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Therapy Definitions
Aura-Soma
Aura-Soma is a divination system based on colour, similar to and sharing much
in common with Tarot, the I Ching, the Kabbalah etc. Many of the concepts from
Jungian psychology and other studies of mythology have also been related to the
system. While not claiming healing in the sense of Acupuncture or other remedial
systems, practitioners regard it as able to address the whole question of what
lies behind disease (referred to as dis-ease). The central idea of Aura-Soma
theology is that colour is a unifying universal language which relates to all
other theologies and schools of psychology. It is part of the underlying order
of the universe. Colour is a means by which connections can be made, things of
the same colour resonate together, each colour relating to a different aspect of
life. Practitioners attach great spiritual significance and psychological
connotations to colour combinations chosen by an individual.
In traditional systems, such as the Chakras, colour is related to the different
parts of the body and their underlying physical organs, glands etc. Each of
these physical attributes in turn is related to emotional, mental and spiritual
states.
The colour combinations are represented by two-tone bottles (For example, red
over blue, green over yellow). The bottles are made from two colours of organic
oil and water, mostly of different colours, each of which represents a series of
symbolic, spiritual, mental, emotional and physical concepts. Each bottle is
numbered from 0 to 105 (currently, more are being regularly added), and each has
a name and an associated series of figures, such as the major arcana of the
Tarot and so-called mystic masters (including Jesus Christ). The practice and
the products of Aura-Soma are all colour related. Coloured bottles are chosen by
the user, a practitioner then interprets the meaning of their selection. The
user chooses four bottles from the full selection, and the order in which they
are chosen is important.
The first bottle represents the base self, the second represents the user's
biggest obstacle, the third represents their present energy and the fourth
represents the energy that they are drawing toward them. The fourth bottle is
frequently misinterpreted as divination of the future, but it actually
represents the future that the user is trying to create for themselves.
While sounding superficially like the processes of other systems like Tarot,
practitioners of Aura-Soma do not regard it as Fortune-telling, but instead to
be more like a counselling method, similar to the Lüscher colour test, Rorschach
inkblot test and other similar psychological methods of accessing the
unconscious mind as separate to the conscious mind. Aura-Soma is not, however, a
science or branch of psychology.
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