According to an old Chinese account, the Han dynasty emperor Ming dreamed of a tall golden figure with light around its head like the sun and the moon. His advisers told him he had seen the Buddha. In Buddhist art that followed, from the cave murals of Dunhuang to temple statues across Asia, the Buddha appears with a radiant halo around the head and a glow around the whole body. Christian saints, Hindu deities and Egyptian gods carry similar light.
For thousands of years, people have pictured a luminous field around the human form. Today, technology can create a visualization of that field for you to see. Is an aura scan real? Here is what the question really asks, how people have tried to see the aura over the past century, what the See Your Aura scan shows, and how to recognize a service you can trust.
What does "real" mean for an aura scan?
When people ask whether an aura scan is real, they are usually asking several things at once.
Is there a genuine service behind the image? With See Your Aura, yes. A named practitioner, Yvette Farkas, completes the scan, performs the energizing stage and writes your interpretation personally.
Is the result individual to me? Yes. Your visualization is created from your own recent full-length photograph and intake information, and your report is written for you.
Is it a photograph of the aura? The scan is a technology-generated visualization of the biofield. It shows your energy field as a blue grid around the body, with areas of reduced field strength displayed in pink, from every angle.
Is it a medical test? No. It is a wellness visualization for reflection and self-understanding, offered alongside your medical care.
A century of trying to see the aura
People have been searching for ways to make the human energy field visible for well over a hundred years.
Paris, 1890s: photographing the "vital force"
The French physician Hippolyte Baraduc believed a vital force radiated from the human body. In 1891 he presented a device he called a biometer to the French Academy of Sciences, and in 1896 he published L'Âme humaine, filled with photographic plates he believed captured emotions and the life force. Parisian newspapers followed his work closely. Supporters saw a pioneer. Skeptics pointed to chemical effects on the photographic plates. Both readings exist.
London, 1911: Kilner's screens
Walter Kilner, who ran the electrotherapy department at St Thomas' Hospital in London, published The Human Atmosphere in 1911. He used glass screens tinted with a dye called dicyanin to train the eye, and reported seeing three layers of light around his patients that changed with their health. The British Medical Journal remained unconvinced. Kilner kept working and published a revised edition in 1920, and his book is still read by people interested in the aura today.
Granada, 2012: people who see colors around others
At the University of Granada in Spain, psychologists studied a well-known healer from the town of Baza who described seeing colors around people. They found he had emotional synesthesia, a neurological trait in which the brain links faces and emotions with colors, along with unusually strong empathy. Their study, published in Consciousness and Cognition, suggests that some people who see auras are genuinely perceiving color connected with the people in front of them, through a brain wired to blend the senses. The researchers noted that these abilities can help people feel deeply understood.
St Petersburg, 2001: instruments for the energy field
The Russian physicist Konstantin Korotkov developed gas discharge visualization (GDV) at St Petersburg's ITMO University, a camera-based method that captures the glow around the fingertips and analyzes it by computer. His 2001 textbook, Foundations of GDV Bioelectrography, describes applications in health screening and in measuring stress. GDV is one of several modern technologies built to make energy-field information visible and measurable.
From Baraduc's plates to Kilner's screens to modern instruments, the goal has been the same: to see what many cultures have long described. Each generation's tools bring that goal a little closer.
How the See Your Aura scan works
- You order your scan and submit a recent full-length photograph with your intake form.
- Specialized technology creates a complete 360° visualization of your biofield.
- You receive front, right, left and back views of the field.
- Yvette completes a remote energizing stage.
- A second visualization is created, so you can compare before and after.
- Yvette reviews both visualizations and your intake, and writes your personal interpretation.
Everything is delivered digitally within ten business days of receiving your photograph and intake form, for a single price of $150.
What does the visualization show?
The visualization shows your energy field as a blue grid surrounding your body. Areas of reduced field strength appear in pink. The field rotates a full 360°, so you can see how it looks from the front, back and sides, where the grid is more continuous, where pink appears and how far it reaches.
After energizing, the second visualization lets you see how your displayed field has shifted. These are genuine, technology-generated changes in the displayed pattern, and many clients find the comparison one of the most striking parts of the experience.
What makes the scan meaningful?
A visualization does not need to be a medical test to be valuable. People use many tools for self-understanding: journals, heart-rate trackers, progress photos, personality assessments and meditation logs. A biofield visualization belongs to this family of reflective tools.
Its meaning comes from three things working together: the pattern itself, Yvette's interpretation drawing on over thirty years of holistic health experience, and your own recognition of what fits your life. A pink area over a shoulder that has carried tension for years, or a field that looks more continuous after energizing, can open a conversation with yourself that nothing else has.
A real example: the tired corner of the office
A woman in Szeged, Hungary, noticed that she always felt exhausted soon after sitting down at work. She had wondered whether the electrical box and cables beside her desk might be part of the reason.
Her aura scan showed a weak area in the field in exactly the spot where the box sat beside her. She moved to a new location, and she later shared that her energy rose and her mental fog lifted. She also described being fascinated to see weaker areas in her field at the places where she had once fractured her left ankle and right wrist and strained her back, injuries she had not mentioned on her intake form.
Her experience shows how a visualization can connect the field with the environment and history a person is living with.
Is it a psychic reading?
No. The visualization is generated by technology. Yvette's interpretation draws on her knowledge of health, physiology and the mind-body connection, and on the pattern the scan displays. There is no fortune-telling, clairvoyance or aura-color personality reading involved.
How to recognize a trustworthy aura service
A real, named practitioner with a visible background and experience.
A genuine sample you can view before ordering, showing the full format.
A clear process explaining how the result is created and who interprets it.
Defined deliverables, so you know exactly what you receive and when.
Clear wording that describes the scan as a wellness visualization and keeps medical care in the picture.
Privacy information explaining how your photograph and intake are handled.
No fear-based upsell, such as frightening findings followed by expensive packages.
See Your Aura offers a named practitioner, a genuine sample scan, a clearly described process, one package at one price and no follow-up sales.
Where research on aura technology is heading
Researchers interested in energy-field technologies ask good questions: How consistent are results under similar conditions? How do different operators interpret the same image? How do visualizations relate to other measurements of stress and wellbeing? What do people find useful over time? These questions reflect a young and developing field, and each answer helps people use these tools with more understanding.
Frequently asked questions
Is an aura scan real?
The See Your Aura scan is a real, technology-generated 360° visualization of your biofield, personally interpreted by a named practitioner. It is a wellness visualization for reflection, offered alongside medical care.
Why do the before-and-after images look different?
The second visualization is created after the energizing stage, and it shows genuine technology-generated shifts in the displayed pattern of your field.
How do I know the result is personal?
Your visualization is created from your own photograph and intake, and Yvette writes your interpretation individually. There is no automated report.
Can people really see auras?
Some people describe seeing color around others. Research at the University of Granada suggests that for some, this perception is linked with emotional synesthesia, a real neurological trait. Most people cannot see the field directly, which is why visualizations are valuable.
Can an aura scan diagnose illness?
No. It is not a medical test, and anything that concerns your health belongs with a qualified professional.
Is See Your Aura a psychic service?
No. The visualization is technology-generated, and the interpretation is grounded in Yvette's health knowledge and the pattern shown.
Where this leaves us
The glowing halos of Buddhist and Christian art, Baraduc's photographic plates, Kilner's tinted screens, the Granada healer who saw colors around people and Korotkov's modern instruments all reflect one enduring human wish: to see the light of life around a person.
An aura scan from See Your Aura is a real, personal visualization of your biofield, created by technology and interpreted by an experienced practitioner. It shows you your field from every angle, before and after energizing, and gives you a way to reflect on what your energy may be telling you, alongside good medical care.
If you could see a glow around yourself today, where do you think it would shine brightest, and where would it ask for your attention?
Sources and further reading
These references cover the history of attempts to see and measure the aura, research on aura perception and traditions of light around the human form. Several are historical perspectives and active areas of study.
Light around the human form
- 一分钟看懂佛像背光 (Understanding the halos of Buddha statues). Sohu, 29 June 2022. On head and body halos in Buddhist art and Emperor Ming's dream. sohu.com
Attempts to see and measure the aura
- Quand le docteur Baraduc voulait mesurer l'âme humaine (When Doctor Baraduc wanted to measure the human soul). RetroNews, Bibliothèque nationale de France, 12 December 2023. retronews.fr
- Kilner WJ. (1911). The Human Atmosphere, or the Aura Made Visible by the Aid of Chemical Screens. London. Wellcome Collection. wellcomecollection.org
- Walter John Kilner: biography and reception. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_John_Kilner
- Коротков К.Г. (Korotkov KG). (2001). Основы ГРВ биоэлектрографии (Foundations of GDV Bioelectrography). St Petersburg: ITMO University. books.ifmo.ru
Research on aura perception
- Milán EG, Iborra O, Hochel M, Rodríguez Artacho MA, Delgado-Pastor LC, Salazar E, González-Hernández A. (2012). Auras in mysticism and synaesthesia: a comparison. Consciousness and Cognition, 21(1). pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22197149
- Synesthesia may explain healers' claims of seeing people's aura. ScienceDaily, 4 May 2012 (University of Granada). sciencedaily.com
Client experience
- Client account from Yvette Farkas's client testimonials (Szeged, Hungary), shared with permission and anonymized for privacy. Individual experiences vary, and client stories describe personal experience.