Auras [Paperback]

Joseph Ostrom (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 2000

For centuries, psychics have insisted on the existence of the human aura--a colored halo or force field surrounding the body.

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About the Author

Joseph Ostrom, who died in 1991, was a metaphysical counsellor, lecturer and graphic artist. His last years were devoted to New Age counselling in the US in Anzona, California, Nevada and Colorado.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Thorsons (December 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0007100965
• ISBN-13: 978-0007100965
• Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,353,039 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating...informative...friendly, December 5, 2000

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Linda Capobianco "Spiritual Teacher www.reiki... (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Auras (Paperback)

Auras is a great book! The author can read auras and gives examples of how he does this and how you can do it too. He has a question and answer section and teaches you how to heal and balance yourself by concentrating on your chakras and aura colors. The book explains each aura layer in depth and has an excellent color analysis section. It has answered all of my questions on auras and taught me more than I could have ever imagined. I already knew how to read auras but didn't know how to interpret what I was seeing. The author has taught me how to do this in a pleasant-straight to the point-way. The book also includes a brief history of auras and the people who have contributed to our knowledge of auras. I found this book very hard to put down and highly recommend it to anyone who wants to learn as much as they can about the auric field.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars lots of information, February 6, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Auras (Paperback)

I found this book to be VERY detailed, which may be too much information for me right now as I am still learning to see auras - but I definately plan to keep it on my bookshelf for the day when I need to know more about what I am (hopefully) seeing. It explains about the most intricate little details of auras, along with some anticdotes. The best part for me at this stage of my development is that it explains some exercises to help to see auras, which I was afraid it wasn't going to do up until almost the end. Until that point I had resigned myself to the fact that it was not going to help me at all, and be merely an interesting book about someone elses experiences. All in all, this is a very informative book that seems to cover most topics, and I'm glad I bought it.

Rachel - New Zealand.

2.0 out of 5 stars Too Uncritical, October 8, 2011

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RV - See all my reviews

This review is from: Auras (Paperback)

This book is way too uncritical and falls entirely into the "New Age" mysticism mode of thought. The Author recounts childhood experiences seeing "auras" around all things, living or not, and makes the leap that all "New Age" doctrines are thus validated. It did not help having parents which were "Spiritualists" also an uncritical tradition. By uncritical, I mean the author merely accepts "teachings" handed down with no logic or reason except that they exist. There is no pretense of reason. So my question remains "How do you know what you assert is really True?".

An inconsistency is also that the author says he stills sees auras today but then explains how difficult that is now yet it seemed to occur easily and naturally as a youth. But the biggest problem with aura's is that the belief is that they are three dimensional egg shaped layers of color and "energy" around a person yet the author clearly states that he sees aura's as two- dimensional cross-sections. I would expect a three dimensional aura would interfere with the clarity of vision that one would see another person with as the bright colors would blur the view of normal vision yet the author never even mentions that possibility. That implies that the author has a fundamental inconsistency in his beliefs as to what the phenomenon is. If they are 3D he should see them as such and the fact that he states he does not strongly implies he sees an optical effect or an invention of his own mind he has been conditioned to see.

Also disturbing is the unnecessary attacks on orthodox Christianity, like Christians are the scourge of the earth. Whether one believes in it or not, Christianity and Christians are factually not the source of most wars or problems on this earth as stated. He presents a grossly distorted view and a fundamental misunderstanding of what the central message and purpose of Christ and his teachings are. That makes one truly suspicious as to his motives.