
Kirlian photography is a means of taking pictures of the nonmaterial world without a camera. It provides a way of viewing
the unseen patterns of energy and force fields that probably permeate all substances. It offers us a tool with which to view
both art and science. The technique can serve as a medical diagnostic instrument, too. The Kirlian effect is useful for
recording energy balances and harmonies in all forms of life.
The equipment which produces the Kirlian photographic effect uses no light but only the radiation spark discharging from
an object being photographed on a film emulsion. The equipment consists of a metal plate and a generator or oscillator that
produces a high voltage field of variable pulse and frequency. Film put in contact with the plate and with the object on top of
it causes a photograph to be produced. Depending upon the type of film used - instant color film, 35-millimeter black and
white film, or something else with an emulsion that records images - different colors or shadings appear in a brilliant corona
surrounding the object.