Is Colour Therapy Occult? What Every Christian Needs to Know

Who Was the Founder of Colour Therapy and Why Christians Should Avoid It

Colour Therapy, also known as chromotherapy, is a practice that claims to balance and heal the body's energy centres, or chakras, using the colours of the light spectrum. Proponents of this therapy believe that applying specific colours to the body can stimulate healing. Standard methods include colour light boxes, coloured silks, solarised water, and even colour breathing, where one "inhales" colours during meditation and recites positive affirmations tied to each colour. But while these practices may seem harmless or beneficial, Christians should be highly cautious—and avoid them altogether.

Origins and Founders of Colour Therapy

The modern concept of Colour Therapy stems largely from New Age philosophies and earlier Eastern

spiritual systems, particularly from Indian Ayurveda and ancient Egyptian practices. Although there isn't one definitive founder, influential figures include Edwin Babbitt, author of The Principles of Light and Color (1878), and Augustus Pleasanton, who popularized chromotherapy in the 19th century. Neither man was rooted in Christian faith—instead, their beliefs were deeply entwined with mystical, metaphysical, and occult ideologies.

Spirituality Behind Colour Therapy

Colour Therapy is based on the belief in subtle energy fields and chakras, concepts not found in the

Bible. These chakras are considered spinning energy centers along the spine and are part of Hindu and Buddhist spiritual systems. Each chakra is associated with a specific colour and psychological/emotional function. This belief system includes:

Pantheism (God is everything and in everything)
Reincarnation
Energy healing and divination

Colour Therapy draws from false spiritual sources, not the God of the Bible. The belief in manipulating unseen energies to heal the body opens spiritual doors that God has commanded His people to avoid.

False Religion and the Risk to Christians

Christians are warned not to mix the holy with the profane. We cannot take practices rooted in false religion, occultism, or New Age spirituality and "Christianize" them. God strictly forbids His people from using methods of healing that invoke or align with other spiritual forces. If Jesus didn’t do it, neither should we.

2 Corinthians 6:14-15: "Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness?... Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever?"

Real Dangers: Demonic Infestation and Oppression

Participating in Colour Therapy can expose Christians to demonic oppression and torment. Symptoms may include:

Emotional turmoil
Nightmares
Intrusive thoughts
Hearing voices
Seeing orbs or lights
Confusion and fear

These are not merely psychological; they can be spiritual signs of demonic infestation. Many believers who once engaged in Colour Therapy or similar practices later required deliverance ministry to be set free from torment.

Deuteronomy 18:10-12: “There shall not be found among you anyone who... practices divination, or tells fortunes, or interprets omens... For whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord.”

Scripture Warning Against Charmers and Occult Healing

Going to a charmer or spiritual healer is a serious offense before God. It places trust in the created rather than the Creator. God's Word is clear:

Leviticus 19:31: “Do not turn to mediums or seek out spiritists, for you will be defiled by them.”

Isaiah 8:19: “When someone tells you to consult mediums and spiritists, should not a people inquire of their God?”

These practices invite spiritual darkness, not healing. A Christian seeking help from New Age or occult sources is risking spiritual bondage and deception.

Final Warning and Biblical Guidance

No matter how beautiful, peaceful, or scientific Colour Therapy may seem, its roots are not of God. Christians are called to discern spirits (1 John 4:1) and flee from anything opposing Christ. Jesus is our ultimate healer (Isaiah 53:5), and no chakra, colour frequency, or energy manipulation can replace the power of the Holy Spirit.

Methods of discernment:

• Who was the founder of this modality?

• What was his/her spirituality?

• What culture did it come out of?

• What were their beliefs?

• Who is their God or gods?

Many occult practices in Christianity need to be discerned. Another method of discernment is the Word of God. The word of God is our measuring stick. The more we read the word, know the word, and have a relationship with the Lord, the more we discern right and wrong. We perish from a lack of knowledge.

Hosea 4:6 declares, “My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children.”

By Teresa Morin, President of Touch of God Int'l Ministries of Healing and Deliverance.

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