ReadyMade Aura Glasses

Shamash, Quest for Dicyanin, Research Resources, Readymade Aura Glasses

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This describes current and past manufacturers of Aura Glasses around the world, and evaluates their performance where possible.

Current Aura Glasses Manufacturers

• Aura Glasses
  • Wendy Lambert
  • Active element: indigo plastic filter
    • Earthtopia
    • auragoggles.com
    • Cost: $24.95
    • Note: Includes book on seeing aura. These aura glasses are mediocre performers. Ordered a pair for my own evaluation, 03/15/2009, 2115-0290-3901-5489
    • Wendy Lambert Aura Glasses Transmittance Spectrum
    • Performance: poor

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Historic Aura Glasses

Aura goggles can sometimes be found at auction online, or at curio or occult shops. Here is a list of the major types, with as much information as is currently known.

Boddington's Kilnascrene, and J.J. Williamson's Aura Goggles are certainly the best functioning, and therefore most important, aura goggles that can be found extant today.

• Kilnascrene
  • by Harry Boddington
  • Kilnascrene Closeup
  • Active element: cobalt glass, modified
    • Time of Manufacture: mid 1930s - ?
    • Still work? Yes
    • Performance: Excellent

• Aurospecs
  • by Harry Boddington
  • Active element: dicyanine A in liquid solvent
    • Time of manufacture: unknown / early
    • Still work? No
    • Performance: n/a

• Aura Goggles
  • by John Jacob Williamson
  • Society of Metaphysicians
  • aka Metaphysical Research Group
  • metaphysicians.org.uk
  • metaphysicians.org.uk/reprents/R-Booklist
  • online query
  • Address: THE SOCIETY OF METAPHYSICIANS / ARCHERS'COURT / STONESTILE LANE, THE RIDGE, HASTINGS, EAST SUSSEX, ENGLAND, TN35 4PG
  • Tel. & Fax 01424 751577
  • E-Mail email:newmeta@btinternet.com or email:info@metaphysicians.org.uk
  • Goggle active element: pinacyanol bromide in gelatin, as documented in operating instructions.
    • Evidence from spectrophotometric scans suggests that actual colorant is mixture of pinacyanol bromide and methylene blue, at least for extant pair circa 1957.
    • Time of manufacture: mid 1930s - late 1980s?
    • Still work? Yes
    • Performance: good to poor
    • Still available: Only second hand-- inquiry sent 3/16/09; reply received from J.J. Williamson himself!! (yes, he is still alive as of summer 2009.) They do not sell aura goggles at this time.

• Metaphysical Research Group
  • Numerous chapters in Colorado
    • Example: MRG Aura goggles
    • These are JJW aura goggles; I have a pair from the same general time period.

• Auralense
  • byCecil Stokes
  • Active element: Cobalt glass
    • Time of manufacture: ?
    • Still work? Yes
    • Performance: poor