{"collection":"Internet Book of Shadows","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_bos_msg0012_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_bos_msg0012_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_bos_msg0012_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bos/msg0012.htm","summary":"This is a how-to instructional guide from the New Age/occult tradition, drawn from the *Internet Book of Shadows*, explaining the concept of auras \u2014 energy fields believed to surround all physical matter. The text argues that auras are real and perceptible, that most people have simply been conditioned out of seeing them, and that with practice anyone can learn to read them. It describes four distinct aura layers (astral, etheric template, celestial, and ketheric template), each at increasing distances from the body with different visual appearances and spiritual functions. The bulk of the text is a practical color-meaning guide, assigning specific psychological, physical, and spiritual traits to colors like red (passion, nervousness), green (healing, sympathy), and indigo/violet (worldliness, feeling misunderstood). Its most distinctive claim is that aura-reading has diagnostic utility \u2014 detecting kidney ailments, blocked chakras, pregnancy, and negative habits \u2014 positioning it as a practical tool for health and interpersonal assessment rather than purely spiritual contemplation.","tags":["Book of Shadows","House Cleansing Ritual","Neopagan Practice","Wiccan Ritual Instructions"],"text":null,"title":"Internet Book of Shadows: Auras","tradition":"Internet Book of Shadows","translated_text":null,"word_count":1197}