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The Magic of the Aura
	Author: Billy Roberts Foreword by: Dr. Ciarán O’Keeffe Classification: Spiritual Sorry this book is Out Of Print	Brief Description: For those of you who perceive ‘aura’ simply as a distinctive atmosphere or quality, The Magic of the Aura will open your eyes to a completely new and fascinating world and reveal the aura to be an incredible, scientifically proven metaphysical phenomenon: an electromagnetic energy field of a kaleidoscope of colours that surrounds each of us, reflecting our consciousness, emotions and vitality and containing a complete database of information about the individual. This handbook, aimed at both the layman and working psychic, examines evidence for the existence of the aura in various ancient cultures as well as relevant scientific research, and takes the reader on a journey from understanding and seeing the aura to harnessing and maximising its power using a whole host of easy-to-follow, step-by-step methods including meditation, visualisation, rhythmic breathing, water charging, dowsing, chanting, chakra balancing and Pranic, colour and crystal healing. This guide to the aura illustrates how, by working on the faculties through the aura to develop latent psychic skills, and by learning how to cultivate the aura and use it to its full advantage, each of us can gain more control over our lives, promote better health and vitality, develop a more positive outlook and ultimately lead happier and more successful lives.

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About the Author: Billy Roberts, one of the UK’s leading stage psychics, has been mediumistic since he was a child and is both clairvoyant and clairaudient. Although initially he followed his dream as a guitarist in a rock band, supporting many of the great musical names of the 1960s, he had an encounter with the spirit world following a series of illnesses in 1969 and subsequently served in spiritualist churches all over the UK. In 1983 he founded The Thought Workshop in Liverpool, an innovative Centre for Psychic and Spiritual Studies and Alternative Therapies, which attracted many of the country’s major exponents of mediumship. Although The Thought Workshop was dissolved in 1998, Billy now travels all over the world lecturing, running workshops and performing stage shows. He writes a column for a monthly journal, The Psychic World, and has made several television appearances including a 20-week series called Secrets of the Paranormal on Cable TV. He already has eight books under his belt, including – his autobiography, Beneath the Wings of Angels, and Billy Roberts’ Ten Step Psychic Development Programme – and has produced a series of three videos entitled Billy Roberts Investigates the Paranormal.

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Publication Date:	1 February 2008
ISBN: ISBN 13:	1-904444-93-8 978-1-904444-93-0
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Aura is a term now permanently ingrained in the English speaking vocabulary. The various definitions range from the more spiritually focused concerning “energy emanations” and “etheric substances” to the more medical such as “seizure or migraine warnings.” What is obvious is that whilst New Age practices promote its importance in healing and in assessing the emotional or spiritual state of a person, science has a very different view. There are possible natural explanations that are to do with retinal fatigue and the aforementioned epileptic seizures or onset of migraines and even fraud. In addition, a perfectly logical account exists for Kirlian photography. What Billy does in the following words is to give you the spiritual side to auras. He combines his personal experiences with ‘how to’ instructions and the essence of auras in such seemingly disparate supernatural phenomena as OBEs and astrology. In addition, there is frequent mention of historical precursors to auras (e.g. Native American Indian, religious saints etc). It is due to this historical context and the personal insight that I thought it appropriate to write a foreword. For, even though I favour the more skeptical explanations for auras and aura readings it is imperative that the reader is given ample knowledge to be able to question. Knowing that the fundamental message here is that it is all based on Billy’s personal experiences and that you, too, can try it for yourself, means that it is a book of research. Although the research method would not stand up to rigorous scrutiny by the scientific community, before we dismiss the aura out of hand it is worthwhile mentioning recent cognitive neuropsychological research into the link between synaesthesia and auras. Synaesthesia is a condition in which stimulation of one sense produces a response in one or more of the other sense (e.g. synaesthetics may experiences smells with sounds). One condition is known as ‘emotion color synaesthesia’. As you take the following journey of factual and experiential discovery constantly ask the question, does science hold the answer or are auras truly a spiritual phenomena?
Dr. Ciarán O’Keeffe, TV Paranormal Investigator - Written the Foreword

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'I USED TO SEE DEAD PEOPLE'
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Two Worlds: The Monthly Magazine for Spiritualists

WELL WRITTEN AND INTERESTING. I thought the referral to science as well as spirit is an excellent idea, especially in this fragile market. Excercises also are clear and well written. Yet another book that confirms and proves the importance of the chakras, their colours and their meanings. I shall reccomend it to my students.
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The world is a fascinating place, and one of the Greek philosophers once said that, “The more we know, the more we know how little we know.” This isn’t helped by the fact that the scores of indigenous cultures around the world all explain the mysteries of our planet in their own way. For the novice seeker after truth, this can be confusing.
In The Magic of the Aura, Billy Roberts makes the task a lot easier by harmoniously combining many of the world’s spiritual philosophies in his study of the aura – one of the most misunderstood and enigmatic subjects of our time.
Roberts describes the aura as a “vaporous mass of electromagnetic particles surrounding both animate and inanimate matter. It is, in fact, an energy field of an extremely subtle nature.” Superficially this doesn’t sound too exciting, but what makes Roberts’ book fascinating is the way in which the author clinically explains not only what the aura is and how to detect it, but also how it can be used to heal disease and effect a positive transformation in just about every aspect of one’s life.
Billy Roberts’ reputation as a medium is legendary, but I was still sceptical. Maybe it’s the journalist in me, but although I’ve written about unconventional forms of spirituality and the paranormal for decades “auras” never really did it for me. Then I tried a number of the experiments the author gives in his book and was stunned to find that they really do work. In one, which involves pressing the palms of your hands together, I ended up getting a spectacular result and giggled like a child afterwards.
Well written and researched, The Magic of the Aura is a comprehensive guide to everything you need to know about this subject. It would be great if Billy Roberts wrote a follow-up to this book. Mind you, I’m not sure what he’d put in it as the first one covers just about everything.
Don’t miss this gem of a book of you want to broaden your horizons.
Mike Hallowell, The Shields Gazette

Give's a fascinating insight into the aura and psychic skills.
Tony Ortzen, Psychic News (Editor)

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Billy Roberts was interviewed on BBC Radio Merseyside 95.8FM, he was asked questions about his book 'The Magic of the Aura'. Billy was interviewed on 'The Billy Butler Show'. (Photo: Billy Roberts and Billy Butler).
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Billy Roberts was interviewed by Philip Solomon on Wolverhampton City Radio 101.8FM, answering questions and talking about his book 'The Magic of the Aura'.
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20 April 2010 - Billy Roberts was interviewed on Controversial Television. Billy answered questions about his books 'As I Recall It' and 'The Magic of the Aura' on the Gardiner's World programme. Billy was interviewed vy Philip Gardiner.
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4 September 2009 - Billy Roberts was interviewed on Controversial Television. Billy answered questions about his books 'As I Recall It', 'The Magic of the Aura' and 'The Great Paranormal Clash'. Billy was interviewed on 'The Phil Gardiner Show'.
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Billy Roberts signed copies of his book 'The Magic of the Aura' at his official book launch at Waterstone's, Liverpool Central.
Waterstone's, Liverpool Central

Billy Roberts signed copies of his book 'The Magic of the Aura' at Borders, Speke, Liverpool.
Borders, Speke, Liverpool

Billy Roberts signed copies of his book 'The Magic of the Aura' at Pritchard's Bookshop, Formby, Merseyside. (Photo: Billy Roberts (right) with Ron Ellis (crime writer) and store manager Tony).
Pritchard's Bookshop, Formby, Merseyside

Billy Roberts signed copies of his book 'The Magic of the Aura' at Pritchard's Bookshop, Crosby, Merseyside.
Pritchard's Bookshop, Crosby, Merseyside

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