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aura: see spiritism spiritism or spiritualism, belief that the human personality continues to exist after death and can communicate with the living through the agency of a medium or psychic. ..... Click the link for more information. . aura 1. Pathol strange sensations, such as noises in the ears or flashes of light, that immediately precede an attack, esp of epilepsy 2. (in parapsychology) an invisible emanation produced by and surrounding a person or object: alleged to be discernible by individuals of supernormal sensibility Aura goddess of breezes. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 42] See : Wind How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It's all proteids and body-buildings, and people come up to you and beg your pardon, but you have such a beautiful aura. Clare had studied the curves of those lips so many times that he could reproduce them mentally with ease: and now, as they again confronted him, clothed with colour and life, they sent an AURA over his flesh, a breeze through his nerves, which wellnigh produced a qualm; and actually produced, by some mysterious physiological process, a prosaic sneeze. Every breath of Porthos, thus vivifying the match, sent towards this heap of bodies a phosphorescent aura, mingled with streaks of purple. |
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