Chapter 5 The Auric Kaleidoscope As we have seen,
The human aura is never in a state of absolute rest or quiet.
Motion and change is ever manifested by it.
It has its periods of comparative calm,
Of course,
But even in this state there is a pulsing,
Wave-like motion apparent.
The clouds of change in color fly over its surface,
And in its depth,
Like the fast-driven gleasy clouds over the summer sky,
Illuminated by the rays of the setting sun.
Again,
Fierce storms of mental activity or emotional stress disturb its comparative calm,
And the wildest scenes are witnessed in the aura by the observer.
So intense are the vibrations of some of these mental storms that their effect is plainly felt by the average person,
Though he is not able to distinguish the colors or the great whirls and swirls of Auric substance accompanying them.
A person sunk in reverie,
Dream-states,
Or sleep presents an interesting Auric Kaleidoscope,
Which possesses great beauty if the person be normal or of average morality.
In such a case there is a cloudy clearness,
If the term may be used,
Tinked with tints and shades of varying colors,
Blending in strange and interesting combinations,
Appearing gradually from previous combinations,
And sinking gradually into new ones.
To the observer of the aura the term opalescent instinctively presents itself,
For there's striking resemblance to the opalean peculiar play of colors of delicate tints and shades in a body of pearly or milky hue.
Color shades into color,
Tint into tint,
Hue into hue,
As in the color scale of the spectrum of which the rainbow is the most familiar example.
But the rainbow or spectrum lacks the peculiar semi-transparency of the Auric colors,
And also the constantly changing and dissolving body of color of the aura.
At this point I wish to call your attention to a phase of the aura which I purposely passed over in the preceding chapters.
I allude to the phase of the aura which presents the pearly appearance of the opalescent body.
This appearance is manifested neither by any of the mental or emotional states,
Nor is it the prana aura or vital force,
It is the manifestation of what is known to occultists as etheric substance,
And is a very interesting feature of the Auric phenomena.
The etheric substance which manifests this peculiar radiance in the body of the aura composes that which is called by some occultists the austral body,
But this latter term is also employed in another sense,
And I prefer to use the term etheric double to indicate what some others know as the astral body.
Etheric substance is much finer form of substance than that which composes the physical body.
It is really matter in a very high degree of vibration,
Much higher than even the ultra-gaseous matter of physical substance.
It may be sensed ordinarily only on the astral plane,
Which is its own particular plane of activity.
The etheric double composed of this etheric substance is the exact counterpart of its physical counterpart.
The ordinary physical body of the individual,
Although it is capable of great expansion or shrinking in space,
Like the physical body it radiates an aura,
And this combining with the other forms of the auric body gives to it its peculiar pearly appearance,
Which is the background of its opalescence previously noted.
The etheric double explains the phenomenon of spectral appearances or ghosts,
For it persists for a time after the death of the physical body,
And under some conditions becomes visible to the ordinary sight.
It sometimes is projected from the physical body,
And at such times appears as an apparition of the living,
Of which there are many cases recorded by societies investigating physical subjects.
The etheric double or astral body is referred to here,
However,
Merely to explain the peculiar pearly tint of the background or body of the aura,
In and through which the mental and emotional auric colors play and move.
It may interest you,
However,
To note that this phase of aura is always present around and about a ghost or dematerialized,
Disembodied soul or spirit,
As common usage terms it.
The aura of the wide awake person is,
Of course,
Far more active and more deeply colored than is that of the person in reverie,
Dream or sleep.
When again the aura of the person manifesting a high degree of mental activity or strong feeling or passion is still brighter and deeper than the ordinary person performing his daily routine work,
In the state of anger or love-passion,
For instance,
The aura is violently disturbed,
Deep shades of color whirling and swirling,
In the depths and surface of the auric body.
Lightning-like flashes shoot forth and great bodies of lurid smoky clouds fly on the surface.
Looking into the aura of a man,
White with rage and passion,
Is like peering into Inferno.
The astral plane in the region of a lynching mob or other body of persons filled with rage becomes a frightful scene of auric radiation.
A person filled with the emotion of pure love fills their aura with the most beautiful tints and shades of high rosy color,
And to behold the same is a pleasure fully appreciated by the occultist.
A church filled with persons of a high devotional ideality is also a beautiful place,
A reason of the mingling of auric violet-blue vibrations of those therein assembled.
The atmosphere of a prison is most depressing and presents a most unpleasant appearance But one possessing the astral visions,
Likewise the astral atmosphere of an abode of wise and passion,
Becomes really physically innociating,
The occultist of high ideals and taste.
Such scenes on the astral plane are avoided by all true occultists,
Except when the call of duty leads them to visit them to give aid and help.
There are two distinct features connected with the auric coloring of every person.
The first is the coloring resulting from the more hapital thoughts and feelings of the person from their character.
In fact,
While the second is the coloring resulting from the particular feelings or thoughts manifested by them at that particular moment or time,
The color of the feeling of the moment soon disappears and fades away,
While the more hapital feeling bound up with their character causes its corresponding color to abide more permanently and thus to give a decided hue to their general auric color appearance.
The trained occultist is,
Therefore,
Able to ascertain not only the passing thoughts and feelings of a person,
But also to determine,
Infallibly,
Their general character,
Tendencies,
Past,
Character and actions,
And general nature,
Simply from a careful examination and study of the auric colors of the person in question.
As all occultists well know,
Every place,
Dwelling,
Business place,
Church,
Courtroom,
Every village,
City,
Country,
Nation,
Has its own collective aura,
Known as astral atmosphere,
Which is simply but a combined reflection of the individual auras of the human units of which its body of inhabitants is made up.
These atmospheric vibrations are plainly felt by many persons,
And we are instinctively attracted or repelled by reason thereof.
But to the developed occultist,
These places manifest the auric colors in the combinations arising from the nature of the mentalities of the persons dwelling in them.
Each place has its collective aura,
Just as each person has their individual aura.
The astral plane presents a wonderful scene of color by reason of this and similar causes.
The harmony of the color scheme,
In some cases,
Is marvelously beautiful,
While the horrible aspect of seeing resemble a nightmare vision of the worst kind.
It is easy to understand why some of the ancients,
Who stumbled into glimpses of the astral plane while in dream state or trance,
Reported the vision of terrible hells,
Of unquenchable fiery lakes of smoking brimstone.
For such ideas naturally come to the mind of the uninformed person who had peered into the astral plane in such cases.
And in the same way,
The visions of heaven reported by the saints and others of high spirituality are explainable on the theory that these persons had sensed some of the beautiful scenes of the higher astral planes,
Filled with the combined auric tints and hues of souls of high development.
The principle of auric colors holds good on all the many planes of being and existence,
High as well as low.
I merely hint at the great occult truth in making the above statements.
The thoughtful will be able to read between my lines.
I have given you a little key,
Which will unlock the door of many mysteries,
If you will,
But use it intelligently.
