The effects of an external electric field on lecithin organogels formed by the addition of trace amounts of water or glycerol, inducing a formation of polymer-like micelles, have been studied by oscillating rheology. Field application brought about an increase in the organogel viscosity and shear moduli when the threshold field strength, E min, was exceeded. A second critical field strength, E max, determines a boundary between stable and unstable electrohelogical (ER) effects. The dependencies of E max, on the molar ratio of polar additive to lecithin differ for water- and glycerol-containing systems. In the former, E max, increases over the whole concentration range for the polar additive whereas for systems including glycerol E max, passes through a maximum. Frequency-sweep measurements on the lecithin organogels under an electric field revealed a new rheological regime at intermediate frequencies; both the dynamic moduli depend on f 1/2. The same behavior has only previously been observed with polymer-containing systems. This finding — together with observations of the formation of filaments oriented in the direction of the electric field — has enabled us to suggest that the ER effects in lecithin organogels are caused by an alignment of parts or whole polymer-like micelles along the electric field lines.