In one regression, a subject recalls an examination conducted by beings using tools that appear to be made of light. The instruments pass through the body without physical sensation. Colors shift as assessments are made.
The subject describes the experience as surreal, like a symbolic ritual rather than a medical procedure. She feels both vulnerable and detached, as if observing her own dream body.
Cannon suggests these symbolic examinations operate at a nonphysical level where dream logic and healing imagery blend.
