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,