The subtle human energy field is called the Aura. This life force energy is a
multidimensional manifestation of luminous universal energy which surrounds and permeates
the physical body, giving it life and expression. The Aura contains the entire blue print
for our life. It is our consciousness - all our thoughts and feelings and awareness
originate from within the aura. The Aura contains all of our life experiences from the
moment we are born until the moment we die. It also contains all memory of past life
information carried forward by karma.
The Aura is pulsating, multi-dimensional body of consciousness which reflects our true
thoughts and feelings because it constantly responds to our internal reality. In
fact, the
state of the subtle bodies, auric layers and the chakras can fluctuate from day to day in
response to the impact of our experiences and how we process them. By observing the state
of the aura, the colours and structure, we can obtain vital information regarding one's
physical, emotional, mental and spiritual well-being. Colours reflect the general
wellbeing of the aura. A healthy aura will glow with clear, luminous colours. Murky
colours within the aura often indicate the presence of disease or illness. The location
and extent of blocked, dysfunctional energy can reveal the stage and progression of an
illness or disease. Colours also reflect one's mental and emotional states. For example,
someone with a predominantly yellow colour, or radiating a strong yellow in the mental
body, has a tendency of living, experiencing and reflecting life through the intellect.
The Aura is comprised of individual and interrelated bodies of consciousness and layers
of Etheric energy. The 4 subtle bodies of consciousness that defines our personality, our
perception, our direction in life, and our soul's expression are known as:
The Etheric Body
The Emotional Body
The Mental Body
The Spiritual Body
The Aura also has 7 distinct layers of energy that are intimately connected to what is
known as the Chakra System which is located along the spine. Essentially, the difference
between an auric layer and an auric body is this:-
"An auric body is a body of consciousness and awareness.
An Auric Layer is the representation of the chakra interacting in the aura"
Stephen Bishop
The four subtle bodies of the aura are:
THE CAUSAL BODY/SPIRITUAL BODY
Spiritual Body is a body of consciousness associated with our true spiritual path and
direction in life. It is our highest potential and reflects our ability to manifest our
soul’s true potential here on earth. The essence of our soul's reality is the
expression "to be" and this ultimately is the reason for our existence. Also
known as the Causal Body, the Spiritual Body has the highest vibration of the auric
bodies. Depending on the development of our spiritual nature, this body can emanate up to
three feet from the physical body. It appears as a whitish glow and contains our true
spiritual essence.
"Casual consciousness deals with the essence of a subject while the
mental level studies the subject's detail. The casual body deals with the essence of
substance and the true causes behind the illusion of appearance... The causal plane is
a world of realities... deals with essence and underlying nature of things in question.
Healing at this level is more powerful than the mental body." (Gerber)
THE MENTAL BODY
The Spiritual body is the blueprint to our spiritual potential. However, it requires the
creation of patterns of energy for this potential to be expressed and experienced. These
patterns of energy are stored in the Mental body as thoughts - both conscious and
sub-conscious. The patterns stored within the mental body creates the character framework
for the soul to project its personality. The "self" manifests and expresses
concrete intellect through the mental body.
The Mental Body appears as a golden yellow light radiating out and around the head and
shoulders and extending around the whole body. It expands and becomes brighter when
its owner is concentrating on mental processes. Extending up to twelve inches from
the body, the mental body filtrates thoughts down to the emotional body which reacts to
the thoughts with an emotional association be it love, fear, happiness, anger, and so on.
A balanced mental body will provide an individual with clarity and direction.
THE EMOTIONAL /ASTRAL BODY
The Emotional Body is more fluid and of a higher vibration than the etheric body. The
emotional body appears as coloured clouds in continual motion, reflecting the quality and
intensity of the emotions. This is the part of us that likes to 'jump out'; in
times of trauma and shock, to produce a feeling of emotional numbness, which will allow us
to slowly integrate the knowledge of the shock in our own way. The Emotional body, which
is also known as the Astral body, is the seat of our emotions. It is the bridge
between the mind and the physical body.
Our emotional energy governs our fears and hopes, loves and pains etc. It governs the
extent and nature of one's personality expression upon the physical plane. The
Emotional Body (Astral Body) is the projection of our longings, moods, feelings,
appetites, and fears. The emotional "self" is the expression of our mental
"self". The emotional body is the expression of the mental body. Emotional
blockages prevent the manifestation of clarity of thought and direction in the physical
body. The energy of the emotional body impacts the Etheric body, which in turn impacts the
physical body.
THE ETHERIC BODY
The Etheric Body appears as a bluish-grey colour or shadow, extending approximately one
inch from the physical body. It is responsible for the transfer of life energy or vitality
from the universal energy field to the physical body.The Etheric body is a body of Etheric
or subtle matter which furnishes the basic blue print for the physical body. Every cell in
the physical body has an etheric counterpart. The Etheric body also serves as a filtration
system. Universal energy filters down through the Spiritual, Mental, Emotional and Etheric
Body into the physical body. The Etheric Body is the interface between the physical body
and the other subtle bodies of the Aura. When the flow of this energy is disrupted, the
physical body is affected and if this imbalance is not corrected, illness and disease can
manifest in the physical body. There is a synergistic relationship between each subtle
body of the aura.
THE SEVEN LEVELS OF THE AURA
THE ETHERIC LAYER (First Layer)
The Etheric body (from "Ether" the state between energy and matter) is composed
of tiny energy lines like a sparkling web of bluish white light beams. It has the same
structure as the physical body including all the anatomical parts and all the organs. The
web like structure of the Etheric layer is in constant motion. It extends from one quarter
to two inches beyond the physical body. The colour of the Etheric layer varies from light
blue to deep blue.
TTHE EMOTIONAL LAYER (Second Layer)
The feeling layer. Its structure is more fluid that the Etheric and does not
duplicate the physical body. Rather, it appears to be colored clouds of fine substance in
continual fluid motion, which expresses the full spectrum of our emotions. It extends one
to three inches from the body.
THE MENTAL LAYER (Third Layer)
Composed of a finer substance than the emotional body...this body usually appears as a
bright yellow light radiating about the head and shoulders and extending around the whole
body. It extends from 3 to 8 inches from the body. The mental body is also a structured
body. It contains the structure of our ideas...Within this field can be seen thought
forms.
The lower 3 astral layers are concerned with the manifestation of the physical
THE ASTRAL LAYER (Fourth Layer)
The Astral body is amorphous and is composed of clouds of colour. It extends about one
half to one foot from the body. This body connects us with higher dimensions of reality.
It is the doorway to the Astral plane.
THE ETHERIC TEMPLATE BODY (Fifth Layer)
The Etheric template contains all the forms that exist on the physical plane in a
blueprint of template form.It is the blueprint of the perfect form for the Etheric layer
to take. It extends about one and one half to two feet from the body. This is the level
that sound creates matter. The Etheric template level of the aura creates an empty or
negative space that creates the grid structure upon which the physical body grows.
THE CELESTIAL BODY (Sixth Layer)
The sixth level is called the celestial body. It extends about two to two and 3/4 feet
from the body. It is the level through which we experience spiritual ecstasy. It is
through the Celestial body that we learn unconditional love. The celestial body appears in
beautiful shimmering light, composed mostly of pastel colours. This light has a
gold-silver shine and opalescent quality.
THE KETHERIC TEMPLATE OF CAUSAL BODY (Seventh Layer)
The Ketheric body extends from about two and one half to three and one half feet from the
body and contains all the auric bodies associated with the present incarnation an
individual is undergoing. The Ketheric body is composed of tiny golden silver threads of
light which hold the whole form of the aura together. It contains a golden grid structure
of the physical body and all the chakras.
