Profiler from Psychic Blogger Chic has described her telepathy and aura reading at parties. In her post "I Can Hear What You Are Thinking" she describes what thoughts she hears at parties and more about aura reading. She provides some entry level information into aura reading: simple exercises to develop it and some introduction of what can be on the aura and how to interpret it. Here's a short quote:
At parties, I start with the aura - the energy field around the person. There are many signs that can be read in the aura, the color, shape, vibration, holes or dark spots, faces - just about anything could show up. If you want to read auras, all you need to do is to train your eyes to see beyond what is in front of you.
The are a lot of textbooks on aura readings. One of the best, in my opinion is
Hands of Light : A Guide to Healing Through the Human Energy Field by Barbara Ann Brennan
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After consulting a clairvoyant friend about the nature of my problem, I quickly returned to sanity.
Nowadays, I see the Auras of my University lecturers everytime I sit in class. Unfortunately this "power," still scares me a little, and I rarely do reading for friends...
I'd like to talk with others who share this gift, as I believe it to be a healthly form of developing Aura reading ability.
They don't neccessarily need bodies, some people can condense th electromagnetic energies into balls and lob them around everywhere. Also, objects carry auras as well. Man made objects usually absorb their aura from the people who've used it or interacted with it. Train stations are fun like this.
Objects in the wild though, even simple rocks, carry their own spirits and personalities. If you see a disembodied aura, fret not, it could be YOUR OWN or perhaps a friendly creator spirit or something. I think aboriginal mythology actually covers a lot on this topic.
I hope this rant was of assistance.