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Aura (migraine)
Aura most commonly refers to: * Aura (paranormal), a field of luminous multicolored radiation around a person or object * Aura (symptom), a symptom experienced before a migraine or seizure Aura may also refer to: Places Extraterrestrial * 1488 Aura, a main-belt asteroid Terrestrial * Aura (woreda), administrative division in Ethiopia * Aura, Finland, a municipality in Finland * Aura, Michigan, a community in the United States * Aura, New Jersey, a community in the United States * Aura an der Saale, a municipality in Bavaria, Germany * Aura Erbil, a mixed use city center in Iraqi Kurdistan * Aura im Sinngrund, a community in Bavaria, Germany Rivers * Aura River (Finland), a river in southwestern Finland * Aura (Norway), a river in Nesset Municipality, Norway * Aura (Sinn), a river in Bavaria, Germany * Aurá River, a river in Maranhão state, Brazil Structures * Aura (Toronto), a high-rise condominium building in Toronto, Ontario, Canada * Aura Abbey, Benedictine monaster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aura (paranormal)
According to spiritual beliefs, an aura or energy field is a colored emanation said to enclose a human body or any animal or object. In some esoteric positions, the aura is described as a subtle body. Psychics and holistic medicine practitioners often claim to have the ability to see the size, color and type of vibration of an aura. In spiritual alternative medicine, the human being aura is seen as part of a hidden anatomy that reflects the state of being and health of a client, often understood to even comprise centers of vital force called chakras. Such claims are not supported by scientific evidence and are thus pseudoscience. When tested under scientific controlled experiments, the ability to see auras has not been proven to exist. Etymology In Latin and Ancient Greek, ''aura'' means wind, breeze or breath. It was used in Middle English to mean "gentle breeze". By the end of the 19th century, the word was used in some spiritualist circles to describe a speculated subtle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aura (South African Singer)
Aura Msimang (Aura Lewis) (4 March 1947– 28 December 2015), born Aurelia Msimang, was a South African singer who worked with Bob Marley and Jimmy Cliff and recorded an album with Lee "Scratch" Perry in the late 1970s. Early life and career She was born Aurelia Msimang in Western Native Township, Johannesburg, South Africa on 4 March 1947.Katz, David (2000) ''People Funny Boy: The Genius of Lee "Scratch" Perry'', Payback Press, , p.289, 298, 299 After growing up in Johannesburg, she moved to the United States in the early 1970s and enrolled at New York's Hunter College. She married a jazz musician and became known as Aura Lewis. She became interested in reggae after seeing The Wailers perform at Max's Kansas City in 1972, and moved to Jamaica in 1976 where she enrolled in the Drama department of the Jamaica School of Arts, and began working with Cedric Brooks in the group United Africa.Larkin, Colin (1998) "Aura", in ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae'', Virgin Books, , p16 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aura (novel)
''Aura'' is a short novel written by Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes, first published in 1962 in Mexico. This novel is considered as a fantastic literature for its remarkable description of “dreamlike” themes and the complexion of “double identity” portrayed by the character. Its narrative is completely carried out in second person. The first English translation, by Lysander Kemp, was published in 1965 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. It was adapted to the screen in 1966 in ''La strega in amore'', starring Richard Johnson, Rosanna Schiaffino and Gian Maria Volonté. Plot Felipe Montero is a young historian looking at the newspaper one day when he sees a job posting that catches his eye. The poster is looking for a French-speaker, youthful, passionate about history, and able to perform secretarial duties, who would be a live-in assistant to help organize and finish the memories of her deceased husband, General Llorente. This strikes Montero because he feels as though the po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiny Furniture
''Tiny Furniture'' is a 2010 American comedy-drama film written, directed by, and starring Lena Dunham. The film premiered at South by Southwest, where it won the award for Best Narrative Feature, screened at such festivals as Maryland Film Festival, and was released theatrically in the United States on November 12, 2010. Dunham plays Aura, an aimless, jilted film school graduate who returns home on what she hopes is a temporary basis. Dunham’s mother, artist Laurie Simmons, plays Aura’s mother, while her real sibling, Cyrus Grace Dunham, plays Aura’s on-screen sister. The actors Jemima Kirke and Alex Karpovsky would also appear in Dunham's television series ''Girls''. Plot Having been dumped by her boyfriend after graduation, Aura (Lena Dunham) moves back home to her mother's loft in TriBeCa for the summer. Aura's plan is to save money until her friend Frankie finishes her degree at Oberlin College and can move to the city so that they can be roommates. Aura's mother Siri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Aura
Princess Aura is a fictional character in the Flash Gordon comic strips and serials. She has been portrayed by various actresses in the many ''Flash Gordon'' adaptations in film and television. Character overview Aura is the daughter of the series' villain, Ming the Merciless, but saves Flash Gordon from her father. She soon realizes that her love for Flash is unrequited, but later falls in love with Prince Barin, the rightful heir to the throne of Mongo. She and Barin are eventually banished to the forest world of Arboria. Appearances Comic strips Princess Aura first appeared in the fourth installment of the 1934 comic strip ''Flash Gordon''. She defies her father and saves Flash, but finds that she cannot seduce him away from Dale Arden. Aura later falls in love with Prince Barin and marries him. Film In 1936, Princess Aura was portrayed by Priscilla Lawson in the ''Flash Gordon'' film serial. In 1940, the role was portrayed by Shirley Deane in the third ''Flash Gordon'' se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aura The Finnish Maiden
The Maiden of Finland ( fi, Suomi-neito, sv, Finlands mö) is the national personification of Finland. Personification She is a barefoot young woman in her mid-twenties with blonde hair, blue eyes, wearing a blue and white national costume or a white dress. She was originally called Aura after the Aura River in Turku. As a symbol, the Finnish Maiden has been used since the 19th century when she was pictured as a woman wearing a turreted crown, and then developing as Finland gained a national consciousness and independence. She was depicted in poetry and fine arts. Zachris Topelius and Walter Runeberg were important in establishing the Finnish Maiden as a symbol. Like the Mother Svea of neighbouring Sweden, the Finnish maiden was, at first, a mature woman, but gradually became younger. Mapping issues The Maiden of Finland can also refer to the shape of Finland on a map. It's imagined as a female form which has one hand raised (and another, before the Moscow Armistice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aura (Seiken Densetsu)
The ''Mana'' series, known in Japan as , is a high fantasy action role-playing game series created by Koichi Ishii, with development formerly from Square, and is currently owned by Square Enix. The series began in 1991 as ''Final Fantasy Adventure'', a Game Boy handheld side story to Square's flagship franchise ''Final Fantasy''. The ''Final Fantasy'' elements were subsequently dropped starting with the second installment, ''Secret of Mana'', in order to become its own series. It has grown to include games of various genres within the fictional world of Mana, with recurring stories involving a world tree, its associated holy sword, and the fight against forces that would steal their power. Several character designs, creatures, and musical themes reappear frequently. Four games were released in the series between 1991 and 1999: the original ''Seiken Densetsu'' (1991)—''Final Fantasy Adventure'' in North America and ''Mystic Quest'' in Europe—for the Game Boy, ''Secret of Mana' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aura (mythology)
In Greek and Roman mythology, Aura ( grc-gre, Αὔρα, Aúra, breeze , or Αὔρη ) is a minor deity, whose name means "breeze". The plural form, Aurae ( grc-gre, Αὔραι) is sometimes found. According to Nonnus, Aura was the daughter of the Titan Lelantos and the mother, by Dionysus, of Iacchus, a minor deity connected with the Eleusinian mysteries, while Quintus Smyrnaeus makes the Aurae daughters of Boreas, the North-wind. ''Aurae'' was the title of a play by the Athenian comic poet Metagenes, who was contemporary with Aristophanes, Phrynichus, and Plato. Mythology Nonnus Nonnus' tells the story of the rape of Aura, by Dionysus, in the final book of his epic poem the '' Dionysiaca'' (early 5th century). In this account, Aura is the nymph daughter of the Titan Lelantos. Nonnus seems to imply that Aura's mother was the wife of Lenatos, the Oceanid nymph Periboia, although elsewhere, he calls Aura the "daughter of Cybele". Aura was a resident of Phrygia and com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aura (
Aura most commonly refers to: * Aura (paranormal), a field of luminous multicolored radiation around a person or object * Aura (symptom), a symptom experienced before a migraine or seizure Aura may also refer to: Places Extraterrestrial * 1488 Aura, a main-belt asteroid Terrestrial * Aura (woreda), administrative division in Ethiopia * Aura, Finland, a municipality in Finland * Aura, Michigan, a community in the United States * Aura, New Jersey, a community in the United States * Aura an der Saale, a municipality in Bavaria, Germany * Aura Erbil, a mixed use city center in Iraqi Kurdistan * Aura im Sinngrund, a community in Bavaria, Germany Rivers * Aura River (Finland), a river in southwestern Finland * Aura (Norway), a river in Nesset Municipality, Norway * Aura (Sinn), a river in Bavaria, Germany * Aurá River, a river in Maranhão state, Brazil Structures * Aura (Toronto), a high-rise condominium building in Toronto, Ontario, Canada * Aura Abbey, Benedictine monastery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Au/Ra
Jamie Lou Stenzel (born 15 May 2002), known by her stage name Au/Ra, is an Antiguan-German singer-songwriter. Stenzel released her first single "Concrete Jungle" in 2016, which quickly gained 15 million streams worldwide. She rose to prominence in 2018 with the CamelPhat version of the single "Panic Room" that she wrote about mental health problems, and was featured on Norwegian DJ Alan Walker's number-one single " Darkside" in the same year. Her original version of Panic Room without Camelphat's remix, has over 100 million streams worldwide. Jamie was born in Ibiza, where she grew up until 2007, but since then she has been raised in St. John's, Antigua by a musical family; her father being German producer Torsten Stenzel. Stage name origin Au/Ra's stage name consists of two elements from the periodic table: "Au" stands for gold, while "Ra" stands for radium. According to Alan Walker's Unmasked Vlog #1 Video on YouTube, Jamie stated that there are already a couple of artist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aura Twarowska
Aura Twarowska (born 21 November 1967 as Aurora Eleonora Avram in Lugoj, Romania) is a Romanian mezzo-soprano. She was soloist of the Romanian Opera in Timișoara (1997–2010) and at the Vienna State Opera (2007–2016). Biography Twarowska dedicated herself to music when she was 6 by studying piano, mandolin and singing. After graduating from the Coriolan Brediceanu High School in Lugoj she was admitted to the Faculty of Economics of the West University in Timișoara. She kept in touch with music as a member of the Academic Choir of the Banatul Philharmonic of Timișoara, conducted by Diodor Nicoară. Once the Faculty of Music was founded in Timișoara, Twarowska resumed her studying of singing. Following postgraduate opera classes with Georgeta Stoleriu. She obtained her Master of Arts degree at the National University of Music Bucharest. After a break that lasted several years she continued to study economic sciences at the Faculty of Economics within the Ioan Slavici U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
