Aura

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Aura (paranormal) The Human Aura in a healthy woman after a diagram byWalter John Kilner (1847-1920). The picture depicts Kilner's "inner and outer auras." Colours have been added for illustrative p and have no other signi cance. Inparapsychology andspiritual practice, an aura is a eld of subtle, luminous radiation surrounding a person or object like thehalo oraureola inreligious art. The depiction of such an aura often conno person of particular power or holiness. It is said that all objects and all living things manifest aura. Often it is held to be perceptible, whether spontaneously or with practice: such perception times linked with the third eye of Indian spirituality Various writers associate various personali with the colors of di erent layers of the aura It has also been described as a map of the thoughts feelings surrounding a person. Skeptics such asRobert Todd Carroll contend that people may perceive auras because of e ects withi the brain:synesthesia,epilepsy,migraines, or the in uence of psychedelic drugs such as LSD Other causes may include disorders within the visual system provoking optical e ects. Eye fatigue can al produce an aura, sometimes referred to as eye burn .

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Aura (paranormal)

The Human Aura in a healthy womanafter a diagram byWalter John Kilner(1847-1920). The picture depicts Kilner's "inner and outer auras." Colours have been added for illustrative purposes and have no other significance.Inparapsychologyandspiritual practice, anaurais a field of subtle, luminous radiation surrounding a person or object like thehalooraureolainreligious art. The depiction of such an aura often connotes a person of particular power or holiness. It is said that all objects and all living things manifest such an aura. Often it is held to be perceptible, whether spontaneously or with practice: such perception is at times linked with thethird eyeof Indian spiritualityVarious writers associate various personality traits with the colors of different layers of the auraIt has also been described as a map of the thoughts and feelings surrounding a person. Skeptics such asRobert Todd Carrollcontend that people may perceive auras because of effects within the brain:synesthesia,epilepsy,migraines, or the influence ofpsychedelic drugssuch asLSDOther causes may include disorders within thevisual systemprovoking optical effects.Eyefatigue can also produce an aura, sometimes referred to aseye burn.