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Aura (paranormal)

Wikipedia contributors · 2024 · Wikipedia

Spiritual Evidence Map/Last updated May 10, 2026/Claims v1.0.0-provisional/Sources v1.0.0/Scores provisional
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This source is used as context evidence across 1 linked claim and 2 related evidence hubs. Its citation record is marked verified; that verifies the source trail, not the truth of any linked claim.

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Summary

Survey of the alleged luminous biofield surrounding living beings, the traditions that report it, and the experimental tests that have failed to detect it.

How this source is used on the map

Includes the standard skeptical critique and the conflation with Kirlian photography.

Citation record

Authors
Wikipedia contributors
Year
2024
Publication
Wikipedia
Source type
Secondary summary
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context
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secondary
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Verified
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Linked claims

Evidence score 1/10
Auras as visible biofields

Direct tests have failed to detect aura perception. 'Aura photography' is heat or skin conductance.

Related evidence hubs

Topic hub
Energy, Healing & Divination

Practice claims — prayer, reiki, chakras, astrology, tarot, manifestation.

Evidence pillar
Energy healing & subtle body

Reiki, chakras, auras, crystals, prayer healing.

Related research reports

Synthesis report
Evidence Against Common Spiritual Claims

A careful guide to spiritual claims that are popular but weakly supported, including astrology, reiki, auras, crystals, manifestation, numerology, and predictive tarot.

Related sources

Secondary summary · context
Subtle body

Conceptual home for chakras, auras, prana / qi / ki, and aural-energy claims more generally.

Study · challenges
A close look at therapeutic touch

A compact, famous controlled test of human-energy-field perception, relevant to aura and energy-healing claims even though it targets therapeutic touch rather than Reiki specifically.