Swami Panchadasi

THE HUMAN AURA

Astral Colors and Thought Forms

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 The Himan Aura

The Human Aura

Astral Colors and Thought Forms

by Swami Panchadasi

1915

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Contents

THE HUMAN AURA

Contents
Synopsis of the Lessons
Chapter I: What is the Human Aura?
Chapter II: The Prana–Aura
Chapter III: The Astral Colors
Chapter IV: The Astral Colors (continued)
Chapter V: The Auric Kaleidoscope
Chapter VI: Thought Forms
Chapter VII: Psychic Influence of Colors
Chapter VIII: Auric Magnetism
Chapter IX: Developing the Aura
Chapter X: The Protective Aura

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Synopsis of the Lessons

Chapter 1 – What Is The Human Aura

The subtle, invisible emanation radiating from every individual. An
ethereal radiation. The egg–shaped human nebula. Psychic atmosphere
sensed by everyone, but seen by but few. The clairvoyant vision. The
phosphorescent flame, and luminous cloud. The colors in the aura and what
they mean. Effect of mental states, emotions and passion, upon its aura. The
human aura is a very important and interesting phase of every personality.
The finer forces, the most powerful.

Chapter 2 – The Prana Aura

Prana the Vital Force. Life Essence. How it affects the human aura.
Health Aura. Physical Aura. Health Magnetism. Peculiar appearance of Prana
Aura. How animals follow trails of Prana Aura particles. The tiny electric
sparks, and vibratory movements. How one may perceive the vibrations of
Prana Aura. Interesting experiments. Seeing Prana Aura by ordinary vision.
Prana Aura and Magnetic Healing.

Chapter 3 – The Astral Colors

Each mental or emotional state has its own astral hue, tint, shade or
color. Th Primary Colors, Red, Blue and Yellow. The Secondary Colors,
Green, Grange and Purple. The combinations of Olive, Russet and Citrine.
Black and White, and how formed. Key to the Astral Colors. Red the
Physical Color; Blue, the Spiritual; Yellow, the Mental. White and Black the
two poles of Spirituality. Rainbow astral colors, Whirlpools of flame. Flashes
of astral light. A wonderful phenomena. Practice will enable almost
everyone to perceive plainly the outlines of the Prana Aura.

Chapter 4 – The Astral Colors (Continued)

Interpretations of the Astral Color Group. The Red Group. The varying
reds of vitality and health; the shades of love; high and low; the crimson of

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sensuality; the scarlet plane of anger and passion. The Yellow Group of
Orange, and the Pride of Intellect. The Golden Yellow of Intellectual
Attainment. The haloes of the great teachers. The lemon hue of inferior
intellect. The Green Group. The high and low greens. The green of love of
nature. The green of Altruism. The green of sympathy. The dull green of
insincerity and deceit. The ruddy green of Jealousy and malice. The Blue
Group. The great souls of the spiritual and religious emotions. The Brown
Group. The Gray Group. Black Group. White Group. The Great White
light.

Chapter 5 – The Aura Kaleidoscope

What the astral body is composed of. Also the etheric double. The even
changing clouds of aura coloring. Placid scenes and furious storms of the
Aura. Opalescent effects. The pearly color of the etheric substance. The
Aura of mental activity. The Aura of reverie or sleep. The Aura of anger and
passion. The Aura of hate. The Aura of love. The Aura of churches, prisons,
hospitals and places of vice. The Aura of character and of passing feeling.
Astral atmospheres of buildings and places. Collective and composite auras.
A key to some great and deep occult teachings. and esoteric mysteries. How
the trained occultist is able to ascertain the character, and tendencies of a
person.

Chapter 6 – Thought Form

What a Thought form is and what it is made of. How Thought Forms
are created. How Thought Forms travel. How Thought Forms affect
persons. Why some Thought Forms are semi–living, elemental forces.
Various forms and classes of Thought Forms. Full description of their
character, appearance and effect. Thought Form whirls and swirls. Rotation
Thought Forms. Thought Form whirlpools. Explosive Thought Forms.
Thought Form bombs. Octapus Thought Form. How Thought Forms are
projected and why they travel. A wonderful study of a fascinating subject.

Chapter 7 – Psychic Influence of Color

Action and Re–action. Effect of Color on Mental States and Emotions.
How certain tints affect persons favorably and unfavorably. The calming

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effect of restful greens. “Seeing Red.” Gloomy Black. Depressing Grays.

Angry Reds. Soothing Blues. Illuminating Yellow. The Psychology of Color.
Healing Effect of Colors. The principles of Healing by Colors. Effect of color
upon character and morals. Color in Child Life. Interesting and instructive
informalion and teaching.

Chapter 8 – Auric Magnetism

Human Magnetism. The Auric Reservoir of Magnetism. Magnetic
Healing, how caused any why it occurs. Use of its hands. Flow of etheric
force. New Methods of Magnetic Healing. Use of Auric Colors. Analysis and
Full Explanation. Absent treatment by Auric Color Vibration. Tables of
Auric Healing Colors, showing effect on Nervous System, Blood and Organs.
Helpful suggestion in Auric Color Healing. How to Treat yourself and
others by this method. Healing by the Great White Light.

Chapter 9 – Developing the Aura

How to build up a strong, positive Aura. How to flood the Aura with
the right vibration. How to Influence the color in the Aura. “Holding the
Thought”. Reflecting Color States. Principles of occult Color Re–action,
Self–analysis. Self–Treatment for Character and Qualities. Effect of
visualising colors. How to get the keynote of Color vibrations. The Key of
Success.

Chapter 10 – The Protective Aura

A forbidden subject plainly discussed. Need of Occult protection. How
to change the Aura so that it will repel physical contagion and Psychic
attacks. How to Guard the body by Auric Colors. How to energize and
illumine the mind, so as to protect against mental influences. The protective
Golden Aura. How to protect your emotional nature from undesirable
vibrations. The Great Auric Circle of Protection. The oldest occultists
instructions regarding building up of the protective Aura. How to fill the
aura with vibrations of health and physical strength. How to protect yourself
from the low passions and feelings of others. The Aura of great moral
teachers. How those in ignorance of occult laws have been led from the
moral path. The Aurie Circle of Protection. The crumbs of teaching

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scattered through this book, other than those concerning the Aura. Those
for whom these teachings are intended will recognize and appreciate them.
A shelter for soul, mind and body against psychic influence. An infallible
Armor against all force of attack. The Great White Light. Words from the
Master.

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Chapter I: What is the Human Aura?

T he above question is frequently asked the student

of occultism by someone who has heard the term
but who is unfamiliar with its meaning. Simple as the
question may seem, it is by no means easy to answer it
plainly and clearly in a few words unless the hearer
already has a general acquaintance with the subject of
occult science. Let us commence at the beginning and
consider the question from the point of view of the
person who has just heard the term for the first time.
The dictionaries define the word aura as: “Any
subtle, invisible emanation or exhalation.” The English
authorities, as a rule, attribute the origin of the word
to a Latin term meaning “air,” but the Hindu
authorities insist that it had its origin in the Sanskrit
root at, meaning the spoke of a wheel, the significance
being perceived when we remember the fact that the
human aura radiates from the body of the individual in
a manner similar to the radiation of the spokes of a
wheel from the hub thereof. The Sanskrit origin of the
term is the one preferred by occultists, although it will
be seen that the idea of an aerial emanation, indicated
by the Latin root, is not foreign to the real significance
of the term.

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Be the real origin of the term what it may, the idea

of the human aura is one upon which all occultists are
in full agreement and harmony, and the mention of
which is found in all works upon the general subject
of occultism. So we shall begin by a consideration of
the main conception thereof, as held by all advanced
occultists, ancient and modern, omitting little points
of theoretical variance between the different schools.
Briefly, then, the human aura may be described as a
fine, ethereal radiation or emanation surrounding each
and every living human being. It extends from two to
three feet, in all directions, from the body. It assumes
an oval shape—a great egg–shaped nebula surrounding
the body on all sides for a distance of two or three
feet. This aura is sometimes referred to, in ordinary
terms, as the “psychic atmosphere” of a person, or as
his “magnetic atmosphere.”
This atmosphere or aura is apparent to a large
percentage of persons in the sense of the psychic
awareness generally called “feeling,” though the term is
not a clear one. The majority of persons are more or
less aware of that subtle something about the
personality of others which can be sensed or felt in a
clear though unusual way when the other persons are
near by, even though they may be out of the range of
the vision. Being outside of the ordinary range of the

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five senses, we are apt to feel that there is something

queer or uncanny about these feelings of projected
personality. But every person, deep in his heart, knows
them to be realities and admits their effect upon his
impressions regarding the persons from whom they
emanate. Even small children, infants even, perceive
this influence and respond to it in the matter of likes
and dislikes.
But human testimony regarding the existence and
character of the human aura does not stop with the
reports of the psychic senses to which we have just
referred. There are many individuals of the race—a far
greater percentage than is generally imagined—who
have the gift of psychic sight more or less developed.
Many persons have quite a well–developed power of
this kind, who do not mention it to their
acquaintances for fear of ridicule, or of being thought
“queer.” In addition to these persons, there are here
and there to be found well–developed, clear–sighted
or truly clairvoyant persons whose powers of psychic
perception are as highly developed as are the ordinary
senses of the average individual. And the reports of
these persons, far apart in time and space though they
may be, have always agreed on the main points of
psychic phenomena, particularly in regards to the
human aura.

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To the highly developed clairvoyant vision, every

human being is seen as surrounded by the egg–shaped
aura of two or three feet in depth, more dense and
thick in the portion nearest the body, and then
gradually becoming more tenuous, thin and indistinct
as the distance from the body is increased. By the
psychic perception, the aura is seen as a luminous
cloud—a phosphorescent flame—deep and dense
around the center and then gradually shading into
indistinctness toward the edges. As a matter of fact, as
all developed occultists know, the aura really extends
very much farther than even the best clairvoyant
vision can perceive it, and its psychic influence is
perceptible at quite a distance in many cases. In this
respect it is like any flame on the physical plane—it
gradually fades into indistinctness, its rays persisting far
beyond the reach of the vision, as may be proved by
means of chemical apparatus, etc.
To the highly developed clairvoyant vision, the
human aura is seen to be composed of all the colors of
the spectrum, the combinations of colors differing in
various persons, and constantly shifting in the case of
every person. These colors reflect the mental
(particularly the emotional) states of the person in
whose aura they are manifested. Each mental state has
its own particular combination formed from the few

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elementary colors which represent the elementary

mental conditions. As the mind is ever shifting and
changing its states, it follows that there will ever be a
corresponding series of shifting changes in the colors of
the human aura.
The shades and colors of the aura present an ever
changing kaleidoscopic spectacle of wonderful beauty
and most interesting character. The trained occultist is
able to read the character of any person, as well as the
nature of his passing thoughts and feelings, by simply
studying the shifting colors of his aura. To the
developed occultist, the mind and character become as
an open book, to be studied carefully and intelligently.
Even the student of occultism who has not been
able to develop the clairvoyant vision to such a high
degree is soon able to develop the sense of psychic
perception whereby he is able to at least “feel” the
vibrations of the aura, though he may not see the
colors, and thus be able to interpret the mental states
which have caused them. The principle is, of course,
the same, as the colors are but the outward
appearance of the vibrations themselves, just as the
ordinary colors on the physical plane are merely the
outward manifestation of vibration of matter.

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But it must not be supposed that the human aura is

always perceived in the appearance of a luminous
cloud of ever–changing color. When we say that such
is its characteristic appearance, we mean it in the same
sense that we describe the ocean as a calm, deep body
of greenish waters. We know, however, that at times
the ocean presents no such appearance, but instead is
seen as rising in great mountainous waves, white
capped and threatening the tiny vessels of men with
its power. Or again we may define the word flame in
the sense of a steady bright stream of burning gas,
whereas we know only too well that the word also
indicates the great hot tongues of fiery force that
stream out from the windows of a burning building
and lick to destruction all with which it comes in
contact.
So it is with the human aura. At times it may be
seen as a beautiful, calm, luminous atmosphere,
presenting the appearance of a great opal under the
rays of the sun. Again, it blazes like the flames of a
great furnace, shooting forth great tongues of fire in
this direction and that, rising and falling in great waves
of emotional excitement or passion, or perhaps
whirling like a great fiery maelstrom toward its center,
or swirling in an outward movement away from its
center. Again, it may be seen as projecting from its

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depths smaller bodies or centers of mental vibration,

which like sparks from a furnace detach themselves
from the parent flame and travel far away in other
directions—these are the projected thought forms of
which all occultists are fond of speaking and which
make plain many strange psychic occurrences.
So, it will be seen, the human aura is a very
important and interesting phase of the personality of
every individual. The psychic phase of man is as much
the man himself as is the physical phase—the
complete man being made up of the two phases. Man
invisible is as much the real man as is man visible. As
the finer forms of nature are always the most
powerful, so is the psychic man more potent than the
physical man.
In this book, I speak of the human aura and its
colors as being perceived by astral or clairvoyant
vision, for this is the way in which it is perceived and
studied by the occultist. The occult teaching is that, in
the evolution of the race, this astral vision will
eventually become the common property of every
human being—it so exists even now, and needs only
development to perfect it.
But modern physical science is today [1911] offering
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the occultist who has the astral vision) to the general

public, of the existence of the human aura. In Europe
especially, a number of scientists have written on the
subject of the aura, and have described the result of
the experiments in which the aura has been perceived,
and even photographed, by means of fluorescent
screens, such as are used in taking X–ray photographs,
etc. Leading authorities in England, France, and still
more recently, in Germany, have reported the
discovery (!) of a nebulous, hazy, radioactive energy or
substance around the body of human beings. In short,
they now claim that every human being is radioactive,
and that the auric radiation may be registered and
perceived by means of a screen composed of certain
fluorescent material interposed between the eye of the
observer and the person observed.
This aura, so discovered (!) by the scientists, is
called by them the “human atmosphere” and is
classified by them as similar to the radiations of other
radioactive substances, radium, for instance. They have
failed to discover color in this atmosphere, however,
and know nothing, apparently, of the relation between
auric colors and mental and emotional states, which
are so familiar to every advanced occultist. I mention
this fact merely as a matter of general interest and
information to the student, and not as indicating, even

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in the slightest degree, any idea on my part that the

old occult teaching and the observed phenomena
accompanying the same regarding the human aura
require any proof or backing up on the part of
material scientists. On the contrary, I feel that material
science should feel flattered by the backing up by
occult science of the new discovery (!) of the “human
atmosphere.” A little later on, material science may
also discover (!) the auric colors and announce the
same to the wondering world as a new truth.

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Chapter II: The Prana–Aura

M any writers on the subject of the human aura

content themselves with a description of the
colors of the mental or emotional aura, and omit
almost any reference whatsoever to the basic
substance or power of the aura. This is like the play of
Hamlet with the character of Hamlet omitted, for,
unless we understand something concerning the
fundamental substance of which the aura is composed,
we cannot expect to arrive at a clear understanding of
the phenomena which arise from and by reason of the
existence of this fundamental substance. We might as
well expect a student to understand the principles of
color without having been made acquainted with the
principles of light.
The fundamental substance of which the human
aura is composed is none other than that wonderful
principle of nature of which one reads so much in all
occult writings, which has been called by many names,
but which is perhaps best known under the Sanskrit
term prana, but which may be thought of as vital
essence, life power, etc.
It is not necessary in this book to go into the general
consideration of the nature and character of prana. It is

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sufficient for us to consider it in its manifestation of

vital force, life essence, etc. In its broadest sense, prana
really is the principle of energy in nature, but in its
relation to living forms it is the vital force which lies
at the very basis of manifested Life. It exists in all
forms of living things, from the most minute
microscopic form up to living creatures on higher
planes, as much higher than man as man is higher than
the simple microscopic lifeforms. It permeates them
all and renders possible all life activity and functioning.
Prana is not the mind or the soul, but is rather the
force or energy through which the soul manifests
activity, and the mind manifests thought. It is the
steam that runs the physical and mental machinery of
life. It is the substance of the human aura, and the
colors of mental states are manifested in that
substance, just as the colors of chemical bodies are
manifested in the substance of water. But prana is not
material substance—being the underlying substance of
energy or force in nature.
While it is true, as we have seen, that all auras are
composed of the substance of prana, it is likewise true
that there is a simple and elementary form of auric
substance to which occultists have given the simple
name of the prana–aura in order to distinguish it from
the more complex forms and phases of the human

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aura. The simplicity of the character of the prana–aura

causes it to be more readily sensed or perceived than is
possible in the case of the more complex phases or
forms of the aura. For whereas it is only the more
sensitive organisms that can distinguish the finer
vibrations of the mental and emotional aura, and only
the clairvoyant sight which can discern its presence by
its colors, almost any person, by a little careful
experimenting, may become aware of the presence of
the prana–aura, not only in the way of “feeling” it, but
in many cases of actually seeing it with the ordinary
vision rightly directed.
That which is known as the prana–aura is of course
the most simple form or phase of the human aura. It is
the form or phase which is more closely bound up
with the physical body, and is less concerned with the
mental states. This fact has caused some writers to
speak of it as the “health aura,” or “physical aura,” both
of which terms are fittingly applied as we shall see,
although we prefer the simpler term we have used
here, the prana–aura. For the prana–aura does show
the state of the health of the individual radiating it,
and it also really contains physical power and
magnetism which may be and is imparted to others.
The basic prana–aura is practically colorless; that is
to say, it is about the color of the clearest water or a

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very clear diamond. By the clairvoyant vision it is seen

to be streaked or marked by very minute, bristle–like
lines radiating outward from the physical body of the
individual in a manner very like “the quills upon the
fretful porcupine,” as Shakespeare puts it. In the case
of excellent physical health, these bristle–like streaks
are stiff and brittle–looking, whereas, if the general
health of the person be deficient these bristle–like
radiations seem to be more or less tangled, twisted or
curly, and in some cases present a drooping
appearance, and in extreme cases present the
appearance of soft, limp fur.
It may interest the student to know that minute
particles of this prana–aura, or vital magnetism, is
sloughed off the body in connection with physical
exhalations such as scent, etc., and remain in existence
for some time after the person has passed from the
particular place at which they were cast off. In fact, as
all occultists know, it is these particles of the prana–
aura which serve to give vitality to the “scent” of living
creatures, which enables dogs and other animals to
trace up the track of the person or animal for a long
time after the person has passed. It is not alone the
physical odor, which must be very slight as you will
see upon a moment’s consideration. It is really the
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enables the dog to distinguish the traces of one person

among that of thousands of others, and the feat is as
much psychical as physical.
Another peculiarity of the prana–aura is that it is
filled with a multitude of extremely minute sparkling
particles, resembling fiery electric sparks, which are in
constant motion. These sparks, which are visible to
persons of only slightly developed psychic power,
impart a vibratory motion to the prana–aura which
under certain conditions is plainly visible to the
average person. This vibratory movement is akin to
the movement of heated air arising from a hot stove,
or from the heated earth on a mid–summer day.
If the student will close his eyes partially until he
peers out from narrowed lids, and then will closely
observe some very healthy person sitting in a dim
light, he may perceive this undulating, pulsing
vibration extending an inch or two from the surface of
the body. It requires some little knack to recognize
these vibrations, but a little practice will often give
one the key; and after the first recognition, the matter
becomes easy.
Again, in the case of persons of active brains, one
may perceive this pulsating prana–aura around the
head of the person, particularly when he is engaged in

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concentrated active thought. A little practice will

enable almost anyone to perceive faintly the dim
outlines of the prana–aura around his own fingers and
hand by placing his hand against a black background,
in a dim light, and then gazing at it with narrowed
eyelids, squinting if necessary. Under these
circumstances, after a little practice, one will be apt to
perceive a tiny outlined aura, or radiation, or halo of
pale yellowish light surrounding the hand.
By extending the fingers fan shape you will perceive
that each finger is showing its own little outlined
prana–aura. The stronger the vital force, the plainer
will be the perception of the phenomenon. Often the
prana–aura, in these experiments, will appear like the
semiluminous radiance surrounding a candle flame or
gas light. Under the best conditions, the radiation will
assume an almost phosphorescent appearance.
Remember, this is simply a matter of trained ordinary
sight, not clairvoyant vision.
This prana–aura is identical with human magnetism,
which is employed in ordinary magnetic healing. That
is to say it is the outer manifestation of the wonderful
pranic force. It is felt when you shake hands or
otherwise come in close physical contact with a
strongly magnetic person. On the other hand it is what
the weakly, human vampire–like persons

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unconsciously, or consciously, try to draw off from

strong persons, if the latter allow them so to do from
want of knowledge of self protection. Who has not
met persons of this kind, who seem to sap one’s very
life force away from him? Remember, then, that the
prana–aura is the aura or radiation of life force, or vital
power, which is the steam of your living activity,
physical and mental. It is the pouring out of the vital
“steam” which is running your vital machinery. Its
presence indicates Life—its absence lifelessness.

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Chapter III: The Astral Colors

T he term astral, so frequently employed by all

occultists, is difficult to explain or define except
to those who have pursued a regular course of study in
occult science. For the purpose of the present
consideration, it is enough to say that over and above
the ordinary physical sense plane there is another and
more subtle plane, known as the astral plane. Every
human being possesses the innate and inherent faculty
of sensing the things of this astral plane, by means of
an extension or enlargement of the powers of the
ordinary senses, so to speak. But in the majority of
persons in the present stage of development, these
astral senses are lying dormant, and only here and
there do we find individuals who are able to sense on
the astral plane, although in the course of evolution
the entire race will be able to do so, of course. The
colors of the human aura, which arise from the various
mental and emotional states, belong to the phenomena
of the astral plane and hence bear the name of “the
astral colors.” Belonging to the astral plane, and not to
the ordinary physical plane, they are perceived only by
the senses functioning on the astral plane, and are
invisible to the ordinary physical plane sight. But to
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clairvoyance, these colors are as real as are the ordinary

colors to the average person, and their phenomena
have been as carefully recorded by occult science as
have the physical plane colors by physical science. The
fact that to the ordinary physical senses they are
invisible does not render them any the less real.
Remember, in this connection, that to the blind man
our physical colors do not exist. And, for that matter,
the ordinary colors do not exist to “colorblind”
persons. The ordinary physical plane person is simply
“color blind” to the astral colors—that’s all.
On the astral plane each shade of mental or
emotional state has its corresponding astral color, the
latter manifesting when the form appears. It follows
then, of course, that when once the occultist has the
key to this color correspondence, and thus is able to
perceive the astral colors by means of his astral vision,
he also is able to read the mental and emotional states
of any person within the range of his vision, as easily as
you are now reading the printed words of this book.
Before proceeding to a consideration of the list of
astral colors in the human aura, I wish to call your
attention to a slight variation in the case of the prana–
aura. I have stated that the prana–aura is colorless, like
a diamond or clear water. This is true in the average
case, but in the case of a person of very strong physical

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vitality or virility, the prana–aura takes on, at times, a

faint warm pink tinge, which is really a reflection from
the red astral color, the meaning of which color you
shall now learn.
Like their physical plane counterparts, all the astral
colors are formed from three primary colors, namely:
(1) red; (2) blue; and (3) yellow. From these three
primary colors, all other colors are formed. Following
the primary colors, we find what are known as the
secondary colors, namely: (1) green, derived from a
combination of yellow and blue; (2) orange, formed
from a combination of yellow and red; and (3) purple,
formed from a combination of red and blue. Further
combinations produce the other colors, as for instance,
green and purple form olive; orange and purple form
russet; green and orange form citrine.
Black is called an absence of color, while white is
really a harmonious blending of all colors, strange as
this may appear to one who has not studied the
subject. The blending of the primary colors in varied
proportions produce what is known as the “hues” of
color. Adding white to the hues, we obtain “tints,”
while mixing black produces “shades.” Strictly
speaking, black and white are known as “neutral”
colors.

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Now for the meaning of the astral colors—that is,

the explanation of the mental or emotional state
represented by each. I ask that the student familiarize
himself with the meaning of the primary colors and
their combinations. A clear understanding of the key
of the astral colors is often an aid in the development
of astral sight.

KEY TO THE ASTRAL COLORS

RED. Red represents the physical phase of mentality.

That is to say, it stands for that part of the mental
activities which are concerned with physical life. It is
manifested by the vitality of the body, and in other
hues, tints and shades, is manifested by passions, anger,
physical cravings, etc. I shall describe the various forms
of red manifestation a little later on.
BLUE. Blue represents the religious, or spiritual,
phase of mentality. That is to say, it stands for that
part of the mental activities which are concerned with
high ideals, altruism, devotion, reverence, veneration,
etc. It is manifested, in its various hues, tints and
shades, by all forms of religious feeling and emotion,
high and low, as we shall see as we proceed.
YELLOW. Yellow represents the intellectual phase of
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mental activities which are concerned with reasoning,

analysis, judgment, logical processes, induction,
deduction, synthesis, etc. In its various hues, tints and
shades, it is manifested by the various forms of
intellectual activity, high and low, as we shall see as
we proceed.
WHITE. White stands for what occultists know as
Pure Spirit, which is a very different thing from the
religious emotion of “spirituality,” and which really is
the essence of the All that really is. Pure Spirit is the
positive pole of Being. We shall see the part played by
it in the astral colors, as we proceed.
BLACK. Black stands for the negative pole of
Being—the very negation of Pure Spirit, and opposing
it in every way. We shall see the part played by it in
the astral colors as we proceed.
The various combinations of the three astral
primary colors are formed in connection with black
and white as well as by the blending of the three
themselves. These combinations, of course, result from
the shades of mental and emotional activity
manifested by the individuality, of which they are the
reflection and the key.
The combinations and blending of the astral colors,
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infinite variety. Not only is the blending caused by the

mixing of the colors themselves, in connection with
black and white, but in many cases the body of one
color is found to be streaked, striped, dotted or
clouded by other colors. At times there is perceived
the mixture of two antagonistic color streams fighting
against each other before blending. Again we see the
effect of one color neutralizing another.
In some cases great black clouds obscure the bright
colors beneath and then darken the fierce glow of
color, just as is often witnessed in the case of a
physical conflagration. Again, we find great flashes of
bright yellow or red flaring across the field of the aura,
showing agitation or the conflict of intellect and
passion.
The average student who has not developed the
astral vision is inclined to imagine that the astral colors
in the human aura present the appearance of an
eggshaped rainbow or spectrum, or something of that
sort. But this is a great mistake. In the first place, the
astral colors are seldom at rest, for all mental and
emotional activity is the result of vibration, change
and rhythmic motion. Consequently, the colors of the
aura present a kaleidoscopic appearance of constant
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display, so to speak, constantly shifting, changing and

blending.
Great tongues of flamelike emanations project
themselves beyond the border of the aura under strong
feeling or excitement, and great vibratory whirls and
swirls are manifested. The sight is most fascinating,
although somewhat terrifying at first. Nature is wise in
bestowing the gift of astral vision only gradually and
by almost imperceptible stages of advance. There are
many unpleasant, as well as pleasant, sights on the
astral plane.

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Chapter IV: The Astral Colors (continued)

R emembering always the significance of the three

primary colors on the astral plane, let us consider
the meaning of the combinations, shades, hues and
tints of these colors.
THE RED GROUP: In this group of astral colors seen
in the human aura we find strongly in evidence the
clear bright red shade, similar to that of fresh, pure
arterial blood as it leaves the heart, filled with pure
material freshly oxygenated. This shade in the aura
indicates health, life–force, vigor, virility, etc., in pure
and untainted form. The aura of a healthy, strong child
shows this shade of color very plainly and strongly.
Strong, pure natural emotions, such as friendship,
love of companionship, love of physical exercise,
healthy clean sports, etc., are manifested by a clear,
clean shade of red. When these feelings become
tainted with selfishness, low motives, etc., the shade
grows darker and duller. Love of low companionship,
unclean sports or selfish games, etc., produce an
unpleasant, muddy red shade.
A shade of red very near to crimson is the astral
color of love, but the tint and shade vary greatly
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feeling. A very high form of love, which seeks the

good of the loved one, rather than the satisfaction of
oneself, manifests as a beautiful rose tint—one of the
most pleasing of the astral tints, by the way.
Descending in the scale, we find the crimson shade
becoming darker and duller, until we descend to the
plane of impure, sensual, coarse passion, which is
manifested by an ugly, dull, muddy crimson of a
repulsive appearance, suggesting blood mixed with
dirty earth or barnyard soil.
A peculiar series of red shades are those manifesting
anger in its various forms, from the vivid scarlet flashes
of anger color, arising from what may be called
“righteous indignation,” down the scale to the ugly
flashes of deep, dull red, betokening rage and
uncontrolled passion. The red of anger generally shows
itself in flashes, or great leaping flames, often
accompanied by a black background, in the case of
malicious hate, or by a dirty, greenish background
when the rage arises from jealousy or envy. The color
of avarice is a very ugly combination of dull, dark red
and a dirty ugly green. If persons could see their own
astral colors accompanying these undesirable mental
states, the sight would perhaps so disgust them with
such states as to work a cure. At any rate, they are
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beholds them in the human aura, and he often

wonders why they do not sicken the person
manifesting them—they often do just this thing, to tell
the truth.
THE YELLOW GROUP. In this group of astral colors
seen in the human aura we find as many varieties as
we do in the red group. Yellow, denoting intellect, has
many degrees of shade and tint, and many degrees of
clearness.
An interesting shade in this group is that of orange,
which represents different forms of “pride of intellect,”
intellectual ambition, love of mastery by will, etc. The
greater degree of red in the astral orange color, the
greater the connection with the physical or animal
nature. Pride and love of power over others have
much red in its astral color, while love of intellectual
mastery has much less red in its composition.
Pure intellectual attainment, and the love of the
same, is manifested by a beautiful clear golden yellow.
Great teachers often have this so strongly in evidence
that at times their students have glimpses of a golden
“halo” around the head of the teacher. Teachers of
great spirituality have this “nimbus” of golden yellow,
with a border of beautiful blue tint, strongly in
evidence.

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The paintings of the great spiritual teachers of the

race usually have this radiance pictured as a “halo,”
showing a recognition of the phenomenon on the part
of the great artists. Hoffman’s celebrated painting of
the Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane shows this
nimbus so accurately depicted that the occultist is
convinced that this artist must have actually witnessed
a similar scene in the astral light, so true to the astral
facts are its details. The images of the Buddha also
show this radiance.
The rich golden shades of intellectual yellow are
comparatively rare, a sickly lemon color being the only
indication of intellectual power and found in the aura
of the great run of persons. To the sight of the
occultist, employing his power of astral vision, a
crowd of persons will manifest here and there, at
widely separated points, the bright golden yellow of
the true intellect, appearing like scattered lighted
candles among a multitude of faintly burning matches.
THE GREEN GROUP. This is a peculiar group,
consisting as of course it does of various combinations
of blues and yellows, tinted and shaded by white or
black. Even skilled occultists find it very difficult to
account for the fact of certain green shades arising
from the spiritual blue and the intellectual yellow.
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subject of the astral colors, and none but the most

advanced occultists are able to explain the “why” in
some instances. To those who are fond of analysis of
this kind, I will drop the following hint, which may
help them out in the matter, viz. The key is found in
the fact that green lies in the center of the astral
spectrum and is a balance between the two extremes,
and is also influenced by these two extremes in a
startling manner.
A certain restful green denotes love of nature, out
of door life, travel in the country, etc., and also,
slightly differing in tint, the love of home scenes, etc.
Again, a clear beautiful lighter tint of green indicates
what may be called sympathy, altruistic emotion,
charity, etc. Again, illustrating variety in this group of
astral colors, another shade of green shows intellectual
tolerance of the views of others. Growing duller, this
indicates tact, diplomacy, ability to handle human
nature, and descending another degree or so blends
into insincerity, shiftiness, untruth, etc. There is an
ugly slate–colored green indicating low, tricky
deceit—this is a very common shade in the colors of
the average aura, I am sorry to say. Finally, a
particularly ugly, muddy, murky green indicates
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THE BLUE GROUP. This interesting group of astral

colors represents the varying forms and degrees of
religious emotion, “spirituality,” etc. The highest form
of spiritual, religious feeling and thought is represented
by a beautiful, rich, clear violet tint, while the lower
and more gross phases of religious emotion and
thought are represented by the darker and duller hues,
tints and shades until a deep, dark indigo is reached, so
dark that it can scarcely be distinguished from a bluish
black. This latter color, as might be expected, indicates
a low superstitious form of religion, scarcely worthy of
the latter name. Religion, we must remember, has its
low places as well as its heights—its garden grows the
rarest flowers and at the same time the vilest weeds.
High spiritual feelings—true spiritual unfoldment—
are indicated by a wonderfully clear light blue, of an
unusual tint, something akin to the clear light blue of
the sky on a cool autumn afternoon, just before sunset.
Even when we witness an approach to this color in
nature, we are inspired by an uplifting feeling as if we
were in the presence of higher things, so true is the
intuition regarding these things.
Morality, of a high degree, is indicated by a series of
beautiful shades of blue, always of a clear, inspiring
tint. Religious feeling ruled by fear is indicated by a
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ceremony, particularly those connected with religious

offices or regal grandeur of a solemn kind. Purple,
naturally, was chosen as the royal color in the olden
days.
THE BROWN GROUP. The brown group of astral
colors represents desire for gain and accumulation,
ranging from the clear brown of industrious
accumulation, to the murky dull browns of
miserliness, greed and avarice. There is a great range in
this group of brown shades, as may be imagined.
THE GRAY GROUP. The group of grays represents a
negative group of thought and emotions. Gray
represents fear, depression, lack of courage, negativity,
etc. This is an undesirable and unpleasant group.
BLACK. Black, in the astral colors, stands for hatred,
malice, revenge and “devilishness” generally. It shades
the brighter colors into their lower aspects, and robs
them of their beauty. It stands for hate—also for
gloom, depression, pessimism, etc.
WHITE. White is the astral color of Pure Spirit, as
we have seen, and its presence raises the degree of the
other colors and renders them clearer. In fact, the
perception of the highest degree of Being known to
the most advanced occultist is manifested to the
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White Light,” which transcends any light ever

witnessed by the sight of man on either physical or
astral plane—for it belongs to a plane higher than
either and is absolute, rather than a relative, white.
The presence of white among the astral colors of the
human aura, betokens a high degree of spiritual
attainment and unfoldment, and when seen
permeating the entire aura it is one of the signs of the
master—the token of adeptship.

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Chapter V: The Auric Kaleidoscope

A s we have seen, the human aura is never in a

state of absolute rest or quiet. Motion and
change are 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 changing color fly over its surface and in its
depth like the fast driven fleecy clouds over the
summer sky, illumined by the rays of the setting sun.
Again, fierce storms of mental activity, of 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
of 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 and of
average morality. In such a case there is a cloudy
clearness (if the term may be used) tinged with tints
and shades of varying colors, blending in strange and
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previous combinations and sinking gradually into new

ones.
To the observer of the aura the term opalescent
instinctly presents itself, for there is a striking
resemblance to the opaline 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 colors 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, which we have just noted. This
appearance is manifested neither by any of the mental
or emotional states, nor is it the prana–aura or vital
force which I have described in a previous chapter. It
is the manifestation of what is known to occultists as
“etheric substance” and is a very interesting feature of
the auric phenomena.
This etheric substance, which manifests this
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that which is called by some occultists “the astral

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 ultragaseous 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
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which there are many cases recorded by the societies

investigating psychical 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 know
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. And 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 wild 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
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A person filled with the emotion of pure love fills

his 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, by 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 to one possessing the astral
vision. Likewise, the astral atmosphere of an abode of
vice and passion becomes really physically nauseating
to 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 habitual thoughts and feelings
of the person from his character, in fact; while the
second is the coloring resulting from the particular
feelings or thoughts manifested by him at that
particular moment or time.
The color of the feeling of the moment soon
disappears and fades away, while the more habitual
feeling, bound up with his character, causes its
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thus to give a decided hue to his 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 his 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 occultists,
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 his individual aura. The astral plane
presents a wonderful scene of color by reason of this
and similar causes. The harmony of the color scheme
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horrible aspect of scenes 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 dreamstate or trance, reported the vision of terrible
hells of unquenchable fire, fiery lakes of smoking
brimstone, etc., for such ideas would 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 a 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.

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Chapter VI: Thought Forms

T hat interesting phase of occult phenomena

known as thought forms is so closely related to
the general subject of the human aura that a mention
of one must naturally lead to the thought of the other.
Thought forms are built up of the very material
composing the aura, and manifest all of the general
characteristics thereof, even to the auric colors. An
understanding of the facts of the human aura is
necessary for a correct understanding of the nature of
the thought forms composed of the same substance.
A thought form is a peculiar manifestation of
mental activity on the astral plane. It is more than a
powerful disturbance in the body of the human aura,
although this is the place of its embodiment or birth in
the objective world. It is formed in the following
manner. A person manifests a strong desire, feeling or
idea which is naturally filled with the dynamic force of
his will. This sets up a series of strong vibrations in the
body of the aura which gradually resolve themselves
into a strong whirling center of thought force involved
in a mass of strongly cohesive auric substance and
strongly charged with the power of the prana of the
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In some cases these thought forms survive in the

auric body for some little time and then gradually fade
away. In other cases they survive and maintain an
almost independent existence for some time and exert
a strong influence upon other persons coming in the
presence of the person. Again, these thought forms
may be so strongly charged with prana and so imbued
with the mental force of the person that they will
actually be thrown off and away from the aura itself
and travel in space until they exhaust their initial
energy—in the meantime exerting an influence upon
the psychic aura of other persons.
A thought form is more than merely a strongly
manifested thought—it really is such a thought but
surrounded by a body of ethereal substance, charged
with prana and even carrying with it the vibration of
the life energy of its creator. It is a child of the mind of
its creator and acquires a portion of his life–essence, so
to speak, which abides with it for a longer or shorter
time after its birth. In extreme instances it becomes
practically a semi–living elemental force of necessarily
comparatively short life.
To those who find it difficult to understand how a
thought form can persist after separation from the
presence of the thinker, I would say that the
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space, long after the star which originated it has been

destroyed. Or, again, it is like the vibrations of heat
remaining in a room after the lamp or stove causing it
has been removed, or the fire in the grate having died
out, or like the sound waves of the drum–beat
persisting after the beat itself has ceased. It is all a
matter of the persistence of vibrations.
Thought forms differ greatly one from the other in
the matter of shape and general appearance. The most
common and simple form is that of an undulating
wave or series of tiny waves resembling the circles
caused by the dropping of a pebble into a still pond.
Another form is that of a tiny rotating bit of cloud–
like substance, sometimes whirling towards a central
point, like a whirlpool, and sometimes swirling away
from the central point like the familiar “pinwheel”
fireworks toy. Another form is akin the ring of smoke
projected from the coughing locomotive, or the
rounded lips of the cigar smoker, the movement in
this kind being a form of spiral rotation. Other
thought forms have the appearance of swiftly rotating
balls of cloudy substance, often glowing with a faint
phosphorescence.
Sometimes the thought form will appear as a great
slender jet, like steam ejected from the spout of a tea–
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short, puffedout jets, each following the jet preceding

it and traveling in a straight line. Sometimes the
thought form shoots forth like a streak of dim light,
almost resembling a beam of light flashed from a
mirror. Occasionally, it will twist its way along like a
long, slender corkscrew, or auger, boring into space.
In cases of thought forms sent forth by explosive
emotion, the thought form will actually take the form
of a bomb, which literally explodes when it reaches
the presence of the person toward whom it is aimed.
Every person has experienced this feeling of a thought
bomb having been exploded in his near vicinity,
having been directed by a vigorous personality. This
form is frequently found in the thought forms sent out
by a strong, earnest, vigorous orator.
There are strong thought forms which seem to
strive to push back the other person, so correctly do
they represent the idea and feeling back of their
manifestation. Others seem to strive to wind around
the other person and to try to literally drag him
toward the first person, this form often accompanying
strong appeal, persuasion, coaxing, etc., when
accompanied by strong desire. A particularly vigorous
form of this kind of thought form takes on the
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clinging tentacles, striving to wrap around the other

person and to draw him toward the center.
The force of the feeling behind the manifestation of
the thought form will often travel a long distance from
the sender—in fact, in cases of great power of
concentration, space seems to be no barrier to its
passage. In striking instances of thought transference,
etc., it will be found that thought forms play an
important part.
The variety of shapes of thought forms is almost
endless. Each combination of thought and feeling
creates its own form, and each individual seems to
have his own peculiarities in this respect. The forms I
have above described, however, will serve as typical
cases to illustrate the more common classes of
appearances. The list, however, might be indefinitely
expanded from the experience of any experienced
occultist and is not intended to be full by any means.
All varieties of geometrical forms are found among the
thought forms, some of them being of remarkable
beauty.
In considering the subject of projected thought
forms, moreover, it must be remembered that they
partake of and manifest the same colors as does the
aura itself, for they are composed of the same material

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and are charged with the same energy. But note this
difference, that whereas the aura is energized from the
constant battery of the organism of the individual, the
thought form, on the contrary, has at its service only
the energy with which it was charged when it was
thrown off—being a storage battery, as it were, which
in time expends all of its power and then is powerless.
Every thought form bears the same color that it
would possess if it had been retained in the body of
the aura itself. But as a rule, the colors are plainer and
less blended with others—this because each thought
form is the representation of a single definite feeling or
thought, or group of same, instead of being a body of
widely differing mental vibrations. Thus, the thought
form of anger will show its black and red with its
characteristic flashes. The thought form of passion will
show forth its appropriate auric colors and general
characteristics. The thought form of high ideal love
will show its beautiful form and harmonious tinting,
like a wonderful celestial flower from the garden of
some far–off paradise.
Many thought forms never leave the outer limits of
the aura, while others are projected to great distances.
Some sputter out as they travel and are disintegrated,
while others continue to glow like a piece of heated
iron for many hours. Others persist for a long time,

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with a faint phosphorescent glow. A careful study of

what has been said regarding the characteristics of the
various feelings and emotions as manifested in the
auric body will give the student a very fair general idea
of what may be the appearance of any particular
variety of thought form, for a general principle runs
through the entire series of auric phenomena. An
understanding of the fundamental principles will lead
to an understanding of any of the particular varieties of
the manifestation thereof.
Finally, remember this: a thought form is practically
a bit of the detached aura of a person, charged with a
degree of his prana and energized with a degree of his
life energy. So, in a limited sense, it really is a
projected portion of his personality.

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Chapter VII: Psychic Influence of Colors

I n all of Nature’s wonderful processes we find many

evidences of that great principle of action and
reaction, which, like the forward and backward swing
of the pendulum, changes cause into effect, and effect
into cause, in a never ending series. We find this
principle in effect in the psychic relation of mental
states and colors. That is to say that just as we find
that certain mental and emotional states manifest in
vibrations causing particular auric astral colors, so do
we find that the presence of certain colors on the
physical plane will have a decided psychic effect upon
the mental and emotional states of individuals subject
to their influence. And as might be expected by the
thoughtful student, the particular astral colors
manifested in the aura by the presence of some
particular mental or emotional state exactly
correspond with the particular physical colors which
influence that particular mental or emotional state.
Illustrating the statements in the preceding
paragraph, I would say that the continued presence of
red will be apt to set up emotional vibrations of anger,
passion, physical love, etc., or in a different tint, the
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tend to cause feelings of spirituality, religious emotion,

etc. Green is conducive to feelings of relaxation,
repose, quiet, etc. Black produces the feeling of gloom
and grief. And so on, each color tends to produce
emotional vibrations similar to those which manifest
that particular color in the astral aura of the person. It
is a case of “give and take” along the entire scale of
color and emotions, according to the great natural
laws.
While the explanation of these facts is not known
to the average person, nevertheless nearly everyone
recognizes the subtle effect of color and avoids certain
colors, while seeking certain others. There is not a
single living human being but who has experienced
the sense of rest, calm, repose and calm inflow of
strength when in a room decorated in quiet shades of
green. Nature herself has given this particular shade to
the grass and leaves of trees and plants, so that the
soothing effect of the country scene is produced. The
aura of a person experiencing these feelings and
yielding to them will manifest precisely the tint or
shade of green which is shown on the grass and leaves
around him, so true is this natural law of action and
reaction.
The effect of scarlet upon animals, the bull for
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causes one to “see red.” The sight of the color of blood

is apt to arouse feelings of rage, or disgust, by reason of
the same law. The sight of the beautiful clear blue sky
tends to arouse feelings of reverence, awe or
spirituality. One can never think of this shade of blue
arousing rage; or red arousing feelings of spirituality.
It is a well–known fact that in insane asylums, the
use of red in decorations must be avoided, while the
proper shades of blue or green are favored. On the
other hand, the use of a proper red in certain cases will
tend to arouse vitality and physical strength in a
patient. It is not by mere chance that the life–giving
blood is a bright, rich red color when it leaves the
heart.
When one “feels blue” he does not have the
impression of a bright or soft blue—but he really is
almost conscious of the presence of a dull bluish gray.
And the presence of such a color in one’s surroundings
tends to cause a feeling of depression. Everyone knows
the “gray day” in the fall or spring.
Again, who does not know the feeling of mental
exaltation coming from the sight of a day filled with
golden sunshine or from a golden sunset. We find
proofs of this law of nature on all sides, every day of
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the student for the expenditure of a little time and

thought upon it.
Speaking of the general class characteristics of the
three primary groups of colors, all occultists, as well as
many physiologists and psychologists, are agreed on
the following fundamental propositions, viz.: that (1)
red is exciting to the mind and emotions; (2) yellow is
inspiring and elevating and intellectually stimulating;
and (3) blue is cool, soothing and calming. It is also
universally conceded that the right shades of green
(combining the qualities of blue and yellow in
appropriate proportions) is the ideal color of rest and
recuperation, followed by a stimulation and new
ambition. The reason for this may be seen when you
consider the respective qualities of blue and yellow,
which compose this color.
It is interesting to note that the science of medicine
is now seriously considering the use of colors in the
treatment of disease, and the best medical authorities
investigating the subject are verifying the teachings of
the old occultists regarding the influence of colors on
mental states and physical conditions.
Dr. Edwin Babbitt, a pioneer in this line in the
Western world, gave the general principles in a
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is a trianal series of graduations in the peculiar

potencies of colors, the center and climax of electrical
action, which cools the nerves, being in violet; the
climax of electrical action, which is soothing to the
vascular system, being in blue; the climax of
luminosity being in yellow; and the climax of
thermism, or heat, being in red. This is not an
imaginary division of qualities, but a real one, the
flame–like red color having a principle of warmth in
itself; the blue and violet, a principle of cold and
electricity. Thus we have many styles of chromatic
action, including progression of hues, of lights and
shades, of fineness and coarseness, of electrical power,
luminous power, thermal power, etc.”
Read the above statement of Dr. Babbitt and then
compare it with the occult teaching regarding the
astral colors, and you will perceive the real basis of the
science which the good doctor sought to establish and
in which cause he did such excellent pioneer work.
The result of his work is now being elaborated by
modern physicians in the great schools of medicine,
particularly on the Continent, in Europe—England
and America being somewhat behind the times in this
work.
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the matter of the influence of color upon the mental,

moral and physical welfare of the public. The effect of
color upon morality is being noticed by workers for
human welfare occupying important offices.
The American journals report the case of a judge in
a large Western city in that country who insisted upon
his courtroom being decorated in light, cheerful tints,
instead of in the old, gloomy, depressing shades
formerly employed. This judge wisely remarked that
brightness led to right thinking, and darkness to
crooked thinking; also that his court, being an uplift
court, must have walls to correspond, and that it was
enough to turn any man into a criminal to be
compelled to sit in a dark, dismal courtroom day after
day.
This good judge, who must have had some
acquaintance with the occult teachings, is quoted as
concluding as follows: “White, cream, light yellow and
orange are the colors which are the sanest. I might add
light green, for that is the predominant color in nature;
black, brown and deep red are incentives to crime—a
man in anger sees red.” Surely a remarkable utterance
from the bench!
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direction of providing brighter color schemes in

schools, hospitals, reformatories, prisons, etc. The
reports naturally show the correctness of the
underlying theory. The color of a tiny flower has its
effect upon even the most hardened prisoner, while
the minds of children in school are quickened by a
touch of brightness here and there in the room. It
needs no argument to prove the beneficial effect of
the right kind of colors in the sickroom or hospital
ward.
The prevailing theories and practice regarding the
employment of color in therapeutics and human
welfare work are in the main correct. But I urge the
study of the occult significance of color, as mentioned
in this book in connection with the human aura and
its astral colors, as a sound basis for an intelligent,
thorough understanding of the real psychic principles
underlying the physical application of the methods
referred to. Go to the center of the subject and then
work outward—that is the true rule of the occultist
which might well be followed by the nonoccult
general public.

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Chapter VIII: Auric Magnetism

T he phenomenon of human magnetism is too well

recognized by the general public to require
argument at this time. Let the scientists dispute about
it as much as they please, down in the heart of nearly
all of the plain people of the race is the conviction
that there is such a thing. The occultists, of course, are
quite familiar with the wonderful manifestations of
this great natural force, and with its effect upon the
minds and bodies of members of the race, and can
afford to smile at the attempts of some of the narrow
minds in the colleges to pooh–pooh the matter.
But the average person is not familiar with the
relation of this human magnetism to the human aura. I
think that the student should familiarize himself with
this fundamental relation in order to reason correctly
on the subject of human magnetism. Here is the
fundamental fact in a nutshell: the human aura is the
great storehouse, or reservoir, of human magnetism,
and is the source of all human magnetism that is
projected by the individual toward other individuals.
Just how human magnetism is generated is, of course,
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this time to explain the fact of its storage and

transmission.
In cases of magnetic healing, etc., the matter is
comparatively simple. In such instances the healer by
an effort of the will (sometimes unconsciously
applied) projects a supply of his pranic aura vibrations
into the body of his patient by way of the nervous
system of the patient and also by means of what may
be called the induction of the aura itself.
The mere presence of a person strongly charged
with prana is often enough to cause an overflow into
the aura of other persons, with a resulting feeling of
new strength and energy. By the use of the hands of
the healer, a heightened effect is produced by reason
of certain properties inherent in the nervous system of
both healer and patient.
There is even a flow of etheric substance from the
aura of the healer to that of the patient in cases where
the vitality of the latter is very low. Many a healer has
actually and literally pumped his life force and etheric
substance into the body of his patient when the latter
was sinking into the weakness which precedes death
and has by so doing been able to bring him back to life
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of blood—except that it is on the psychic plane

instead of the physical.
But the work of the magnetic healer does not stop
here if he be well informed regarding his science. The
educated healer—realizing the potent effect of mental
states upon physical conditions of mental vibrations
upon the physical nerve centers and organs of the
body—endeavors to arouse the proper mental
vibrations in the mind of his patient. Ordinarily he
does this merely by holding in his mind the
corresponding desired mental state and thus arousing
similar vibrations in the mind of the patient. This, of
itself, is a powerful weapon of healing and constitutes
the essence of mental healing as usually practiced. But
there is a possible improvement even upon this, as we
shall see in a moment.
The advanced occultist, realizing the law of action
and reaction in the matter of the auric colors, turns
the same to account in healing work, as follows. He
not only holds in his mind the strong feeling and
thought which he wishes to transmit to the patient,
but (fix this in your mind) he also pictures in his
imagination the particular kind of color which
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A moment’s thought will show you that by this

course he practically multiplies the effect. Not only do
his own thought vibrations (1) set up corresponding
vibrations in the mind of the patient by the laws of
thought transference, but (2) his thought of the certain
colors will set up corresponding vibrations not only (a)
in his own aura, and thence (b) to that of the patient,
but will also (3) act directly upon the aura of the
patient and reproduce the colors there, which (4) in
turn will arouse corresponding vibrations in the mind
of the patient by the law of reaction.
The above may sound a little complicated at first
reading, but a little analysis will show you that it is
really quite a simple process, acting strictly along the
lines of action and reaction, which law has been
explained to you in preceding chapters of this book.
The vibrations rebound from mind to aura, and from
aura to mind, in the patient, something like a billiard
ball flying from one side of the table to another, or a
tennis ball flying between the two racquets over the
net.
The principle herein mentioned may be employed
as well in what is called “absent treatment,” as in
treatments where the patient is present. By the laws of
thought transference, not only the thought but also
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transmitted over space and then, impinging on the

mind of the patient, is transmitted into helpful and
health giving vibrations in his mind. The healer of any
school of mental or spiritual healing will find this plan
very helpful to him in giving absent as well as present
treatments. I recommend it from years of personal
experience, as well as that of other advanced
occultists.
Of course, the fact that the ordinary healer is not
able to distinguish the finer shades of astral color, by
reason of his not having actually perceived them
manifested in the aura, renders his employment of this
method less efficacious than that of the developed and
trained occultist. But nevertheless, he will find that
from the knowledge of the auric or astral colors given
in this little book he will be able to obtain quite
satisfactory and marked results in his practice. The
following table, committed to memory, will be of help
to him in the matter of employing the mental image of
the auric colors in his healing work.

TABLE OF HEALING COLORS

Nervous System—
Cooling and soothing: Shades of violet, lavender,
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Resting and invigorating effect: Grass greens.

Inspiring and illuminating: Medium yellows and
orange.
Stimulating and exciting: Reds (bright).
Blood and Organs—
Cooling and soothing: Clear, dark blues.
Resting and invigorating: Grass greens.
Inspiring and illuminating: Orange yellows.
Stimulating and exciting: Bright reds.

The following additional suggestions will be found

helpful to the healer. In cases of impaired physical
vitality—also chilliness, lack of bodily warmth, etc.—
bright, warm reds are indicated. In cases of
feverishness, overheated blood, excessive blood
pressure, inflammation, etc., blue is indicated. Red has
a tendency to produce renewed and more active heart
action, while violets and lavenders tend to slow down
the too rapid beating of the heart. A nervous, unstrung
patient may be treated by bathing her mentally in a
flood of violet or lavender auric color, while a tired,
used up, fatigued person may be invigorated by
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yellows, finishing the treatment with a steady flow of

warm orange color.
To those who are sufficiently advanced in occult
philosophy, I would say that they should remember
the significance of the Great White Light and
accordingly conclude their treatment by an effort to
indicate an approach to that clear, pure white color in
the aura—mentally, of course. This will leave the
patient in an inspired, exalted, illuminated state of
mind and soul, which will be of great benefit to him,
and will also have the effect of reinvigorating the
healer by cosmic energy or para–prana.
Everything that has been said in this chapter
regarding the use of color in magnetic treatments is
equally applicable to cases of self–healing or self–
treatment. Let the patient follow the directions above
given for the healer and then turn the healing current,
or thought, inward—and the result will be the same as
if he were treating another. The individual will soon
find that certain colors fit his requirements better than
others, in which case let him follow such experience
in preference to general rules, for the intuition
generally is the safest guide in such cases. However, it
will be found that the individual experience will
usually agree with the tables given above, with slight
personal variations.

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Chapter IX: Developing the Aura

W hen it is remembered that the aura of the

individual affects and influences other persons
with whom he comes in contact—and is, in fact, an
important part of his personality—it will be seen that
it is important that the individual take pains to
develop his aura in the direction of desirable qualities
and to neutralize and weed out undesirable ones. This
becomes doubly true when it is also remembered that,
according to the law of action and reaction, the auric
vibrations react upon the mind of the individual, thus
intensifying and adding fuel to the original mental
states which called them forth. From any point of
view, it is seen to be an important part of self
development and character building to develop the
aura according to scientific occult principles.
In this work of aura development there are found to
be two correlated phases, namely: (1) the direct work
of flooding the aura with the best vibrations, by means
of holding in the mind clear, distinct and repeated
mental pictures of desirable ideas and feelings; and (2)
the added effect of mental images of the colors
corresponding to the ideas and feelings which are
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The first of the above–mentioned phases is

probably far more familiar to the average student than
is the second. This from the fact that the average
student is apt to be more or less familiar with the
teachings of the numerous schools or cults which
agree in the axiom that “holding the thought” tends to
develop the mind of the individual along the particular
lines of such thought.
This is a correct psychological principle, for that
matter, even when those practicing it do not fully
understand the underlying facts. Mental faculties, like
physical muscles, tend to develop by exercise and use,
and any faculty may be developed and cultivated in
this way.
Another teaching of these same schools is that the
character of the thoughts so “held” by the individual
affects other persons with whom he comes in contact,
and in a way attracts to him objective things, persons
and circumstances in harmony with such thoughts.
This also is in accordance with the best occult
teaching—from which, of course, it was originally
derived. I heartily endorse the facts of these teachings
and pronounce them fundamentally correct. And in
this connection I may say that every healer may apply
his own methods plus this teaching regarding the aura,
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By the faithful, persevering holding in mind of

certain ideas and feelings, the individual may flood his
aura with the vibrations and colors of such ideas and
feelings, and thus charge it with auric energy and
power. By so doing, he gains the benefit of the reaction
upon his own mind, and also secures the advantage of
the affect thereof upon other persons with whom he
comes in contact. In this way he not only builds up his
individual character along desirable lines, but at the
same time develops a strong, positive, attractive
“personality” which affects others with whom he
comes in contact.
I do not consider it necessary to go into details here
regarding this phase of “holding the thought,” for as I
have said, the average student is already familiar with
the rules regarding the same. In a nutshell, however, I
will say that each individual is largely the result of the
thoughts he has manifested and the feelings which he
has harbored. Therefore, the rule is to manifest and
exercise the faculties you would develop, and inhibit
or refrain from manifesting the ones you would
restrain or control. Again, to restrain an undesirable
faculty, develop and exercise its opposite—kill out the
negatives by developing the positives. The mind
produces thought; and yet it tends to grow from the
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choose to feed to it—for it not only creates thought,

but also feeds upon it. So, finally, let it produce the
best kind of thought for you, and then throw that
back into the hopper, for it will use it to grind out
more of the same kind and grow strong in so doing.
That is the whole thing in a nutshell.
The second phase of aura development (as above
classified), however, is not likely to be familiar to the
average student for the reason that it is not known
outside of advanced occult circles, and very little has
been allowed to be taught regarding it. But the very
reticence regarding it is a proof of its importance, and I
strongly advise my students to give to it the attention
and practice that its importance merits. The practice
thereof, however, is extremely simple, and the
principle of the practice, moreover, is based solely
upon the facts of the relation of color and mental
states, as shown in the astral auric colors, as fully
explained in the preceding chapters of this book.
In order to intelligently practice the development of
the aura by means of flooding or charging it with the
vibrations of psychic colors, it is first necessary that
the student be thoroughly familiar with the scale of
colors related to each set of mental states or emotional
feelings. This scale and its key are found in a number
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The student should turn back the pages of this book

and then carefully reread and re–study every word
which has been said about the relation of mental states
and auric colors. He should know the mental
correspondence of the shades of red, yellow and blue
so thoroughly that the thought of one will bring the
idea of the other. He should be able to think of the
corresponding group of colors the moment he thinks
of any particular mental state. He should be
thoroughly familiar with the physical, mental and
spiritual effect of any of the colors, and should,
moreover, test himself psychically for the individual
effects of certain colors upon himself.
He should enter into this study with interest and
earnestness, and then by keeping his eyes and ears
open, he will perceive interesting facts concerning the
subject on every side in his daily work and life. He will
perceive many proofs of the principle and will soon
amass a stock of experiences illustrating each color and
its corresponding mental state. He will be richly repaid
for the work of such study, which, in fact, will soon
grow to be more like pleasure than like work.
Having mastered this phase of the subject, the
student should give himself a thorough, honest, self–
examination and mental analysis. He should write
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He should check off the traits which should be

developed and those which should be restrained. He
should determine whether he needs development
along physical, mental and spiritual lines, and in what
degree. Having made this chart of himself, he should
then apply the principles of charging the aura with the
color vibrations indicated by his self diagnosis and
prescription.
The last stage is quite simple, once one has acquired
the general idea behind it. It consists simply in forming
as clear a mental image as possible of the color or
colors desired and then projecting the vibrations into
the aura by the simple effort of the will. This does not
mean that one needs to clinch the fist or frown the
brow in willing. Willing, in the occult sense, may be
said to consist of a COMMAND, leaving the rest to
the mechanism of the will and mind. Take away the
obstacle of doubt and fear—then the Royal Command
performs the work of setting the will into operation.
This, by the way, is an important occult secret of wide
application—try to master its all–important
significance.
The mental imaging of colors may be materially
aided by concentration upon physical material of the
right color. By concentrating the attention and vision
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leaf in another instance, one may be able to form a

clear, positive mental image of that particular color.
This accompanied by the willing and demand that the
vibrations of this color shall charge the aura will be
found to accomplish the result. Have something
around you showing the desirable colors, and your
attention will almost instinctively take up the
impression thereof, even though you may be thinking
or doing something else. Live as much as possible in
the idea and presence of the desirable color, and you
will get the habit of setting up the mental image and
vibration thereof. A little practice and experience will
soon give you the idea and enable you to get the best
results. Patience, perseverance and sustained earnest
interest—that is the key of success.

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Chapter X: The Protective Aura

A mong the very oldest of the teachings of

occultism, we find instructions regarding the
building up and maintenance of the protective aura of
the individual, whereby he renders himself immune to
undesirable physical, mental, psychic or spiritual
influences. So important is this teaching that it is to be
regretted that there has not been more said on the
subject by some of the writers of recent years. The
trouble with many of these recent writers is that they
seem to wish to close their eyes to the unpleasant facts
of life, and to gaze only upon the pleasant ones. But
this is a mistake, for ignorance has never been a virtue,
and to shut one’s eyes to unpleasant facts does not
always result in destroying them. I consider any
teaching unfinished and inadequate which does not
include instruction along protective lines.
Physical auric protection consists in charging the
aura with vital magnetism and color, which will tend
to ward off not only the physical contagion of ill
persons, but, what is often still more important, the
contagion of their mind and feelings.
The student who has really studied the preceding
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afforded by filling the aura with the vibrations of

health and physical strength, by means of the mental
imaging of the life–preserving reds, and the exercise of
the mind in the direction of thought of strength and
power. These two things will tend to greatly increase
the resistive aura of anyone, and enable him to throw
off disease influences which affect others.
The aura of the successful physician and healer, in
the presence of disease, will invariably show the
presence of the bright, positive red in the aura,
accompanied by the mental vibrations of strength,
power and confidence, and the absence of fear. This in
connection with the auric circle, which shall be
described presently, will be of great value to healers,
physicians, nurses, etc., as well as to those who are
brought into intimate contact with sick persons.
Of practically the same degree of importance is the
charging of the aura with the vibrations of mental
protection, viz, the vibrations of orange, yellow and
similar colors. These are the colors of intellect, you
will remember, and when the aura is charged and
flooded with them it acts as a protection against the
efforts of others to convince one against his will by
sophistical arguments, plausible reasoning, fallacious
illustrations, etc. It gives to one a sort of mental
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brightening up the reasoning and judging powers, and,

finally, giving a sharp edge to the powers of repartee
and answer.
If you will assume the right positive mental
attitude, and will flood your aura with the vibrations
of the mental orange–yellow, the mental efforts of
other persons will rebound from your aura, or, to use
another figure of speech, will slip from it like water
from the back of the proverbial duck. It is well to
carry the mental image of your head being surrounded
by a golden aura or halo at such times—this will be
found especially efficacious as a protective helmet
when you are assaulted by the intellect or arguments
of others.
And, again, there is a third form of protective aura,
namely protection of one’s emotional nature—and this
is highly important when one remembers how
frequently we are moved to action by our emotions,
rather than by our intellect or reason. To guard one’s
emotions is to guard one’s very inmost soul, so to
speak. If we can protect our feeling and emotional
side, we will be able to use our reasoning powers and
intellect far more effectively, as all know by
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What color should we use in this form of auric

protection? Can anyone be in doubt here if he has read
the preceding chapters? What is the emotional
protective color?—why, blue, of course. Blue controls
this part of the mind or soul, and by raising ourselves
into the vibrations of positive blue, we leave behind
us the lower emotions and feelings and are transported
into the higher realms of the soul where these low
vibrations and influences cannot follow us. In the same
way, the blue colored aura will act as an armor to
protect us from the contagion of the low passions and
feelings of others.
If you are subjected to evil influences or contagion
of those harboring low emotions and desires, you will
do well to acquire the art of flooding your aura with
the positive blue tints. Make a study of bright, clear
blues, and you will instinctively select the one best
suited for your needs. Nature gives us this instinctive
knowledge, if we will but seek for it, and then apply it
when found. The aura of great moral teachers, great
priests and preachers, advanced occultists, in fact all
men of lofty ideals working among those lower on the
moral scale, are always found to be charged with a
beautiful, clear blue which acts as a protection to
them when they are unduly exposed to moral or
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caused the downfall of many a great moral teacher,

who could have protected himself in this way, in
times of strong attack of low vibrations, had he but
known the truth. The individual who knows this law,
and who applies it, is rendered absolutely immune
from evil contagion on the emotional plane of being.

THE GREAT AURIC CIRCLE

But no occult instruction on this subject would be

complete without a reference to the great auric circle
of protection, which is a shelter to the soul, mind and
body against outside psychic influences directed
consciously or unconsciously against the individual. In
these days of widespread though imperfect knowledge
of psychic phenomena, it is especially important that
one should be informed as to this great shield of
protection. Omitting all reference to the philosophy
underlying it, it may be said that this auric circle is
formed by making the mental image, accompanied by
the demand of will, of the aura being surrounded by a
great band of PURE CLEAR WHITE LIGHT. A little
perseverance will enable you to create this on the
astral plane, and though (unless you have the astral
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FEEL its protective presence so that you will know

that it is there guarding you.
This White Auric Circle will be an effective and
infallible armor against all forms of psychic attack or
influence, no matter from whom it may emanate, or
whether directed consciously or unconsciously. It is a
perfect and absolute protection, and the knowledge of
its protective power should be sufficient to drive fear
from the heart of all who have dreaded psychic
influence, “malicious animal magnetism” (so–called),
or anything else of the kind, by whatever name
known. It is also a protection against psychic
vampirism, or draining of magnetic strength.
The Auric Circle is, of course, really egg–shaped, or
oval, for it fringes the aura as the shell cases the egg.
See yourself, mentally, as surrounded by this Great
White Auric Circle of Protection, and let the idea sink
into your consciousness. Realize its power over the
influences from outside, and rejoice in the immunity it
gives you.
The Auric Circle, however, will admit any outside
impressions that you really desire to come to you,
while shutting out the others. That is, with this
exception, that if your inner soul recognizes that some
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harm you (though your reason and feeling know it

not) then will such impressions be denied admittance.
For the White Light is the radiation of spirit, which is
higher than ordinary mind, emotion or body and is
Master of All. And its power, even though we can but
imperfectly represent it even mentally, is such that
before its energy, and in its presence, in the aura, all
lower vibrations are neutralized and disintegrated.
The highest and deepest occult teaching is that the
White Light must never be used for purpose of attack
or personal gain, but that it may properly be used by
anyone, at any time, to protect against outside psychic
influences against which the soul protests. It is the
armor of the soul, and may well be employed
whenever or wherever the need arises.
Throughout the pages of this little book have been
scattered crumbs of teaching other than those
concerning the aura alone. Those for whom these are
intended will recognize and appropriate them—the
others will not see them, and will pass them by. One
attracts his own to him. Much seed must fall on waste
places in order that here and there a grain will find
lodgment in rich soil awaiting its coming. True occult
knowledge is practical power and strength. Beware of
prostituting the higher teachings for selfish ends and
ignoble purposes. To guard and preserve your own

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will is right; to seek to impose your will upon that of

another is wrong. Passive resistance is often the
strongest form of resistance—this is quite different
from non–resistance.

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