The Auric Envelope: Its Colors 337 



ble in the case of a very holy person " (Secret 

 Doctrine, Vol. Ill, pp. 577 and 583). 



The front brain has a higher grade of colors 

 than the back brain. The countless magnetic and 

 electric curves which radiate from the head and 

 surround it with a play of exquisite colors corres- 

 pond vividly with the " Thousand-petalled Lotus " 

 of the Yogi. The colors thus seen by psychic vis- 

 ion to emanate from different parts of the brain 

 corroborate all that phrenology claims as to spe- 

 cial seats of " faculties," or emotions and activi- 

 ties, and all that Occultists teach; and this state- 

 ment holds also with regard to the whole body. 



The heart is the center of spiritual conscious- 

 ness as is the brain of intellectual; and all the play 

 of light in the aura of the pineal gland is reflected 

 in the heart's aura, " which vibrates and illumines 

 the seven brains of the heart, just as does the aura 

 round the pineal gland." Corroboratory of these 

 statements is that of Dr. Babbitt that " The brain 

 has been seen to have five great leading poles, or 

 centers of luminous radiation, the greater of which 

 is in the center, besides which it has minor poles 

 in all the organs which connect with the center 

 pole." Clairvoyants can see explosive flashes of 

 light from all nerve ganglia, and wanting Occult 

 training might fail to distinguish the septenary. 



Although the colors of all these auras are as 

 constantly shifting and changing as the waters in 



