It can also project images from a wide range of different types of cells, as well as cells containing transparencies. This invention has elevated the kaleidoscope to a therapeutic instrument for healing, creating inner peace, eliminating stress, enhancing meditation, and creating a health benefiting altered state, presented through purely joyous entertainment. Healthy emotions are as important as a healthy body, perhaps even more so. The kaleidoscope's and mandala's ability to soothe and stimulate at the same time make them perfect balancers. Medical research has revealed that many of our current illnesses are the result of the effect of stress, which seems universal in our modern society.
Stress is destructive to our body, disorganizing to our mind, and disabling to our spirit.
It has been demonstrated that a regular habit of quietly drawing aside from one's usual responsibilities for reflection and relaxation significantly repairs or prevents the potentially destructive effects of daily stress. Kaleidoscope and mandala viewing is one such activity of repair. It is restorative to the body in that it requires physical stillness and stimulates pleasant visual sensations. At the same time, it has a beneficial effect on the mind by presenting an endless variety of form and color combinations that stir the imagination and stimulate the intellect. Kaleidoscopes and Mandalas are, likewise, good medicine to the spirit, as they reflect the constant emergence of order from disorder and provide a sense of participation in the creative process.