OPINION TO BE SOUGHT

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30900, 5 November 1965, Page 18

OPINION TO BE SOUGHT

Church’s View r ! Of Scientology • “In view of the findings of : the Victorian Commission • that scaentology is an evil ' practice, the public relations 1 committee should be asked ! whether there is a need for ; a pronouncement discourag- \ ing support of or involvement !in the practice.” said a . recommendation adopted by the New Zealand Methodist I Conference in Christchurch • last evening. The recommendation came ! after the adoption of a report , by the spiritual healing com- ! mittee. The committee’s report • said it had considered colour therapy and had also ob1 tained explanatory statements 1 from two men who practised ' colour therapy in New Zea- . I land. ( “Properly speaking, this 1 does not come within the field lof spiritual healing. Expo- ‘ nents disclaim any suggestion [ that it is based upon Chris,;tian faith or on spiritual processes. They claim that it is rather the practical applicant! on of certain physical and J chemical processes. “Nevertheless, the committee. guided by its scientific' and medical members, cannot : accept physical and chemical assumptions upon which the practice of colour therapy is claimed to be based. We have no evidence that colour therapy can heal organic disease. We have examples at healing which can spring from the faith of the patient in some object, process, or person which have been recognised throughout history. “The committee is satisfied that any cures that may be effected by the use of I colour are brought about by the attitude of faith and trust on the part of the patient, and not by any vibrational changes, as claimed by those practising colour therapy.