with glandular bioelectromagnetic fields, opening the door for the quantum leaps that followed. Despite these well researched and substantial works, medical schools took their time coming around. A major breakthrough was the movie Brainstorm with Chris Walken shot at Duke University in 1983. It brought to light the reality of this research to an unsuspecting public who, unless they had been reading science fiction all along, had no clue the brain was an electrical bundle.

Kundalini Tales
By Richard Sauder, Ph.D.
I'm going to get flack for listing this 1998 title, but so what. Yes, it's about rumored mind control experiments on unsuspecting civilians. But it's got so much great technical information about how this could or is being done, I can't omit it from this selection. Check out the Adventures Unlimited catalog for more books along those lines. Sort wheat from chaff and come out of the experience much the wiser. These are a great bunch of guys after the ultimate truth, the closest you'll come to the real X-Files in this dimension, who travel the four corners of the world for the most bizarre Fortean information.

Music, The Brain & Ecstasy
By Robert Jourdain
Go to a new age bookstore and you'll find dozens of titles on the effects of music on the mind, the body, and the soul. But none are as specific, well researched, and precise as this one. I plan to track down Robert and recruit him for the Big Igloo project, drag him if I have to. Healing through music has too often been the refuge of untalented musicians with aspirations extending their grasp who mesmerize ripe for the picking gullible audiences into beatifically listening to less than inspired compositions. But this book escapes this pigeon hole.

Infinite Mind; Science of the Human Vibrations of Consciousness
By Dr. Valerie Hunt
Valerie is asking the right questions, although I don't think her research is credible. I would not go as far as saying she falsifies data for fear of getting sued for slander, but let's just say she's more about showmanship than about genuine scientific results. She wants to believe she has the hardware to record what she claims she is monitoring. But nothing so far has convinced me of it. But you be the judge. I have not read this book. But if what is in it is true, then Big Igloo is an assured success. I want to trust, I really, really do, but Valerie, you must show me.

Electromagnetism & The Sacred
By Lawrence W. Fagg
Another simple book, a nice primer, one that is full of gems like: "Whenever any electrically charged body is accelerated, it radiates" or quoting Teilhard de Chardin: "Matter is spirit moving slowly enough to be seen". Written in 1999, by are retired research professor in nuclear physics, it proves there is hope for humanity yet to finally "get it". Yet another: "In Islamic literature stories are common about cats who respond to the presence of grace." Reason enough for a modern day church of light!

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Electric UFOs; Fireballs, Electromagnetics and Abnormal States
By Albert Budden
This 1998 book is hell bent on proving all UFOs are the product of natural electromagnetic phenomena. If you get past that, it's another great body of research about the effects of electromagnetism on states of consciousness. Keep the baby, throw out the bath water. Trust me, Wackenhut would not have shoot to kill orders at Area 51 if they weren't keeping a few crashed saucers around! Maybe...

Teach Yourself Electricity & Electronics
By Stan Gibilisco
It's huge, it's daunting! It's revised and updated often! But it's in fact the best short course on getting a grip if you missed out on "shop" in high school. Stan is an old friend. We spent many a night in South Beach pondering the mysteries of life. He has a wonderful open mind, and an immense capacity for writing technical manuals that are comprehensible to the layman. The day will come when I will have to sit down and read this book cover to cover. I'm actually looking forward to it, but it won't happen I'm afraid until Big Igloo gets the money it needs.

Bioelectromagnetism
By Jaako Malmivuo & Robert Plonsey
The first book of its kind. A very technical 1995 text book level entry into the field for medical students. It sits on my desk wondering when I'll have a week to digest it without interruptions. It describes in detail all the applications of bioelectromagnetic equipment in modern medicine, in hospitals and emergency interventions, from heart monitoring equipment to magnetic resonance. It puts into medical perspective all the "speculative" new age work. It legitimizes the field. The International Journal Of Bioelectromagnetism, edited by the authors, has a fresh and impressive online presence. The Bioelectromagnetics Society is an older organization you might want to drop into, although their approach is a bit jaded.

Enchanted Looms; Conscious Networks in Brains and Computers
By Rodney Cotterill
I've only just received this amazing 1998 work. Although it is not composed of hard core electromagnetic data, it appears to abide by the philosophy that bioelectromagnetism is an extreme factor in consciousness. How it will fit in the Big Igloo ambitions of influencing audience consciousness for entertainment purposes is yet to be defined. But I plan to read this book in the near future and make the connections. Praised by the Journal of Consciousness Studies as: "clarifying the hundreds of threads making up the tapestry of current neuroscience." Cambridge University Press 2000.

Science and Human Transformation: Subtle Energies, Intentionality and Consciousness
By William A. Tiller, Ph.D.
From 1997, this book comes the closest to a modern approach to the necessary technology to make Big Igloo a reality. It gets specific about the frequencies of chakras, endocrine relationships and radiation patterns, absorption spectra of biomolecules. The kind of book Valerie Hunt's Infinite Mind aspires to. I might suggest looking in Biophotonics magazine for additional data. Every laserist should read this book to get into the mood.

The Living Energy Universe
By Gary E.R. Schwartz, Ph.D., & Linda G.S. Russek
Just published in 1999, this book generalizes what we are studying with a new age twist. I have not mentioned the word "Love" yet on this website, because it detracts from the materialism of the technology. But the world is "Love" and this book reminds us that what we are doing is dissecting the life force so we can learn how to respect it even more. I want to find the time to read this wonderful book. So much to read, so little time...

Esoteric Anatomy
By Bruce Burger
This book is really about massage. But it incorporates a lot of the endocrine/chakra techniques which Big Igloo aims to manipulate through light radiation by applying the same knowledge for tactile stimulation. One of the first book of its kind really written for that healing community. Polarity therapy comes of age with this manual.

The Brain Encyclopedia
By Carol Turkington
Only because it has a great resource in the back of professional and government organizations associated with brain research and medicine. This 1996 title had its first paperback edition in 1999, I expect updated. It will enable the Big Igloo Project to contact many people in the field. Another invaluable reference title from Facts On File.

The Physics of Love, The Ultimate Universal Laws
By Dale Pond
Compiled by Dale back in 1996, it has a lot of wonderful graphics inspired by John Keely and Nikola Tesla with a turn-of-the-century flair about the links between musical notation and colors. A wonderful inspiration for possible laser patterns and tuning algorithms, but the formulations need to be juxtaposed with today's knowledge of bioelectromagnetism. 

The Science Of Love, Understanding Love & Its Effects on Mind & Body
By Anthony Walsh, Ph.D.
This is a 1991 Prometheus title. Prometheus has a reputation for publishing "skeptic" literature. The book is all chemical, and when I contacted the author about applying his expertise to research bioelectromagnetic connections between chemical and electrical reactions in physiology, he showed no interest.

Molecules of Emotions, Why You Feel The Way You Feel
By Candace B.Pert, Ph.D.
With a foreword by Deepak Chopra, this again is 95% biochemical, 5% bioelectromagnetic. There's even a rainbow on the cover, yet no serious effort was made to bridge the two. A great 30 page guide of bodymind resources. Too bad that for all it's insight, this 1997 book fails to bring neuroscience into electronic 21st Century!

Zen & The Brain
By James H. Austin, M.D.
Here again, 95% Chem - 5% Bem. This 1998 magnum opus, from MIT no less, 844 pages long, is an all encompassing assessment of Zen philosophy in context with modern neurophysiology. It is fascinating in its detail, but fails to touch on the very essence of Zen's link to quantum physics the way Fritjof Capra did in his Tao of Physics. A lot of this physics/mind research is being done without being published in conventional books. One of the leaders of this movement, Jack Sarfatti, can only be read on the Internet. His ongoing discussion list is surely the best forum on the topic, if you can handle the mathematics.

A General Theory Of Love
By Thomas Lewis, M.D., Fari Amini, MD & Richard Lannon, M.D.
The authors are from the University of California San Francisco Medical School. If you substitute their word "limbic resonance" for telepathy or bioelectromagnetics, you get quite a groundbreaking 2000 book. They have a website at www.theoryoflove.com but it seems nobody is paying much attention to it. The text is more about maternal love than the actual physiology of love, but still full of interesting quotes and observations. It ends with a lambaste against psychotherapy. It's on Random House.

Minds Behind The Brain: A History of the Pioneers and their Discoveries
By Stanley Finger Ph.D.
From Oxford Press. This 2000 history book has a wonderful chapter on Luigi Galvani: Electricity and the Nerves. Also on the work of Herbert Gasser & Joseph Erlanger using their early cathode ray tube multistage amplifier to record the messages from the phrenic nerve of a dog in 1921. Dr. Finger is professor of psychology at Washington University and president of the International Society for the History of the Neurosciences.

Connecting With Our Spiritual Intelligence
By Danah Zohar & Dr. Ian Marshall
A book on this topic endorsed by a VP of strategy for McDonalds Corporation on the back flap gives me the creeps. I see little or no spiritual value in synthetic burger meat while all efforts to pressure McDonalds into introducing a vegetarian, let alone hemp burgers outside India franchises has fallen on Ronald's deaf ears! But this book does have a terrific chapter on the prevalence of 40Hz neural oscillations and the work done by Rodolpho Llinas at the New York School of Medicine. This 2000 title has just been published by Bloomsbury.

What Emotions Really Are
By Paul E. Griffiths
A 1997 psychology book. I have not looked at it enough yet to comment.

How Emotions Work
By Jack Katz
Same here. A 1999 title I have yet had time to review.

On The Emotions
By Richard Wollheim
A 1999 sociological historical account...

The Physics of Consciousness
By Evan Harris Walker Ph.D.
This new 2000 title from Perseus Books draws on quantum physics, Zen philosophy and electron tunneling through the brain. The author is founder and director of the Walker Cancer Institute. A web search for the author's background led me to this page by Tony Smith on Quantum Consciousness which is quite impressive.

The Feeling Of What Happens, Body & Emotion in the Making of Consciousness
By Antonio Damasio
Despite being devoid of bioelectromagnetic content, this 1999 title by noted neurologist author of Descartes's Error is another on my must read list.

A Primer of Psychophysiology
By James Hassett
Actually found that one at a book sale for a quarter! Written in 1978 and filled with penciled notes, it made me aware this science actually had a "name". I have yet to do an Internet search with the work psychophysiology, but I expect it will yield a lot of the answers I seek as well as fill in the blanks left by the more new age, more poetic titles in the field. To turn Big Igloo into a reality we are going to need hard data on the bioelectromagnetics of conscious and unconscious states. Frankly I can't wait for Dr. Persinger to finally write a "real" book!!!

Resonance, Newsletter of the Bioelectromagnetics SIG
Edited by Judy Wall
I'm giving you the address on this one because it's not an easily found book, it's a self-published little Mensa newsletter published by a woman in Florida who has for many years collected this type of information. She has 35 issues so far. You can order back issues  by contacting Judy at 684 C.R. 535, Sumterville, FL 33585 or call her at 352-603-1829.

The Complete Book of Color
By Suzy Chiazzari
Just like it says. A table top book from the Barnes & Noble imprint compiled with the home and interior designer in mind. But it has a few really nicely produced pages on healing with color including some really practical illustrations like the one below.