1. Opening:

This  article takes a fresh look at auras - what they are,

where they come from, and shows how anyone can learn to see

them.  Seeing auras is not as hard as you may think - if you

go about it the right way.  This is an easy step by step guide

to doing just that.  It starts right at the beginning, with

the easiest to see of all auras - the aura of colour - and

working up, in easy stages, to the more illusive and difficult

human aura.

An aura is the most visible part of the subtle energy

processes going on within all physical objects.  All matter

has an aura of some kind - even a humble rock - but it is

pretty dull when compared with the complex interplay of

rainbow colours that make up a living human aura.  Auras

emanate from all physical objects, life forces and  colours,

as well as from many other energy sources.

The first step in this tutorial makes use of a little known

fact - that colours have auras.

Every colour has it's own unique aura.  This is of a

completely different colour from the original.  Auras, given

off by bright, primary colours, are much denser and far easier

to see than any other type of aura.  Using the auras of

colours, as a training aid, has most people seeing an aura the

very first time they try.

I  have been able to see auras for many years.  I was not born

with  this  ability, but taught myself - the hard way.  It

took  me several years before I could see enough of an aura to

make it a worthwhile practice!  I know the problems inherent

in developing auric sight, and this new training method is

designed to help overcome them.

2.  How Auric Sight Works:

Auric sight - as with all forms of clairvoyant sight - depends

upon the eyes and the normal optical sight process to work.

Physical and non-physical sight are very closely related.

They are both forms of perception that allow our brains to

perceive energy, of one type or another, as a sight picture.

Here is why:

A.   Normal sight:

Eyes receive light - light  being a type of energy.  Eyes

focus light energy onto light sensitive nerve tissue at the

back of the eye, connected to the optic nerve.  Basically,
this light sensitive tissue changes focussed light energy into

a stream of complex electrical signals.  These signals are

passed, via the optic nerve, to the sight centre of the brain.

The brain then interprets these signals into a rich visual

picture - what we call normal sight.

B.   Auric sight:

The brow centre receives a more subtle type of energy than

light.  This type of energy can only be received by the brow

centre (often called the third eye or brow chakra) when it is

active and tuned in to receive that type of energy.  The brow

centre is situated directly between the eyes and is intimately

connected with normal optical sight.

Energy received by the brow centre is passed along to the

sight centre of the brain - the same as with normal sight.

The brain interprets anything it receives in it's sight centre

as a visual picture.  It  interprets auric energy as a sight

picture - as coloured bands of light surrounding the subject.

* The eyes are the organs for normal optical sight  (a

  physical organ).

* The brow centre is the organ for non-physical sight (a non-
  physical organ).

Both these organs, above, are situated in the same general

area, i.e., the brow centre is situated in the brow, directly

between the eyes.  The common location and similar function of
both organs (sight)  suggests there is a close relationship

between them, i.e.,  the eyes, the brow centre and the sight

centre of the brain are linked.   My research confirms this:

that all forms of non-physical sight are closely linked with
the process of normal optical sight.

Although there is a relationship between optical sight and the

brow centre - an aura is definitely _not_ any type of light.

Some people believe auras are still light, but light at a much

higher frequency than normal light - that is only visible to a

clairvoyant.  If this were true, though, it would be possible

to detect and measure this light with the sophisticated

electronic instruments available today.  There are scientific

instruments, electronic cameras etc, that can be tuned to

detect _any_ part of the light spectrum - no matter how

refined.  For example:  infra red, ultra violet, x rays, gamma

rays, etc, all these can be detected - but auras cannot.

Therefore, it is logical to suppose that auras are _not_

composed of any type of light.

3.  Aura Cameras:

But there are aura cameras - you might say - that can take

pictures of the human aura?  You might even have a picture of

your own aura, taken at a psychic fair.  How can this be?

An aura camera does NOT take an actual picture of an aura.

It cannot actually see an aura.  It merely creates the

illusion of an aura on film.

How an aura camera works:

A.   Sensors are placed on the skin - or fitted into a

   chair so they contact the subject's skin.  These sensors

   measure the electrical resistance in the skin (galvanic
   skin response). Electrical resistance in the skin varies,

   according to salt and moisture level.  These levels are

   affected by many things:  diet,  fluids, health,

   temperature, sweating, emotion, mood, activity, etc.

B.       These readings are fed directly into a small

   electronic processor, attached to the camera (usually a

   small black box) and interpreted by it.   This processor

   then generates a pattern of electrical signals, from these

   readings, according to how it is programmed.

C.       This pattern of signals is then fed into a specially

   modified camera.  Inside the camera, an optical colouring

   device creates a variable pattern of coloured lights, and

   beams this directly onto the film, as the picture is taken.

   This gives the illusion of a colourful aura surrounding the

   subject - according to the pattern generated by the initial

   readings.

Because of the way these cameras are set up, you will rarely

get two pictures exactly the same.  This is because of the

large number of  coloured patterns possible, that can be

generated by  slightly different  sensor readings .  It would

be rare to get two identical sets of sensor readings from one

person and, therefore, have two identical aura photographs

taken in the same day.

An aura photograph is the camera designer's idea of what your

aura  _should_  look like - according to their research.  This

research is based upon linking clairvoyant observations with

the galvanic skin response on test subjects.    The designers

have attempted to give a specific colour value to  different

patterns of galvanic skin responses.

An aura photograph, therefore, is an electronically created

illusion - not an actual photograph of an aura.

4.  Auric Theory:

My theory is:  that light is necessary for the brow centre to

tune into and focus on auric energy.   An aura being a visual

representation of this energy, created by the sight centre of

the brain. This appears to be the only logical explanation for auric

sight.

5.  The Complexity Of Normal Vision:

The process of auric sight may sound very complicated, but is

really _very_ simple, when you compare it with the process of

normal, optical sight - that simple, visual thing we all take

for granted.  Look around the room you are in now, look out of

a window - what do you see?  Think about all the millions of

objects and colours and tones you are seeing - all at once -

in incredible three dimensional detail.  Think about how, no

matter how fast you turn around, your brain keeps up with the

fantastically complex image you are seeing.  Your eyes pass on

an _incredible_ amount of information to your brain - but your

brain interprets it all instantly.   Normal optical sight is
an incredibly complex and powerful ability.  Compare this,

with the few colours and swirls of light you see in a human

aura - no matter how beautiful and complex it might seem - it

is still a very simple picture.  There is really no comparison

between these two abilities - normal optical sight is vastly

more complex, and requires much more of the brain's power,

than auric sight does.

To  recap the above:   Auric sight  is linked to and depends

upon normal optical sight, in order to function.  What you

see, when you see an aura, is your brain's interpretation of

reflected energy, emanating from your subject.  Your eyes are
used to tune and focus your brow centre into this energy.  An

electrical representation of this energy is passed to your
brain's sight centre, where it is interpreted as a sight

picture by your brain.  In the case of an aura, your brain

shows you coloured bands of light surrounding your subject.

6.  Light And The Aura:

Light is necessary in order to see the main aura of anything.

Living auras react in the presence of light - expanding and

brightening.  This reaction is most noticeable when a living

aura is exposed to  sunlight.  You could say that auras are

photo-sensitive.

I have made extensive observations of this light reaction.  I

have observed the auras of people inside a house, then

immediately taking them outside, into the sunlight.  The

living auras of people expand in sunlight, and are much
brighter.  They fairly sparkle with life in strong, direct

sunlight.   I have seen auras expand to several times their
normal size in sunlight.

Another interesting observation, that  adds weight to this

argument, that auras are not light - but that light is

necessary, in order for auric sight to work:  the main aura
cannot be seen in complete darkness.  If auras were indeed

light, why is it necessary for there to be light, in order to

see them?   This shows that light and normal optical sight are

an important part of  auric sight.

Note:  In total darkness,  it is possible to see some slight

activity around the energy body, close to the skin.  This is

almost invisible, but looks like tiny, very faint strands and

sparks of bluish light.  This is very faint and most

noticeable around your own fingertips, when they are brought

together in front of you.

It is also possible to see small but intense points of light,

coming from fully active primary energy centres (chakras).

These must be _extremely_ active for this to be seen, and you

must also be very focussed on your subject.  This takes a lot

of skill to do, and the subject must be very developed -

energy wise - in order for this to be observed.  This is far

easier to see if there is a little available light, even if

you can only make out vague shadows - it gives you something

to focus upon.

To observe any part of the energy body, in darkness, memory

based visualisation is used to focus the brow centre into a

subject.  You have to know exactly where the subject is (in

total darkness) and be able to accurately gauge their

distance, shape and position, and see them clearly in your
mind's eye.

I think, for the above, that both astral sight and

clairvoyance play a part, for those that can see energy

activity in total darkness.  This appears to be the only
logical explanation for this phenomena.

Note:  Light is  _not_  necessary for clairvoyant or astral

sight to work, but the eyes and their normal focussing ability

are still used, but with memory based focussing and

visualisation, instead of normal light based focussing.  You

can see with astral and clairvoyant sight,  just as well in

total darkness, as you can in full light.

7. Viewing Method:

The same basic technique, used to see the aura of colour, is

used to see all other types of aura, including the human aura.

This same technique is also a part of  full clairvoyance.

This is why looking at the auras of colours is such good

training for seeing the human aura.  The aura of colour is far

denser and easier to see than the human aura.  This allows the

auric viewing technique to be learned much easier and faster,
than does practising on the more difficult human aura.

8. The Auras Of Colours:

                         The auras of colours
                   +--------+---------------------------+

                   | Object |       Auric Colour        |

                   +--------+---------------------------+

                   | Red    | Green                     |

                   | Orange | Pale Green                |

                   | Yellow | Pale Blue                 |

                   | Green  | Orange                    |

                   | Blue   | Yellow                    |

                   | Indigo | Gold                      |

                   | Violet | Pale Gold                 |

                   | Pink   | Iridescent Green          |

                   +--------+---------------------------+

            Table 1: Auric colours given off by

                     some normal, physical colours.

The exact shade and tone of a colour's aura varies a great

deal, according to the shade and tone of the colour you are

observing.   Auras are also affected by the background colour

against which they are highlighted, when observed.

9. Afterimages:

Auric colours are similar in appearance to after images.

Afterimages are generated by  staring - for twenty seconds or

so  -  at a brightly illuminated colour, and then quickly

closing your eyes, or looking away.

It is commonly thought:  that afterimages are generated by

colour depletion, of the rods and cones in the eyes, caused by

staring at one colour for too long.  This generates the

reverse, or negative colour, of that colour.  An afterimage

stays in sight until this colour depletion is corrected, and

the eyes return to normal.

I disagree with this theory - and for very good reasons.

Afterimages are generated by staring for a long time at a

coloured object - for twenty of thirty seconds, or more.  This

is why I disagree with this theory:   When auric sight is more

advanced, the aura of a colour can be seen clearly, almost the

instant a coloured object is glanced at with auric sight.   No

prolonged staring is required to produce an aura.

I have just done a test, while sitting here typing this.

Across the room from me, about seven feet away, is a chair.

Hanging over it's back  is a bright-blue shirt.  I have done

no exercises to stimulate my auric sight, at all.  It is early

in the morning now, about 6am, and I have not long woken up.
A clear, dense, yellow aura begins to appear in just under

four seconds (I timed it).  This is, surely, far too short a

time to generate an afterimage?  I did this several times and

it became faster and easier to do, and the aura brighter, each

time.

Now, you could say that my eyes are becoming depleted of the

colour blue, by continuing to do this, thus more easily

generating the yellow aura.  So, I turn around and look at a

red shirt hanging on a hook behind me, on the other side of

the room.  This time, a clear, dense, bright-green aura

appears in just under five seconds.  This is _far_ too short a

time to generate an afterimage?  Now, when I am on what I
call, a clairvoyant high, the auras of colours appear to me,

almost the instant I glance at them - within one second.

There is no appreciable delay at all, they are just there,

ballooning out from colours, as I look at them.

The auras I see, around colours as well as people, do drag

slightly at my eyes, creating a kind of afterimage effect if I

stare for too long at it.  This effect is similar to how a

normal afterimage behaves - dragging and following my field of

view.

Now, when I observe the aura of a person, I normally ask them

to remove some of  their clothing.  This gives me a much

clearer view of their aura, without the interference caused by

the colours of their clothing.  I see clear, bright colours in

these auras, building up from bare skin.   My point here is

this:  bare skin has _no_ colour that can  generate any kind

of coloured afterimage.

To be truthful, though, the auric colours I see around

colours, as well as people, are often still visible, hanging

briefly before my eyes, when I look away or close my eyes.

This _is_ a coloured afterimage - but created by staring at an
aura's colour _not_ at a physical colour.

Another interesting point:  the colours of any afterimages I

get, when observing living human auras, are exactly the same

colours, as the colours of the aura I am looking at - there is

_no_ reverse colour effect at all, with a bare skin, living

aura.

So, if colour depletion, of the rods and cones in the eyes, is

solely responsible for afterimages, how can this happen?

A better way of explaining the reverse colour afterimage

effect  is:  (slow auric colours).

By staring hard at a colour, the auric colour of that subject

is slowly impressed upon the sight centre of the brain.  It is

_not_ the eyes that are depleted of colour, but that the auric

colour has been impressed upon the brain's sight centre.

The afterimages that appear, when you stare at primary

colours, are the same as the auric colours generated by those

colours. The similarity in these colours - rather than

contradicting the validity of the auric colour of colour -

supports them.  Why would they be any different?

You will, in the early stages of training to see auras, cause

quite a strong after image effect.   This will drag and follow

your eyes, and still be seen when you close your eyes or look

away.  This is the slow auric image effect - caused by staring

so intently, and for so long, while trying to master the basic

technique for seeing auras.

This after image effect lessens in stages.  Once the basic

technique is mastered, most of the afterimage effect

disappears.  Then, as the brow centre develops further, being

stimulated through use, the afterimage effect decreases

steadily, until they are hardly noticeable.

There will, however, always be a slight afterimage, of sorts,

when you really study an aura.  This is unavoidable when you

gaze intently upon an aura, trying to discover it's secrets.

The nature of auric sight, and the involvement of the normal

optical sight process, will always cause a slight afterimage

drag - or slow auric image, as I call it.   This happens, even

when auric sight develops into the advanced stages.

Final note on afterimages:

The way the aura builds up is also, totally unlike the way an

after image appears.  It builds up, mushrooming bright colours
from bare skin - it does not just fade slowly into sight - it

grows before your eyes.  The colours of a living aura do not
begin as a pale shadow, fading into view and then slowly
deepening and growing brighter.  They are one consistent

colour, from their first appearance as a thin outline,

highlighting the etheric aura, close to the skin, to their

full size - often more than two or three feet wide.   Auras
are also, not just a slight outline of colour around the skin,
but large, vivid bands of colour, with thickness and depth to

them.  And, finally, while an aura is building up, if you

shift focus slightly, or blink, it disappears instantly - only
to reappear a few seconds later - an after image does not.

10.  Peripheral vision:

Auras are seen with peripheral vision (side vision) and cannot

be seen by directly focussing on them.  To see an aura, you

have to look to the side and past your subject.  Peripheral
vision is extremely sensitive to movement, much more so than

direct focussed vision.  It can detect minute movements that

your central, focussed vision will not see.  Peripheral vision

is also sensitive  to many other types of subtle  energy that

surround us.

Most people have had the experience of catching sight of some

movement - out of the corner of their eye - only to see

nothing when they turn and focus on it.

What happens is:

1.  They have  seen an aura building up from a coloured

object.

2.  They have seen a spirit entity (ghost) manifesting near

them, and have detected it's energy with their more sensitive,

peripheral vision.

11.  Dr Kilner:

An English doctor, Dr Walter J. Kilner, in 1911, used colour

as an aid to stimulating auric sight.

Dr Kilner, researched the use of auric sight, as an aid to

diagnosing the health of his patients.  He used dicyanin

screens for this.  Dicyanin is a dye product of coal tar.

These screens consisted of two pieces of glass with dicyanin

dye sandwiched and sealed between them.  He found that by
using these - aura goggles, as he called them - he could

stimulate the ability to see the  human aura.

He would stare, for a few minutes, through these screens, at a

bright light.  When he looked away, he could see an aura

surrounding his patient.  He would then note any changes and

abnormalities in their aura, and compare them with other

observations, taken of healthy people.  This allowed him to
detect disease, in the very early stages, before the actual

symptoms of that disease  appeared.

Dr. Kilner used several different coloured screens, and

combinations of them.  Different coloured screens showed him
different aspects, or layers, of an aura.

He also used strips of brightly illuminated, coloured cloth.

He would stare at one of these strips, after preparing his

eyes, by looking through one of his screens.  These strips

caused a phantom strip, of a different colour, to appear in

his gaze.  These were like small windows, that could be moved

around by shifting his gaze, highlighting different parts of
his subject's aura.  This gave him a different view of their

aura, in that part.

How this works:  By looking through these screens, at bright

light, Kilner flooded his eyes with the slow auric colour of

that screen (it's reverse colour).  This made his eyes

hypersensitive to that particular auric colour, enabling him

to see that colour in his subject's aura.  Different coloured

screens would allow him to see different colours in an aura.
The use of the strips of colour, then enabled him to see the

slow auric colour (reverse colour) of the coloured strip,

minus the original colour of the screen he was using - showing

a small band of an entirely different colour, in the aura.

This small band of colour could be moved around the patient's

aura, by shifting his gaze, like a small window, highlighting

the area it covered.

One  interesting thing about Dr Kilner's work is this:  After

using these screens for several months or more, he found he

needed to use them less and less. By continually straining to

see auras, with his aura goggles, he stimulated his brow

centre, and mastered the visual technique needed to see the

aura.  He eventually  gained _full_ auric sight, i.e., he no
longer needed the aura goggles to see auras.

If you would like to get a copy of Dr Kilner's book, you will

find it contains many fine colour plates (paintings) showing

the aura, as seen by himself and his associates.  These show
the different effects that can be had using combinations of

different coloured screens and coloured strips.

        Kilner's book is listed, in the book I read, as:

        Kilner,  Walter  John. (1965). "The Human Aura." 

        (New Ed.).  New  York: University Books.  I was 

        quoted $300.00 US, for the purchase of this book.

Note:  I cannot comment on the effectiveness of using genuine

aura goggles, as I have never actually seen a pair.  I did,

however, experiment with a pair I made myself, many years ago.

I used two pieces of glass, covered them with a deep blue dye,

and sealed the edges with windscreen sealant.  I followed

Kilner's instructions, staring at a bright light through this

screen, etc.

I found this made my eyes _extremely_ sore, and so, after

awhile, discontinued using them.  They did work, however, and

showed me some interesting auric effects.  I considered it was

not a healthy practise, though,  due to the painful burning it
caused in my eyes, and the possibility that it could damage

them.  In his book, Kilner gives a warning about this nasty
side effect - burning, sore eyes.

12.  The Human Aura:

The  human  aura is an energy field that surrounds the human

body, and reflects the subtle life energies at work within and

around it.  This is something like the magnetic field that

surrounds a simple magnet.  Like a magnetic field, the aura is

generated within  physical matter - but is also affected by

it's surroundings.  The energies flowing through the aura make

us what we are, and are in turn affected by our surrounding

life conditions and life style.  The aura reflects  the

activity of our organs, health,  mental activity and emotional
state.  It also shows disease - often long before the onset of

physical symptoms.

The strength and properties of an aura are determined by the

amount of, and the quality of, the energies flowing through

it.

13.  The Main Aura:

The main human aura is banded around the body - strata like.

Imagine a person with thick, coloured hoops of light dropped

over them, and you get the general idea.  The main colours of

the aura emanate from  the primary energy centres (major

chakras - or psychic centres).   The individual bands of

colour are difficult to see, unless you have very well-

developed auric sight, and are observing under optimum

conditions.

14.  The Etheric Aura:

Close  to  the skin is the etheric aura.  This is often called

"The vitality sheath".  It is seen (with auric sight) as  a pale,

narrow  band, nextto the skin, outlining the body.  This is 

usually no more than half an inch wide - depending upon the 

vitality of the subject. It looks like a dense layer of pale 

smoke, clinging to the skin.  This is the visible  part  of the

energy body,in it's contracted  state.

During sleep, the etheric aura expands and opens (becoming

larger and finer)  in order to  absorb  and store vitality

(cosmic energy?) within it.  After sleep, the energy body
contracts and forms a  dense sheath surrounding the  body,
close to the skin.  This holds within it the stored energies
we all need for living.

In a way, the energy body is like a living storage battery.
During sleep, it automatically sets itself on recharge,
replacing the energies that have been used up.

15.  Energy Centres (chakras):

The primary energy centres (chakras) are the non-physical
organs of the energy body.  There are at  least seven primary
centres, and over three hundred secondary and minor centres,
scattered throughout the human body.  All together, they form
a complex network of non-physical energy components. These are
all joined together by  interconnecting pathways, or
meridians.

These centres, and their interconnecting pathways (meridians)
were charted by the Chinese, and other Eastern races,
thousands of years ago.  Modern versions of these charts are

still widely used today, in many types of alternative medicine

and body work, i.e., acupuncture and reflexology.

Primary energy centres are attached to major internal organs,

glands, nerve ganglia and the spinal cord.   Secondary and

minor energy centres are attached to joints, glands and nerve

clusters, throughout the body.

There are active centres - transforming and manipulating

energy - feeding other energy centres and taking care of life

processes - both physical and non-physical.   There are

storage centres, communication centres, and centres designed

to absorb energy from other energy sources around us.

Some energy sources:  Food, water, oxygen, sunlight, planetary

energy, cosmic energy, love, sex, music.  Some of these energy

sources are very subtle, but all are necessary for us to live

a balanced life.
 

Energy centres are invisible to the naked eye but can be felt,

quite strongly, when they are active (as a pulsing, thrumming

sensation).  When energy is consciously drawn from one centre

to another, through the connecting meridians, this can be felt

as:  A rushing water sensation, a spreading warmth, a tingling

feeling, or a combination of these.  Energy centres (chakras)

can also be seen - with auric and clairvoyant sight  - as

whirling vortexes of intensely coloured light).

Every energy centre has important individual functions, in the

energy body.  It also works in conjunction with all the other

major and minor centres.  Each centre is an individual, but

integral part of the energy body.  They all work together, for

the good of the whole energy body; just as all the physical

organs, brain, heart, liver, kidneys, glands, etc, work

together for the good of the whole physical body.

The energy body is extremely complex.  It is, in a way,

similar to an electronic device.  Energy flows into the

electronic device, and on through connecting pathways
(meridians) that are etched into the circuit board.  These

connecting pathways (meridians) carry energy on to all it's

electronic components, (chakras), diodes, resistors,
capacitors, etc.  Energy is continually being changed,

enhanced and transformed, by these components; to serve a

multitude of different purposes, required by the device, as a

whole unit, to function properly.

A single energy centre, is very much like a single electronic

component.  It takes in energy from the components around it,
and changes the value of it.  It enhances this energy, in
various ways, transforming it  into something different, that

is needed by the whole unit.

Each energy centre (chakra) takes in the different types of

energy it requires, from other energy centres in the energy

body, and generates a completely different type of energy -

with a different value and colour - according to what is

required.

The strength of each primary energy centre, in any particular

person, depends upon that person's individual makeup; their

nature, health and life style, as well as their spiritual,

moral and psychic development.  The energy generated by all
the chakras at once,  is reflected into the aura, mixing

together and causing the dominant hue of the aura.  This,
dominant hue, is the part of the aura most commonly seen with

auric sight.

            

               The Primary Energy Centres And Their Colours

                         +--------------+--------+

                         | Chakra Name  | Colour |

                         +--------------+--------+

                         | Base         | Red    |

                         | Spleen       | Orange |

                         | Solar Plexus | Yellow |

                         | Heart        | Green  |

                         | Throat       | Blue   |

                         | Brow         | Violet |

                         | Crown        | Gold   |

                         +--------------+--------+

                 Table 2: Names and Colours of the

                          primary energy centres (chakras)

Locations of the seven primary energy centres (major chakras)

1.   Base:   base of spine (between anus and genitals)

2.   Spleen: navel area

3.   Solar Plexus:  base of sternum

4.   Heart:  centre of  chest (over heart)

5.   Throat: base of throat, just above where it joins the chest

6.   Brow:   exact centre of forehead (between the eyes)

7.   Crown:  whole top of head, above the hairline

Notes:
     Each primary is best thought of as - roughly the size of your hand.

     Each primary has more than one functioning part (or petal).

     The _exact_ location of sensations felt, when a primary centres is 

     active will vary slightly - depending on what part of that centre 

     (or petal) is active.  E.G.  The spleen centre is usually felt 

     between the tummy button and pubic line.  The brow centre is often 

     felt between the eyebrows, instead of on the actual  brow.

16.  Basic Hue Classification:

The basic hue of an aura is it's  dominant colour.  This is

the most visible colour of the multiple energies generated by

all the chakras (mixed together) creating a general, overall

colour.  There are, of course, many different colours in any

person's aura, but the basic hue is usually seen first.

Many people suggest that people can be classified, as being a

particular type of person, by the basic hue of their aura.

For example:

Red       -  sensuality, vitality, raw energy.

Orange    -  emotion.
Yellow    -  personality power, mental power, intellect.

Green     -  spirituality, love, affinity with nature,
             natural healer.

Blue      -  highly spiritual, religious, natural teacher,

             healer.

Violet    -  very highly spiritual, psychic, clairvoyance,    

             religious, teacher and healer.

Gold      -  highly advanced spirituality and psychic

             abilities - an adept.

I have found this method of classification to be both unfair

to the person being classified, and extremely misleading.

The basic meanings of the individual colours are well known 

as above.  I find the human aura to be such a complex and

changeable engine, it just cannot be classified in such a

simple way.

For example:  if a person, with a predominantly blue aura, is

experiencing an emotional crisis, their aura will be flooded

with large patches of orange.  This is a temporary state only,

and once the crisis is resolved, their aura will revert to
it's natural blue.

There are so many things that can temporarily change the

appearance of an aura - sometimes just for an hour or more.

Devotional worship, for example, generates high minded

feelings and deep spiritual love.  An unstable, emotional,

dominant and violent person, who's aura is, say, naturally red

and orange, with streaks of black in it - can generate higher

spiritual colours, during worship.  These will temporarily

flood their aura, giving them the appearance (to auric sight)

of being a very spiritual person - but hiding their "true

colours" and hence, their true nature.

Jock: Blue:  

Jock was a young man I knew, several years ago.  He was

an extremely vital, sensitive man, but was very unstable,

having a lot of problems.   Jock was a deep thinker, and we

would often expound upon the meaning of life and the nature of

the universe, together.  At times like this I would often see

a  lovely spiritual blue, surrounding him.

Red:  Now, once Jock had a few drinks in him (alcohol), he

could become extremely aggressive, violent and dangerous - at

the drop of a hat.    At times like this, I would see his aura

change dramatically, in moments, to a bright, angry red, with

big orange patches and black streaks in it.   Not a trace of

his original blue aura would remain.  This, red, orange and

black colour, would stay with him, until he calmed down

completely and sobered up.

Dan:  

Dan was an old friend of mine, with a naturally green aura.

When Dan has a problem, his mind goes into overdrive, trying

to find a solution to his problem.  His aura then changes to

bright yellow, flooding strongly through his aura.  This

reverts to it's original green, very quickly, once he has

found a solution.  I have often observed this, while playing

chess with him.  Every time he gets into a sticky situation,

his aura floods yellow.

Gardening:  

When I have been gardening - having a lot of

physical contact with plants - the aura around my hands and

forearms changes to a lovely green.  This green fades away a

few hours later.  Close contact with plants seems to have an

effect on the energy body.  Maybe this is where the old saying
comes from "Having a green thumb" - for gardening.

These examples demonstrate the changeable nature of the human

aura, in a very general way.  An aura is a variable reflection
of the energy activity going on within a person.   This
reflection is detected by the brow centre of the observer, and

interpreted, as coloured bands of light, by the sight centre

of their brain.   Health, mood, emotion, strong thoughts,
drugs, and other influences, stimulate many different energy
patterns in the primary and secondary energy centres.  These
different patterns change the overall quality of the energy
being reflected into the aura.  This generates many different

colours - which changes the auras dominant colours.

17.  The Human Aura And Colour:

The  human aura  is very sensitive to colour.  It reacts to

the colours of clothing worn and to the colours of it's

surrounding area.  Colour affects the subtle flow of energies

within  the energy body.   This accounts for our strong

natural likes and dislikes, when it comes to choosing the

colours we wear, and those that surround us.

This sensitivity varies, from person to person, depending upon

how sensitive they are and how sensitive their aura is.

Women,  generally, have more delicate and sensitive auras than

men.  They are, therefore, far more sensitive to the effects

of colour, than men are.  Colour can have a strong effect on a
very sensitive person.  If they wear a colour that clashes too
badly with their aura, it can make them physically ill.

The  effect of colour on the emotions is well known.  Wall

colours are carefully chosen, in hospitals and other

institutions, to calm agitated people and put them at ease.

Soft pastel shades of pink and blue are the most frequently

used colours for this, because of their well-known calming

effect.

18.  Clothing:

It is impossible to get a clear view of an aura  through

clothing.   The  auric colours given off by any coloured

clothing react with the wearer's aura.  This causes

interference that blocks and changes the natural flow of

energies within an aura.  For  example:  a  blue shirt will

flood the wearer's natural aura with yellow - changing it's

appearance.

Even neutral coloured clothing will block and  dim an aura -

making it  dull and difficult to see.  If, for example, you

observe the aura of a person wearing a red shirt:  their aura

will contain a great deal of green.  This shows why bare skin

is best, in order to get a clear view of an aura.

When a coloured material is worn, the band of colour seen

close to the material is the reverse auric colour of that

colour.  The aura's real colours will be seen building up from
the outer edge of that colour.   The reverse auric colour of

the material, and the true colours of the living aura, affect
each other - changing their natural colours.

19.  Disease:

This  shows up in the aura in many different ways, sometimes

weeks or months before any physical symptoms appear.  An ear

infection, for example, will  show up in an aura as a

gradually thickening shadow over the ear and side of the head.
This can be seen several days before any physical symptoms

appear.  The shadow will begin as a light-grey smudge,

gradually thickening and darkening.  It will eventually change

to a murky-green patch, about the size of your hand.  As the

infection worsens it will become shot through with red and
orange streaks, flecks and sparks.

A shadow in the aura is the first sign of  _any_  approaching

health problem.

Murky-green, with red and orange streaks, flecks and sparks,

is common to infection.

20.  Death:

When  a  person  is dying, their aura undergoes dramatic

changes.  I have observed  the  auras of people, dying of

terminal cancer and other diseases, in the  weeks prior to

their death.  The first noticeable sign is when the aura fades

and begins to grow weaker and paler.  Next (with long term

illnesses) a week or so before physical death, the aura begins
to expand and change.  It changes into a beautiful (very pale)

milky-blue, shot through with faint, tiny, silver and white

sparks.   These sparks flash and twinkle throughout the aura.

Each spark is only visible for a fraction of a second at a

time.

*Note:  The aura of a dying person is a very pale milky-blue.

It is VERY pale and faint and VERY difficult to see.  It is

quite common to see a pale-blue aura surrounding a healthy

person, and this does NOT mean they are about to die.  The

aura of a dying person is quite different from a normal,

healthy, pale-blue.  It is all one colour, much larger than

normal, very milky and very faint.

Closer to the time of death, the aura begins to pulsate,
swelling and shrinking erratically.  At  times it will fill

the entire room, becoming more of an atmosphere than an aura.

At other times it will be so shrunken as to  be almost

invisible to auric sight.  It grows paler and finer by the

day, and the tiny silver and white sparks become finer and

increase in frequency.

There is a great deal of activity in all the energy centres,

at this time.  The energy body is preparing itself for the

final separation - of the physical body from the non-physical

body (or spirit).  There are, at times, faint surges of colour

and faint coloured sparks, like pastel fountains, surging and

falling from the primary centres.  They spasm and shudder and

begin generating a much higher and more refined type of

energy.  This change heralds the imminent and final

separation, of the spirit from the physical body - what we

call death.

At some time (variable) before physical death, the aura will

become almost invisible to auric sight.   Only a faint, very

pale glow will still be seen, close to the skin.  This is

residual etheric matter, clinging to the physical body.  There

is, however, still intense activity going on within the energy

body, but this is now far beyond the reach of normal auric

sight.

The aura is now reflecting  itself into a much higher level of

reality - another dimension. Clairvoyant  and astral sight are

necessary, in order to see any more energy activity, during

the final stages of the death process.

At the actual moment of death, if you are watching closely,

you will see a very faint, pale mist, surge up out of the

body, and quickly vanish.  This is the spirit leaving the

physical body.  That faint mist is residual etheric matter,

clinging to the spirit  body, as it departs.

The actual timing for these changes in the aura to occur,

depend greatly upon the type of illness, the duration of it,

and the strength of the dying person.  These govern the speed

of the actual death process.  With some conditions, this whole

process can happen very quickly, often a matter of hours.

With other conditions, this may happen over several days,

weeks or even months.

21.  Spirit Energy:

There is always a lot of spirit energy and activity,

surrounding a dying person, in the days and weeks prior to

their death.   The amount of this spirit activity seems to

depend greatly upon their belief system, as well as their

moral, spiritual and psychic development.

The strongest I have ever felt this - high level spirit energy

and activity - is around dying children.  Children seem to be

a lot more aware of their spirituality than adults give them

credit for.   We, adults, seem to lose so much of this

awareness - of our spiritual and divine nature - as we grow

older.

I have been in the presence of many dying children.  The only

way I can describe this is that, at these special times, I

have been in a holy presence  -  far beyond my poor

understanding of reality.  Children gain a special kind of

wisdom and a high level of spiritual understanding  -  and

they have no fear of death.

Accidents:  

I have never had the opportunity to observe the

aura of someone dying, shortly after an accident, so cannot

comment on this aspect of death.

Premature death:  

I have, though, known healthy, vital people,

that have died suddenly, from strokes, heart attacks and brain

aneurisms.  I have observed them, in the days and weeks prior

to their premature deaths.  I have noted similar changes, as I

might expect to see in a dying person:  very milky-pale-blue

expanded auras, silver and white sparks, and  lots of spirit

energy and  activity around them.  These people, though, were

not sick.  They were all, healthy, vital people,  but there

was something quite different about them - an indefinable

atmosphere.  In all cases, they seemed to know, intuitively

(but not consciously) that their time in this world was nearly

up.  They all did certain things, tidied up their affairs, or

made things right in some way, in the days and weeks prior to

their death.

22.   Why Most People Fail To See Auras:

The most common reason why people fail to see an aura, is

simply the way they go about it.  The human aura is  _not_  a

good training ground for the beginner.

This is what usually happens:   Your volunteer sits and waits,

for a  very long  time, while you struggle and strain for a

glimpse of their aura.  You are trying  to  relax  and

concentrate - and master a tricky visual technique - all at

the same time.  You subconsciously worry  about what   they

are thinking of  you.  Are they getting bored?  Are they

getting impatient?   Do they think you foolish, a failure, or

both?  This kind of  pressure  causes  subtle tensions to

build up within you, that effectively negate  the relaxed

state needed to see the aura. Trying to get results, under

this kind of pressure, as a beginner, is next to impossible.

Here  is  an  email letter from a young man.  It  shows some

common misunderstandings, when auras are first encountered:

David: "I was sitting in economics class, when I started

     to see a  faint white glow around the lecturer's head

     (not really though, I can't really describe it), it was

     surrounding the sides of his head.

               And, I could also see a similar one, coming

     from one  of  the students sitting in front of  him,

     except the  student's had a sort of bluish tinge  to it.

     I kept looking, and a bright yellow glow appeared around

     his head.   Then I started to see a similar white glow

     coming from some of the computer monitors, that sit on

     the desks.  At first, I  was hoping that I could see

     auras,  but  then  when  I  saw  it  on  the  monitors,

     I had my doubts."

Me:  Every  living and  non  living thing has an  aura,

     including monitors. The reason you saw them when you did

     is (let  me guess) You were bored, tired, very relaxed,

     maybe day dreaming  a  little.   Your  eyes  were tired,

     heavy, and you were having trouble keeping them open?

     These  are the PERFECT  conditions  for seeing an aura!

David: "That's  exactly how It was!  The discussion sort of

     went off topic and wasn't all that interesting to me."

               "Anyway, I  was wondering if you can tell me if

     I  actually did    see their auras.  I tried staring at

     myself in the mirror to see my aura, when I got home, and

     tried to see a friends aura,  but it didn't work.  I

     haven't been able to  see an  aura, since that day, a

     week or two ago.   As  for some of    my  questions.  I

     was wondering what  colours  non-living objects   give

     off - is it white?  How  come  the aura  was brighter

     around their  heads?"

Me:  You  did  see the aura!  The colours given off by non-

     living objects vary with the colour of the object, but

     inanimate objects, generally, have a simple pale, creamy

     aura surrounding them.  The aura you saw, surrounding the

     heads of the people around you, was their etheric aura -

     which is a pale, creamy colour,  usually with a pale blue

     tint to it.

The human aura is brighter around the head area, for two

  reasons:

1.    Clothing  blocks the aura.

2.    The head  area is usually bare (no clothing to block it)

  and is where the yellow of the  intellect is most active,

  which is quite easy to see.  This  yellow varies in

  intensity, according to the degree of mental  activity going

  on at the time the aura is seen.   This, mental activity,

  brightens the aura in the head area.   Maybe the student you

  observed was really on  the ball that day?

The main point of  showing you this letter is:  David began to

see the aura, with no trouble at all, when he was tired and

not trying to see it.   He was tired, bored and day dreaming

(a very relaxed state).   David was struggling to stay awake

and forcing his eyes to stay open.  This _forcing_ his eyes to

stay open, creates a strong mental opening action, at the site

of the brow centre - between the eyes.  This stimulates the

brow centre and combined with a relaxed, un-focussed gaze,

causes spontaneous auric sight to occur.

When David tried to see an aura, later at home, he could not -

because he was wide awake and trying, and was no longer in a

relaxed enough state for auric sight  to work.

Keep this, above, in mind - when you first attempt to use

auric sight!

23.   How To See An Aura:  (basic technique)

To  see the aura, you have to be able to relax and

concentrate, at the same  time, and there is a trick to

focusing your eyes in  a special way.

     * An aura must be gazed upon - not looked at *

Light:

First, you need plenty of good, soft light to train in, not

dim, but good soft light.  It is very important not to have

any strong light shining or reflecting into your eyes.  It is

best to have light coming from behind and above you.  If you

have, say a window, flooding light into the room, in your

field of view, while trying to see an aura, it will distract

you and make an aura much more difficult to see.  A hundred

watt bulb, coming from above and behind you, is fine.

Step 1:

Get a book and  cover it in  bright, primary  blue or red

paper.  Stand it upright, on a table, six or seven feet from

you (about 2 metres). Experiment with the distance until you

find what is  just right for you,  but the minimum distance

should be no less than 4 feet (1.2 meters).   Make sure you

have a  plain, fairly  neutral background.   Do not view it

against a brightly coloured wall, or garish wallpaper.   If

the wall colour is wrong, hang a sheet of    neutral  coloured

paper or cloth on the wall, as a backdrop.  A bed sheet, or

some sheets of butchers paper, taped to the wall,  will do

fine.

Notes:

A.The book is only a prop for the coloured paper,  i.e.,  it

  is  the  aura of the coloured paper you are going to look at

  - not the aura  of  the book. Using a brick, covered in

  coloured paper, would give the same result as would hanging

  a piece of coloured  paper on the wall.

B.The  auras  of  the  colours  blue  and red are, by far, the

  brightest and easiest to see.

C.The  brightness  and tone of a colour's aura varies  with

  the shade and tone  of  the  colour used,  so  use  bright

  primary colours only.

D.You can use any brightly coloured item for this:  clothing,

  kitchen canisters, toys, or even tape squares of coloured

  paper directly to a wall.

Step 2:

Close your eyes, take a few deep breaths  and relax.  When you

are calm,  look  at  the  book.   Focus your eyes on nothing,

a little to  the side and just past it.  This is as if you

were gazing at,  but  not focusing on, the wall behind it.

The whole idea is to totally relax the focus of your eyes and

view the subject with your peripheral, or side vision.  By

side vision, I mean just to the side of your normal focused

area of sight (a couple of inches only)  not out of the corner

of your eye.

Gently hold that gaze and relax your eyes.  Get used to that

relaxed focus and try not to strain or tense your eyes or

forehead while doing it.    Concentrate!  You  need an

intense, but  very relaxed and steady gaze, similar to day-

dreaming.

Blinking:

When  you need to blink, do so, or it  will  cause your eyes

to tense, burn and water.  Blink normally and without changing

focus, and DO NOT become preoccupied  with  it.   Blinking

will  cause  the aura you are viewing to disappear - for a

second or two only - but  it will  reappear quickly - if you

stay calm and  hold a relaxed  focus.  Learning to hold your

focus, while blinking normally, is an important part of

learning to use auric sight.

Brow centre opening technique:

It is necessary to use some type of brow centre opening

exercise, in order to stimulate your brow centre into a

receptive mode.  This allows you to receive the energy

surrounding your subject - as auric sight.  It is possible to

see the aura of colour without doing this, but it is very

difficult to see a living aura, without first stimulating and

opening your brow centre.

 *** Please pay  _very_  close attention to what follows! ***

Remember what it is like to be very, very tired - totally

exhausted?  Remember what it feels like when you haven't slept

for days, and can hardly keep your eyes open?

Remember what it feels like when your eyes keep trying to

close on you?   Remember what it is like to have to wrestle

with your eyes to keep them open?

This causes a sensation, if you observe yourself closely, much

like you are trying to lift a heavy, shadowy veil, from behind

your eyes.  When this happens, the muscles of your eyes are

not responding very well, so the action becomes almost

entirely mental.

Stop for a moment and remember what this feels like.

Wrestling to open tired eyes causes a strong mental opening

action, at the site of the brow centre - thereby stimulating

it.

How this works:

This mental opening action, focuses your bodily awareness at

the site of your brow centre.

When  your bodily awareness is focussed at one area of your

body, and you manipulate that area with your mind,  you

stimulate your energy body in that area  -  in a dynamic way.

If this mental opening action is continued for long enough,

and put enough mental effort  into it,  your brow centre (your

third eye) will begin to open.

If you carry out this mental opening action, when you are

relaxed, and have a subject in your field of view - and you

are not looking directly at your subject - spontaneous auric

sight will occur.

The mental opening action given here is similar, only _much_

stronger and more effective than the normal, visualisation

based, chakra opening techniques; taught by most other

teachers of psychic development and energy work.

Visualisation based energy work, on it's own, is weak and

obtuse and very difficult to learn and use.

* Back to the coloured book:

While you are gazing steadily, with a relaxed focus, at your

blue or red covered book - recreate the same mental  action,

as described above.  Shift your bodily awareness to the area

between your eyes.   Feel this area with your mind -

concentrate all of your sense of feel, your  bodily awareness,

on this area.

Tip:  Lightly scratch the skin directly between your eyes, and

just above it,  in the centre of

         your brow, with a fingernail.   This will help you to

zero in on that spot with your bodily

         awareness.

Shift your bodily awareness to the area between your eyes -

concentrate on  being aware of  that area!

Mentally lift this whole area - as if you were trying to force

your eyelids to open - but do not allow the muscles in this

area to tense up or respond in any way  (this is all mental).

Isolate the mental command that  lifts your eyelids.  Observe

yourself closely.  Imagine your eyes are very heavy, and let

them close on you, and open them a few times.  Observe which

muscles you use to do this.    Use this same muscle  command -

with your mind based bodily awareness, in that area - but

without letting your eyelid muscles obey.

Do this over and over again - lifting, lifting, lifting - as

if you were lifting a heavy shadow from behind your eyes .

Repeat this action, over and over, but do not allow yourself -

or any muscles - to tense up or respond.  This is a bit tricky

to, start with, but easily mastered with a little practise.

This mental opening action is _very_ important.  It is the

first step in learning how to control your brow centre and,

later, the rest of your energy body - if you decide to

progress to developing full clairvoyance and other psychic

abilities.

In the early stages, it does not matter if you feel you are

lifting too large an area over your brow.  Even if you are

lifting right across the whole front of your forehead - it

will still have an opening effect on your brow centre.   With

practise, you will be able to narrow the focus of this mental

opening action - to the brow centre area alone.

If you keep up this mental opening action, you will stimulate

your brow centre - forcing it to become active.  Your steady,

relaxed focus, on your subject, will tune your brow centre

into the energy given off by it.  This energy will be passed

along to the sight centre of your brain.  There, it will be

interpreted as a sight picture - a bright band of  coloured

light.

Tip.  When you have isolated this opening action, and can do

  it mentally, you will find one side of the veil behind your

  eyes easier to lift than the other - usually the right is

  easier.  Basically, his feeling is caused by the two

  different hemispheres of your brain - one is much easier to

  use than the other.  If this is a problem, use a clockwise

  swirling mental action, over the site of the brow centre, to

  stimulate it.    By clockwise, I mean clockwise from the

  inside.  Use the same mental muscle command we talked about

  above,  as with opening tired eyes, but swirl it, as if you

  were mentally stirring that area with a pencil.

  It is best to alternate between the main opening

  action, and this swirling action, when trying to activate

  your brow centre.  The main opening action is still needed

  to tune your brow centre into an aura.

Note.  Remember:  all these energy stimulation exercises

  depend upon localised bodily awareness, specifically - 

  localised surface awareness on the skin. You have to FEEL

  these mental actions happening, in order to make them effective.

Your first aura:

While you are doing all the above, patiently keep up your

relaxed gaze, just to the side and past your subject.  After a

while (anything from a few seconds to several minutes - in the

early stages) you will see a faint shimmering in the air,

around the book.  Then, you will see a pale, narrow band of

light build up, close to the edge of  the book.    This is the

books etheric aura.

*Stay relaxed!