FURTHER READING

Resources

Primary sources, recommended reading, archives, and resources for those who want to go deeper into Rife's work and the history of frequency therapy.

Books

The Cancer Cure That Worked

Barry Lynes • 1987 • Markus Books

The foundational text that revived interest in Rife's work. Based on interviews with John Crane and extensive documentary research. Essential reading for understanding the narrative.

The Rife Handbook of Frequency Therapy and Holistic Health

Dr. Nenah Sylver • 5th Edition

Comprehensive 768-page reference including history, technology, and a 204-page Frequency Directory. The most thorough modern resource on practical applications.

Royal R. Rife

Gerald F. Foye • 2001

Biography focusing on Rife's life, character, and work. Includes material from primary sources and interviews.

The Cancer Conspiracy

Barry Lynes • 2002 • Elsmere Press

Follow-up to "The Cancer Cure That Worked," expanding on the broader history of suppressed cancer treatments.

Online Archives

Institutional Archives

  • Smithsonian Institution Archives — Science Service Records, 1902-1965, Record Unit 7091 (Rife-Kendall microscope photograph)
  • Science Museum, London — Rife Microscope No. 5 (Inventory 1990-667)
  • Northwestern University Archives — Arthur Isaac Kendall papers
  • University of Chicago Special Collections — Morris Fishbein Papers
  • Internet ArchiveFitzgerald Report (1953)

Frequency Databases

CAFL (Consolidated Annotated Frequency List)

Primary frequency database. Maintained at Electroherbalism.com. Hundreds of conditions with frequency sets and annotations.

Spooky2 Database

13 sub-databases with over 10,000 pathogen programs, DNA-based frequencies, and molecular weight calculations.

Modern Research

  • Anthony Holland TED Talk — "Shattering Cancer with Resonant Frequencies" (TEDxSkidmoreCollege)
  • Novocure / TTFieldsnovocure.com — FDA-approved tumor treating fields
  • TheraBionictherabionic.com — FDA Humanitarian Device Exemption for a narrow advanced liver-cancer indication (2023)
  • BioEM Societybioem.org — International organization for bioelectromagnetics research

Related History

Rife is often grouped with other disputed medical histories. Similar narratives do not establish that the underlying treatments worked or shared a coordinated opponent:

  • Harry Hoxsey — Promoted an herbal cancer regimen; won a libel lawsuit against Morris Fishbein (1949), which did not clinically validate the regimen
  • Gaston Naessens — Developed Somatoscope (claimed high-magnification microscope); promoted 714X and faced Canadian legal proceedings
  • Antoine Priore — French electromagnetic therapy researcher; French government funding withdrawn
  • Wilhelm Reich — Orgone therapy; FDA book burning; died in federal prison (1957)

Note on Devices

Modern "Rife machines" vary enormously in design, quality, and fidelity to Rife's original technology. No modern device replicates his original equipment.

We do not endorse, recommend, or sell any specific devices. Frequency devices and attributed frequency lists are not FDA-approved treatments. This site provides historical and educational information only.