# What's the deal with auras? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 18, 2003, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-auras/202329 "2003-09-18T06:36:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![gypsymoth3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@gypsymoth3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gypsymoth3)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-auras/202329/21 "2003-09-20T02:01:13Z")
i see blue and/or yellow “auras” around everything after having my pupils dilated at the optometrist’s. ---
**Author:** ![ambushed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3bc359/32.png) [@ambushed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ambushed)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-auras/202329/22 "2003-09-21T03:00:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Not In Anger \* > **Auras are simply the energy patterns around people, which indicate their connection/flow, in Buddhism.** Huh? Cite, please? ---
**Author:** ![antechinus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@antechinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antechinus)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-auras/202329/23 "2003-09-21T03:18:12Z")
For those referring to the paranormal type of aura: these are not a real phenomenon. These type of auras are supposed to be emitted from objects. The camaras used at psychic fairs etc are a scam. Auras are either an optical illusion or caused by a neurological disturbance, such as a migrane. The migrane aura remains in the same part of the feild of vision, it is not associated with objects. [More information on auras.](http://skepdic.com/auras.html) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-auras/202329.md?page=1)