CHAPTER I.

WHAT IS THE HUMAN AURA?

Students of occultism: the study of hidden, spiritual, or supernatural truths are often asked this question by people who have heard the term but are unfamiliar with its meaning. Simple as the question may seem, it is by no means easy to answer it plainly and clearly in a few words, unless the listener already has a general acquaintance with the subject of occult science. Let us commence at the beginning and consider the question from the point of view of a person who has just heard the term for the first time.

The dictionaries define the word "aura" as: "Any subtle, invisible emanation or exhalation." English authorities, as a rule, attribute the origin of the word to a Latin term meaning "air" original: "aura", but Hindu authorities insist that it had its origin in the Sanskrit: an ancient Indo-Aryan language of India and the liturgical language of Hinduism and Buddhism original: "Sanscrit" root Ar, meaning the spoke of a wheel. The significance of this is understood when we remember the fact that the human aura radiates from the body of the individual in a manner similar to the radiation of the spokes of a wheel from its hub. The Sanskrit origin of the