Hi Again! I just did a quick little search on the net about "lunaception" and was reminded that there was more to this than just the moon. Basically the theory is that before we had artificial light, the light given off by the moon affected our bodies and dictated a pattern that governed our cycles. Now that we have so much artificial light in our world, (and hormonal bc) the cycles have been distrupted and we have altogether forgotten that there was a connection between the light and our bodies. I guess the idea is that women in the same geographic area would be in sync because a) that happens when women live closely together and b) the light from the moon in their specific time zone would have the same effect on everyone's bodies in that area. I think this is really interesting - especially when you consider how many of us have irregular periods, breakthrough bleeding, abnormally heavy or light periods, and consider in combination how many of us work nights/sleep in the day, and think of how much artificial light we really have in our lives. There's a book called "Lunaception: A feminine Odyssey into fertility and contraception" by Louise Lacey. Apparently she experimented with light and writes about how it affected her cycles and fertility. I'd love to read that. Really interesting stuff: I thought I'd share!
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Date: 2002-08-27 10:01 am (UTC)I just did a quick little search on the net about "lunaception" and was reminded that there was more to this than just the moon. Basically the theory is that before we had artificial light, the light given off by the moon affected our bodies and dictated a pattern that governed our cycles. Now that we have so much artificial light in our world, (and hormonal bc) the cycles have been distrupted and we have altogether forgotten that there was a connection between the light and our bodies. I guess the idea is that women in the same geographic area would be in sync because a) that happens when women live closely together and b) the light from the moon in their specific time zone would have the same effect on everyone's bodies in that area.
I think this is really interesting - especially when you consider how many of us have irregular periods, breakthrough bleeding, abnormally heavy or light periods, and consider in combination how many of us work nights/sleep in the day, and think of how much artificial light we really have in our lives.
There's a book called "Lunaception: A feminine Odyssey into fertility and contraception" by Louise Lacey. Apparently she experimented with light and writes about how it affected her cycles and fertility. I'd love to read that.
Really interesting stuff: I thought I'd share!