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The '''Auric Egg''', also known as "Auric Envelope" or "Atmic Aura", is an [[Ākāśa|akashic]] film surrounding all the [[principle]]s of a person. It endures from life to life and preserves the [[Karma|karmic]] causes and effects generated by a person during all his [[Reincarnation|incarnations]]. It is, so to speak, the boundary between man's spiritual being and the cosmic life.
 
[[Annie Besant]], leader from the [[Theosophical Society (Adyar)]], correlated it to the [[Causal Body]].
 
== General description ==
 
The Auric Egg or Atmic Aura<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1980), 672.</ref> is a field or spiritual [[aura]] that contains the [[Principle#Individuality_and_personality|personality]] and the [[Ego#Higher ego|Reincarnating Ego]]:
 
<blockquote>The Auric Egg, on account of its nature and manifold functions, has to be well studied. As [[Hiraṇyagarbha|Hiranyagarbha]], the Golden Womb or Egg, contains [[Brahmā|Brahmâ]], the collective symbol of the Seven Universal Forces, so the Auric Egg contains, and is directly related to, both the divine and the physical man. In its essence, as said, it is eternal; in its constant correlations, it is a kind of perpetual motion machine during the [[Reincarnation|reincarnating]] progress of the [[Ego]] on this [[Globe#Globe D|earth]].<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1980), 608.</ref></blockquote>
 
According to [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|H. P. Blavatsky]], the Auric Egg ''per se'' is colored Blue,<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1980), 529.</ref> and its correspondence in the [[Sthūla-śarīra|body]] is the cavity of the skull, filled with [[Ākāśa]].<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1980), 698.</ref>
 
== Functions ==
 
The Auric Egg is the permanent "seed" that affords the continuity between incarnations.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1980), 704.</ref>
 
<blockquote>Thus the Auric Egg, reflecting all the thoughts, words and deeds of man, is:<br>
(a) The preserver of every [[Karma|Karmic]] record.<br>
(b) The storehouse of all the good and bad powers of man, receiving and giving out at his will––nay, at his very thought––every potentiality, which becomes, then and there, an acting potency: this [[aura]] is the mirror in which sensitives and [[Clairvoyance|clairvoyants]] sense and perceive the real man, and see him as he is, not as he appears.<br>
(c) As it furnishes man with his Astral Form, around which the physical entity models itself, first as a foetus, then as a child and man, the astral growing apace with the human being, so it furnishes him during his life, if an [[Adept]], with his [[Māyāvi-Rūpa|Mâyâvi-Rûpa]], Illusion Body (which is not his [[Liṅga-śarīra|Vital Astral Body]]); and after death, with his [[Devachan]]ic Entity and [[Kāmarūpa|Kâma-Rûpa]], or Body of Desire (the [[Shell|Spook]]).<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1980), 608.</ref></blockquote>
 
==Online resources==
===Articles===
*[http://theosophy.ph/encyclo/index.php?title=Auric_Egg# Auric Egg] by Theosopedia
*[http://www.theosophy-nw.org/theosnw/human/hu-gdp4.htm# The Auric Egg, Its Nature and Function] by G. de Purucker
 
== Notes ==
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Revision as of 20:19, 3 May 2013

The Auric Egg, also known as "Auric Envelope" or "Atmic Aura", is an akashic film surrounding all the principles of a person. It endures from life to life and preserves the karmic causes and effects generated by a person during all his incarnations. It is, so to speak, the boundary between man's spiritual being and the cosmic life.

Annie Besant, leader from the Theosophical Society (Adyar), correlated it to the Causal Body.

General description

The Auric Egg or Atmic Aura[1] is a field or spiritual aura that contains the personality and the Reincarnating Ego:

The Auric Egg, on account of its nature and manifold functions, has to be well studied. As Hiranyagarbha, the Golden Womb or Egg, contains Brahmâ, the collective symbol of the Seven Universal Forces, so the Auric Egg contains, and is directly related to, both the divine and the physical man. In its essence, as said, it is eternal; in its constant correlations, it is a kind of perpetual motion machine during the reincarnating progress of the Ego on this earth.[2]

According to H. P. Blavatsky, the Auric Egg per se is colored Blue,[3] and its correspondence in the body is the cavity of the skull, filled with Ākāśa.[4]

Functions

The Auric Egg is the permanent "seed" that affords the continuity between incarnations.[5]

Thus the Auric Egg, reflecting all the thoughts, words and deeds of man, is:

(a) The preserver of every Karmic record.
(b) The storehouse of all the good and bad powers of man, receiving and giving out at his will––nay, at his very thought––every potentiality, which becomes, then and there, an acting potency: this aura is the mirror in which sensitives and clairvoyants sense and perceive the real man, and see him as he is, not as he appears.

(c) As it furnishes man with his Astral Form, around which the physical entity models itself, first as a foetus, then as a child and man, the astral growing apace with the human being, so it furnishes him during his life, if an Adept, with his Mâyâvi-Rûpa, Illusion Body (which is not his Vital Astral Body); and after death, with his Devachanic Entity and Kâma-Rûpa, or Body of Desire (the Spook).[6]

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Notes

  1. ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Collected Writings vol. XII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1980), 672.
  2. ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Collected Writings vol. XII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1980), 608.
  3. ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Collected Writings vol. XII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1980), 529.
  4. ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Collected Writings vol. XII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1980), 698.
  5. ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Collected Writings vol. XII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1980), 704.
  6. ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Collected Writings vol. XII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1980), 608.
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