# (Poll) Currently in Great Debate (ancient pictures)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-currently-in-great-debate-ancient-pictures/208763>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 21, 2003, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-currently-in-great-debate-ancient-pictures/208763 "2003-10-21T20:32:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-currently-in-great-debate-ancient-pictures/208763/1 "2003-10-21T20:32:42Z")

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Currently in Great Debates under the title “Where Is Your Soul”  
there is an arguement about auras and whether people can “read them” or even “see them”

The comment was:

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> The halos painted around the head on ancient portraits are auras seen by the painter or by others. That is where they come from. The more spiritual you are the brighter the light.

This is absurd! Please help me out. Do you think this quote is at ALL true?

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**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-currently-in-great-debate-ancient-pictures/208763/2 "2003-10-21T20:51:50Z")

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Short answer:No\*

(\*but that’s coming from an atheist so YMMV)

Do you have a link to the GD thread?