Why Christians Should Reject Aura Reading: Exposing the Spiritual Dangers Behind the Glow

In an increasingly spiritual but not biblical world, practices like aura reading are gaining popularity. Often marketed as energy insight or emotional awareness, aura reading claims to reveal your spiritual health by analyzing the "glow" or energy field around your body. But behind the soft colors and mystical language lies a much darker reality that Christians must avoid at all costs.

What Is Aura Reading?

Aura reading involves perceiving and interpreting a colored glow or energy field surrounding a person. Some practitioners claim to see these auras with their physical eyes, while others claim to use spiritual sensitivity or even photography to detect them. Each color in the aura represents a specific aspect of your emotional, physical, or spiritual state.

The practice is often tied to other New Age and occult concepts such as chakras, energy channels, Reiki, crystal healing, and psychic intuition. Readers examine the different layers of your aura and claim to offer healing or balance by clearing energy blockages.

At first glance, it may seem like a harmless or helpful tool for self-understanding, but its roots and spiritual implications are innocent.

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The Occult Roots of Aura Reading

Aura reading has no biblical foundation and originates in Eastern mysticism, theosophy, and occultism. Concepts like energy fields, spiritual vibrations, and chakras come from Hinduism, Buddhism, and other non-Christian spiritual systems that deny the exclusive lordship of Jesus Christ.

The Bible warns us clearly about engaging in practices rooted in divination, sorcery, or consulting spiritual forces apart from God:

"Let no one be found among you... who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft... Anyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord." — Deuteronomy 18:10-12

Aura reading, by definition, involves tapping into a spiritual realm that is not under the authority of Jesus Christ. This is not a neutral activity—it is a form of divination, and Scripture consistently warns against it.

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The Danger of Demonic Influence

What many don’t realize is that engaging in aura readings, even out of curiosity, can open the door to demonic influence and spiritual deception. The moment you seek spiritual insight or healing from a source other than the Holy Spirit, you step outside the covering of God’s protection.

“For Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.” — 2 Corinthians 11:14

While aura readers may appear peaceful or kind, their spiritual realm is often a false light, rooted in deception. Many believers who have dabbled in aura readings or similar New Age practices later report experiences of spiritual confusion, tormenting thoughts, nightmares, anxiety, oppression, or even full-blown demonic infestation.

Satan does not care whether you directly worship him—he only wants to draw you away from worshiping the one true God.

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The Lie of Energy Healing

Aura reading often goes hand in hand with energy healing, which suggests that you can be healed by aligning your energy field, balancing your chakras, or removing negative vibrations. This false healing bypasses the biblical requirement of repentance, faith in Jesus, and the power of the Holy Spirit.

True healing comes from God:

“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” — Psalm 147:3

When people place their trust in aura healing rather than Christ, they are not only being deceived—they are participating in a counterfeit form of spiritual care that can block them from experiencing the real power and presence of God.

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What Should Christians Do?

If you have participated in aura reading—whether receiving or giving—you need to:

1. Repent before God for opening spiritual doors outside of His will.

2. Renounce the practice in the name of Jesus.

3. Break all spiritual ties to aura reading, energy healing, and related New Age practices.

4. Destroy any objects (books, crystals, aura photography) connected to this practice.

5. Pray for deliverance, asking the Holy Spirit to cleanse and protect your life.

“Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.” — Ephesians 5:11

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Conclusion: Choose Light Over False Light

Aura reading may appear gentle and spiritual, but it is a dangerous counterfeit of true spiritual discernment and healing. It directs people away from Jesus, invites demonic influence, and promotes doctrines that contradict the Bible.

Christians are called to walk in the light of God’s truth, not spiritual shadows that come dressed in colors. There is only one trustworthy source of healing, insight, and protection, and His name is Jesus Christ.

By Teresa Morin, President of Touch of God Int'l Ministries of Healing and Deliverance. 

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