# seeing the soul?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-the-soul/1510>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 25, 1999, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-the-soul/1510 "1999-06-25T03:34:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 25, 1999, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-the-soul/1510/1 "1999-06-25T03:34:00Z")

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Alright fellow teeming masses, time for a question with some meat to it.I have heard various things about the “Kirlian aura.” Supposedly, it is the visible manifestation of the soul. What is it really? How was it discovered and by who? etc, etc, etc. Tankka you veddie much.

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“If you love someone, set them free. If they come back, set them on fire.”----George Carlin

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**Post date:** [June 25, 1999, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-the-soul/1510/2 "1999-06-25T06:59:00Z")

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Here’s what Cecil had to say on it:

[www.straightdope.com/classics/a3\_069.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_069.html)

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**Post date:** [June 25, 1999, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-the-soul/1510/3 "1999-06-25T14:03:00Z")

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## And not that I would suggest anybody knows _more_ about any subject than Cecil, but here is _additional_ info, from the Skeptic’s Dictionary: [http://skepdic.com/kirlian.html](http://skepdic.com/kirlian.html) .

“We must fight any attempt on the part of the fringers and irrationalists to call to their side the force of the state. … That we must fight to the death.”  
– Isaac Asimov

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**Post date:** [June 26, 1999, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-the-soul/1510/4 "1999-06-26T14:16:00Z")

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David B writes, “but here is additional info, from the Skeptic’s Dictionary”

I don’t know what Kirlian photography is, but the Skeptics Dictionary (and the sci.skeptic FAQ) pretty much rocks. Should be required reading in high schools.

k0myers