The Human Atmosphere (Forgotten Books) - Softcover

Stone, John C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1605060046 ISBN 13: 9781605060040

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2007

Synopsis

Book Description:

"One of the primary articles of faith of the New Age movement is that the human body has energy fields surrounding it, and that those fields can be used to diagnose the internal state of the body (and mind). This idea can be traced to fringe science of the 18th, 19th and early 20th century, including, the 'Animal Magnetism' of Mesmer, the 'Odic force' of Baron Carl von Reichenbach, and Edwin D. Babbit, and the work of Dr. Walter J. Kilner, the author of this book. Kilner was the first to use the term 'human aura' in a medical context. The idea of halos goes back a long way. Besides the conventional glowing ring around the head of western depictions of saint, Buddha was said to have glowed with light shortly before his death. Buddhist iconography depicts circular pools of light surrounding celestial beings.

However, Kilner, using specially developed filters, believed that he could view a luminous field surrounding any human being, not just the saintly. In this text, proofed from the second edition of 1920, he describes dozens of case studies where he used the color and shape of the aura to perform medical diagnosis. The problem is that very few could reproduce Kilner's results, and the medical community was understandably skeptical. This may have been because of the N-Ray scandal of 1903, only a few years before Kilner announced his results in 1911. Just a few years before, a Professor Blondlot of Nancy University, France, had announced that he had discovered a new kind of radiation, N-rays, or Nancy-rays. These were supposedly produced by both inorganic substances but also human nervous activity. Shortly after this, an American physicist, Robert W. Wood, had debunked N-Rays by surreptitiously removing a key prism from Blondlot's N-ray detector, which apparently had no effect on the results.

Today the human aura is still considered speculative, in spite of the striking images produced by techniques such as Kirilian photography. The human body does have fluctuations in electrical conductivity which can be correlated with changes in mental state, a phenomena which is utilized by lie detectors, biofeedback devices, and the 'E-Meter.' Acupuncture is based on a map of internal channels of energy in the body, unknown to western science. So it is not so far fetched that there might be some kind of unknown energy field which encompasses the human body, and if so, it might be used for medical purposes." (Quote from sacred-texts.com)

Table of Contents:

Publisher’s Preface; The Aura Of Healthy Persons; The Etheric Double; The Inner Aura; Optical Problems; The Effects Of The Different Forces Upon The Aura; Complementary Colours; The Outer Aura In Disease; The Inner Aura In Disease; The Use Of The Complementary Coloured Bands In Disease; The Aura During Pregnancy; Endnotes

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About the Author:

"Walter Kilner, M.D., a doctor at St. Thomas Hospital in London was one of the first recorded individuals to scientifically study the aura. Through a series of objective and subjective experiments, Kilner was able to invent a crude detection device, which he stated, could observe auric activity.

By separating two pieces of glass, cementing them around the edges except for one small opening, pouring a bluish dye called dicyanin (coal-tar dye from Germany) into the hollow glass and sealing the glass, Kilner invented an apparatus that was sensitive to the ultraviolet energy spectrum. Dr. Kilner could then observe, by peering through the lens, vaporous energy (auras) extending from living bodies.

It seems, according to Kilner, that the longer one looks through the blue colored lens, the more sensitive the eyes become to ultraviolet and higher light spectrums. It is in this range that Kilner believed auras occur. In his book, entitled The Human Atmosphere (1911), Dr. Kilner presents 'scientific evidence' for the existence of the aura. According to Kilner's research, he and his associates were able, on many occasions, to perceive auric formations extending several inches from patients' naked bodies. Within the pages of Kilner's work, he also describes a series of experiments that the reader may try. The only drawbacks to Kilner's method are the extreme difficulty in obtaining the blue dye and the potential for serious injury to skin or eyes if the apparatus was to leak (i.e., blindness and burning)." (Quote from wikipedia.org)

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1605060046
• ISBN 13: 9781605060040
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 303