GENIUS FORUMS

Halos have been explained in many mystical ways, and even as Space Helmets. But why do many ancient paintings contain these Halos?




Could it be that they really existed, and then they didn't?

Did our eyes evolve to ignore them completely?

Are they our soul.. now hidden away from us?

Did we used to have more energy than we do now? The Bible has people living for hundreds of years, maybe we are getting weaker?

When a sperm makes a hole in an egg does it transfer some energy called sentience into the egg?

It the hole that the sperm makes a forgotten element of creation? we ignore the hole, but have a hole in our skull. Is that hole the Halo hole? Is it a hole into another dimension? Is it an energy that glows?

Our hair turns grey...Do we gradually use up all of this Halo energy?

off the top of my head...i think it indicates they are Holy beings (symbolically)

Off the top of your head, a halo!

The biblical depictions tie in with the "Lord's glory" and how the translation of that idea was interpreted by the artists. It was also inspired by older Roman and Greek art.

Who knows, it might all go way back to the time gods were associated with astronomical bodies like planets or the worship of fire and lightning even, coming from above.

In other cases it clearly ties in with the 'invisible' light of higher awareness, wisdom or enlightenment, traditionally seen also as divine gifts.

Finally there's a case to be made for the aura reported by psychics that would be visible to some depending on health, vitality and consciousness of that person. A bright aura around the head might then just mean the interpretation of a mind radiating with physical as well mental health. Still now we describe pregnant women or people in love as "glowing" or "bright", observant people do often seem to have shining eyes as if they produce more eye fluid. Perhaps a by-product of certain hormonal processes?

Is the aureole really a "light" of some frequency? The best way to think about it is as representation in the mind of an artist or the imagination of a seer. This light would be then part of the symbolic order only like so much of art and seeing is.

So it's a trend maybe? Yeah, art trends are quite common.