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The irony in this is that Kirlian, allegedly came across this process by accident, while carrying out experiments with electricity and could never actually find an immediate use for it, outside of mere scientific curiosity. However, although he takes credit for discovering it, his achievement was not pioneering. There are records available that show that, in the beginning of the 20th century, priest and inventor, Roberto Landell de Moura performed photographic experiments of this kind, in which he captured, for the first time, what was believed to be the human aura. Controversy ensued and he was forced by the Church to abandon his experiments. His life would make an interesting book...
The photographs shown here, produced using the Kirlian technique, were taken by American photographer Robert Buelteman.