Reading auras, a sin for a practicing catholic?

[kvj888]

hi everyone, peace

i am curious about this one… since reading auras caught my interest… and wanted to try it yet i heard from someone that it is a sin for Catholics to practice it… i searched the net and found out that auras are purely explainable by science and product of science itself… but i still wanted to get your stand on this, is it wrong to practice seeing auras?

thanks and God bless us all!

 

[Heuchler]

I’d say that it is about the same as horoscopes and psychics so you should probably stay away from it.

 

[Dorothy]

Prayer is what we need so that we may grow in His grace.

 

[LaSainte]

I do not see why it should be a sin. There are cameras that are capable of capturing auras on film, so they can be scientifically proven to exist, and they change with our emotions. So why should it be a sin to see them and interpret them? It’s not like you’re trying to contact the dead or anything. Just my opinion though.

 

[bz5]

I know very little about it, but I thought it was associated with the New Age movement. When I googled “reading auras,” the first thing to pop up was from a site called pagans path. What good would it do you? It might well do harm, luring you into New Age ideas.

 

[Elizium23]

I do not see why it should be a sin. There are cameras that are capable of capturing auras on film, so they can be scientifically proven to exist, and they change with our emotions. So why should it be a sin to see them and interpret them? It’s not like you’re trying to contact the dead or anything. Just my opinion though.

You appear to have two things confused with each other. There is an optical phenomenon that can sometimes be captured on cameras, and this is sometimes known as an “aura”, but this does not correspond to the occult idea of luminous radiation surrounding people.

Christian saints are frequently depicted with halos surrounding them or their heads. This is an artistic and spiritual symbolism and does not denote something that one can actually see with his or her eyes.

 

[puzzleannie]

hisearched the net and found out that auras are purely explainable by science and product of science itself…

you need to do further reading as the sources who make this claim are suspect.

does this practice claim that you can gain supernatural knowledge and power by manipulating created things, including forces of nature? then it is a violation of the 1st commandment. read the catechism section on superstition for a fuller explanation.

 

[FrDavid96]

hi everyone, peace

i am curious about this one… since reading auras caught my interest… and wanted to try it yet i heard from someone that it is a sin for Catholics to practice it… i searched the net and found out that auras are purely explainable by science and product of science itself… but i still wanted to get your stand on this, is it wrong to practice seeing auras?

thanks and God bless us all!

Yes. It’s a sin. It’s practicing magic–or better to say “attempting” magic.

It’s no different than trying to put a spell on a broom to make it sweep all by itself.

Not only is it sinful to attempt such things, but it’s also a waste of time.

 

[GEddie]

The optical image that may be seen around our bodies is unrelated to the theory behind auras, which is purely new age.

If you get into aura study, you will run into ideas like reincarnation, etc. It’s not science. And it’s definitely not Catholic.

It’s an attempt to manipulate the spiritual part of human life through physical means. I.e., magic. Don’t go near it. I’ve seen it.

PS, the human body-surround that cameras can see is not an aura; it’s a Kirlian field, electrostatic in origin. Our skin is electrically sensitive, and this is much the same as your skin prickling up when you scuff your feet on a carpet.

God Bless and ICXC NIKA

 

[Trevor_Stamm]

hi everyone, peace

i am curious about this one… since reading auras caught my interest… and wanted to try it yet i heard from someone that it is a sin for Catholics to practice it… i searched the net and found out that auras are purely explainable by science and product of science itself… but i still wanted to get your stand on this, is it wrong to practice seeing auras?

thanks and God bless us all!

Ave Maria

Before getting into a new age bashing rant, which is fairly easy and sometimes fun, those that claim “purely explainable by science and product of science itself” need to provide the evidence of said claim of aura’s. They need to provide the scientists involved, the apparatus used, date, the conditions of the experiments, and the empirical data recorded. If they make any suggestions to Kirlian photography, they are sadly mistaken, read:

“Living things…are moist. When the electricity enters the living object, it produces an area of gas ionization around the photographed object, assuming moisture is present on the object. This moisture is transferred from the subject to the emulsion surface of the photographic film and causes an alternation of the electric charge pattern on the film. If a photograph is taken in a vacuum, where no ionized gas is present, no Kirlian image appears. If the Kirlian image were due to some paranormal fundamental living energy field, it should not disappear in a simple vacuum.”

If you want articles and books to refute this pseudoscience garbage, I will post them at your will. Advice, stay away from this environment stipulated by the new age movement, it’s a product of Gnosticism and eastern religious practices and most of the time is an affront to the Church.

 

[Suzanne_Marie]

What about if you see auras without meaning to? One is not then ‘seeking it out’ as I would assume witchcraft is ‘seeking out’ powers. If you see auras without wanting to is this then a gift or a temptation that must be ignored?

 

[GEddie]

What about if you see auras without meaning to? One is not then ‘seeking it out’ as I would assume witchcraft is ‘seeking out’ powers. If you see auras without wanting to is this then a gift or a temptation that must be ignored?

You could call it a gift if you want to; something similar to having a supersensitive nose.

Still, there is no nonsinful way to use the aura. Go ahead and look at auras if your eyes can see them; but trying to use them to change reality is, aiui, occultic.

God Bless and ICXC NIKA

 

[Dorothy]

We all need to cooperate with the Lord towards our own haloes, through prayer and Sacraments.

 

[FrDavid96]

What about if you see auras without meaning to? One is not then ‘seeking it out’ as I would assume witchcraft is ‘seeking out’ powers. If you see auras without wanting to is this then a gift or a temptation that must be ignored?

One cannot “see auras without meaning to” because there is no such thing as an aura.

This is like asking about if one sees unicorns or leprechauns. If a thing does not exist, one cannot see them, intentionally or not.

 

[Suzanne_Marie]

One cannot “see auras without meaning to” because there is no such thing as an aura.

This is like asking about if one sees unicorns or leprechauns. If a thing does not exist, one cannot see them, intentionally or not.

Is there not such thing as Catholic mysticism? Isnt it true that many Saints saw various things that others could not see? Saint Claire, for example, able to see the mass as if it were a projection on her wall. We cannot ignore the history of our faith.

God has given numerous Saints abilities to discern whether living souls were in a state of sin or not, for example, giving Saint Gerard the ability to know the sins of others without their telling him. Would it not also make sense that he may give some people the ability to see this state of sin visibly, through ‘auras’ for example, so that they can assist them just as Saint Gerard assisted those with sinful habits?

 

[Nelka]

i searched the net and found out that auras are purely explainable by science and product of science itself

The net would say the same thing about there not being a God.

God exists but auras can be interpreted in anyway that man wants them to.