THE HUMAN AURA/PART 4
CHAPTER IV.
THE ASTRAL COLORS (Continued).
Remembering, 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 varies
greatly according to the nature of this form of emotional 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 most disgusting and repulsive
to the occultist who 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, has 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.
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—this is one of the most
obscure points in the whole 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 centre 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 jealousy and kindred feelings, envious
malice, etc.
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—is 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 shade of
bluish gray. Purple denotes a love of form and 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 highest adepts and masters in the form of "The Great
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.
CHAPTER V.
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