Book Title: Comparative and Critical Study of Mantrashastra
Author(s): Mohanlal Bhagwandas Jhaveri, K V Abhayankar
Publisher: Sarabhai Manilal Nawab
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INTRODUCTION
laid down for contemplation there, the reader will find, vary from pure white to entire black as the object to be achieved is either positively good or extremely wicked. The intermediate colours represent the intermediate states of mind or emotions necessary for the achieve ment of particular objects. The subject is treated in details in a work entitled "The Human Aura" by Swami Panchadasi. We shall cull thereout a few passages throwing light on the subject or adapt therefrom as set forth below:
HUMAN AURA AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE The human aura may be described as a fine, ethereal radiation or emanation surrounding each and every living human being. *** It assumes an oval shape-a great egg-shaped nebula surrounding the body on all sides for a distance of two or three feet. "It is also called “psychic atmosphere' or 'magnetic atmosphere of a person. In the sense of psychic awareness generally called 'feeling,' it is apparent to a large number of persons.' As a matter of fact, *** the aura really extends very much further than even the best clairvoyant vision can perceive it, and its psychic influence is perceptible at quite a distance in many cases." P. 8. In this respect it may be compared to a flame on the physical plane. The aura is a combination of colours reflecting the mental (particularly the emotional) states of the person to whom the aura belongs.
SCIENTIFIC RECOGNITION OF HUMAN AURA "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 radio-active, 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". P. 13. It is termed by them the human atmosphere. They have however failed to discover colour therein and apparently know nothing of the relation between auric colours and mental and emotional states.
