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Vibration Underlies Everything
Vibration Underlies Everything
Physics of Essential Oils
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Vibration Underlies Everything
Linda Lee Smith RN, MS, HN‐BC, HTCP, HTSM‐CP/I, CCA
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The Physics of Essential Oils
Disclaimer
The material in this book is a guide to the practice of aromatherapy. It is not a replacement for traditional
health care, medical diagnosis, or medical treatment for illness. Refer to a licensed medical practitioner for
medical care.
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HTSM Press /August, 2012
All Rights Reserved
Copyright © 2012 by Linda L. Smith
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About the Author
Linda is President of the Institute of Spiritual Healing & Aromatherapy.
She is certified in holistic nursing, Healing Touch, Healing Touch Spiritual
Ministry, and in aromatherapy. As creator of a certification in clinical
aromatherapy program, Linda has produced a unique offering that
enhances the study of clinical aromatherapy by adding the study of
vibrational frequencies of the oils, emotional and spiritual aspects of
healing with oils, and energetic healing techniques. When students
graduate from this 300 hour course of study, they will have learned much
more than the national requirements to become an aromatherapist. Linda lives in Arvada,
Colorado but can be found most weekends teaching somewhere throughout the world. Her
“calling” is to help restore healing in Christianity and so she takes a Christian approach to the
presentation of essential oils—God’s healing pharmacy.
Linda is also an expert article writer on the internet and has published well over 250 articles for
ezine articles primarily on aromatherapy and topics concerning Healing Touch Spiritual Ministry.
To see a list of her published works you can google Linda Lee Smith or go to
http://www.ezinearticles.com/?expert=Linda_Lee_Smith For more free aromatherapy education,
you can go to Linda’s blog at http://EssentialOilEducation.com for the latest news and short articles on
aromatherapy.
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Table of Contents
Introduction 4
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Vibration Underlies All of Nature 5
The Earth’s Magnetic Field Affects Our Own Vibrational Frequency 7
Measuring the Human Body in Hertz 7
Your Brain Has Wave Frequencies 10
The ElectroMagnetic Field of the Heart 11
The Concentrated Energy of Essential Oils 13
Essential Oils Primarily Affect our Subtle Anatomy 14
Harmonics and Coherency of Essential Oils 15
Importance of Frequency 17
Frequency of Essential Oils 20
Essential Oils and Prayer/Intention 23
Footnotes 24
References 25
Other Resources 25
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Introduction
Why take a look at physics—isn’t understanding the chemistry of essential oils
sufficient to practice aromatherapy? Some would think so, but there is a whole Page | 4
world existing beneath chemistry that makes the study of essential oils even more
fascinating. Once you see how physics underlies everything, you will gain greater
insight into how nature actually heals. For all of nature is alive—it’s moving. The
earth we stand upon is rotating and thus moving, creating its own vibration which
can be detected as a hum. Our bodies are made up of living cells therefore every
cell is moving—of course, we call this “life.” There is growing evidence that the
earth’s vibration influences the vibrational frequencies of our own bodies. The
growing body of evidence is showing that we, like the earth, are speeding up
toward a shift in energy and awareness.
Beneath the chemistry of the molecules of essential oils there is movement which
can help explain how and why the chemistry actually makes a difference in whether
the oil is anti‐inflammatory, anti‐bacterial, anti‐spasmodic, or anti‐viral in its action.
Consider then the vibrational wave frequencies of the brain and that of the heart
upon the brain, and you can see how the heart orchestrates our body/mind
complex through the nervous and hormonal systems. When we throw in the effect
of essential oils upon the heart and brain, we can then understand how essential
oils heal.
As an energy therapist and aromatherapist, I have learned that our greatest role in
client care is to help someone heal by coming into harmonic resonance. Intention,
hands‐on healing, and essential oils are a combination that can aid total healing in
body, mind and spirit.
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Vibration Underlies
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I have always been fascinated with
understanding how energy works. What
makes life living? What holds this
universe together? Are we all connected
in some way through an invisible
network or matrix? Traditional western
medicine did not give me any answers
to these musings. I had to go to physics
to begin to understand how energy
healing occurs. I found that everything
in nature is vibrating (moving) and therefore creates sound and light waves. These
electromagnetic frequencies are measured according to the number of oscillations
or units of cycles‐per‐second (cps) of a wave. Frequency is measured as “Hertz” (Hz)
which is the number of cps at which energy moves in a cyclical form. Each
oscillation is a complete wave cycle with a rise and fall of the wave. Heinrich
Rudolph Hertz (1857‐1894) is the
German physicist who first described
radio waves. The Hertz value
indicates the frequency of wave
motion pictured on the oscilloscope
to the right. To understand this, let’s
take a simple example. Say two
people are holding a jump rope and
one person starts moving the rope
up and down. The wave action will
move down the rope. If the wave‐generating person increases the speed, then the
frequency of the waves will increase—more cycles going down the rope in the
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same time and this will generally mean a more powerful force is exerted by the
radiation.
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Scientists have figured out that electromagnetic radiation is a mixture of radiation
of different wavelengths and intensities as seen above. We have electrical power
and telephone waves, radio waves (used to transmit data via television, radio,
shortwave radio, FM waves, mobile phones, MRI and wireless networking),
microwaves, infrared light, visible light, ultraviolet light, X‐rays and gamma rays and
cosmic rays. These different forms of energy have a direct impact upon your health.
The majority of these frequencies are invisible but that does not mean they cannot
be harmful.
Electromagnetism is the physics of electricity and magnetism. Electrical energy
flows throughout the body and is produced by the body. Magnetic fields operate
within and around the body—the biofield.1
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The Earth’s Magnetic Field Affects Our Own
Vibrational Frequency
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The earth itself is rotating and thus creating a vibrational frequency which affects
everything on the earth. Scientists have proven that the fertility of various species
is timed to coordinate with the earth’s seasons, tides, and cycles of light and dark,
which are vibrations or slow wave cycles.2
Gregg Braden, former geologist and computer systems analyst and now New York
Times best‐selling author, has studied the earth’s base resonant frequency, called
the Schumann Resonance, or SR. That measurement has been 7.8 cycles per second
which scientists thought was a constant. However, reports now show the rate to be
8.6 and climbing, indicating that the magnetic field strength of the earth is declining
which may indicate a magnetic pole shift in the works. But please understand this is
not going to occur immediately. Yes, there are sharp increases in the amount of the
sun’s energy reaching earth, global temperatures are rising, polar ice sheets are
melting faster, and global sea levels are rising which are ominous signs of change.
However, Braden states that we are nowhere near the “threshold” to indicate a
pole shift. Other unforeseen events would have to occur to upset this delicate
balance. The earth’s magnetic frequency is linked to our own cellular vibration and
possibly evolutionary DNA changes that with the weaker magnetic field and faster
base frequency, old emotional and mental patterns are less locked in and we have
easier access to higher states of consciousness. He concludes that we, like the
earth, are speeding up toward a shift in energy and awareness.3
Measuring the Human Body in Hertz
Since all living cells vibrate—every atom, cell, tissue and organ—it can be said that
our bodies oscillate or have a frequency which can be measured in cps (Hertz).
Movement creates sound so your body actually hums or “sings.” If the cells are
healthy, they emit more frequency; if not, they emit less. The beauty is that there is
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an orderliness inherent in nature that is meaningful. This is also true of thoughts
and emotions which scientist Candace Pert discovered and was able to measure.4
When our body vibration (frequency)
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science refers to as an energy block or a
lack of energy flow. Most illnesses are
characterized by blockage of the flow of
energy and will manifest as
inflammation, irritation, and illness.
“Retuning” the body to its original
frequency brings the body back into
proper alignment or balance and we resume our natural harmonic resonance.
Illness simply gets resolved or never develops. Just as in music, our bodies possess
certain pitches or fundamental frequencies which oil molecules can resonate with
and aid in restoring harmony to our bodies.
Bruce Tainio of Tainio Technology, an independent division of Eastern State
University in Cheny, Washington, built the first frequency monitor called the BT3
Monitor in 1992. He used it to measure the frequencies of plants, essential oils,
food, and human beings. It is Tainio who determined that the normal frequency of
human beings is 62‐68 MHz (1 MHz is a million cps). This represents what we
would refer to as a “state of health” where the immune system is functioning
adequately to maintain wellness. When that number drops, it can be observed that
the immune system has dropped and we become susceptible to things like colds
and flu which have been measured at 57‐60 MHz. Here are some of Tainio’s
measurements:
• Brain: 72‐90 MHz
• Thyroid and Parathyroid glands: 62‐68 MHz
• Thymus gland: 65‐68 MHz
• Heart: 67‐70 MHz
• Lungs: 58‐65 MHz
• Liver: 55‐60 MHz
• Pancreas: 60‐80 MHz
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• Colds and flu: 57‐60 MHz
• Disease starts at: 58 MHz
• Candida overgrowth starts at: 55 MHz
• Receptive to Epstein Barr at: 52 MHz Page | 9
• Receptive to Cancer at: 42 MHz
• Death begins at: 25 MHz5
The way the BT3 Monitor worked was by measuring the Hertzian wave as it travels
out from its source. The wave transfers energy to the objects that it passes through
and the monitor’s sensor measures the nano voltage of the wave passing through
an object. If you go through an airport scanner (radio waves), you know that it
produces a picture thus identifying solid objects from soft tissue objects. The BT3
Monitor is no longer available for two reasons—some of the components are no
longer able to be sourced, and second, due to the increasing impact of EMFs in our
environment, it is more difficult to achieve reproducible results.6 We simply have
polluted our environment with electromagnetic frequencies (EMFs). We literally
are swimming in a sea of vibrations many of which do not contribute to a healthy
state.
Tainio was not the first to suspect that disease has a frequency. Electrotherapy can
be traced back to ancient Roman days when electric eels were used to relieve
chronic headaches, arthritis, and other chronic pains of the body. Significant in
history was the work of Nikola Tesla in the 1890’s who presented a paper about the
medical application of high frequency currents. Other scientists through the 20th
century published papers on the treatment of joint disease by high frequency
currents. Dr. Royal R. Rife, American inventor and early exponent of high‐
magnification time‐lapse cine‐micrography, believed that every disease has a
frequency and that certain frequencies can prevent the development of disease
while other frequencies can actually destroy disease.7 By the 1970’s companies
were producing FDA approved bio‐frequency generators like the TENS units
(Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation invented by Dr. Norm Shealy MD).
These are now acknowledged as viable methods of pain management. In the last
decade, more advanced devices have been developed for pain control, injury
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trauma rehabilitation, as well as for treating various diseases with bio‐frequencies.
This deep‐Pulse technology, based on the theory that all diseases have certain
observable frequencies, was created to deliver accurate frequencies to affected
areas of the human body.8
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Your Brain Has Wave Frequencies
Your brain is an electrochemical organ and its electricity can be measured in brain
waves—frequency. Some waves are fast and some are slow and will indicate
awareness levels.
Beta (15‐30Hz or cps) is the fastest of the brain
waves and we can expect the person to be alert
and awake and usually “busy.” This is when we
are engaged in mental activity. The more intense
your activity and arousal state, like when you
experience fear, anger, hunger, or surprise—the
faster the frequency. This is your busy linear
mind and reflects a more contracted, shallow
consciousness of daily reality.
Alpha (9‐14 Hz or cps) is slower. This is a more
relaxed state but not drowsy. There is effortless
alertness. Some call this the tranquil state like in
meditation, light hypnosis, creative visualization, artistic and intuitive processes,
being out in nature, rest, and exercise. According to biofeedback research, the
alpha waves are a sign that you become less worried, more open, and aware of
more subtle kinds of information. Access is easier to deeper regions of memory,
symbolism and insight.
Theta (4‐8 Hz or cps). These are much slower brain waves and are indicative of
deep relaxation and light meditation. They are associated with drowsiness, the first
stage of sleep, dreaming, inspired creativity and imagination, increased recall and
mystical states of intuitive perception. The person can feel trancelike as when you
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are driving on a freeway, losing track of time, or times when you find a free flow of
ideas or visions. In theta, you find understanding about the nature of your true self.
Peirce describes this as when the “ego begins to ‘die’ and be replaced by soul
awareness.”9 Research has shown, she says, that when the mind turns inward and
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focuses on self‐reflection and inner processes, the brain waves shift from beta to
alpha to theta as outside stimuli are shut out.
Delta (1‐3 Hz or cps) These are the slowest of the brain wave patterns and are
found during deep sleep. They are connected with sleepwalking and sleeptalking as
well as deep trance and processes of self‐healing. Out‐of‐body experiences occur in
delta and your sense of self expands to become collective and universal. Time and
space are meaningless. It’s certainly not easy to obtain this state when awake and
conscious, but some Buddhist monks are known to do it.
We are living in an information age which leads
to a great deal of overstimulation with beta.
Slowing down and functioning more in alpha can
be challenging which is why meditation is so
key. Researchers have also found that those
who suffer from ADHD are primarily functioning
at theta level. Biofeedback helps these
individuals to speed up into beta. This explains
why focusing, dealing with ordinary reality, and
thinking straight and logically are so difficult for hyperactive individuals.
The Electromagnetic Field of the Heart
It is the heart that tells the brain what to do—literally. According to the research
conducted by HeartMath10, the heart is far more than just a mechanical pump. The
heart is autorhythmic, meaning it beats on its own without requiring input from the
brain or nervous system. In fact, in fetal development, the heart‐beat is present
long before the brain starts to develop. The electrical energy in each heartbeat and
the frequency information contained therein is pulsed to every cell of the body,
including the brain.11
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The electrical energy or heart waves as measured by an electrocardiogram (ECG)
shows that the heart has 40‐60 times more amplitude than the brain waves. The
electromagnetic field as seen above extends several feet away from the body and
the frequencies that are contained in and shape this field change as our thoughts
and emotions change. Why is this significant? When entrainment between heart
and brain occurs, there is a shift in perception leading to increased intuitive
awareness. The heart is a highly complex, self‐organized information processing
center with its own functional “brain” that communicates with and influences the
cranial brain by way of the nervous system, hormonal system and other pathways.
Research is shedding light on the important role the heart plays. It is the most
powerful generator of rhythmic information patterns in the human body. As an
information and processing center, the heart possesses a far more developed
communication system with the brain than do most of the body’s major organs.
“Since emotional processes can work faster than the mind, it takes a
power stronger than the mind to bend perception, override emotional
circuitry, and provide us with intuitive feeling instead. It takes the power
of the heart.” Doc Childre, Founder, Institute of HeartMath12
Again, research is indicating that when heart rhythm patterns are
coherent, the neural information sent to the brain facilitates cortical
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function. This effect is often experienced as “heightened mental clarity,
improved decision making and increased creativity.” We experience
positive feeling states. How can the frequencies of essential oil
fragrances affect coherent heart rhythms and thus the brain and general
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over‐all health? Let’s explore that concept.
The Concentrated Energy of Essential Oils
The photo at left is a Kirlian photograph of a
healthy, organically grown nettle leaf (Urtica
urens) photographed by Mitchell May. 13 He used
photomicrography and polarized light fields to
produce energy field images such as this one.
Plants transform the sun’s energy through the
process of photosynthesis into food energy.
Humans and animals eat plants and herbs that
are healthy and take in this concentrated energy
in order to grow and flourish. Each plant has its
own unique frequency that keeps it in harmony
with all of nature. When we eat plants and herbs
we take on their energy (vibration) and in turn, it
affects our
own vibratory level. Interestingly, Dr. Oldfield
shows in a video presentation how organically
grown plants have a beautiful energy field but
those grown with pesticides show very little life
force.14
Essential oils are the bio‐energy or life‐force
within the plants. They do not resonate with
toxins in our bodies which is why when we use
oils through inhalation, skin application or
taking them internally, they assist in driving toxins out. Neither do we find essential
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oils resonating with toxic or negative emotions ‐ which explains why they are able
to heal long forgotten traumas, allowing them to surface so they can be dealt with
appropriately.
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Essential Oils Primarily Affect our Subtle
Anatomy
We do not end at the borders of our skin. We extend in higher and higher
frequencies of various layers of the energy fields which are several feet out from
the physical body. This is the biofield or some would even call it the soul. Our
physical bodies exist within these fields which have been numbered and named as
the etheric, emotional, mental, astral, etheric template, celestial or body of light
and the ketheric or golden template. Some people have the ability to actually see
one or more of these fields with their physical eyes; others sense them with
intuitive sight. They can be photographed with Kirlian photography as with the leaf
on the previous page or with Electro Scanning Method (ECM) and Polycontrast
Interference Photography (PIP) both developed by Dr. Harry Oldfield. (see
discussion of his work beginning at page 17.)
The subtle energy nature of essential oils
primarily affects our subtle anatomy, that is, our
electromagnetic biofield and our energy centers,
or the chakras. The physical body will reflect what
is going on in the biofield. Our bodies are a
dynamic energy system meaning they are always
reflecting the moment‐to‐moment changes in our
fields. Mind, emotions, and spirit can influence
illness via energetic and neurohormonal
connections among our body, mind and spirit.
This is why we say that treatment in a holistic
model of body/mind/spirit health is with different
forms and frequencies of energy to rebalance the
body/mind/spirit complex. So the more forms of
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energetic frequencies we use to help someone come into balance—the better. Dr.
Richard Gerber MD was one of the early western trained physicians who paid
attention to various holistic approaches in his book “Vibrational Medicine.” He tells
us that one of the best ways we can change dysfunctional patterns in our energy
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bodies is to administer therapeutic doses of “frequency‐specific subtle energy in
the form of vibrational medicines.”15 Scientist and researcher Jim Oschman PhD
goes even further and calls it “energetic pharmacology” in his book “Energy
Medicine, the Scientific Basis” where he is referring to natural substances from the
plant kingdom to distinguish it from chemical pharmacology.16
Harmonics and Coherency of Essential Oils
Everything organic shares in this vibratory quality. The essential oils are the life‐
blood of plants and so all of the compounds within aromatic oils possess this
frequency. There are a variety of sources of vibrational frequencies within the
molecules of essential oils. Hundreds and sometimes thousands of different
chemical compounds are found in essential oils. The larger and more complex the
molecule, the greater the spectrum of frequencies found. When atoms form bonds
to create a compound, there is a measurable frequency associated with that bond.
For instance, double bonds between carbon atoms have been measured at
frequencies between 49 and 68 mega‐megahertz (MMhz). One megahertz (Mhz) is
a vibration of one million times per second. A mega‐megahertz is a million‐million
times per second (a trillion times per second.) A double bond between a carbon
atom and an oxygen atom measures at 51‐53 MMhz and a single bond between a
carbon atom and an oxygen atom is slower at only 30‐39 MMhz.
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Look at the drawing to the right. The OH
Double lines indicate a double bond.
Single lines indicate a single bond.
This chemical drawing is of linalool,
an alcohol.
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It might be helpful to visualize these bonds like stretched harp strings that when
played, produce a sound. Each bond between each pair of atoms in a molecule can
produce different pitches giving us a spectrum of frequencies like the spectrum of
all the tones produced by the harp or any other instrument. Strumming the bonds
of a molecule is exactly how our body’s cells and organs access the vibrational
qualities of an essential oil. When a harp, piano,
guitar, violin or clarinet all play middle C (257 Hz)
you can tell the difference between the various
musical instruments—but they all played the same
note. That is because the frequency of pitch is not
the only frequency present in the sound. The other
frequencies are called “harmonics.” Harmonics can
actually lower the overall frequency of the pitch.17
Essential oils are basically mixtures of hundreds of
varieties of molecules each capable of a variety of
frequencies. Rather than producing chaos, these
mixtures do not form incoherent masses. There is
NO CHAOS. Their many frequencies are tuned in mathematical precision like the
logarithms of a musical scale. When compounds from nature are blended by God to
create holy anointing oils, the molecules respond to one another and adjust their
frequencies into the coherence of a finely tuned instrument. The compounds of
therapeutic essential oils form harmonious, coherent, functional families to serve
and heal us according to the will of their Creator.18 This is utterly amazing and
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found only in nature. Man cannot create
such coherency—it is not within our
power. From this, it should be clear why
we should not modify therapeutic quality
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oils by removing some of their
constituents, adding synthetic ingredients,
or by adulterating them with solvents that
can upset or destroy the delicate harmony
God has designed. If nature can create
such coherency and order, think again what the frequencies and the fragrances of
essential oils can do to affect the coherency of heart rhythms which in turn affects
the brain and over‐all health.
Importance of Frequency
Energy disturbances in the field will actually precede the appearance of disease and
illness in the body. When your vibrational frequency falls below certain levels, you
become susceptible to such things as colds and flu as
we have already seen with Bruce Tainio’s work. If it
continues to fall, you succumb to more serious
illnesses. If they fall too low, death occurs. Modern‐day
inventor and biologist Dr. Harry Oldfield (pictured at
left) discovered that by treating individuals with
regular “energy retuning,” amazing results could be
achieved in the prevention of disease, alleviation of
symptoms in existing disease, and general
maintenance of a healthy balance between the
energetic and the physical systems. This is a type of
“energy restructuring” on the causal energy field which is the causative factor of
the energy patterns of the body. Oldfield uses crystals to restore balance to the
energy field which he is able to photograph. 19 As energy therapists, we use our
hands to balance and modulate energy flow and as aromatherapists, we use the
frequencies of essential oils to do the same thing. A later invention of Oldfield’s is
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the Polycontrast Interference Photography or PIP referred to earlier. This
instrumentation can distinguish between many different grades or qualities of light.
The end result is an image on the computer screen showing pulsating bands of
color and light. In one of Oldfield’s experiments, essential oils were put in the palm
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of a subject’s hand as he was being scanned. His aura became brighter and wider
than the fields of control subjects in which no oils were used.20 (Unfortunately, they
did not name the oil used but in my experience, most oils will change the field.) The
images from PIP will show variations in energy fields enabling some practitioners to
accurately assess the energy field with
close correlations with the chakras
described in ayurvedic medicine and
the energy meridian pathways in
traditional Chinese medicine. Leaks and
blockages of energy flow can be
observed sometimes before standard
diagnosis allowing the healer to nip the
problem in the bud so to speak. In
other cases, a PIP scan can correspond
with what CAT scans or MRIs are
indicating as problems. The scan above shows clearly the placement of the chakras
and is a normal scan.
Of course the energy field is in a continual state of change—it’s not static. All sorts
of things can influence it—including your internal and external environment. It’s
when patterns get “stuck” that we begin to see disease states manifest. There are
many different ways to affect the energy field and restore it to balance—the
Institute of Spiritual Healing and Aromatherapy teaches three ways—
prayer/intention, energetic healing, and the use of essential oils. But there are
many other ways as well. Our work as healers is to find those combinations that
enable the person to move towards a dynamic state of harmony and balance—
what works for them.
Penney Peirce, author of the book “Frequency, the Power of Personal Vibration,”
states that
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“Your personal vibration—the frequency of energy you hold
moment by moment in your body, emotions, and mind—is the
most important tool you have for creating and living your ideal
life. If your energy frequency is high, fast and clear, life unfolds
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effortlessly and in alignment with your destiny, while a lower,
slower, more distorted frequency begets a life of snags and
disappointments.”21
Are there aids to help us clear our fields in
order to live our lives to their highest
potential? YES! Essential oils are one of
those aids.
When we inhale, swallow, or apply
essential oils to the skin, they resonate
(come into oneness) with our body’s tissues
at the frequencies intrinsic to their molecular spectrum and to their harmonic
frequencies. The result is that the oil’s frequencies will increase your own natural
electromagnetic vibration and restore coherence to your auric fields to produce
healing and maintain wellness. Dr. David Stewart PhD says that essentially—the oil
has sung the right tune to our cells and they have responded vibrationally.22 They
bring relief and healing in thousands of ways. Their molecules were designed to
resonate with your receptor sites and that is how they work so well. The “sickness”
in our bodies does not respond so our bodies resonate at frequencies where
disease cannot exist. Each essential oil has its own unique frequency. They range
from 52 to 320 megahertz, the frequency of rose oil. Therapeutic essential oils
produce coherent frequencies that are naturally tuned to frequencies of health in
our bodies. Pharmaceuticals and synthetic oils do not. So nature can assist in raising
your personal vibration enabling you to live your ideal life.
When several oils are blended together, each having a different Mhz frequency, a
frequency will emerge that may be higher or lower than the various components.
Thus, the plant’s therapeutic properties create special vibrational remedies capable
of healing or rebalancing the body/ mind/spirit.
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The frequency rates for essential oils may be the
most important factor in using oils with hands‐on
healing. However, there is a problem in trying to
consistently measure the essential oils. There is NO
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consistency with essential oils as Tanio remarks. He
speaks of a “symphony of frequencies occurring in
the cells” and a “resonant harmonic factor.” When
working with the energy field and the energy centers,
our goal is to bring the subtle energy body into
balance. What does the client need at this juncture in his/her healing process? Is it
harmony and balance, clarity, relief of pain, integration, energy, relaxation,
restfulness or sleep, spiritual/inner awareness, emotional release,
peacefulness/calmness, strength, connection to God or sense of Higher Self?
Choosing the right essential oil and the right hands‐on treatments will help
facilitate achieving your mutual goals.
Frequencies of Essential Oils
The frequency of an essential oil can depend on many variables:
• how the plants were raised
• how they were harvested
• how the oil was processed
• how it is stored
• the age of the product
Hopefully you now have better insight
into why some oils work to heal the
human body and how oils that weren’t
properly raised, harvested, processed, or
stored—do not have that ability. We can
use gas chromatography and mass
spectrometry to determine the correct constituency of an oil but determining the
vibrational frequency is much more difficult. We do not have the technology at this
time to consistently measure the life force in the oil.23 We can only go on tests that
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determine the correct chemistry. At best, we can produce a range of frequencies
for an oil just as we can measure a range of frequencies for a body in balance and a
body out of balance. This requires testing several batches of an oil and coming up
with a composite number. This much we do know—pure essential oils have strong
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frequencies, while adulterated oils may be as low as 0 MHz. When you inhale an
essential oil, there is an immediate shift in your frequency level. Adulterated oils
may actually lower your frequency level.
For example, here are the average frequencies of some of the therapeutic essential
oils that have been measured24:
Basil (Ocimum basilicum CT methyl chavicol) 52 MHz
German (blue) Chamomile (Matricaria recutita) 105 MHz
Galbanum (Ferula gummosa) 56 MHz
Helichrysum (Helichrysum angustifolia var. italicum) 181 MHz
Juniper (Juniperus osteosperma) 98 MHz
Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) 118 MHz
Lemon Balm (Melissa officinalis) 102 MHz
Myrrh (Commiphora myrrha) 105 MHz
Peppermint (Mentha piperita) 78 MHz
Ravensara (Ravensara aromatica) 134 MHz
Rose (Rosa damascena) 320 MHz
Sandalwood (Santalum album) 96 MHz
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These single oil frequencies are the only ones published
and are representative of only a few oils in an arsenal of
therapeutic healing oils. According to Tainio, the
average living plant is 20‐22 MHz. The frequency of the
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fruit (after pollination) can be as high as 80 MHz.
Healthy nutritious plants always have a higher frequency
than less healthy ones. Dry herbs have a frequency from
12 to 22 MHz, and fresh herbs from 20 to 27 MHz. By
comparison, processed and canned foods have no
measurable frequency at all. So if your food comes in a
can, box or bag—it has no life force whatsoever. 25 You
can further deduce from this discussion that adding essential oils that do carry a
vibrational frequency to your food will increase the value of your food to nourish
your body.
Therapeutic essential oils used for the purpose of physical healing can create an
environment in which low frequency diseases, harmful bacteria, viruses, and fungal
diseases cannot survive. We know from Dr. Royal Rife that every cell has its own
vibratory resonance. Good bacteria have a higher frequency than bad bacteria. A
substance with a higher frequency, (like an essential oil), will neutralize a disease
with a lower frequency.
The frequencies of essential oils can do more than
heal on the physical plane—they can heal
emotionally and spiritually as well. Essential oils in
the low frequencies have more effect on structural
and physical changes including cells, hormones,
and bones. Those in the higher ranges can also
influence emotions and spirit.
The energy of an essential oil can trigger various
states of consciousness enabling us to deal with
and resolve emotional issues. Positive thoughts
carry a higher frequency than negative thoughts so
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when we inhale an essential oil, it lifts our spirit or level of consciousness to one of
feeling supported and loved. Thought patterns and emotions that carry a lower
vibration either get lifted up and resolved or brought into consciousness where
they can be dealt with in a positive manner. This will be explored in greater detail in
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the ebook on clearing emotions.
Essential Oils and Prayer/Intention
Bruce Tainio found that when you pray over your oils, the frequency can increase
by as much as 15 Mhz. To those in a healing ministry, this comes as no surprise.
Prayer simply makes essential oils work better and essential oils make prayer work
better. James 5:13‐16 directs us to pray and anoint for healing along with the
laying‐on of hands. The oils will magnify your intent as they respond to your
thoughts and go where you have directed their healing vibrations. According to
God’s purpose, they can only work together to do good.
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Footnotes
1
Gardner, Joy. Vibrational Healing through the Chakras, p. 54.
2
Peirce, Penney. Frequency, the Power of Personal Vibration, p. 32.
3
Braden, Gregg. Fractal Time, pp.166‐168.
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Pert, Candace. Molecules of Emotion, p.273.
5
http://coherentresources.com/bt3_faq.php#9 This website gives a description of Tainio’s invention
which is no longer available. Bruce Tainio died in 2009.
6
Ibid.
7
http://rife.org/otherresearch.html
8
http://www.electromedtech.com
9
Peirce, Ibid. p.35‐38.
10
the Institute of HeartMath Research center is exploring the physiological mechanisms by which the
heart communicates with the brain, thereby influencing information processing, perceptions, emotions
and health.
11
Childre, Doc. Cut‐Thru, p. 69.
12
http://www.heartmath.org/research/science‐of‐the‐heart/introduction.html
13
http://www.thesynergycompany.com/superfood_article10.html
14
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NgI3TLtnnI
15
Gerber, Richard. Vibrational Medicine, 3rd Edition, p. 210.
16
Oschman, Jim. Energy medicine, The Scientific Basis, p. 135, 139.
17
Stewart, David. The Chemistry of Essential Oils Made Simple. pp.186‐187.
18
Ibid., p.188‐189
19
Solomon, Jane and Grant. Harry Oldfield’s Invisible Universe, p. 128.
20
Gardner, Ibid., pp. 201‐202.
21
Peirce, Ibid. p. xv.
22
Stewart, Ibid., p. 188.
23
http://coherentresources.com/bt3_faq.php#9
24
Higley, Connie and Alan. Reference Guide for Essential Oils, 2012 edition.
25
Gardner, Ibid. p.186.
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I highly recommend listening to the 12 part YouTube presentation of “Energy Fields Revealed”
by Harry Oldfield done in 2011 at a conference in Glastonbury, England. You will be absolutely
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NgI3TLtnnI
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