A Few Dates in The History of Phosphenism
- 1916: Dr. Francis Lefebure was born on September 17, 1916, in Paris, France. He died on March 19, 1988 in his apartment 104 rue Réaumur Paris, France.
- 1945: He created the association "Homosophy - Wisdom of Similarities", which shortly afterwards became the association "Phosphenism".
- 1959: The first discovery of Dr. Lefebure about phosphenes, and the release of his first book on Phosphenism.
- 1960: Verification of the discoveries of Dr. Lefebure by the C.N.R.S, at the National Institute of Sports Laboratory and the Henri Roussel Hospital, Paris.
- 1963: First Gold medal and Prize at the "Lépine" contest.
- 1967: Dispatching of telegrams and letters to the Vatican and to his Holiness, Paul VI, revealing the scientific explanation of the "phenomena" that took place in Fatima, Portugal. After these revelations that "disturbed" the pope, the Church gave up recognizing "solar prodigies" as specifically catholic miracles. This is an implicit acknowledgement of the discoveries of Dr Lefebure.
- 1967: First photographs of phosphenes, realised by Louis Cuttica. Over a hundred of such photographs were supposedly taken.
- 1969: The secret services of several countries, including France, took an interest in Dr. Lefebure's discoveries. However, they closed the matter quickly.
- 1974: Publication of "Phosphenism, a new explanation of the origin of religions".
- 1975-1982: Series of conferences in Germany, England, Portugal, the Island of Réunion, Quebec (Canada) and in parts of Africa.
- 1981: First meeting of Daniel Stiennon and Dr. Lefebure.
- 1981: After describing something called "rotational function of the brain", Dr. Lefebure created the "Gyrascope".
- 1986: Creation of the company "Editions Phosphénisme" by Daniel Stiennon.
1996: "Phosphenic Mixing Applied to Education" reaches its 14th edition and has sold over 56.000 copies.
- 1997: Creation of several web sites on the Internet in three languages (French, Spanish and English).
- 1999: Opening of the Phosphenology Research Center in the French department of Gard.
- 2001: E-books editions of Dr. Lefebure's books available on the Internet.
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