Kotake
February 18th, 2005, 05:31 PM
I was at this alternative fair today (link (http://www.whatsonwhen.com/events/~90766.jml)). There were some shamans, some Tarot readers, some herbalists, some healers, and a lot of so-called New Agey items and people.
What caught my curiosity were the numerous stands which had what they called "aura photo cameras". As I have never fully understood the concept behind auras, I talked to one of these "aura photographers".
He failed to tell me exactly what the apparatus he was using was, and how it worked. Furthermore, I asked him how he defined auras. He did't know what I meant. I asked what this energy that is seemingly recorded by the "aura camera" is, and he said that it was radiation coming from ourselves. He referred to the warmth that we are emitting and exemplified it with showing that we can feel a hand is warm. I asked if he meant thermal radiation, as that is what causes us to have warm hands. He persistently said no, yet I tried to insist that what he was talking about seemed like thermal radiation to me.
I asked if the aura photographer meant other forms of electromagnetic radiation if not thermal, but he said that it wasn't that sort of radiation. Fair enough, if he means a metaphoric sort of radiation, being not electromagnetic. But as mentioned, I was confused by the fact that he said auras had something to do with us sending out heat (i.e. thermal radiation).
This person was Danish, so perhaps we might have misunderstood each other to some point. Yet from how I understood it, his explanations were not very consistent.
I suppose there are some of you here who have ideas about auras, so maybe you could explain to me what kind of "radiation" they are.
What caught my curiosity were the numerous stands which had what they called "aura photo cameras". As I have never fully understood the concept behind auras, I talked to one of these "aura photographers".
He failed to tell me exactly what the apparatus he was using was, and how it worked. Furthermore, I asked him how he defined auras. He did't know what I meant. I asked what this energy that is seemingly recorded by the "aura camera" is, and he said that it was radiation coming from ourselves. He referred to the warmth that we are emitting and exemplified it with showing that we can feel a hand is warm. I asked if he meant thermal radiation, as that is what causes us to have warm hands. He persistently said no, yet I tried to insist that what he was talking about seemed like thermal radiation to me.
I asked if the aura photographer meant other forms of electromagnetic radiation if not thermal, but he said that it wasn't that sort of radiation. Fair enough, if he means a metaphoric sort of radiation, being not electromagnetic. But as mentioned, I was confused by the fact that he said auras had something to do with us sending out heat (i.e. thermal radiation).
This person was Danish, so perhaps we might have misunderstood each other to some point. Yet from how I understood it, his explanations were not very consistent.
I suppose there are some of you here who have ideas about auras, so maybe you could explain to me what kind of "radiation" they are.