The Human Energy Field - Part 1

You've seen or heard me talk about energy and energy healing on my posts, my workshops and through my art.  So what is this energy that I'm talking about?  Below is part one of my article on the Human Energy Field.  I hope it answers some of your questions.  

Everything within and even outside of our universe vibrates with energy.  It has been accepted for centuries through many, many cultures, that the human body draws energy into itself from a universal energy field. The human energy field is the manifestation of this universal energy in and around the human body.  Its outer boundary can be described as a luminous egg-shaped cocoon surrounding the physical body. This energy field is constantly moving, ebbing and flowing, expanding and contracting and changing in intensity.  Throughout history, the knowledge of this universal energy present in all of nature and surrounding the human form as what we sometimes call the aura, has been recognised and illustrated by many traditions including the Indian spiritual tradition of prana; the Chinese energy chi; the Jewish Kabala reference to astral light and the Christian religious paintings indicating a field of light or halo surrounding Jesus and other religious figures.
In scientific terms, human beings can be seen as networks of complex energy fields that interface with physical and cellular systems. These energy fields or auras consist of layers, known as subtle bodies which resonate at higher vibrations than the physical body. To put it another way, these higher energy systems, (subtle bodies) are composed of matter with different or higher frequency characteristics than that of the physical bodies.  These systems are superimposed on one another in the same space.  Together they play a part in the total functioning of the human being.  Healers understand that the aura holds the key to a person’s physical, mental, emotional and spiritual states.
Although many systems have been created over time, we generally refer to seven layers and these are defined by location, colour, density, form and function. These seven layers are grouped into three Planes, The Physical Plane, the Astral Plane and the Spiritual Plane. It is important to remember that because of the differing intrinsic frequencies, physical and etheric matter can co-exist harmoniously within the same space; just as radio and TV waves can exist in the same space without interference.
Each individual person has an aura unique to themselves, in intensity, size, colour and vibration. 
This field of electromagnetic energy can be felt and sometimes seen by people who are highly sensitive to different energies.  They may even be able to see or feel each layer separately.  So here is a quick description of The Energetic Layers.

Etheric Body
This can be viewed as the state between energy and matter and consists of tiny energy lines similar to the line on a television screen
The following aspects characterise this layer:

• It has the same structure as the physical body including all anatomical parts and organs
• This vital energy field forms the blue print for the physical matter of the body tissues
• Colour varies from light blue to grey
• It extends from one quarter to two inches beyond the physical body and pulsates at 15-20 cycles per minute 

Emotional Body
This is associated with feelings and follows the outline of the physical body but does not duplicate it.

• The following aspects characterise this layer:
• It tends to be coloured clouds of a fine substance in continual motion
• It extends one to three inches but also penetrates the physical body
• Chakras are associated with various colours
• Colours of this layer vary from bright clear colours to dark subdued colours

Mental body
The mental body extends beyond the emotional body and is associated with thoughts and mental processes.
The following aspects characterise this layer:

• It appears as a bright yellow light/aura around the head and shoulders
• It extends three to eight inches from the body
• This becomes bright when the person is engaged in mental processes
• Thoughts can be observed as blobs of colour with other colour superimposed
• This tends to be the emotional feelings associated with these thoughts.

Astral body
This has no fixed shape.  It is composed of clouds of colour similar to that of the emotional layer

• A rose pink colour tends to dominate
• This layer extends from six inches (15cm) to a foot (30cm) from the body
• This layer is the bridging plane between the lower three auric layers and the upper three spiritual layers
• The energy transformer between the two general levels is the heart chakra.

Etheric template body
This subtle layer is further removed from the first layer and contains the etheric template blueprint for the physical body.

• It extends from one and a half (45cm) to two feet (60cm) from the body
• This layer has an oval shape and contains all the chakras, body organs and body form in negative, like the negative of a photograph.

Celestial Body
This is referred to as the emotional level of the spiritual plane
It extends about two (60cm) to two and three quarter feet (85cm) from the body

• This is where spiritual ecstasy is experienced
• This is the experience level of unconditional love in that the heart chakra is connected through all the layers
• The Celestial body appears as a shimmering opalescent light
• There is no body shape, but light radiates from the body like a glow around a candle.

Ketheric template (casual body)

• This extends from two and a half (75cm) to three and a half feet (105cm) from the body
• The outer form is an egg shape of the subtle bodies and is strong and resilient
• Its colour is gold and it contains structure of the physical body and all the chakras
• The vibrations are at an extremely high rate.

So you can see that we are not just a physical body, but a complex integrated set of subtle energy fields, all vibrating at different rates.  These subtle layers extend beyond the physical and create a force field of energy and luminous colours.

Many scientific and technological researches from holographic patterning through to Kirlian photography, to different types of scanning have observed and recorded the human energy field in a physical way.  Kirlian photography was developed in 1939 by Russian electronics engineer Seymion Kirlian. It was discovered that when leaf was cut in two and photographed using this technology, the energy field remained intact and recorded the same shape as when the leaf was whole.  It is thought that this phenomenon may explain the “phantom limb” reports from amputees who  can still feel pain and sensation in the area where the missing limb used to be.  

More recently, the development of Polycontrast Interference Photography or PIP, by researcher Harry Oldfield became one of the major advances in detecting the body’s energy fields.  It is a complicated technology, but put in simple terms, the subject stands in front of a white screen and a form of digital camera photographs the different light intensities around the body while a computer translates this into a visual image, which can be “read” by a trained technician.  This is useful  in areas of diagnosis of imbalances and tends to validate the concept that all matter is energy and forms the foundation for understanding how human beings can be considered dynamic energetic systems.  Humans are beings of energy – the solid nature of physical matter is a perception of our physical senses.

Aura Photography is often available at New Age festivals and in many new age shops.  Aura photographs are taken by having the subject sit in front of a plain background and placing one hand on a sensor plate which detects the energy emanations from the subject.  The aura camera then translates this into a visual image and onto a photograph for the subject to take home with a reading from the photographer.  The colours that appear can be “read” to give an indication of personality traits, states of mind, and general health at the time of the photograph.  These photographs can be highly influenced by the subject’s mood and emotion at the time as the energy field is constantly changing. 

Next time we'll discover the Chakra System, it's purpose and function within the fields.

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