The Human Aura

term is the one preferred by occultists: practitioners or students of hidden or spiritual knowledge, although it will be seen that the idea of an aerial emanation—indicated by the Latin root—is not foreign to the real significance of the term. original: "aura," Latin for "air" or "breath"

Whatever the real origin of the term may be, the idea of the human aura is one upon which all occultists are in full agreement and harmony. Mention of it is found in all works on the general subject of occultism. Therefore, we shall begin by considering the main conception of it, as held by all advanced occultists, both ancient and modern, while omitting minor points of theoretical difference between the various schools.

Briefly, then, the human aura may be described as a fine, ethereal radiation or emanation surrounding every living human being. It extends from two to three feet in all directions from the body. It takes on an oval shape—a great egg-shaped nebula: a cloud-like or hazy formation In this context, it refers to a subtle energy field rather than a celestial body. surrounding the body on all sides for a distance of two or three feet. This aura is sometimes referred to in ordinary terms as a person's "psychic atmosphere" or "magnetic atmosphere."

This atmosphere or aura is apparent to a large percentage of persons in the sense of