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Presents a photo essay on biophoton images of plants. Use of highly sensitive optical instruments for detecting and measuring photons; Emission of photons as a part of a chemical reaction during metabolic process; Utilization of plants in the research on biophoton emission; Use of single point detectors, photomultiplier tubes (PMT's) in research; Determination of a patient's health by monitoring of biophoton emission; Opportunities for researchers to understand the nature and function of bio photons.

Objective: To measure biologic effects of music, noise, and healing energy without human preferences or placebo effects using seed germination as an objective biomarker.Methods: A series of five experiments were performed utilizing okra and zucchini seeds germinated in acoustically shielded, thermally insulated, dark, humid growth chambers. Conditions compared were an untreated control, musical sound, pink noise, and healing energy. Healing energy was administered for 15–20 minutes every 12 hours with the intention that the treated seeds would germinate faster than the untreated seeds. The objective marker was the number of seeds sprouted out of groups of 25 seeds counted at 12-hour intervals over a 72-hour growing period. Temperature and relative humidity were monitored every 15 minutes inside the seed germination containers. A total of 14 trials were run testing a total of 4600 seeds. Results: Musical sound had a highly statistically significant effect on the number of seeds sprouted compared to the untreated control over all five experiments for the main condition (p <0.002) and over time (p <0.000002). This effect was independent of temperature, seed type, position in room, specific petri dish, and person doing the scoring. Musical sound had a significant effect compared to noise and an untreated control as a function of time (p < 0.03) while there was no significant difference between seeds exposed to noise and an untreated control. Healing energy also had a significant effect compared to an untreated control (main condition, p < 0.0006) and over time (p< 0.0001) with a magnitude of effect comparable to that of musical sound. Conclusion: This study suggests that sound vibrations (music and noise) as well as biofields (bioelectromagnetic and healing intention) both directly affect living biologic systems, and that a seed germination bioassay has the sensitivity to enable detection of effects caused by various applied energetic conditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents information on the imaging of the low-level biologic chemiluminescence called as bio-photon emission. Now-a-days low-light charge-coupled device cameras originally developed for applications in astrophysics enable imaging this emission in a light-tight chamber. When thousands of images were studied it was observed that there were also patterns in the "noise" surrounding the plant parts. When a plant is placed in darkness, the chlorophyll fluoresces for a few minutes. After this fluorescence decays, bio-photon emission persists as a by-product of metabolic function.

The article reports that the human body emits dynamic patterns of thermal radiation as well as electromagnetic radiation as part of basic metabolic processes. Cycles with time constants related to blood flow and respiration generate small bursts of thermal energy that create convective air currents we term "microbreezes." Thermal variations caused by these microbreezes subtly modulate the refractive index of the air around the perimeter of these biologic systems. Subtle changes in the refractive index change the optical path length of rays of light by fractions of a wavelength of light. These subtle optical path length variations can be measured using interferometry.