Learn what an aura is and how to cleanse and revitalize it as an important aspect of our emotional, psychological and physical health. In parapsychology and many forms of spiritual practice, an aura is a field of subtle, luminous radiation surrounding a person or object (like the halo or aureola in religious art). The depiction of such an aura often connotes a person of particular power or holiness. It is said that all living things (including humans) and all objects manifest such an aura. Often it is held to be perceptible, whether spontaneously or with practice: such perception is at times linked with one’s intuition or abilities of third eye. Personality and emotional traits are associated with the colors of different layers of the aura. It has also been described as a map of the thoughts and feelings surrounding a person. Swami Panchadasi is a pseudonym used by William Walker Atkinson. Mr. Atkinson was born on December 5, 1862 – left the physical body on November 22, 1932. He was an attorney, merchant, publisher, and author, as well as an occultist and an American pioneer of the New Thought movement. He is also known to have been the author of the pseudonymous works attributed to Theron Q. Dumont and Yogi Ramacharaka He obtained mention in past editions of Who’s Who in America, Religious Leaders of America, and several similar publications. His works have remained in print more or less continuously since 1900.