Barry Lynes

Barry Lynes (born October 13, 1942) is an American author and astrologer who has written on topics of astrology, the environment and alternative cancer treatments. He is best known for his books on Royal Rife, especially "The Cancer Cure That Worked". The American Cancer Society claimed that Lynes books had revived interest in Rife during the 1980's.

Biography

Lynes was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. From 1962 until 1965 he served in the US military. In 1967 he graduated with a major in Literature & History from Boston University. From 1968 through 1981 Lynes was a practising astrologer. In 1987, Lynes was the president of AstroAmerica Inc, a lobby group which attempted to expose suppression of astrology by authorities. During the 1980s Lynes also wrote on climate research and coverups of global cooling, publishing the newsletter "The Watchers on The Horizon" from an office in Washington DC. ["The Future of Astrology",A.T. Mann (1987, reprinted 2004)]

Involvement with Royal Rife

In 1986, Lynes along with John Crane, former assistant to Royal Rife and a group of investors including John Bedini incorporated as Rife Laboratories Inc. Lynes began publishing on the topic of alternative cancer treatments in "Cover Up", a regular newsletter as well as a growing number of books on the topic of Royal Rife. "The Cancer Cure That Worked" was published in 1987 based on Lynes interviews with Crane.

After a dispute over ownership of a Rife microscope, John Crane filed a lawsuit on April 19, 1988 in the Superior Court of California against Lynes and other investors claiming they had conspired to steal the microscope from him.

Later editions of the "The Cancer Cure That Worked" included a disclaimer by Lynes that rejected much of the fraudulent multi-level marketing of Rife machines which occurred after the publication of the book. Quote|"Sadly, in most cases, the cancer patients lost precious time - three or four months - before recognising that they had been swindled in a clever marketing scheme. People died because they had faithfully used the worthless black box instead of orthodox or alternative, non-conventional cancer therapies which actually worked."|Barry LynesHills, Ben, "Cheating Death", Sydney Morning Herald, December 30, 2000. [http://www.healthwatcher.net/Quackerywatch/Cancer/Cancer-news/smh001230rife-aus.html available online] ]

Criticism

In 1994, the American Cancer Society noted in a journal article that "The Cancer Cure That Worked" had revived interest in Rife, but Lynes' claims were characterized as implausible, and noted that it is written "in a style typical of conspiratorial theorists."cite journal |author= |title=Questionable methods of cancer management: electronic devices |journal=CA Cancer J Clin |volume=44 |issue=2 |pages=115–27 | url = http://caonline.amcancersoc.org/cgi/reprint/44/2/115.pdf |year=1994 |pmid=8124604 |doi=10.3322/canjclin.44.2.115] A review by Peter Bowditch of The Australian Council Against Health Fraud described "The Cancer Cure That Worked!" as a "nonsensical hagiography", and noted that "Rife remains a giant in the medical quackery and pseudoscience worlds".

Bibliography

*"Astro Economics" (1975)
*"The Survival of Civilization" (1980)
*"Climate Crime: The Tree War Assembly" (1983)
*"Secret Astrology: Russia's Past & Future" (1983)
*"The Tree War: How to Save the Earth and Bring Together the Nations" (1984)
*"The Next 20 Years: America, Russia, Astrology & Computers" (1984)
*"The Cancer Cure that Worked! 50 Years of Suppression" (1987)
*"The Healing of Cancer: The Cures, the Cover-ups and the Solution Now" (1990)
*"Helping the Cancer Victim: Patient Rights, Medical Freedom and the Need for New Laws" (1990)
*"Cancer Solutions: Rife, Energy Medicine And Medical Politics" (2000)
*"The Cancer Conspiracy: Betrayal, Collusion and the Suppression of alternative cancer treatments" (2002)
*"A Forbidden Science" (2005)

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