The mixture of a thought with a phosphene is called: Phosphenic Mixing.

Many people like to read in the sun, as it casts a very strong light on the book.

Usually, when we read in a room, most of the time the light is indirect or too far from the text, or perhaps even too weak for allowing the creation of a phosphene, whereas the reflection of solar light on a book triggers a phosphene by its reflection on the white page.

At a very young age, Dr. Lefebure made the following observation:

«Up until the age of 12, I was a dunce at school and I suffered from it very much. It was to such a point that when I was 11 years old, my teacher wanted to definitively expel me from the high school and I was able to stay only thanks to the energetic intervention of my grandmother. Now, after the Easter holidays when I was twelve, I suddenly became a good student in a way that was so unexpected that my classmates carried me in triumph around the schoolyard. Later on, I was always among the best students in sciences.

So, what had it happened during these famous Easter holidays? We had moved. Before, I was living in an apartment where there was never any sun. The new apartment was magnificently bright and I acquired the habit of studying rather often with the sun’s light shining on the book, although some people claimed that I would hurt my eyes. Now, that was not so. And quite to the contrary, it was from that moment on that I became a good pupil. I believe that here there is a kind of foreshadowing of my researches on phosphenes.»

It is to be remarked that we understand a text better and remember it better if it is strongly lit. If this is done with a light bulb, we must be careful that it is set in a deep metal reflector, to avoid the rays shining directly in the eyes. If it is the sun that lights our text, we need to turn our back three-quarters to it so that only the book receives the light.

«Afterwards, I was always among the best in sciences, and I was among the first in P.C.N. (Physics, Chemistry, Natural Sciences), in the preparatory year in Medicine, even though there were more than four hundred candidates in this session and I was among the youngest (17 years old).»


Not everybody is lucky enough to live in a very sunny region, and for stimulating the phosphenic functions while studying we can advantageously use Dr. Lefebure’s lamp by placing it close enough and slightly above the book or the text, in such a way as not to be hampered by the lamp’s bulb. What interests us here, is taking advantage of the reflection of the light on the pages and therefore constantly creating phosphenes without having to worry about it. Then we read normally. The only difference is a much better lighting of the text. But what a difference!

However, be careful, it is not because one lives in a sunny region that one will be necessarily more intelligent and succeed better in studies. Because it is all just a question of context. CREATING PHOSPHENES ALONE DEVELOPS NOTHING or nearly nothing. It is imperatively the mixture of thoughts with phosphenes (mixing) which allows the development of memory and attention. It is quite obvious that, in a sunny region, it is easier to practice this "mixing", even involuntarily.

For complete information, see the e-Set “ The ABC of Phosphenic Mixing ”.


LENGTH OF TIME FOR PRACTICE AND DURATION OF THE SESSIONS

There is no limit to the number of phosphenes that can be made during a session. Many students practice several hours in a row without the slightest amount of fatigue, on a rhythm of focusing every five, ten or fifteen minutes depending on the subject being studied. For a child, it is enough to simply do his homework and learn his lessons using phosphenes to see the grades in school improve quickly.

Students and adults often study several hours in a row because of the great number of subjects in the programs of study. All they have to do is associate phosphenes with their studies, which allows gaining time and accumulating a considerable amount of energy in thoughts and the nervous system. Therefore, one should systematically make as many phosphenes as possible while studying.


Phospheno-teaching is not only a method that allows one to work more efficiently: it is above all a technique which allows a real blossoming of the personality.

That is why Dr Lefebure made the distinction between two separate areas of application: the study of rythmo-phosphenic techniques on one hand and the educational method on the other hand, which he developed in his book ‘Phosphenic Mixing Applied to Education’, a method for which he was awarded the Silver medal at the Inventors Fair in Brussels, in 1975.

Long misunderstood, the practice of focusing on light sources was considered to be a simple rite whose meaning and importance ended up being forgotten by certain traditions and practices. Nonetheless, it is not a question of utopia or even faith, which is only a last resort for reassuring oneself. The initiatory experience begins now; in other words, it is part of life. It enriches life because it provides a "new" means for grasping it. It is no longer an empty hope but a considerable number of benefits in everyday life. And we can test it for ourselves if we really want to. Dr. Lefebure has given us the means. Phosphenic Mixing Applied to Education is certainly the most beautiful gift that he offered to humanity! It is up to humanity to put it to use…

The Ancients often said: “Light is the source of knowledge”.
Today, thanks to the works of Dr. Lefebure, we understand why.