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In all of my paintings I incorporate the colors as laid out in Goethe's Chromatic Circle. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German renaissance man who lived from 1749 to 1832, one of the greatest literary and scientific imaginations to have emerged from the history of the German culture. He shared his brilliance as a lawyer, philosopher, scientist, art critic and an extensive and prolific writer. His writings include his autobiography, poems, essays, plays, books, scientific papers. He spent 57 years writing Faust. In 1810 he wrote the book Theory of Colours in which he introduced the theory of the Chromatic Circle. Dinshah P. Ghadiali, another renaissance man 1873-1966, shares his vision and pattern of color in a remarkably close parallel. He was an unheralded giant among 20th Century natural healers who was trampled into obscurity and insignificance by the AMA and FDA. Dinshah was an East Indian physician, scientist, engineer, civil reformer, editor, aviator, scholar, metaphysician, inventor and color therapy researcher. His greatest contribution was the book he wrote, Spectro-chrome Metry Encyclopedia. Goethe claimed that both "green and magenta (half red and half yellow) have the same rate of oscillation, but that their effects are different because of rotation from magenta, like the opposite end of a magnet. Accordingly, they activate a spiral current in the etheric forces of the body". Goethe referred to magenta as "das reine Rot" (the pure red). Magenta rules the genitals and stimulates the circulation both of the blood and of the etheric double. While green rules the head, magenta rules the heart both physically and spiritually. It is, in short, the color of Love in the most spiritual sense (Spectro_Chrome Metry Encyclopedia III, by Dinshah P. Ghadiali, page 1102). Combining red and violet produce magenta. Dinshah was very enthusiastic about magenta. He found that it should be used in all heart disorders. He also found it helpful for bronchial ailments and as an aid in dissolving kidney stones. It has served as a general stimulant throughout the body. He discovered that it was a diuretic, helped the circulatory system, stimulated the adrenals, energized the heart, and provided emotional equilibrium. Dinshah considered magenta, though little known and used, a most important color for healing. He said if one didn't know whether the blood pressure was too high or too low, magenta raised or lowered it automatically as needed. Similarly he claimed it stimulated or depressed the veins and arteries. He felt that nothing could be as beneficial in all forms of heart conditions as magenta, and has used it around the heart and kidney areas with excellent success (The Ancient Art of Color Therapy: Updated, Including Gem Therapy, Auras and Amulets, by Linda Clark, page 98).
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