The Human Aura: A Study
A 61-page annotated edition of A. Marques’s 1896 Theosophical study of the human aura, clairvoyance, thought-forms, subtle bodies, Tatwas, plants and magnets.
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Auguste Jean Baptiste Marques
Auguste Jean Baptiste Marques (1841–1929), also credited as A. Marques, was a French-born scientist, linguist, writer and diplomat who lived in Hawaiʻi. He helped found and led Honolulu’s Aloha Branch of the Theosophical Society, and later served as General Secretary of its Australian Section. His Theosophical writing includes The Human Aura (1896) and Scientific Corroborations of Theosophy.
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