(Gr., “breeze”). A subtle, invisible essence or fluid that emanates from human and animal bodies and even objects. It is a psychic effluvium, partaking of both the mind and the body, as it is the electro-vital — and at the same time electro-mental — aura; called in Theosophy the akashic or magnetic aura. It represents the electromagnetic radiation of all the accumulated energies of a living organism, especially the heart, having a dominant colour, sound, and scent.
All bodies and objects of the manifest world are surrounded by an aura. The human aura is a kind of passport which quickly identifies the individual’s essence and destiny. In the future, a person’s aura will determine their suitability to hold important positions in every domain of life. Every thought, emotion, feeling, or act leaves an imprint on the aura in the form of radiations, which, in turn, magnetically attract elements from space that correspond with their tonality.
The more powerful the fiery energy in a person, the stronger the influence of their aura over their whole environment. Throughout their lives, people suffuse everything they touch with the radiations of their aura, brightening or darkening the objects around them. In addition every individual perceives the world through the prism of their aura, as though they were looking through a pair of glasses. Hence, through a light aura, one perceives only the Light, and through a dark aura, one perceives the darkness.
The aura of a newborn child is colourless until the first gleam of consciousness imbues it with colours that correspond to the accumulations of previous lives. As a rule, this happens at the age of seven.
The auric field should be enclosed by a protective net, woven together from the sediment of the subtlest fiery energies providing a shield against extraneous intrusions and influences. But souls devoid of spirituality lack this protection causing them often to fall victim to the impact of other people’s auras, especially those that possess a powerful aura of dark fire; they also succumb to the influence of various evil entities from the Subtle Plane.
First and foremost this affects a person’s health. More spiritually-minded people have a protective net in the form of fiery ruby sparks. However, dark entities are always attempting to break through, for even the slightest rupture opens the way to gaining control over another being.
The aura of powerful spirits generates a ray, which imbues thoughts, or anything else, with its colour and energy. When a thought like this is aimed in a specific direction, it has the appearance of a real ray in space and is equipped with tremendous power.
A planet possesses an aura, too, along with a protective net. The aura of Earth accumulates all the energies produced by the activity and free will of humanity. At the beginning of its existence, the aura of the Earth was golden, but by the mid-twentieth century it had turned ash-grey with clouds of brown gas and black holes in its protective net. By the end of the last century, the Hierarchy of Light and its earthly colleagues managed to restore the net. However, the state of the planet’s aura still depends upon humanity, upon each and every individual.