Chromotherapy: Why Christians Should Not Dabble With Color Therapy
Chromotherapy, also called color therapy, is an alternative healing practice that claims colors or colored lights can affect the body, emotions, mind, and spirit. Some forms simply use colors for mood or relaxation, but many New Age versions teach that colors carry “energy,” “vibrations,” chakra power, spiritual balance, or healing frequencies. That is where the danger begins for Christians.
Historically, color healing ideas have appeared in different ancient cultures, but modern chromotherapy was popularized in the 1800s. Augustus Pleasonton promoted blue-light healing in 1876, Seth Pancoast wrote about colored light as medicine in 1877, and Edwin Dwight Babbitt published The Principles of Light and Color in 1878. Later, Dinshah P. Ghadiali developed the Spectro-Chrome color therapy system in the 20th century.
Where Did Chromotherapy Come From?
Chromotherapy came from a mixture of ancient healing ideas, mystical beliefs, light experiments, and later New Age energy practices. It is often connected to the belief that colors can restore balance to the body, mind, emotions, or spirit. Some modern practitioners also connect colors to chakras, aura cleansing, meditation, crystals, sound healing, Reiki, and energy work.
It is important to separate normal color psychology from occult color therapy. There is nothing sinful about liking certain colors, decorating with calming colors, using art, or enjoying beauty. God created color. The danger is when color is used as a spiritual power source, healing force, chakra activator, aura cleanser, or substitute for God’s healing and guidance.
Who Is the Founder of Chromotherapy?
There is no single founder of all chromotherapy. However, several men helped popularize modern color therapy:
Augustus Pleasonton promoted blue-light healing in the 1870s.
Seth Pancoast wrote about colored light and medicine.
Edwin Dwight Babbitt became one of the best-known early promoters of chromotherapy through his book The Principles of Light and Color.
Dinshah P. Ghadiali later created the Spectro-Chrome system and claimed colored light could treat many conditions.
Many medical and scientific sources do not support the broad healing claims of chromotherapy. WebMD states that chromotherapy is used for depression, stress, fatigue, and many other conditions, but there is no good scientific evidence to support these uses.
What Is Chromotherapy Used For?
Chromotherapy may be used for:
Healing the body
Balancing emotions
Reducing stress
Improving mood
Treating fatigue
Meditation
Chakra balancing
Aura cleansing
Energy healing
New Age spiritual alignment
Crystal healing sessions
Reiki sessions
Holistic wellness programs
Emotional release
Sleep or relaxation
Spiritual “frequency” work
Some people may only see it as relaxation, but New Age chromotherapy often goes much deeper. It may teach that certain colors carry spiritual power to heal organs, balance chakras, cleanse energy fields, or shift someone’s vibration. These ideas are not from the Word of God.
Why Is Chromotherapy Against God’s Word?
Chromotherapy becomes spiritually dangerous when it is used as an occult or New Age healing system. God does not want His people seeking healing, power, guidance, peace, or spiritual cleansing from hidden forces, energy systems, vibrations, chakras, crystals, spirits, or occult methods.
Deuteronomy 18:10–12 KJV says:
“There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination… or an enchanter, or a witch… For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD.”
Many forms of chromotherapy are tied to enchantment, occult healing, chakra work, and spiritual energy manipulation. This is not biblical healing.
Leviticus 19:31 KJV says:
“Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them…”
When someone seeks spiritual healing outside of God, they can become defiled by the source behind that power.
Colossians 2:8 KJV warns:
“Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men… and not after Christ.”
New Age color therapy may sound scientific, peaceful, and harmless, but if it points people to energy instead of Jesus Christ, it is vain deceit.
Isaiah 8:19 KJV says:
“Should not a people seek unto their God?”
This is the main issue. God’s people should seek God for healing, peace, wisdom, cleansing, and deliverance.
Why Would Someone Get Involved in Chromotherapy?
People may get involved in chromotherapy because they are hurting, sick, emotionally exhausted, anxious, spiritually curious, or desperate for relief. Others may be drawn to the colors, beauty, relaxation, or promises of natural healing.
Common reasons include:
Fear of sickness
Stress and anxiety
Trauma
Depression
Curiosity
Desire for emotional peace
Interest in holistic healing
New Age influence
Trust in energy medicine
Desire to avoid doctors or medication
Chakra or aura beliefs
Crystals and Reiki involvement
Searching for healing without repentance or surrender to Christ
Many people do not realize the spiritual danger because it is packaged as wellness, self-care, relaxation, or natural health.
How Does Chromotherapy Hurt a Christian Who Dabbles With It?
A Christian can be hurt spiritually when they begin trusting color energy, vibrations, chakras, or occult healing systems instead of Jesus Christ. Dabbling may seem small, but it can create spiritual mixture.
1 Corinthians 10:21 KJV says:
“Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils…”
A Christian cannot mix the Holy Spirit with New Age energy. The source matters.
Chromotherapy can hurt a Christian by:
Opening doors to New Age deception
Weakening spiritual discernment
Creating dependence on colors, lights, or rituals
Leading into Reiki, crystals, chakras, aura work, and energy healing
Replacing prayer with occult methods
Creating spiritual confusion
Bringing false peace
Inviting familiar spirits
Strengthening fear of sickness
Causing double-mindedness
Moving the believer away from biblical healing and deliverance
The Lord is not against color. He created color. But He is against His people trusting creation instead of the Creator.
Romans 1:25 KJV says:
“Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator…”
When color becomes a healing power, spiritual guide, or source of energy, it can become an idol.
What Curses Can Come on a Christian Through Chromotherapy?
From a deliverance perspective, occult healing practices can open doors to spiritual bondage. The curse is not because color itself is evil. Color is God’s creation. The curse comes through agreement with false healing systems, energy manipulation, idolatry, and occult power.
Possible spiritual consequences may include:
A curse of occult healing — trusting a forbidden spiritual source for healing.
A curse of New Age deception — believing energy, vibrations, or chakras have power over the body.
A curse of idolatry — trusting colors, lights, or rituals instead of God.
A curse of infirmity — sickness patterns may be strengthened when false healing opens spiritual doors.
A curse of confusion — difficulty discerning the Holy Spirit from counterfeit spiritual experiences.
A curse of fear — fear that healing will not happen without the color method or energy practice.
A curse of familiar spirits — spirits that imitate peace, warmth, healing, guidance, or comfort.
A curse of double-mindedness — trying to follow Jesus while participating in occult methods.
A curse of spiritual passivity — depending on sessions, practitioners, colors, or tools instead of prayer, repentance, and obedience.
A curse of bondage to rituals — feeling the need for certain colors, lights, frequencies, or sessions to feel safe or healed.
The good news is that Jesus Christ breaks curses.
Galatians 3:13 KJV says:
“Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us…”
What Should a Christian Do?
A Christian should repent, renounce any agreement with chromotherapy as a spiritual healing system, remove related New Age materials, stop chakra or aura practices, and ask Jesus Christ to cleanse every open door.
Acts 19:19 KJV says:
“Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men…”
When people came to Christ, they separated from occult practices completely.
Prayer of Renunciation
Father, in the name of Jesus Christ, I repent for participating in chromotherapy, color therapy, chakra balancing, aura cleansing, energy healing, light rituals, crystal healing, Reiki, or any New Age healing practice. I renounce every agreement I made knowingly or unknowingly with occult healing, color vibrations, healing frequencies, chakras, aura work, familiar spirits, and counterfeit peace.
I break every curse connected to New Age healing, false light, spiritual deception, infirmity, confusion, fear, idolatry, and double-mindedness. I declare that colors do not rule my body, emotions, spirit, or destiny. Jesus Christ is my Healer, Deliverer, Peace, and Lord.
I command every spirit attached to chromotherapy, occult healing, false light, New Age deception, familiar spirits, infirmity, fear, and spiritual confusion to leave me now in the name of Jesus Christ. Holy Spirit, cleanse me, restore my discernment, and fill every place where the enemy had access. In Jesus’ name, amen.
Final Word
Chromotherapy may appear peaceful, beautiful, and harmless, but when it is used for spiritual healing, energy balancing, chakra work, or hidden power, it becomes a counterfeit. Christians are not called to trust colors, vibrations, or energy systems. We are called to trust Jesus Christ.
Psalm 103:2–3 KJV says:
“Bless the LORD, O my soul… Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases.”
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1-Minute Video Script
Chromotherapy may look peaceful because it uses colors and light, but Christians must be careful.
This practice often teaches that colors, vibrations, energy, chakras, or frequencies can heal your body, emotions, or spirit.
But God’s Word never tells us to seek healing through energy systems, chakras, or hidden spiritual forces.
Deuteronomy 18 warns us not to get involved with divination, enchantment, witchcraft, or occult practices.
Leviticus 19:31 says not to seek after familiar spirits because they defile us.
The danger is this: chromotherapy can open doors to New Age deception, false healing, spiritual confusion, fear, and familiar spirits.
Jesus Christ is your Healer—not colors, vibrations, or energy.
You do not need counterfeit light. You need the true Light of the world.
Repent, renounce it, and choose Jesus Christ.
Stay in God’s light, not New Age deception.
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Chromotherapy, also known as color therapy, may look harmless, peaceful, and relaxing, but many New Age forms teach that colors, vibrations, chakras, and energy can heal the body, emotions, and spirit. God’s Word warns Christians not to seek hidden spiritual power, occult healing, familiar spirits, or counterfeit sources of peace.
In this video, learn why Christians should avoid chromotherapy and trust Jesus Christ as Healer, Deliverer, and Light of the world.
Scriptures: Deuteronomy 18:10–12, Leviticus 19:31, Colossians 2:8, Isaiah 8:19
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