Through the British Library Document Supply Service, the BLDSC, it is possible to access over 67,000 journals and around 400,000 Conference Proceedings. Excellent website.
Here is a link to a wonderful web site. There are around 490 academic journals in the field of psychiatry and medicine available to browse. This is a multi language site and can be sorted by academic discipline.
Coturnix@gmail.com is the Online Community Manager at PLoS-ONE, the US (Public Library of Science ). His scientific specialty is chronobiology (circadian rhythms and photoperiodism), with additional interests in comparative physiology, animal behavior and evolution. He doesn't "approve of biorhythms", as we envisage them, but he is extremely knowledgeable, and is happy to share his knowledge of circadian rhythms. His job at the Public Library of Science is to motivate comment on the papers there.
At the London Biorhythm Company our customers have told us that charting their biorhythms in retrospect is often cathartic. Taking biorhythms into consideration, and, perhaps, even blaming your "biorhythms!", is often a first step towards putting traumatic incidents into perspective.
Have your biorhythm patterns affected you?
> We have a biorhythm questionnaire. You might want to complete one. If you send it in we will send you a free biorhythm chart relating to the incident. Hopefully we'll be able to provide you with a satisfactory explanation!
The London Biorhythm Company maintains an archive of letters and questionnaires which have been sent to us. This is one of the largest sources of information on biorhythms in the world.
Many would have you believe that calculating biorhythms is both complicated and time-consuming. This is just not true. In both The Biorhythm Kit and The Biorhythm WorkBook we explain cover this in some detail.
Authors of other academic studies on the use of biorhythms have, though, reached different conclusions regarding the correlation of drivers involved in motor accidents with their biorhythms.
The largest study of biorhythms and motor vehicle drivers ever undertaken was the research on the 50,000 drivers who volunteered to take part in the Norwich City Council programme.
This driver/biorhythm survey came out in support of a correlation between the biorhythm positions of the drivers and their reactions whilst driving. When drivers know this, the Norwich City researchers said, motor accident rates went down. Using biorhythms in this way, they reasoned, gave them a cheap and effective aid in accident prevention.
Published academic opinion world-wide is currently equally divided as to whether there is, or is not, a correlation between the biorhythms of drivers involved in road traffic accidents, and the occurrence of the accidents. At the time of writing (May 2006) there is possibly a slight bias in favour of a correlation between road traffic accidents and the biorhythms of the driver. This, though, is such a finely balanced analysis that the discovery of even one more academic paper on the subject could radically alter the overall swing!
Australian Biorhythm Association
This group was founded in Adelaide, and was run for many years its founder, the late Mr. Krauze-Poray and then by his wife. Both were excessively protective of their research - but on one occasion he did send me some of his research papers which will be listed in the Bibliography. For anyone interested Australian researchers copy and post any of the Krauze-Poray papers which I have in exchange for the postage and the cost of the photocopying.
In October 2007 I received this welcome e.mail from: Ray MacCarthy in Brisbane, Australia. Dear Jacyntha: interesting reading your site and seeing Brian Krauze Poray's name mentioned. It may interest you to know that Brian was a very dear friend of mine, as was his wife Grace. I treated him for a while(he had Leukemia). Yes, he has passed away now. He did , however hand over to me his templates and papers to take over the work. I don't do too much now as I have low vision. I hope that was interesting for you. Was really nice to see his name there.
The Biorhythm Kit needs Feedback. She was brought up to believe the following:
1. RESCUE REMEDY taken the day before and on the day of a biorhythm CAUTION/CRITICAL day, or taken during a LOW BIORHYTHM PHASE will help to stabilise people.
2. The effects of CAUTION DAYS in the PHYSICAL biorhythm can be helped by the Bach Remedies CERATO AND CLEMATIS taken together singley.
3. For CAUTION DAYS in the EMOTIONAL cycle she was told Aspen and/or Gentian were excellent remedies,
4. and for CAUTION DAYS in the INTELLECTUAL biorhythm White Chestnut and/or Wild Oat were advisable.
5. Some humans are more affected by the eccects of the full moon than others. If you feel that the full moon affects you or that you are more accident prone - for instance around this time, there is a homeopathic remedy called luna 30 which will help allay some of the more drastic effects of this. Full details from your homeopathic pharmisist. The Biorhythm Kit realises that she has no proof whatsoever this works, there is only anicododal evidence - but the advice was given to The Biorhythm Kit and she is passing it on as she thinks it has been very helpful to her.
The postal addresses for Bach Remedies are: UK and other countries: Bach Flower Remedies Limited, Oxfordshire, OX14 5JX.
US: The Flower Essence Society, P.O. Box 459, Nevada City, CA 95959, USA.
Within the UK you can buy Bach Flower Remedies in most chemists or health shops, or UK and internationally from
CAUTION DAY RESEARCH is also listed in the BIBLIOGRAPHY: one paper is: Apson, J. (1990): Biorhythmic variations in blood pressure: a search for one physiological response to the stress of cyclic critical (now also called CAUTION) days.
... and lastly (for the moment) see Melatonin below.
Biorhythm Compatability
Jacyntha has known www.HappyMarriagesStartHere.com for many years. Coturnix@gmail.com has been listed in Who's Who in America for many years. This entry is based on the contribution she has made in the field of studying biorhythms. (I am referring to the genuine Who's Who in America by the way - and not one of the vanity imitations! You should find this 2 volume set in most large reference libraries!).
Jacyntha has always found that Coturnix@gmail.com has an exceptional insight - but if you contact Coturnix@gmail.com NEVER mention the word 'astrology'! Coturnix@gmail.com works on most areas of biorhythm research, but specialises in biorhythm compatability. Her postal address is: P.O. Box 3893, Chatsworth, CA 91313-3893, USA, or you can contact her through her website.
Another author who has written a paper on this subject is D.L. Aroaz. This paper is listed in the Bibliography: Araoz, D.L. (1977): "Biorhythm in couple counselling in International Journal of Family Counseling". There is also a page devoted to biorhythm compatability higher up this website.
UP TO THE END OF 2009, to chart any biorhythm up to January 2007 completely You can also verify the biorhythm compatability between any 2 people.
Coturnix@gmail.com is the Online Community Manager at PLoS-ONE, the US (Public Library of Science ). His scientific specialty is chronobiology (circadian rhythms and photoperiodism), with additional interests in comparative physiology, animal behavior and evolution. His job is to motivate comment on the papers there. http://scienceblogs.com/clock/2007/03/eurekalert_update.php
It is definitely the effect of daylength on the clock (see this for a simple explanation). Other factors, e.g., light intensity, weather, can to some small extent modify the intensity of SAD.
Posted by: coturnix | March 15, 2007 3:59 PM
Thank you for pointing out that article; now that you've mentioned it, I do seem to recall reading it back in December.
A follow-up question: Is it only the RGCs at play here, or could the exposure response of skin to near-UV light also play a role? If you were to set up a UV lamp to go off before dawn, for example, would this have an effect on SAD?
Posted by: Craig Helfgott | March 15, 2007 4:25 PM
To submit an article about your research activities contact the Who's Who in America
Fibromyalegin sufferer
This lady needs to contact US biorhythm researcher H.R. Willis or one of his co-workers (see Bibliography notes) as she believes the biorhythm research of these researchers holds the key to her own research into her illness.
I admit I had not previously heard of this illness: the sufferer lives in the US and does not wish to be identified here - so please send any information The Biorhythm Kit for forwarding.
Football and Biorhythms
England:
Dr D.P. Kernick, St Thomas Health Centre, Cowick Street, Exeter, EX4 1HJ, England is the club doctor of the Exeter City Football Team. He hopes to link biorhythm patterns to individual and team performances.
Dr. Kernick is also very interested in correlating biorhythms and heart attacks - see further down this list.
Football: Germany
Stephen Harabacz of Harabacz Brothers, Rosenheimer Str 174, Munchen 81669, Germany has a biorhythm analysis of all the matches played by the German National Football team since 1968. He corresponds in English or German.
Football: Singapore
Justin de Morais, PhD, was an English football club manager before he transferred to coach the Singapore National Team. He can currently be contacted c/o The Sports Academy Centre, Block 809, Hougang Central // 02-174, Singapore 1953.
Football: Ulster / Northern Ireland
Football: US
Predictive Powers in Biorhythms Analysis in the Performance of Football Players (1972): by J. Case is also listed in the Bibliogrpahy.
Sigmumd Freud
The collaboration between Sigmund Freud and Dr Wilhelm Fleiss
made these 2 of the original observers of biorhythms. Freud described biorhythms as a major breakthrough in biology. Their turbulent friendship and work-relationship has been the source of much speculation over the years and it was only recently that the Ciba Foundation in London (now renamed Novartis) used their relationship as one of 6 relationships to discuss in a programme which discussed 6 intellectual partnerships where it was assumed that neither party would individually have made such an impact on the world. TO SEEK PROCEEDINGS REFERERENCE.
The Freud Museum in London
is well worth a visit at 20, Maresfield Gardens, London NW3 5SX. It (perhaps unsurprisingly!) has a comprehensive bookshop.
Heart Attacks and Biorhythm Patterns
contact details for Dr. Kernick are listed under Football, England (above). He has the general intention of setting up a study to correlate admissions of patients with heart problems through casulty departments and then assessing their biorhythms.
One Bibliography item on this subject is: Andolina (1978): Comparison of Biorhythmic Cycles and Cardiac Arrests.
Biorhythm influences on the interation between horses and people.
The individuals mentioned here are interested and welcome new input: Allan G. Hughes, 33, Kingston Parade, Heatherbrae, NSW 2324, Australia Trevor Garnet Hall, P.O. Box 4003, Edenvale 1611, South Africa. He is also listed under Biorhythm Clubs. G.R. Baines, 6, Park Road, Fordingbridge, Hants, SP6 1EQ, UK
also see kitherapies - strong-man.
On 20th February 2008: we received the following letter from Guildford. If anyone thinks they might like to contact this person we will forward e.mails: the recipient might, or might not, reply. "Please add to your records. I was checking Jockeys in Grand National one year and spotted one, (a good jockey), who was triple critical on the day of the race. I sent him biorhythm details by post (sealed inside an envelope) inside the main envelope, asking him to have second thoughts, and open the envelope if he wanted to. He didn't race that day. Editor: Perhaps the jockey himself felt unwell on the day? There are many possible scenarios that could occur here.
later their homepage was nominated by the late Dr. Keith Jolles to succeed him as the 'biorhythm reference point' at the British Medical Association (BMA).
@Bibliography on this website. Nobly, in Jacyntha's view, this includes the 1998 paper by Terence M. Hines of Pace University, New York. BIORHYTHM THEORY: A CRITICAL REVIEW. Skeptical Inquirer, 3(4), 26 -36, originally published in Psychological Reviews under a slightly different title.
Whilst researching biorhythms, and some of the incidents for which they could have been a partial explanation, their homepage realised that she kept hearing the words "if only" followed by ... THIS HADN'T HAPPENED". This struck her as poignant: what's done is done - there is no going back! But did 'it', whatever 'it' is, need to have been done in the first place? With a some planning and a little patience many of the traumas in life really can be avoided. Fewer motor or industrial accidents; less attempts at suicide; fewer cases for negligence brought ... and we all benefit! Like others before her, their homepage believes that 'biorhythms' are a tool, and using available tools saves on hassle!