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LE CTUR E I .

F U ND AM E N TAL STATEM E NTS .

T he two distinct subj ects upon which this

essay trea ts are so closely allied in nature and
so frequently presented t ogether in modern

writings that it seems desirable to consider

them as practically inseparable Since the pub
.

“
lication of Man Visible and Invisible by that
popular T heos ophical author and lectur e r C W
, . .

Leadbeater public interest as well as curiosity

, , ,

has been gr e atly aroused to kn ow how far the

startling declarati ons made in that volume and
elsewhere may be fairly considered as correct ;
and th ough the subj ect matte r o f such a book
do es n ot readily admit o f close examinatio n ,

there are many points which can be quite sim

ply discussed regarding the two chie f themes
on which it disc ourse s — the human aura an d ,

the mean ing and use of co lor .

F r om the standpoint of clairv oyan ce a l on e

q
4 82 9 8
.
4 The H uman A ura

the general public can h ardly stand prepared

to j udge the meri ts o f any state ments because ,

few p eo ple comparatively speaking have suffi

, ,

cient experimental acquaintance with inte ri or

or gre a tly e xtend e d vision to enable th e m to

tes ti fy to the accuracy or inaccuracy o f an y

declara tio ns based on psychic p e rcepti on al on e ;
but as in the case o f the col or side o f the ques
,

tio n every on e is at full libe rty to t e st the e f

,

feets produce d by various colo rs up on human

beings ani mals and v eget a bles and also to ob
, ,

s e rve the influ enc e o f colo r in modifying

atmo sphe ric te mpe rature wha t might oth e rwise
,

appear to be a very abstruse and e ntirely occult

subj ect so on bec ome s a matter for w orld wide -

investigation and d emonst ration .

T he H uman A ura th ough visible only by the

,

aid o f clairvoyance is palpably discern ed or

,

felt by millions o f people who kn ow n othing of

psychic science or o f the devel opment o f nu
usual p e rceptions A n d th ough this aura
.
,

which surrounds every living organis m is ,

”
vaguely de scribed as magn etis m by a great
“

many p eople who have given s ome attenti on to

it that wo rd having a distinct technical mean
, ,

ing in other d epartments o f scientific research ,

d oe s not very prope rly de scribe exactly what we

mean by auric efiluen ce or radiati on Person al
‘
.
 The H uman A ura 5

Magn etism is a convenient and co mprehen sive

phras e which sums up in two w ords what c ould
only be c orrectly describ e d by using sev e ral

sentences as that title is very frequently given

,

to the t otal sum o f all that influences us wh e n

we are brought into co ntact with s ome impres
sive man or woman T he fa mo us Dr Grego ry
. .
,

o f Edinburgh did n ot h e sitate to name his b ook

,

A ni mal Magn etis m or Mes meris m and Its

“

”
Phenomena th ough that volume !the latest
,

edition o f which was published in Lond on in

Lo ndon in 1 877 ) gives a review of numerous
cases o f mental and physical he aling through
process e s now usually t e rmed Suggestive and ,

als o cites many valuable instances o f un mistak

able clairv oyance Marie Corelli in 1 886 when
.
, ,

the first editi on o f he r still fa mous novel

“
A ,

Romance o f T wo W orlds was brought to ,

public attenti on substituted the mo re dign ifi ed

,

”
title human electricity to designate the mar
“

v ellous s iritual o r s chic u fl w f p tential

p py ot o o o

energy fr om such transcendent characters as

H eliobas and his sister !ara Bulwer Lytt on .
,

l ong before had familiarized readers with the

,

w ord Vril which was certainly derived from

,

Vir the superi or man distin guished in Latin

, ,

speech from H omo an o rdinary man Virtue

, .
,

viri lity and all similar well knowh w ords be ,

6 The H uman A ura

ginning with Vir speak for themselve s con

,

cerning their origin and it is n o mystery to

,

the student o f Psychic Science to be told by the

Evangelists that vi rtue we nt fo rth from a Mas
ter and healed sufl
'

e re rs who were receptive to

its sway Virtus means properly a great deal

.

more than the mo dern w orld generally under

stands by virtue a te rm which has o ften been
,

narrowe d down almost exclusively to its nega

tive side Positive fo rce abounding energy
.
,

g o ing f o rth to bless and he al o thers as w e ll as

keeping its generator in perfect health and
vigor was the original meanin g of that great
,

str on g w ord which ought to be restored in

popular parlance to its pristine fulness of sig
n ifican ce . Pro fess or Van der N aillen who se ,
”
three romances O n the H eights o f H i malaya
“
, ,
“ ” “
In the Sanctuary and Bal thazar the Ma,

gus are replete with valuable teaching regard

,

ing the aura o f more tha n ordinarily advanced

practitioners of the healin g art has t old us that , ,

broadly defined the human aura may be classi

,

—
fi ed as ! I st that generated by the ordinary
man o r woman which extends but a very little
”
way beyond the exterio r personality ; z ud that—
pertainin g to people who se moral and in tellec
tual developments are d ecidedly above the com
mon place which extends much further away
,
 The H uman A ura 7

from the physique than in ordinary circum

—
stances ; 3 d that which is generated by
r

A depts or A rhats who can pro j ect their emana

tions to any part o f this planet at their dis ere
ti on Such statements agree very fully with all
.

that we can gather from ancient and modern

treatises concern in g the illimitable p ossibilitie s
o f that subtle and highly p otent energy which

is clear ly an influential but o ften an un recog

,

n iz ed facto r in the j oint acc omplish ments o f

,

successful telepathy and absent mental healing .

T o that si mply devout type of mind which re

poses perfect tr ust in Deity and is willing to
,

abstain from al l inquiry into the method of

divine Operations dissertations concerning the
,

“ ”
how of spiritua l healing may appear super
fl uous and may s ometimes be unwel come ; but
,

the rati onalistic intellect is dete rmined to probe

the mystery scientifically i f possible and such
,

enquiry into ho w the blessings are received for ,

which we are devoutly thankful in n o way,

tends to di minish our appreciati on of the bl ess

ings themselves ; on the contra ry the scientific
,

student is o ften fo r mo re intelligently grateful

than an y individual can be who blindly and

tacitly accepts a benefact i on in c omplete ignor
ance o f the wo rkin g o f universal o rder .

The mo st clearly ration al and truly scientific

8 The H uman A ura

view of matt er is that it is only a mani fested

mode of u n iversal substance Ancient al chemy
.

an d mo de rn chemistry have recently drawn

n earer and nearer together so much so that
,

many of the most renowned among contem

p orar
y physicists are ann o uncing the mselves
converts to the ancien t theo r o f PRIMUM

M O BILE or ET H ERIA ; w ether they use h

the old Latin w ords or not to convey thei r
meanin g is a question of very s mall impo rt
an ce T here see ms to be n o stability in the
.

chemical atom when we learn that it is dissolu

ble into a multitude of electrons but re gardless
,

of what may be diss olved and caused to dis

appear the universal simple el ement —pri mal

, ,

—
and ulti mate o ut o f which all differentiated
,

compound s sprin g and into which they must

,

—
all eventually retum remains as ever the un
,

alterable s ource o f energy or substan ce which

is neither created when w orlds are brought
forth n or annihilated when pl anets are disim
tegrated .

T he simp le force or en er gy of l ife the pu

re
,

spirit of humanity is Vril and this it is which

, ,

buil d s and heal s and can exhibit p ower to com

mand all c ombinations o f va ryin g elements to
appear and disappear .

Natural Magic is a topic which will yet be

 The H uman A ura 9

compr eh ended by the more thoughtful in the

West as it has long bee n u n d erstood by ex
,

perts in the East T he O riental w onder work

.
-

er whose feats bewilder an English sp ectat or

, ,

is simply a man who has gained greater control

than o rdinary over Pram or the vital e nergy
,

which he has l earned to c onserve and dir ect

v olitionally but which the ordinary man all ows
,

to become dissipated through lack of sel f con -

trol or dominion over fe elings and app etite s .

T o devel op and utiliz e a good and p ow e rful

aura certain regular exercises are ne cessary
, ,

and at the he ad o f these stand th ose primary

directio ns c oncernin g ryhthmic or harmonic
breathing which are n ow beginning to attract
,

s omething like general attentio n in America

and in Europ e T he mysteri ous Yogis o f India
.

are a ve ry much higher class of people than the

fantasti c fakirs who meet the eye o f general
travellers ; for while the latter are public per
for me rs ready to exhibit their abilities at any
,

ti me for a monetary consideration the truly ,

advanced ma gicians are secluded entirely from

th at vulgar publicity which n ev e r a ffords op
p o rtu n ity for the acc om plish ment o f genu ine
g oo d to hu m anity T h e p owerful
. ani mal aura
o f the external man which o ften appears to a
,

clairv oyant as bright red in c ol or is o f great

,
10 The H uman A um

use in the productio n o f the most external f eats

o f magic as w ell as in aiding th o se physical

manifestati ons in which Spiritualists t ook such

great interest in the days o f D D H ome and . .

other marv ell ous mediums

“
,
the r e cord o f
whose experiences r eads someti me s like the
wildest l ege nds o f fairy l ore The rehabili
.

tated gh o st said to haunt many an ancient

,

castle is an actual fact in some instances and

, ,

the weird phenomena which startle many and

inte rest without terrifying a few modern in
ve stigators o f psychic myst e ri e s are lar gel y

assiste d by the A K A SA or vital effl uen ce o f

certain mediumistic pe ople with out wh o se pres

ence psychic phenomena of an external char
acte r but very rarely occur .

A n exteri or and rath e r coarse g rad e o f aur a

is empl oyed oft en beneficially by magn etic
, ,

heale rs and oth e rs who reso rt to manipulati on

with a view to c onveying strength to d ebilitated
bodies and this grad e o f fo rc e is als o e mploy e d
,

to a great degree by hypn o tists who dep end ,

largely upon s ome measure o f physical con

tact or at least upon clos e physical proximity
,

T his ani mal magnetis m

“
to their subj ects . ,

which is by n o means confin e d to human beings ,

is gene rated copi ously by strong healthy ani ,

mals who practis e hypn otism in s ome o f its

,
 The H uman A ura u

phase s in stinctively if n ot deliberately T his

, .

g rade o f aura th
, ough c opi o us and us e ful o n a
sup erficial plane o f action is n ot capable of
,

b e in g ext ensiv ely emplo y e d in mental teleg

raph y o r in distant h e aling,
and becaus e this is
so it is n o unc ommon exp e rienc e to me et pe opl e

who successfully practise the most extern al

—
phas es o f Sugg estion o ral and v isual treat
,

ment — who fail to p erceive that sugge sti on can

,

als o prove th oroughly effective wh en all o ut

ward agents are abs ent or withdrawn The .

more dependent a man o r w oman is on personal

appearance and tricks o f v oice and manner the ,

more superficial is apt to be that individual s ’

wo rk and though endowed with a large share

,
”
of
“
pers on al magn etism he o r she is very
lik e ly to be for gotten r eadily even by en thusi
,

astic admirers aft e r th ey have re moved to a

,

considerable physical dist ance fr om the attra e

tive op erat or T he succ ess ful telepathist who
.
,

can soon learn to give absent trea tments for

health and general welfar e successfully is o ften,

s ome on e who s e inte ll ectual attract iv en e ss far

outweighs all pers onal charm and who capti
,

vates the minds rather than allures the physical

senses o f tho se who are impre ssible T he aura
.

o f a highly int e llectu al man o r w oman viewed,

clai rvoyantly is ofte n distinctively yell ow in

,
12 The H uman A ura

hue sometimes o f a rich golden col or ; the

,

e ffe ct o f such an aura is to stimulate the mental

faculties o f all who may prov e suscep tible to ,

calm the physical emotio ns and to r egulate the

,

nerv e s .

T he practice o f me n tal teleph ony is easily

compr e hended by anal ogy now that Marconi s
,
’

simple system o f wireless t elegraphy is prov

ing abundantly demonstrable Ether is a com.

preh ensive w ord and it will serve very w ell

,

for o ur present purpo se as we s eek to convey

s omethin g like a definite picture of ho w
thou ghts !or their e ffects ) are trans mitt e d from
place to place and fr om intellect to int e llect .

T H O UG H T S A R E F O R CE S is a widely
accept e d sayin g and on e which e mbo dies a
,

mighty truth o f the high e st ethical i mp ort for , ,

i f we b eli e ve this or anything like it we shall ,

certainly be led to be far mo re cautio us in the

thought r eal m than is usual Tho ughts are .

results o f brain action but intelligence moves

,

upon a brain and sets it in d efinite motion A .

materialist is w ont to say that brain secretes

thought as liver secretes bile ; but even if thi s
statement be measure ably true and we are ,

scarcely profit ed by pron ouncing it entirely

false the query remain s H ow d oes liver secrete
, ,

bile ! It is on ly through the agencyof a livin g

 The H uman A ura 13

liver that bile is secrete d and it is only through

,

the me dium o f a living brain that th oughts are

pr oduc e d I ns trumen ts of thin kin g the various
.

sections of the brain decidedly may be in the ,

sens e in which we speak o f musical instru

ments through the agency o f which musicians

,

rende r music ; but the men and w omen in stru ,

mentalists are they who r e ally produce the

,

s ounds we love to hear for not o nly do in stru

,

ments require players o r th ey would be value

—
l ss they must have fashioners and tun ers als o
e

or they could n ot exist and be kept in readi n ess

for use Between human individuality an d per

.

son ality there is almost as much difference as

be tween a com etist and a c om et Leadbeater s .

’

definiti on of person fro m pers on a meaning ,

s omething through which s ound proceeds is ,

und oubte dly accurate and if such a discrimiy

,
‘

n ation b etw e en diffe rent terms which are often

,

bewilderingly confounde d w er e kept clearly in

,

vi ew controversy w ould s oon wax l es s fierce

,

and langua ge w ould become mo re genera lly

intelligible .

T he several bodies of man en umerated by ,

The osophists as each within the oth e r and vari

o usly made manifest in di f fering sta ges o f hu
man evo lution a ffo rd a pro foundly interestin g
,

theme for continu ous research T he the ory is .

I4 The H uman A ura ,
"

\
at least/plausible, and when cl airvoyant testi
mony is brought fo rward to sustain it it be ,

c omes still more pressing a question for all who

co ncern themselves with psychical research .

T he casual b ody which is the innermost o f all

,

our bo dies is d e scribed by penetrative seers as

,

well developed only in the case o f adepts an d ,

by well d ev elop e d is meant t hat it really shi n e s

through or that its radiations pierce the several
,

o uter vehicles o r sh e aths o f the true ego which ,

are called respectively our mental astral an d ,

physical bodies .

In the development of the averag e man or

w oman whom we meet in fairly refined an d
rather well educated so cie ties there is a lway s
s ome trace of the emanati ons o f the mental
body in the appreciable aura ; thus it does n ot
seem incr e dible to such people that trans ference
o f th ought even to great distances may be ac

co mplishable th ough it is but rarely that an y

,

very strikin g cas es o f telepathy manifestly c c

cur T o explain the voluntary an d als o the
.

involunta ry transmissi on o f thought from min d

to mind and from place to place it is n eces
, ,

sary to consider how certain me ntal states af

feet the aura of the sender and al so o f the re
ce iver o f a mental dispatch ; and we must not

o v erl ook the c l o sely kindre d e f

f ect whi ch ou r
16 The H uman A ura

readily succumb to the influence of their sur

roundin gs .

Environment and circumstance when these ,

w ords are used purely in th eir singular sign ifi

cance refer entirely to individual aura th ough
, ,

in thei r plural form o f circumstances and en

v ironmen ts they may pr operly be us e d to de sig

nat e the sum o f thos e ext e rnal conditio ns whic h

more remotely environ us T he orderly classi
.

fi catio n — m —
ind bo dy and e state exactly con
, , ,

veys the process whereby the aura is g enerat e d

and thr own off T he first act is ge nerative the
.
,

sec ond act is propulsiv e when we co nsid er

,

how aura is co nstituted and then how it is util !

iz gdf Po ets and paint e rs have evidently draw n

"
very largely up on the re sults of seership in giv
ing to the world repr e s entati ons o f ni mbus ,

aureole and gl ory enci rcling the head and radi

,

ating from the entire pe rson o f so me unusually

ele vated individual in the psychic scale T he .

min or saints as pictured in Christian art have

, ,

only a l ittle rin g o f light surr oundin g their

heads but greater saints have much more o f

,

this halo ; then when the Master is portrayed

as walkin g up on the water the wh ole surface
,

o f the lake is sh own illu minated by his radia

tions A diligent comparis on o f the various

.

Sacred B ook s of the Ea st with the J ewish and

 The H uman A ura 17

Christian Scriptures and also with Classic

,

Myt ho logy foll owed by a study of lat er sym

,

bolie art w ould bring forward an immense

,

array o f co ncurrent t estimony to the fact that

all ov e r the earth the kn owle dge o f the human
aura has at s ome time spread T h en when we .

read acc oun ts by Baron von R e ichenbach o f

his experi ments demonstrating o dylic fo rce or
odyle we s hall se e that r ec ent Eur op ean ex per
,

imen talists reache d a c onclusi on n ot widely dif

feren t fr om anci ent Egyptians and H indus .

h N ot only have hu man b e ings be en cr e dite d with

f
gene rating a he alt h aura which thev o ften fre e
,

ly disp e nse to th o se w eak e r than th emselv e s ,

but all co ns ecrated t emples have b ee n charged

with this effusio n which in the fi rst i n stanc e
, , ,

must hav e pr oce eded fr om some hu man beings ,

th ough frequ e ntly sacre d pl ac es w er e s aid to

p ossess it to such a degre e that h ealing has
o ft en been acc omplished in a t emporarily de

se t ted t emple .

T he mod e rn suggesti onist who follows Lie

bault and B ernheim almost exclusiv ely has a
tendency to unduly ign o re and s ometimes even
,

to s toutly repudiat e the acti on o f a fo rce which

,

M es me rists and magnetists are apt to overe sti

mate A wise middle c ourse needs to be found
.

and to be steadily pur sue d betw ee n the extr eme

 18 The H uman Aura

of mental suggestionism and an v rratin g of

o e

W y h s ic al ex uda tio n sJ T h e Bible in,

b o th T esta

men ts giv e s many instances of bo th aspects

,

of this i mmense subj ect . We read in so me

places o f an ener gy actually goin g fo rth f rom a
healer to a patient and of this energy bein g
,

transmitte d in a d e cidedly corp oreal manner ;

we als o find numerous re cords o f what w ould
”
n ow be called
“
absent menta l healing N oth .

ing is lost to any rati onal metaphysical system

”
by granting to ani mal magnetism a certain
s ub ordinate po sition as a transmissive agent ;
inde ed it s e ems absurd to deny if metaphysical
,

premises have been accepted that it can possi

,

bly be oth erwise than that our mental condi

ti on should most ext ensiv ely afi ect our phy
sique and all its emanati ons I f eve ry practi
.

tion e r o f massage and o f oste opathy as well as ,

every ann ounced magn etic heal er understo od ,

something d efinitely c once rnin g aura and how

it is generated purifi e d and vitiat d initially
, ,
e — ,

in a ll cas e s by mental activities a very great

-
,

addition w ould quickly be made to the benefits

accruing as r e s ults of the practice of th es e vari
ous sch ools o f mechanical or medical practi

tion ers K n ow l edge o f how s omethin g is done

.

does not always accompany one s do ing o f that’

so m ethin g b,ut kn o wl e d g e is c ertain l y n eces

 The H uman A ura 19

sary if we wish to be able to do our best work v

in the most intelligent manner Very go od re .

sults o fte n f oll ow from the mental and mag

n etic treatments giv en by uniformed perso ns ,

because i f people live in good will to their -

neighbors and are at peace withi n themselv e s ,

they unconsci ously ge n e rate a good h e althy ,

aura which h elps de licate sensitive sufferers

, ,

who are br ought into co ntact with it .

T he health aura is clairvoyantly described as

r ose pink in color and from this o riginal visi on
, ,

whic h date s to remote antiquity we have be ,

come familiar wi th rose colo red as a t e rm

“ -
”

implying che e rful and Optimistic Ros e colo red .

-

glasses do literally conduce to c he er fuln ess in ,

accordance with the readily asce rtained law of

c orrespondential suggestion T hus it is that
.

from within to without and fr om witho ut to

within is a perpetually alternating or refl ex

natural process leading to the continuance o f

,

inductive and deductive sch ools alike of phil os

ophy and medicine .Plato and A ristotle sim
ply viewed the same ph en omena from exactly
o ppo site standp oints and th e ir re sp e ctiv e dis
,

ciples do precisely the sa me to day T he Pla

-
.

ton ist is a th or ough metaphysician w hile the ,

A ristotelian is a physicist but they can w ork

,

harmoniously together in a single college wh en

20 The H uman A ura

both have grown to see that the on e begins with

caus e s and w orks outw a rd to e ffects while the ,

o ther begins with effect s and w orks inward to

cau sati on
"
.

r Th e starting po int o f the auric radiati on .

call it by w hatever name we may is always far ,

belo w !more correctly behind or within ) the

surface o f our existence So ve ry common a
.

word as p e rspiratio n is o f dignified origin com ,

ing from per which means through and spi

, ,

rare , to breathe T o perspire is literally to

.

breath e through a ve hicle and certainly the

,

nature of the outbreathing must be determined

by that which is at w ork within T his idea o f .

breathing through a mask so to speak has al

, ,

ways served to convey with great cle arness

an d essen tial d octrine —c ommon alike to all
,

Gno stics T heo s ophists Spiritualists and O c

, , ,

—
cultists that the real man is i mmeasur ably
,

mo re than his physical habili ments th ough un ,

like s ome schools o f met aphysicians no ne of ,

thos e groups o f students o f psychic pr oblems

whom we have just enumerated v e rbally or
technically deny the existence o f the physical
body or the wo rld of gross matter which is ,

si mply the final or most ext ern al vehicl e

thr ough which the ego or entity reveals itself
in expres sion Astrol ogy chirol ogy an d all
.
, ,
 The H uman A ura 21

o ther reputedly O ccult Scien ces can be inter

rete d aright only thr ough familiarity with the
p
human aura because the !
, W k
termines our susceptibility or non susceptibility -

in the presenc e of all conceivable elements an d

vibrant influencesJN othin g can well be more
e vident than the undeniable fact that many per

s ons constantly exposed to the rudest play of

th e elements and also to highly co n tagious
,

—
c onditions and diseases nurses do ctors an d
, ,

pri e sts are three n otable classes o f exposed in

div iduals — are remarkably immune fr om con
,

tagion . T his immunity can be scientifical ly

acc ounted for in on e way on ly viz by discover
, .
,

ing that the gen eral mental and physical con

dition s of such perso ns mo re nearly than o rdi
n aril
y appr oxi mate t oward an ideally as epti c

state The aura of the priest of the physician

.
, ,

and o f the trained nurse is generally speaking

, ,

stronge r than that of the average friend or rela

tive of a sick pers on who feels armed with no
,

special knowl e dge or auth ority and c on sequent

,

ly is much mo re liable to infecti on T he aura .

o f the y oung d oct or is n ormally b right red in

col or and stron g th ough n ot partic ularly t e

,

fin ed ; that o f the maturer and well balanced -

physician n ormally pr esents a purple tint as , ,

m
with addition to ere strength an d s l f confi
e -
22 The H uman A ura

dence we det ect benevol ence of a riper sort and

,

greater susceptibility to hi gher than physical

influ enc e s T he gentl en e ss co upl ed with fi rm
.
,

ness whic h very often characteriz e s the train ed

,

nurse and the sister o f charity bet okens a ma ,

turity o f th ought and feeling which gives rise

to a rich purplish vi olet aura whic h exerts a ,

s oothing and also a bracing effect upon sensi

tive receptive patients
, .

The great exercise whereby the aura is

develope d most of all is re gular rhythmic
breathing the impo rtance o f which can scarce
,

ly be overestimated T o breathe righteo usly is

.

to use the entire l ung c apacity for inhaling and

exhaling air an d in c on necti on with the in hal
,

ing and exhaling o f pure outer atmosphere it is

highly desirable to dw e ll upon pran a the life ,

force which pervades the atmosphere and apart ,

from which n o living organism can be either

produced o r sustained T he real nature of this
.

n a is elemental force an d to the extent that

p ra ,

it is rendered subj ect to human will in the hu

man body is any man or w oman enabled to con
trol the elements external to humanity which ,

are in n o essential respect different from the

constituen ts of the hu man organism itsel f .

T he somewhat intricate directions given for

harmonic breathing to Weste rn disciples by
24 The H uman Aura

me nd l ike brightness all i maginable tints and

-
,

hues o f col or radiating from a perfect centre .

n o other mental sugge sti on in the fi el d o f co lor

symbolism can equal it in beauty or inclusive

ness But as our mo st deeply felt necessitie s
.

are o ften distinctly particular and relative and ,

pe rfect whiteness d en otes the abs olute we do ,

well to distinguis h thoughtfully betwe en col or

values and map out fo r our special edification
precis e ly that shade o f color which sign ifies
the man if e st expr e ssion o f exactly that me ntal
quality which we desire most o f all immediately
to expr e ss . Chromopathy as taught and prac,

tise d by Dr E D Babbitt is an elabo rate yet

. . .
,

simple syste m based on extensive kn owledge

,

o f c ol or values and this syste m can be really

,

mastered in a comparatively sh ort ti me by seri

o us students o f av e rage ability T he specia l .

the rapeutic e ffe cts o f colo r are more c ompl etely

set forth in the writings o f Dr Babbitt than by .

any oth e r autho r with wh ose publications we

are fa miliar F rom the teachings of Dr Bab
. .

bitt we deduce the foll owing general conclu

sion s !
RED is always a stimulant tending to arou se ,

every faculty which is subjected to its influence

consequently light admitted through red glas s
,

or e v e n red furnitur e cl othing fl o

, wers paint , ,
 The H uman A ura 25

or wall paper is recommended for all pers ons

whose tendencies are sluggish or despondent .

Red in all its vari ous de grees ran ging from

, ,

pale pink to vivid scarlet can be use d with ad

,

va n tage as a stimulant Pink is especially con

.

ducive to awakenin g h ope and is co nsequently

,

an e ffective anti do te for melanch olia ; while all

pronoun ce d shades o f red due to more power
,

ful etheric vibrati ons stimulate both mind and

,

body to the utmost activity .

BLUE is particularly beneficial in all case s

where excitement has been too inten se ; it is
there fore to be employed in all feverish situa
”
tion s Blue gla ss was never a craze but its
.
, ,

efficacy being necessarily l imited it c ould not ,

po ssibly prove a cure al l o r universal panacea

-
.

When sunlight is n ot obtainable elec t ric light ,

affords an e ffective substitute in every mo de rn

h ome it ought to be easy to practise chromo
pathy to s ome ex tent Re d and blue are the
.

co l ors which are most f requently required as ,

they are perfect opposites red being the uni

,

v e rsal sti mulant and blue the universal s e dative ,

but YELL O W must n ot be ign ored and though ,

its influence is not quite so generally recogniz ed

as th at o f blue or red from palest pri mrose to
,

b righte st amber yellow has a large field in

which to w ork espe cially as an aid to in tellec
,
26 The H uman A ura

tual devel opment Paralysis and all other ner

.

vous dis orders are amenable to yello w light

treatment .

VI O LE T which is the most spiritual of the

,

seven prismatics is also an antid ot e fo r man y

,

nervous p e rturbations becaus e its tendency is

,

to lead our th oughts away f rom the petty cares

and trivial anxieti es of the external w orld and ,

di rect our att ention toward the abiding r ealitie s

o f the c elestial real m .

Dr Babbitt r elat e s intens ely int ere sting cases

.

o f the cure o f lunacy thro ugh the aid o f pr oper

ly adj ust ed co l or We all know that mental

.

aberrati ons are o f many vari e ti e s and that in ,

sanity ranges all the way from stupid solid ,

melancholy to the mo st vi ol ent and dangerous

excitability M o rbid tacitu rnity which is a n ot
.
,

uncommon phas e o f mania must be treat ed ,

with red and it is repo rt e d that an emin ent

,

Italian specialist Dr Ponga di rect or o f the

,
.
,

Lunatic A sylum at A lexandria has placed pa ,

tien ts in r ooms properly c ol or e d to suit their

special necessities with such good e ffect that
morbid taciturnity has within a few hours , ,

given place to healthy che e rfuln ess A n other .

maniac who could tak e n o foo d whatev e r else

,

wher e developed a natural appetite in the same

,

red chambe r B l ue chambers are equa lly bene

.
 The H um an A ura 27

ficial, but they are required for the occupancy

o f vi ol ent maniacs who are oft en very quickly
,

quiet ed by the so othing tranquillizing effect Of

,

blue Violet has been known to cure a patie n t

.

in a single night acco rding to the same testi

,

mony .

This shows that color fo rc e s act both by day

and by night th ough when the light is most
,

intense the efi ect is apt to be mo st quickly pro

duce d especially when arousing ra ther than
,

when qui eting influenc e s are need ed T he .

wh ole scheme o f Col or T herapeutics is ex

tremely fascinatin g and it o pens a most de
,

lightful as well as fruit ful fi eld for all who

pre fer to Operate with the fin er than with the
crud e r grades o f the force Of nature T he ele
.

ment O f sugge sti on can never be eli minated

from any variety Of healing practice ; therefor e
it is n ot feasible to end eavor to decide exactly
to what ext ent co l o r has d on e a w ork apart
from mental influences acting independe ntly Of
physical acc esso ries But this admissi on far
.

from weakening the efficacy o f colo r treat ment ,

tends d ecidedly to increas e and strength en it ,

because it Opens up an en o rmo us fi eld for in

v e stigation in the purely psychic d omain which ,

we Often t erm a distinctly superj ective r ealm .

W e are not always so situated es pecia lly i f we

,
28 The H uman A ura

trav el ext ensively that we can arrange our

,

exteri or envir onments exactly to our taste o r

ple asure and it is when we canno t do so that
,

we fin d the exclusively psychic aspects o f this

subj ect particula rly impo rtant T he occul t
.

metho d of practising chromopathy is to clo se

the e xternal eyes and make a distinct mental
picture Of a belt or ring of color around the
entire pers on Make your auric efiluen ce Oh
.

j ectiv e on the plane o f m ental visi o n See y o ur

.

self enveloped in the sheen of light which must

be pict ur ed forth to you in the symbolic lan
,

guage o f c orrespon denc e exactly in the con

,

diti on you wish it to manifest G O to sle ep or

.
,

pass to a s uperio r co nditi on resembling e cstasy ,

while dwel ling up on that visi on which you hav e

su gge st ed to yours el f v oluntarily and you will ,

s oon find that what ever your ext ernal sur

,

roundings may be o u have gain e d r ep o s e and

y ,

re ached a state o f equilibriu m o therwis e pr ae

,

tically unattainable with out definite out side as

sistan c e
. A littl e st eady practic e o f the art o f
visualizing will s oon sufl ic e to demonstrate ho w
v ery much mo re p ower we r e ally have over our
psychic and sl eeping conditions than we have
hitherto suppo s ed Every one s aura is und e r
.
’

his cont rol i f he only d ete rmine s to regulate it

, ,

and it sta nds to reason that nothin g can be so

 The H uman A ura 29

c onducive to enlarged sphere o f individual

libe rty as to get accust ome d to determine our
V
p sychic stat e r e gardless o f physi cal en v ir on
ments .
 LE CT URE II .

S PEC IF I C I N TERPRETAT I ON S .

H aving alr eady utlined the prin c1pal fea

o

tures o f the philos ophy of color and its sign ifi

cance which it is n ow our province to mo re
,

d efinitely and pr ecisely elucidate we sha l l call ,

att ention specifically n ot only to the br oad gen

e ral principles o f the subj ect but seek a l s o t o,

e nter into pa rticular details .

F irst and last it must be re membe re d that

,

ther e can be n o bad col ors th ough there can be

,

discordant combinati ons Black which is the

.
,

v ery n egatio n o f colo r is only a backgr ound

,

fo r all col ors and has exactly the use in Nature

,

to which the blackboard is put in a classr oom .

With white chalk we make d emonstrati on s on

a black surface T he extre me of co ntrast is
.

her e displayed but there is n o evil s ugg est ed by

,

black in this connection ; on the c ontrary it ,

serves a useful purp ose by brin ging white let

t ering into high r elie f Black and white
.

sketches are ano ther but entirely di fferent

phase of the sa me c ontrast when an artist makes
black markings On a white surface thereby ,
32 The H uman A ura

mancy which originally meant death dealing

,
-
.

White magic is synonymous with leuco man cy ,

which sign ifies light dispe nsing -

.

We will n ow e ndeav or to explain the range

o f Re d the first and l ow e st o f the pri maries or
,

p rism a t ic s when
, viewed fr om the earthly side
o f e v oluti on but th
, e highest al ike o f the thre e

and o f the seven wh en vi ewed from the spir

,

itual o r Osoteric plane Of inv oluti on A scent .

must ever begin where d escent ends T he .

spi ritual entity prio r to expressi on on earth

mus t drape its elf with a robe of aura or it
could n ot enter into the exte rnal w orld T he .

violet ray is its firs t c ov ering ; then in turn it , ,

wraps itsel f a ro und with purple blue green , , ,

yellow o range and red finally H aving taken

,
.

the seven pre limina ry st eps o f descen t it ap

pears on earth as A dam the man cl oth ed in red ,

garments T he Adamic o r Re d Rac e is the

.

e arl iest of the seven races which find expres

si on on this plan et and the universality Of re d

,

is to be discov ered in the fact that healthy hu

man blood is red ev erywhere and that a natural ,

redness o f skin b etokens health whil e pall or is ,

indicative of weakness .

T he darker shades Of red deno te a ffecti on

o f a primitive s elf regarding type no t pr oper
,
-
,

ly designated selfi shness in the distinctly un

 The H uman A ura 33

p l ea sa n t usa g e o f th at te rm s e l f preser
,va but -

t ive ne ss unillumin ed by tho ught or r egard for

,

o thers . T his primitive e state is c ommon to in

fan cy and when n ot outgrown as age advan ce s
, ,

leads to u npleasant results in time o f matu rity .

A n au ra Of murky red s uggests un clean li

ness sy mbolizes vitiated passio n an d aecom
, ,

p a n ie s all psychic a n d m ental stat e s which tend

t oward j ealo usy hatr e d an d al l unrighteous
,

animosities Sensuality is pictured forth by a

.

very s ordid earthy red in which a suggestion

,

Of black is always presen t because sensual im ,

pulses are unenlightened and gravitate toward ,

shad ow rather than toward sunlight .

Pure a ffecti on is typified by clear b ri ght red ,

like to the ruddy blaze o f a cheerful fire which ,

indicates loving welcome the very embodiment ,

o f the spirit o f h ospitality Black stoves can

.

nev e r besto w cheer fulness upon a h ome how ,

ever much heat th ey may ra diate ; thus it hap

pens that Open fir eplaces in c old climates are
alw ays w e lcome and deservedly popular .

Bright red in the sky always augu r s win d in ,

tens e he at or s ome marked ex citement in the

,

atmosphere ; l urid red is an invari able pre

curser Of tempests .

A n ger is an emoti on whose cor respon din g

colo r is red but the sh ad e or quality of red
,
34 The H uman A ura

which anger displays varies with the nature and

s ou rce o f the emo ti on What is O ften call e d
.

right eous indig nati on e mits a b rilliant scarlet

flame and while it lit erally causes the cheeks

,

and Ofte n the entire countenance to blaze as it ,

is prompted by love o f justice and detestati on

Of un fair dea l ing an d oppression it is n ot su l,

lied by any sinister shado ws Avarice is show n

.

by a dull heavy perverted shade o f red n ot

, , ,

v e ry easily distinguishable from the hue o f

s ensuality with which it is al lied quite cl osely
,

in o ri gin and sentiment .

T he b ridge fr om Red to Yellow is O range ,

and on this bridge we find pride displayed giv ,

ing fo rth an auric radiation of red orange tint -

.

Pride is at its b est not an unworthy emotion

, , ,

as it is usually the harbinger o f so me higher

state of intellectual advancement Proper prid e . ,

an d r eas onable a mbitio n are the usual a ec om

p a n imen t s o f a str ong th ough unchastened in

tellect but a high e r conditi on than pride o f in

,

tellect is e xpress e d by the absence o f much of

the re d which prid e carries with it and the
pre s ence Of brilliant amber Amber has for .

age s b e en ass ociate d with stren gth and many ,

have been the chains o f ambe r beads which

peopl e have wo rn about th eir n ecks to antid ote
pul monary weakn esse s and to sti mulate more
 The H uman A ura 35

than simply the vocal system This practice .

has b een founded upon v e ry ancient kn owledge

regarding the fo rmation O f ambe r and the ther
apeutic p otency of the o range ray in the spec

trum which a ffords nervous stimulati on and

,

o fte n proves of decided h elp to studen ts ,

whether administe r e d chromopathically in ac

cordan ce with Dr Babbitt s system of Light
.
’

and Col or or by mean s o f any oth e r me th od

,

acc e ssible or conv eni ent o f applicati on O range .

as an ingredient in the human aura always de !

n otes mental vigo r an d is found mo st fre

,

qu ently among peo ple who are l eaving pri mi

tive animality and searchi n g for intellectual
illumination .

Yellow the second primary deno tes the

, ,

mental realm extricate d entir ely fro m the em

brac e s O f the material ; th ere fore the brightest , ,

cleare st y ell ow betoken s the high est and purest

type o f int ellect A pale p ri mr os e col o red light
.
-

evinces a so ft gentle int ellectual disposition

, , ,

v e ry pure but n ot very vigo rous T he lighter

, .

shades of y e llo w are qui eting in the extr eme to

an overwro ught nerv ous co nditi on and pe o ple ,

who generate aura Of that hue acc omplish Often

a great deal in the directio n o f healing by their
qui et regulating pre s ence
, .

Green which stands in the middle of every

,
36 The H uman A ura

thin g and is the col or which is between the

outer and the inner or the higher and the l ower
, ,

w orlds or p lanes of co nsciousness is sign ificant

,

O f universal adaptability Clear bright emer

.
,

ald green is always attractive and gives a sense

,

o f h ome wherever on e may be travelling T his .

purely natural color is beh eld clairvoyantly in

co nnecti on with pe ople who are ardent lov ers
Of nature and who though th eir lov e Of nativ e
, ,

c ountry may be great can fin d and enj oy a ho me

,

a mong green hills fields and valleys every

,

wher e Homesickness is banished by gre en

.
,

and tir e d eyes are re sted by green spe ctacles .

Green lamp shades are particula rly r e stful and ,

this color will be found a valuable soporifi c an ,

antidote to all that induces ins omnia .

T he lighter shades o f green are indicative Of

—
sympathy no t the maudlin or misdirected sym
pathy which increases trouble by dwelling upo n
it but that gracio us helpful sympathy whic h
, ,

environs a sufi erer with fresh and pl easant con

dition s suggesting re lease fr om b ondage to a
pain ful environment Green o f the paler type
.

is very enc oura ging to sensitive pers ons who

are apt to be easily dispirit ed and it will be
,

found that peo ple usually are h e lped most n o t

by the co lor which already predominates in
their a ura but by a hue which is lackin g whi ch ,
 The H uman A ura 37

will make s its appearance when a higher de

v elopmen t o f symmetry has be en atta ined .

T h ough gr e en is oft en figuratively ass oci ated

with dec eit and j eal ousy an d we have all h eard
,

“ ”
of a g reen ey ed monster whose acquaintance
-
,

w e d e sire to be rid Of as many sensitives have

,

e xplained it is o nly a sullied and d ebased con

,

dition o f gree n which d enotes tre achery Noth .

ing could be mo re ridiculous than to beli ev e

that the beauti ful color Of grass and foliage ,

which we all in stictiv ely ad mi re indicates any

,

thing unright eous . It is only a perverted o r

vitiated state Of aura o r conditio n of color w hich
can ever show f o rth anything abnormal .

BLUE the third an d highest o f the pri

,

maries is always compl imented

,
“
true blue
,
”

b eing on e of our most familiar expre ssi on s in

t ended to den ote sinc e re friendship an d gen
e ral sincerity in all r e lati o ns o f li fe Amon g .

blue st ones the sapphire is typical o f wisdom

and the tu rquois e Of fidelity When a pale blu e
.

aura is s ee n surrounding any pers on it pr oves ,

that the natur e which g e nerates su ch an aura

is aspirational and g entle Blue is always the

.

c ol or of the sky in clear weather but what we ,

gen erally term sky blue in our color scheme

”

is an intens e and r ath er brilliant hue This sig .

n ifie s fix it
y o f m o ral purp o se high ethical at
,
38 The H uman A ura

tainme n t, unusually large c onscien tiousness ,

and an appreciatio n o f high id eals quite beyond

all ordinary levels o f ideality .

In the empl oyment Of blue therapeutically ,

whether thro ugh chromopathic treatment or by

means of an altogeth e r subj ective or psychical
metho d o f visualizing the pal er blue tint s are
,

extremely rest ful while int ense degrees Of blue

,

denote and induce a rep ose ful con diti on o f

activity which is r eadily understood by all who
,

hav e learn ed s omething Of the blessed art o f

w orking co ntinu ously and e ffectively and at , ,

the s ame time easily

, H ard w ork has n o place
.

in the blu e regi on though n owhere can mo re

,

w ork be d one and the work done by th ose who

,

have reached the stat e denoted by clear bright

blue aura is of an abidin g as well as of an ex
cellen t q uality .

T he bluish grey which indicates fear and

, ,

Oft en accompanies ill regulated co nsci e nti ous

-

ness is the au ra o f timid natures wh o se r elig

, ,

ious impuls es may be strong but who s e ,

reli gious beliefs are largely shadowed by fear

and tinctured with mis giving T o have an .

“ ”
attack o f the blues is to be depressed in spirit ,

and whenever we catch a gli mpse of the aura

of a pers on thus a fflict e d we find it b l ui sh grey ,

never intense blue and its c ondition is always

,

tremen dou s .
40 The H uman Aura

gloom at any ti me but a l ways with maj esty in

,

spiring rev e rence and that n obl e kind Of awe

,

which in stinctively c ome s o ver us when we find

ourselves in the pres ence o f s omethin g gre ater

and sublimer than we are usually accustomed

to e ncounter .

T he sixth note in the scale is h owever im , ,

pe rfe ct ; th erefore only earthly or temporal do

mini on is indicated by purp l e or indi go T he .

myst erious Ap ocalypse o r B ook o f Revelation

significantly de clares that 666 is the numbe r o f
that e ntire system of external auth ority which
is in its essential nature corruptible tho ugh n ot ,

n ecessarily corrupt and which will eventually

,

disappear afte r having achi ev e d magnificent

,

exte rnal triu mphs to make way for a still

,

higher ord e r expressible only by the employ

ment of the nu mber 7 .

VI O LET the sev enth colo r in the rainb ow

,

sp ectrum den ote s the hi ghest of a l l earthly

,

attainments .

Jo seph s ’
c oat Of m any c ol ors menti oned in ,

Gen e sis is a very ancient allusi on to the aura

,

o f a s eer or proph et th ough the circumstances,

of his receiving this gar ment as a gift from his

fath e r Jacob !who s e name is changed to

,

Isra e l ) is slightly obscure except in the com ,

p arativel
y uni m p o rtant l e tter Of the narrative .
 The H uman A ura 41

the order of spiritual development no on e

'

In

!
can truly giv e anything to another because
each individual must earn his r ai men t for him
,

self ; but it is quite reas onable to admit that a

father may p e rceive the state of his son s de ’

v elOpmen t and mak e ackn o wledgment of this

,

in a mann er n ot to the liking Of less devel ope d

brothers o f the proph et who are foolish enough
,

to feel en vy or j ealousy when superior ability

i s displayed by anoth e r and that s uperiority
meets with right ful recognition Very much
.

valuable in formati on conc erning aura is to be

met with in Spiritualistic literature which ,

abounds with statements to the e ffect that we

build our own psychic bo dies an d weave our
psychic raiment .
“ ” “
Radiatio n and radiant ”

are w ords from which raiment origin ally

“ ”

spran g but the latt er w ord has been gre atly de

,

teriorated in meaning so that it is n ow appl ied

,

to wearing apparel which can be purchased an d

donned fr om the outside .

Vi olet li ght is too intense the vibrations of

,

ether which produce it are too rapid to agr ee

with avera ge temperaments or usua l c onditions ,

but it is found to be extremely well s uited to

psychic stimulati on o f a rare order and fav ors
,

the producti on of psychic phenomen a o f a high

order . T elepathy and all k indred e vid en ces o f
42 The H uman Aura

spiritual interc ommunion between afl initiz in g

minds can be assisted by the violet ray an d it is
,

easy to d emonstrate the po tency o f this color by

introducing it on o ccasions of bereave ment and
mourning where it rightfully belon gs an d
, ,

where black is an odious impertinence In the .

ritual Of the Christi an Church from very early

times violet has been introduced on peniten tial
days as it is intended and calcul ated to lift the
,

th oughts o f w orshipp ers from earth to heaven .

A t memorial service s violet is al ways in place ,

and tho s e who approve the p ractice Of wearing

a spec ial dress at funerals and for s ome peri od
after the transiti on o f a f riend or relative will
do well to s ubstitute vi olet for black on all oc
casio ns .

A vi olet aura is indicative o f what is com

mouly termed a dre amy visi onary character
, ,

but we must n ot fo rget th at se e rs and dreamers

can be thoroughly robust and th ough usually
,

so mewh at more fin e ly and delicately organiz e d

than the b ulk of their contempora ries they can

,

enj oy perfect health and exhibit any amoun t o f

physical as wel l as mental endurance which the
maj o rity of their more gro ssly constituted
neighbors cannot p ossibly endure witho ut a
sp eedy break down T he more widely di fferent
.

on e s au ra is from that Of one s neighbor the

’ ’
,
 The H uman A ura 43

more is abl e to move about amon g the sick

on e

and distress ed radiating h ealth giving out vir

, ,

tue but free fr om liability to unpleasant in

,

fectio n or c ontagi on V i olet light d e str oys

.

many varieties o f d e structiv e parasit e s and ,

th os e re markabl e
”
healers wh os e v ery pr e s
ence confe rs bl e ssing up on the af flict ed are
usually p ossess e d Of an aura in which viol et is
a largely pr e d ominating c ol or .

Connecting the s ev en pris matic hues with the

seven vo wels we ass ociat e red with A orange
, ,

with E yellowwith I green with O blue with

, , ,

U indi go with W and vi o l et with Y T h ough

, ,
.

five vo wels are all that are commonly ackn owl

edged by grammarians the two suppl ementary,

vo wels W and Y find their plac e in language

, , ,

just as indigo and vi ol et have th eir positi on in

the spectru m A the red not e is the b eginning
.
, ,

o f everything ; it is always intr oduct ory and it ,

can als o prov e a good te rminal because it de ,

n otes the commencement o f a scal e and ,

i mmediately a scale is compl eted an octave n ot e

is struck The sign ificance O f names which
.
,

were o riginally constructed and applied by

reas on of th eir occult significance has recently ,

been much discuss ed and it is a fascinating

,

topic be cause to the th oughtful mind it can not

,

be a matter of indi fferenc e whether by the ft c ,

44 The H uman A ura

qu ent pronunciatio n of a name we are su ggest ,

ing what is elevating or the reverse in its ety

mology Names which begin and end with A
.

are names o f dign ity and de ep significance A s .

na me s were originally title s and all meant ,

s omething definit e the o ld Latin phrase N ome n

, ,

es t omen ! A na me is an omen ) can r eadily be ,

understood A s the musical scal e b egins with

.

A so the inde finite article or universal pre fix

,

is the note o f universal ej aculati on when ,

s ounded bro adly as in co rrect singing and in the

,

c ommon Speech of all L atin races Broad A .

! pr on ounc e d like an English A h ) is the first

aspirate and is a full red tone which d eepens
, ,

in c olor commensurately with de pth and fulness

o f intonati on .

E the second vowel suggests at once the

, ,

quality of o ran ge desire fo r fuller expression

, ,

reaching out and up seeking for combination or ,

co operati on with an other el ement

- .

I the third v ow e l is the great d ominant in

, ,

d ividu al affirmati on o f conscious entity and ,

may be c ompared to a backbone in lan guage .

T he colo r yell ow den oting fuln ess Of intell ect

,

ual development p ossesses precisely this char

,

acter .

The fourth vowel 0 l ike the not e D and the ,

accompanying c ol or g reen indicates research, ,

 The H uman A ura 45

inquiry surprise at finding oneself introduced

,

to unacc ust omed surr oundings We instinct .

iv ely exclai m O h
“
wh en we encount er s ome
thing unfamiliar an d tho u gh sometimes this is
,

an exclamati on o f pain it is Oftener merely a

,

cry of w onder .

U the fifth vowel l ike blue in the color scal e

, , ,

is the outreachin g note which seeks to give

,

rath er than to rece ive to distribute rather th an

,

to h oard ; its place in languag e as in the Eng ,

lish you !the nei ghbor ) and the F rench oui

yes
! ) is highly significant Of its m o ral value .

W and Y represent higher stages Of attain

ment than co me within the customary range of
average exp erience T he omissi on Of W from
.

the F r ench language an d the place of Y in alge

bra suggest something oi the prima l value of
th e s e additi onal vowels .

Descending no w into the l ower Oct aves Of

c olor we are c onfr onted by grays bro wns and
, ,

o ther sombre and neutral tints which are bel ow

our common c ol o r register T h ough the spec

.

trum and the rainbow can reveal th em they are ,

sub tints and belong to th ose r egi ons in Nature

-

which O ccultists call el emental T he hues o f .

ro ots barks and s oil wh en detected in a hu man

, ,

aura reveal to the discriminating clairvoyant

,

Obs e rv e r the presence o f more subj ective than

Obj ective or supe rj ec tive devel opment .

46 The H uman A ura

Brown in the aura especially if it be a bright

,

golden brown indicat e s great business ability

, ,

penetrati on into mundane affairs an d indeed ,

most if n ot all Of the qualificatio ns necessary

, ,

fo r a purely comme rcial or any definitely secu

lar career .

Light gray is a very inn ocent indication and

goe s well with the Occupations of th ose who are
classified as hew e rs Of w ood and drawers o f
wate r or the mass Of unskilled wo rkers in
,

any department of activity O nly murky ugly .

,

or vitiat ed shad e s and tints are indicative o f dis

c ordant dec eitful or oth e r abn ormal tendencies

,
.

“ ’
A t the cl o se Of Leadbeater s Man Visible
”
and Invisible there is a very beautiful picture
of the nearest representati on of the aura o f an

A rhat which can be reproduced in such a man

ner We are n ot surprised to find that va ryin g
.

shades o f brown and o ther inferio r hues are

represented there all in th eir rightfully sub or
,

din ated relativ e po siti ons T hr ough out that in

.

tensely interesting v olume which w e ll repays ,

continuous perusal n o color is spoken against

, ,

but several pictures are exhibited of envy ,

miserliness and other abnormal states which

, ,

are shown forth by dark bars an d black streaks

across the aura .

Though we have undertaken to mention

 The H uman A ura

to the Obn oxious effect Of exteri or environ

ments W e must n ot relax our e fforts o n be
.

half Of rational dress and furniture th ough we ,

do persistently teach that psychic states are

vastly mo re i mp ortant than simpl y physical
co nditi ons .

The wearin g Of gems is a beautiful and rea

s onable practice and in fin e stones we obtain
,

the highest expressi ons Of i mp riso n e d sun

light T h ough j ew e ls are no t necessities we
.
,

h ave a perfect right to h onestly avail ours elves

o f what Natur e has secret e d when we are in
,

du strious en ough to probe the planet o n w hose

surface we are existing to fin d and appropriate
the treasures which are ours just so s oon as
we hav e dilige ntly w orked to Obtain them In .

all venerat e d Scriptures j ewels are mentioned

frequently according to their correspondences ,

and in an cient r eligious and th e rap eutic rites

gems o ccupied a place Of distinguishe d promi
Aaron s breastplate was intended for
’
n en c e .

divinati on and eve ry student knows that to pee r

,

into the heart Of natural myste ries requires a

healthy mind well balanced body and abo v e
, , ,

all the purest Of intenti ons united with the

, ,

practice o f syste matic c onc entrati on and me di

tation A w ell devel op ed aura is the sine q
.
- ua

n on of heal th and pr os pe rity .

 LE CT UR E I I I .

TH E H U M A N AU RA AS A N I NDI CATOR OF H EALTH

A ND CH ARACTER WI TH REFLECT I ON S
,

ON T H E A U RA OF HAB I TATI ON S .

To the clairvoyant who can see the human

aur a distinctly whether in the dark or in the
,

light the vision Of it is a ve ry great aid in the

,

i mpo rtant w ork O f rightfu l diagn osis and prog

n osis Clairv oyance is susceptible Of cultiva
.

ti on though in s ome instances it is unmistak

,

ably a natural endowment or gift ; but when

such is the case we are by n o means justified in
decidin g that it can n ot be more perfectly un
fo lded by j udicious ex ercise .

T h e re seems much confusi on Of th ought prev

alent in the w o rld t oday regard in g n atural

gifts and their possible cultivation but the mys

,

tery envel opin g this subj ect will s oon disappear

if we tak e reason for our guide and pay proper
attenti on to general human exp erience T ake .

music or any other art as an example Nothing .

can be much mor e self evident than that musi

-

cal genius is inherent O r inbo rn ! this has been

demon strated to such an exten t with s uch bril
50 The H uman Aura

lian t exa mples as H andel M ozart and others

,
“
o f rare ability that the saying
, poets are born
, ,
”
n ot mad e , is as applicable in principle to musi
e i aus in general as to bards in particular But .

granting that Sarasate is a bo rn vi olinist and

l ,

Pader ewski a born pianist we have n ot any,

diffi culty in tracing the fact that th ese singul arly

g i ft e d instru m e ntalists ow e th e ir c ontinued p rb
fi cien cy as perfo r mers o n their resp e ctiv e in
.

strumen ts to unc e asing practice ; their e x ecu

ti on could not continu e brilliant unless they k ept

th ems e lves constantly in training or in trim .

T he cas e is n ot radically di fferent when we turn

o ur attenti on to tho se peculiarly sensitive in

div iduals wh ose field Of acti on is e specially in

the psychic real m fo r tho ugh nu mberless in
,
”
stanc e s may be cite d o f mediumistic chil
“

dre n whose psychic susc eptibilitie s man ifest e d

the mselv e s quit e sp ontan eously we shall s o on,

c ome to see if we pursue our i n v estigatio ns

,

at all ext ensiv ely that i f the fires Of inspiration

,

are n ot c onstantly fed with aspiration they

s oo n sink do wn and burn di mly even th ou gh ,

th ey are n eve r t otally extin gu ished .

T he extre mely d elicat e au ra which encircl es

a particularly s ensitiv e person is n o more
adapt ed for the ordinary man or woman who is
c al l e d to d o ro u gh w ork in t h e w orl d t han a
 The H uman A ura 51

mus l in dress is adapted for wear outd oors in

st ormy weather Sensitives o f the most pro
.

n oun ced type have their c e rtain u se s and they

,

n eed in these days the sa me shelt e red enviro n

ment which was freely grant e d to them in the

palmy days O f ancient or classic Paganis m .

T he mate rialistic Christianity o f recent cen

tu t ies has almost banished seership from the
earth in consequence o f the crass igno ranc e
Of its pro fesso rs concerning psychic l i fe and
law but with the revive d in terest n ow nearly
, ,

everywh e r e c onspicuous in psychic phenom

,

ena the probability of re viving the Old temple

,

meth ods is becoming daily more encouragin g .

T o all students of the Mysteries of Egypt

and o f Greece who look be lo w the mer e sur face
o f ri tual and ceremo ny it is quite evide nt that
,

the aura Of buildings was co nsidered a matter

o f great i mp o rtance,
and in Christendom the
anci ent faith has always to an extent su rviv e d
, , ,

especially in th ose c ountri e s where churches

are h eld pa rticularly sacred T he v e ry obj ec
.

tio n able practice sadly in v o gue in Eur ope of

, ,

making churches v e ry largely sho w p l aces ,

t ends to emphasiz e the lamentable decline in

kn owledge which p e rvades the ecclesiastical
c onfrate rnity fo r eve ry on e who knows some
,

thing of the effect Of turning sanctua ries into

52 The H uman Aura

la
p yg rou n d s un derstan d s h ow det rimental is
the e ffect of thus vul gariz in g temples originally
set apart for spiritual uses to the exclusion o f
even honest secular asso ciations T here are
.

certain sec ular us e s purely educatio nal for

, ,

whi ch consecrated places may pr ofitably be

e mployed but the search for valuabl e kn owl
,

edge on the pa rt of sin cere an d earn est student s

bears n o relati onship to gaping cu ri osity and
idle s ightsee ing M ohammedans preserv e the
.

aura of their mosques far more effectually

than European Chris tian s preserve the aura o f
their churches T her e is no sin in any form
.

o f ha rmless recreation or inn oc ent amusement ,

an d there is n o vice in simple levity but the

,

atmo spher e is so a ffected by friv olity that a

place soon becomes unfavorable for purp ose s

of hig h dev oti on an d noble c ons ecration which

is giv en ove r exten sively to simple amuse ment

seeking .

T he healing efi ect s o f the temple s l eep for ,

which man y historians hav e v ouched can be ,

readily accounted for on a strictly scientific

basis directly on e considers how zeal ousl y
guarded were the sanctuaries in which th os e
won de rs o f recuperation wer e performed The .

di sagree able expression a sick ro om is quite

“ ”
, ,

accurate fo r the chambers in which in vali ds

,
 The H uman A ura 53

are usually c onfined are anything but healthy ,

and this unwhole someness which usually char

acteriz es the m is due in large measure to the
, ,

gloomy depressing th oughts which are gener

,

ated within their w alls and als o carried into

th em from the outside It has become an al .

“
most universal practice to approach a sick
chamber with a st ealthy tread an uncanny
”
,

mann er and a stilt edly subdued voice T hes e .

bad practic e s are well meant but they are ex ,

tremely mischiev ous perfo rmin g as they do

, , ,

a tw o fo ld bad result for they n ot only se rve to

,

further depre ss an already unduly depressed

atmosphere but they als o render all who in
,

dulge in th em susc eptible to an influx of

disease wh en coming in contact with a sufferer .

T he H EA L T H AURA whether of a pers on ,

o r Of an apart ment when well develo ped is

, ,

fi rm and in a mild s ense it may even be calle d

, ,

“
aggressive T h e re went fo rth virtue out of
.

”
him ,
is a v e ry explicit state ment applied to
a h e aler Of un usual vigo r and efficiency Vir .

tue ! from virtus ) means strength energy , ,

force proceeding fr om Vir the superi or man

, , ,

in contradistinction from the merely animal

emanati o ns proce edin g from H omo the ordi n ,

ary man Virtue in the technical sense may

.
, ,

be defined as unusual copiousness of health

aura .
54 The H uman A ura

A fine suggestion is given in the eighth chap

ter of the Go sp e l according to Matthew wh ere ,

we are info rmed that a lep e r said to Je sus ,

“
I f th ou wilt thou canst make me clean . T he
special point in the narrativ e w ould be entirely
missed did we fail to note the imp ortant fact
that the l eper was evidently reached in the
first instance by the emanati on o f virtue from
the healer befo re the heal er undertook to turn
his attenti on to the leper Lepro sy was and
.
,

still is in many places regarded as an in

, ,

curable diseas e and the fact o f a man thus

,

af flicte d e xpressing his convicti on that he could

be healed goes very far to illustrate the feeling
o f o n e who co me int o palpable tho ugh un ex

p e c t e d c ontact with a m ighti e r h e aling f orc e

than an y which he had been taught to believe

existed .

T he au ra o f an A dept or M aster di ffers

greatly in degree from that Of a disciple ,

th ough the disciple s aur a may be much o f

’

the same qu ality as his Master s if t hat disciple

’

is far along the road of discipleship .

An a ura is far more frequently fel t th an

s e en because it requires a some what unusu
,

ally high degree of clai rvo yanc e to s ee what

is usually quite readily felt T hough we are
.

commonly accust omed to s peak of our five

56 The H uman A ura

ceed remarkably well where the other or othe rs

will meet with what looks like dis mal failure .

Ch ristian Scie ntists who se metho d of treat

,

ment rigidly conforms to an established rule ,

serve to illustrate this fact significantly and it ,

is inde ed ackn owledged sufficiently in their

standard text book Sci ence and H ealth with
, ,
”
K ey to the Sc riptures in whic h the autho r
, ,

Rev Ma ry Baker G Eddy distinctly says that

. .
,

a stage may be reache d in the career o f a healer

where only his or her presence is re quired ,

the ti me for all state d formulas whether de ,

nials or affirmatio ns having be en outlived

,
.

T h ough the aura o f a buildin g is a matter O f

so me considerable i mpo rtance we must n ot
,

forget t hat the building receives its con secra

ti on from some human be ings who hav e either
simply inhabite d it or performed some special
dedicatory ce remonies within its walls T he
beautiful rite of conse c rati on is found e d in
scienc e 50 is the custom Of dedicating children
, .

“
It is easy enough for agno stics to cry super
but supers titio n only means super
”
stition ,

structure if we trace the o ri gin o f the wo rd

,

and so it was evidently unde rst ood three hun

dred y ears ago when the autho rized versi on o f
,

the N e w T estament was made in the reign of

Ja me s I o f Eng
. la n d In the.sevent e ent h chap
 The H uman A ura 57

ter of the A cts of the Apostles we encounter

“
the phrase too su perst iti ous , otherwise tran s
“ ”
lated inordinately religious
, both expres
,

sions clearly showin g t hat the writer O f the

o ri ginal must have made reference to a top

heavy intellectual edific e the foun dation under

,

which was insufficient to sustain so large a

p ile .

In the sa me b ook Of the New T estament we

’“ ”
are t old o f Peter s shadow and o f the h ope
,

ente rtaine d that sick pe ople might be cured if

it rested up on them and we read also o f hand
,

k erchiefs and aprons which had been used and

wo rn by c e rtain other apostles being empl oyed ,

and not without succ e ss in the w ork Of w hat

,

may be j ustly t e rm ed psychomagn etic treat

ment T he prevalent beliefs o f an un scien
.

tific multitude may not always agree with the

dicta Of university graduates but the common
,

peo ple usually base th eir beliefs on the ir ex

p e rien ce s withou t reas o ning ve ry deeply in con

n ection wit h any pro po siti on and their cur

,

rent beliefs in any neighborhood will usually

stan d the test Of a fair share Of quite crucial

investi gation . Elaborate theories interest col

legian s but they are Of litt le value to the rank
,

an d file o f humanity amon g whom fee l i ng

counts for more than doctri n e .

58 The H uman A ura

We o ft en hear it re marked that w omen are

more intuitive than men the refore in so me re ,

spects th e ir j udgment is mor e r e liable If this .

statement is true it is due to a combination of

,

distinct causes F irst the greater gene ral deli

.
,

cacy o f the female organis m over that Of the

male ; Seco nd the more secluded li fe whic h
,

the average woman liv e s compare d with the

”
average man T h ose fi rst impressi ons ab out
.
“

which we Often hear much in all cas es where ,

they are n ot too sup e rficially based to be

w orthy o f de ep c onsideration are due to con ,

tact with s ome one s aura on the part o f some

’

o n e sensitiv e eno ugh to experience a result oc

casion ed by the c ontact .

T he health aura sh ould always be well de

v elope d in minis te rs o f religi ons e sp e cially ,

th os e who tak e part in the p e rformance o f

ceremoni e s which hav e a physical as w ell as
psychical side T he h ealthy vi e ws ente rtained
.

by the b est typ e o f pre Christian pagans w er e

-

re adily acc ept ed by the mo re in telligen t and ,

therefore l ess fanatical amo ng the leaders in

,

the earliest Christian Church T his is clearly .

indicate d in the b eauti ful highly p ractical ,

epistle o f J a mes in which w e are told to call

,

upon elders o f the re ligious congre gati on in

time o f sickness ; for it was the gene ral pra e !
 The H uman A ura 59

tice o f th ese good peopl e to perform the cere

mony ano inting the body with con se crated
of

oil as well as O ffering prayers for the recovery

flicted There are cl e rgymen at wo rk

o f the af .

today in the Established Church o f Englan d

seek ing to re establish the service o f un ct i on
-

for the sick and we sincerely h ope t hey will

,

be succ essful in doin g even more tha n reviv ing

an ancient practice w hich o u ght never to have
been permitted to fall into disuse It will be
.

nece ssary for those good clergymen to keep

themselves in excellent health if they are to
succ eed in demonstrating the good work in
whic h they are righteously taking active ih
terest for if they c onsecrate and apply the
,

chrism they will certainly communicate their

,

aura both to the element they vita l ize by the

cons ecrative act and to the patients who m they
anoint with the oil they have vitaliz ed by
breathing into it .

T he hid e ous facts relating to in fectious

maladies and c ontagious diseases which have
been most indust ri ously accumulated and cir
culat ed durin g the past many years must no w

be offset by n ew discoveries and demo nstra

tions in the field o f infectious health and con
tagious virtu e T he purblind atheist scientists
.

who practis e vivisect ion the in jection of dis

,
60 The H uman A ura

gusting lymph and other abominabl e iniq uities

in the vain hope of an nihilatin g disease by prop
agating it must sooner or later throu gh the
, , ,

terrible result s o f their infa mous malpractice ,

be brou ght to see the err or o f their ways The .

divine science o f health is perfectly n atural ,

and can be comprehended by children of aver

a ge intelli gence but intellects are beclouded
,

and bodies c orrupted by constant perversions

of ord r instigate d y so call e d commissi oner s
e b -

of he alth

m
.

We o ften hear com ain ts made among Spir

itualists and other s who are interested in the
success ful pro duction o f psychic ph en omen a
that it is very difficult to Obtain satisfacto ry
proo fs o f clairvoyance and we can no t shut our
,

eyes to the u gly fact that illnes s is quite com

mon among sensitive pers ons who are said to
be in unusually cl ose c ommunion with spiritual
spheres T his sad state o f a ffairs can be rem
er and w
.

edie d whene v herever p eople are wil l

ing to seri ously address themselves to the task
of p uri fyin g th eir a ura and to acc omplish thi s
,

much needed wo rk it is n ecessary fi rst of all

-
, ,

to attend to th o se intensely pra ct ica l que sti on s

of breathing exercise rai ment and diet which
, , ,

many presumably highly gift ed peopl e steadily

ignore.
 The H uman A ura 61

B ecause there are two si es

d to these qu es
tions one es oteric and the o ther exoteric quite
, ,

a l arge n umber o f mod e rn students of p sychic

pr obl ems have drifted into false positions re

garding the relation s exist ing between minds
and bodies Thoughts are the parents of w ord s
.

an d acti ons ; all acts and speech can be j ustly

regarded as s ome expressi on o f thought but ,

we must no t o verlook the facts o f interaction

and retroaction Mind produces body but
.
,

bo dy reacts on mind Th oughts antedat e ex

.

ternal conditio ns but these thei r physical ul

, ,

timates re su ggest t heir origi n at ors ; th us it

,
-

come s to pass that every truly nob l e though t

favo rably a ffects our health aura and our ,

healt h aura when well developed inclin es

, ,

th o se who feel its power to th in k as we have

th ought so as to produce it like wis e .

T he psychic aura is within the phy sical as

the psychical o r astra l b ody is als o within the
physical but the aura encircles as wel l as per
,

meate s a human body ; there fore it can when ,

s uffi ciently copious in extent and penetrative

in quality be felt at quite a long distance from
,

the body of its generator T elepathy o r feel

.
,

ing at a distance o f indefi n ite extent still pre ,

sen ts many mysteries to the average student ,

and by reason of the essenti al complexity of

 The H uman Aura

t e l epathi cph enomena it may neve r be possibl e

,

to Offer a so litary satisfacto ry explan ati on o f

how kn ow l edge is tran s mitted fr om po int to
point Wireless t e legraphy has already thrown
.

so me de gr ee or light on an obscure pr o blem ,

but there are other facto rs than wave s of ether

set in moti on by desire and con centratio n Of
dete rmination which need to be take n into ac
co unt befo re a c omplete s olution o f telepath
y
can be given .

T he aura o f a powerful telepathist is cer

tain ly on e of the most influential a gents in
accomplishin g th ou ght tran s fe ren ce an d dis
t ant healing In the first case that of si mply
.
,

trans fer rin g thought forms the quantity or

‘
,

p ot ency o f the aura Of the t rans mitter is almost

the only facto r with which we are greatly con
ce rned but in the sec ond case where healin g
, ,

is to be performed quality of au ra is the great

,

e st p o int to be considered We all kn ow that.

we can send messages by certain t elegraphic

and teleph onic means but the e ffe ct s which ,

tho se messages must produce wh erever they

are received must pertain to the quality Of the
force transmitted People who are constantly
.

hurried are rarely successfu l in anything they

unde rtake because th ey expend their auric
,

force in fool ish excitability and w hen they do ,

 64 The H uman Aura

feel appre ciat e or enj oy the outfl

, owing streams

of af fecti on from the dev oted parent if sur

roun ded by a thick belt of th oroughly selfish
aura .T hi s fact may account for ve ry muc h
in gratitude on the side o f beneficiaries wh os e
cond iti on is such that they do n ot fee l and
,

ther efo re cannot respond to or appreciate the

kindly th oughts an d good wishes which are
directed to them Leadbeater has aptly rep
.

resented the thoroughly selfis h individual as

incarcerated in a ver itable p rison h ouse o f
mu rky aura encl osed as in a cage behin d
, , ,

bar s.

T hes e reflection s upon the aura when intel

,

ligently digeste d s uffice to explain despo n

,

dency an d e lation c ontent an d disconte nt suc

, ,

ces s and fai lure in all conceivable situations in

which peop l e may find themselves placed .

What menta l scientists vi gor ously affirm and

proclai m as an indisputable doctrine is lucidly
inte rpreted by students of O ccultism who ac
,

tually see as well as fee l the aura which sur

rounds people wh os e fi cklen ess is un account

able unti l on e t races its so urce

.

Lack o f a ura is the chief cau se o f predispo

‘
w

i
s t ion to dise ase fo r if we are si mply un pro
,

tected in the midst of an unwh oles ome eu

vironmen t we are extremely liable to succumb .
 The H uman A ura 65

M Every on e travels in his auric b el t as the

earth in its atmosphe re or a turtle in its shel l .

Heav e ns and hells and al l inter media ry con

dition s are regulated by aura and it is on the
,

basis o f this knowledge alo ne that we can

rec oncile the vario us co nflicting views Of the
“ ”
so ca l led
-
future life which is v e ry vaguely
described by s ome clairvoyants but very graph
ically by others T he e min ent lecturer and
.

auth or E mma H ardinge Britten who was

, , ,

during a considerable po rtion o f her public

career a distinguish e d se e ress us e d Often to de
, ,

scribe during s ome o f her thrilling discourses

, ,
“
the visions she had s een o f dwellers on the
th reshold meaning tho se unhappy h uman be
”
,

ings W ho are forced to surrende r their mortal

bodies unwillingly through dis ease or the e f
feets of care lessness or dissipation and who are
,

encircled with so dense an aura that it com

p le te ly obscures all spiritual l andscapes Blind .

in a world o f c olo r d eaf in a w orld o f s ound

, ,

l one ly in the midst o f multitudes of compan

ions these psychically shut in ones kn ow not h
,
-

ing of what is al l around them ; others are en

j oyin g scen e ry o f which they are in no degree
c ognizant and basking in the de lights o f
,

fri endship to which th ese impriso n e d one s are

total strangers T he very real s el f made he lls
.
-
66 The H uman A ura

revealed by clairvoyance stand the rigid test

o f the closes t scientific e ami nati on t h ough the
x ,

fables o f theology may be readily discounted

in thi s distinctly scientific age Marie Corelli
.
,
“
in The Soul O f Lilith has po in ted out very
,
”
clearly what a hel l actual ly is where she ,

show s that an e ntranced sensitive se rvin g as

a lucide can no t find the hells in space as Swed ,

enborg and other gifte d seers have d es c ribed

them but they can be t ruthfully portrayed as

,

dark b e lts surr ounding only th o se who g ene r

ate the murky aura whic h produces the m .

The re is but on e way to achieve real s uccess

an d genuin e happiness an d that is to deliber
,

atel y unde rtake the tas k Of self discipline and

-

bui ld aroun d one s se l f an impermeab l e aura

’
.

While it is perfectly true that like attracts

”
li ke it is also t rue that we are attracted to our
,

Opp osites therefore do we o ften find the sweet

,

e st ass ociatio ns O f a f fection grow out of a

blendin g of diametrically opposite tempera
ments But these charmin g union s are like
.

harmonies in music and in ev ery fi el d of art

,

wher e s ounds and colors c on tract and bl end

an d me l t into gl ori ous symph onies .

Love an d hate courag e and fear can neve r

, ,

blend because such e motions are con tradic

,

tories which destr oy each other n ot po lar op

,

p osi te s which m elt in to p erfect un i ty .

 The H uman A ura 67

There is an other aspect of the law of attrae

tion which is far too seldom reco gn ized and ,

that is the attraction which the sin ner feels

toward the saint and the sick pers on to the
healthy A very little intelligent reflection on
.

such purely natural phenomena is all that is

neede d to elucidate so si mple a pr oblem We .

are attracted to whatever we ad mire an d wish

to share consequently we can reas on from the
,

invalid s attracti on to a ve ry robust man or

’

woman that the weak one is simply seekin g

stren gth an d feelin g instinctively that the
health aur a o f a strong friend furnishes ma
terial out o f which to construct o r forti fy a
weak or shattered aura M oral health is com
.

mun icated an d induced in precisely the same

way The true phychic healer knows s ome
.

thin g of the wealth and forc e of his auri c radi

ation s and deliberately sends t hem fo rth giv
, ,

ing of the very surplus or ove rfl ow o f his

ab undant vitality T here is no stint in nature ;
.

there is always an oversupply o f all commodi

tie s and so it is with human energy
, .

The sure way to grow str on ge r is to use

energy fre e ly and gladly but n eve r strain
,

fully ; those who are afraid o f losin g stren gth

by ex ertio n are always fe eble and they waste
,

more force by wo rry and anxiety than they

68 The H uman A ura

use in all their legitimate e mployments To .

’
c onserve one s aura rightfully it is necessa ry
to practise c oncentrati on O f th ou ght; atte n
ti on and action rigorously and regular ly A .

truly successful individual does everything

thor oughly and en j oys do ing whatever he does
at a ll but so wide reaching may be his auric
,
-

dispersi ons that he can practise telepathy and ,

even distant healing quite success fully whil e

,

engaged in ordina ry secular activities .

A ura is dissipated by taking n ot ice of t hings

which are n o part of one s business T he true
’
.

phi lanthropist actively does so much good in

the w orld by what he is that very o ften his
, ,

presence is worth far more than any a mo unt

Of sp oken or written exh ortati on could be .

T he more we study the si mple law of Echo

the more readily we shall understand on a l l
planes nature s necessitated responsiveness to
’

our outse n din gs Let us in the Open country

.
,

amid res ounding ro cks and reverberating

hills pron ounce the sacred talismanic w ords !
,

“
I LOVE ! OU ; I A M I N PERF ECT HARM ON ! WITH
”
t oo ,
and because universal law is what it
,

—
the same w ords must re echo to us that
we have sent out into our surroundin gs .

The disciple on the Path Of Wisdom need

n eve r paus e to questi on how oth e r s feel to
 The H uman Aura 69

a
M
w rd mhi ; his w ork is c l early to d et ermine
how he feels toward others , and according to
the fee l in g he generates , entertains an d sen ds
forth will be the c ondition o f his own aura ,

an d acc ording to that wil l be his safety in the

midst of perils his immunity from l iability to

,

di sease an d his certain succe ss in all life s

’
,

un dertakings . This is the open secret O f the

of Heaven, now, here and forever .

U N IV .

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