| A CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF CARY A. REAMS | |
| YEAR | EVENTS |
| 1903 | Born in the small community of Beulah, near Orlando, FL. |
| 1908 | Asked a circuit preacher several questions that dominated many years of Reams' later life and may have laid the foundation for his Theory of Ionization: 1) If when we die we become dust, how can we possibly be restored to wholeness at the 2nd Coming? and 2) Why don't we turn into chicken when we eat chicken? |
| 1916 | Became born-again Christian. |
| 1927 | Received M.D. from Oxford and started medical practice. |
| 1931 | Was given "perfect RBTI equation" following a week of prayer and fasting when formulating a plan that saved a terminal neighbor boy. Note: the young man, now with children of his own, tracked Carey Reams down on an Orlando street 30 years later and publicly thanked him for saving his life. |
| 1936 | Determined "frequency" of human ashes based on being taught frequency of grapes by a Professor Northrup, of Germany (while Reams was in college). Reams insisted that a proper understanding of frequency proved the validity of the RBTI equation. |
| 1940 | Daughter Laverne born. |
| 1944 | Son Eugene born. |
| 1945 | As a U.S. Army major, severely injured by WWII land-mine explosion in Luzon, Philippines. In coma for 31 days. |
| 1946 | Patient at Bay Pines VA hospital in St. Petersburg, FL. Paralyzed from neck down. |
| 1947 | Paralysis gradually receded to "waist-down" status. Finally able to walk some with crutches. |
| 1948 | Daughter Betty born. |
| 1950 | Miraculously healed of 5 year paralysis at Kathryn Kuhlman service in Butler, PA. |
| 1951 | Became 7th Day Adventist. |
| 1956 | First brush with A.M.A. |
| 1960 | Ran for Florida Commissioner of Agriculture. After 1st voting round, threw weight to another candidate in return for promise of support of non-toxic biological agriculture. |
| 1968 | Retired as owner of International Ag Laboratory in Orlando. Besieged by terminal patients following Deanna Bates story. Conducted ministry of restoring health to many by correcting their body chemistry while they resided in mini-retreats at nearby homes of friends and supporters. |
| 1971 | Opened large health retreat in Lake County, FL. First arrested for practice of medicine without a license. |
| 1972 | Arrested in Atlanta. Arrested again in Florida (in connection with failure several years earlier to save a cancer-ridden teen given up for dead by the medical doctors). Convicted (later overturned) in Florida of practicing medicine without a license. |
| 1974 | Opened large health retreat in Blue Ridge, GA. |
| 1975 | Arrested at Blue Ridge. |
| 1976 | Opened auxiliary retreat in Roanoke, VA. Opened auxiliary retreat in Murrieta Hot Springs, CA. Decided to sell IAL to an investment group. Although sale never materialized, this caused a schism with a son-in-law and several original investors. Forced to close Blue Ridge retreat and leave GA. Started teaching testers a series of 9 formal RBTI classes. |
| 1977 | Mysteriously poisoned in Orlando. Roanoke retreat shut down by authorities that same year. Jailed in CA. Bailed out by Larry Flynt, of Hustler fame, and given refuge. Flynt had his entire organization undergo the RBTI regimen. |
| 1978 | Convicted in GA of practicing medicine without a license and ordered to never return to GA. Later convicted in CA of practicing medicine without a license and ordered to jail. Wife died. |
| 1982 | Remarried |
| 1984 | Settled in PA and started retreat. Daughter born. |
| 1985 | Died August 5th in PA, buried in the Forest City section of Orlando. |
| GENERAL PERIOD | FOCUS |
| Early 1930s to 1968 | Owned and operated International Agricultural Laboratory in Orlando, the first scientific lab in the South. |
| 1968 to 1985 | Taught RBTI and supervised retreats at various locations around the USA and Mexico. |