The sun., 1897-03-22
KEEP YOUR AURA BRIGHT.
THERE'S YELLOW, ron INTEIBEC-
TUALITY, AND ROSE, FOR LOTE.

Devotional. Bluei Dark Hsrewn, brutality,
Black ana Red, AnEer--Occultista Can See
Those Things Now, Mrs. Besant snys-ptc-
turo OF n RouEhs Anger Taken tho spot.
Mrs. Annie Besant, the Theosophist, lectured
in Chickering Hall last night on "a Glimpse
Into the Unseen World; tho Human Aura; the
Difference Between the Developed and Undo.
veloped Man." Mrs. Bcsant lcctured in a soft
white silk gown. with an India shawl caught
about tho waist and draped over tho left
shoulder.
Science, she said, has been recently advancing
into the realms Of the invisible world and has
come to recognize ethereal matter and forces
not perceptible exccpI ny their manifestations.
Theosopby goes further in this line, dealing not
only with the physical and etherio, but also with
the astral which is one flight up; tho next plane
OF existence Immediately above this, the plane
to which we pass after DEATH and with the
CauSal plane or plane of abstract thought In
science the action of invisible forces Is demon
strated by their porceptible action on some sub
stance, but tho Theoeophist develops his powers
OF perception until ho secs by physical clair
voyance the bodies that go to make up tho hui
man aura.
After the introduction, of which the above is a
very brief outline, Mrs. Besant turned on magic
lantern pictures Of aura and thought forms.
The first was picture of the "health" aura,
which was shown as radiant etheric cmana-
tion surrounding the physical body, of oval
shape and about twice the dimensions OF the
body. The next a colorcd section of the
astral body Of u North American savage. in
which splashes of dark brown represented
brutality and soifshness; lighter brown.
love Of some kind, and Blu" tdevotioni,
a drawing sense of higher sylI. The ness vas
more delicate In coloring, had more blue In II,
showed q growing inteIiectuality, indicated by
grade oil emotions; dark. plume.like appear
nnce on the silc OF the head represented a
Stow from the Of aSge physical Al
sill lighter tints, indicating greater brightness
The aura of an average man In state OF mild
great spiSshes Of black aud red that greatly
darScncd and obscured tho whole aura. The
reproduction of one happily observed
emanating from brutal fellow In the East End
was Of irregular shape and of a dull red color
the picture Of explosive anger looked literally
Ike AZ, an explosion; the presence OF some yellow
really dangerous thought. one that had power to
kill, WINS pencil OF color, brown at the base and
thoughts hrvo a bad effect on aura that arc in
u similar state of feeling, but when directed
aura from which they originated.
Lo,o as an emotion m simply sutfpses r.. & the whole
sn assumes nc a'is SuietEe s5spe I'll ae
thought OF devotion and selfsacrihce was shown
a. palo blue having the form OF a lotus flower.
The thought. bodies. as shown by the lantern,
were hardly distinguishable from the aura, but
Mrs. Bcsant explained that their brightness WAS
rs that of an electric light to tallow candle.
The brightness and delicacy OF tints increase
with development, and tho various colors tend
70 become localized-blue about tho head. yellow
about the body, and rose about the thighs. The
form Of the thought of an Indian thoosophist
"Cosnic Law was the double triangle of mat
ter and union. bright yellow in color and sharp
and definite In outline. 1t was surrounded by
radiant lines not unlike those OF the aura Of
health.
Casual bodies were next shown, but their
brighi ness was beyond the power Of the lime
light, and they didn't differ much from those
that had gone before. These bodies are prac-
tically unlimited AS 10 size. and that of Buddha
is said to have extended for many miles on all
sides OF him.
Mrs. Besant closed her lecture by saying that
b.r purpose In her lectures was TO preach the
nee essity of developing our own aura. and Of ex-
t;nguishing evil thcnyh's which would other
wise exist until the. worked evil upon ourselves
as well aS our ncighoo