CHAPTER XXX 



THE AURIC ENVELOPE : ITS COLORS 



OF all the colors radiating throughout the 

 aura, red and green have the most widely 

 varying significations according to their 

 purity or degradation. When these forces are un- 

 controlled they become " the red and green mon- 

 sters within us." 



Red being the lowest material vesture of the 

 involved spirit was visible in the skin of the first 

 of the seven races on our planet (we are the fifth) . 

 Though evolution has paled the ruddy tint from 

 the exterior, it remains the color of pure flesh and 

 blood; its vibrations furnish the heat which 

 maintains the normal temperature of life; and it 

 is the happy sign of health when it flushes cheeks 

 and lips. 



Under the present conditions of life the av- 

 erage of racial development exposure to sun- 

 light is believed to be the principal factor affecting 

 the complexion of people; black, brown, olive, and 

 copper-hued races originating in tropic zones; and 

 Occultists do not consider the color of the skin any 

 criterion of the mental or spiritual state of the man 



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