The Aura

Xenophile

Can anyone tell me of an earlier reference in literature to the "Aura"

Chapter 17 in "Howards End" by E.M. Forester............Published in 1917

"The conversation turns to Margaret's crowd and her beliefs. She jokes that Mr. Wilcox should come and have lunch with her at her friend Eustace Miles's, where the conversation is all about health food and auras. They chat a bit about spirituality, and he confirms – with some concern – that she doesn't actually believe in auras and astral planes."

Queen-Mise

Here is a start:

http://courses.nus.edu.sg/course/elljwp/aura.htm

I couldn't find a lot on it - but it is probably more a terminology issue. The idea of it has probably been around since the Greeks but not by that name. Oh here is the Greek link:

http://www.theoi.com/Titan/Aura.html

AURA was the Titan goddess of the breeze and the fresh, cool air of early morning. She was a virgin-huntress who was excessively proud of her maidenhood.

http://ezinearticles.com/?Building-Up-Psychic-Self-Defense---Tips-To-Strengthen-Weak-Auras&id=1657258

In Greek literature and philosophic thought, aura refers to Gloriole, nimbus or halo, which is literally a ring of light that surrounds persons or objects that have a sense of divinity in them. Thus, those who can read psychic-natures of others can also perceive these rings of spirituality around a person with intense divinity and purity even in a picture.

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/1657258

Keep googling...

Xenophile

Queen-Mise wrote: »

Keep googling...

Thank you for your interest. By "Aura" I refer to the electro magnetic energy field that surrounds the physical body, which consists of various colours.

In the old testament there is a reference to it............."Josephs coat of many colours"

My interest is to find out where the Aura is first mentioned in fictional literature. e.g "Howards End"

Queen-Mise

Xenophile wrote: »

Thank you for your interest. By "Aura" I refer to the electro magnetic energy field that surrounds the physical body, which consists of various colours.

In the old testament there is a reference to it............."Josephs coat of many colours"

My interest is to find out where the Aura is first mentioned in fictional literature. e.g "Howards End"

And that is the information I gave you.

Xenophile

Queen-Mise wrote: »

And that is the information I gave you.

If you have the name of a few books that would be helpful..............say any fictional work by published since 1800 say from the time of Charles Dickens.

Queen-Mise

I can't find fictional works - only non-fiction works discussing other works.

This is the search I put on google scholar - http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%27aura%27+english+literature&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5

Are you looking for the spiritual stuff in 19thC - like the mumbo jumbo that WB Yeats was obsessed with. The spiritualist from Russia I think(??). William Blake was very influenced by this stuff - but wouldn't have been called by the term aura. Search spiritualism & 19thC - you might get more hits on what you want.

Some works of literature on this search: https://www.google.ie/search?as_q=&as_epq=english+literature%2C+aura&as_oq=19thC&as_eq=&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&lr=&cr=&as_qdr=all&as_sitesearch=&as_occt=any&safe=images&tbs=&as_filetype=&as_rights=