Vital Aura & Madra

Vital Aura

In the world, vital aura gathers around the elements it belongs to; for instance, stone aura gathers around stones and rocks, and water aura gathers around rain and pools of water. Dream aura gathers when we sleep. Light aura gathers in bright places. Life aura gathers around newborns and green plants and all living things. The more of an element that is present, the more aura gathers there. Slowly, and at different speed for different elements, the elements themselves will start to gather the aura, and if left undisturbed for long enough, these veins of vital aura are refined into a higher state. Pools of water will turn into sacred pools, which are often used to refine elixirs, and Titan's Bone, which comes from stone, is almost unbreakable.

Madra

Madra is spiritual energy from vital aura in the surrounding environment. Madra is created by cycling vital aura into the body — vital aura of the specific type or aspect the body has adopted. Vital aura from water becomes water madra when cycled into the body. Vital aura from fires in the environment, cycled into the body, becomes fire madra. There are many types of vital aura, and many aspects of madra. A sacred artist will use one or two, typically.

Madra is the magical energy running through our bodies and stored in our core. It is used to power techniques, and “cycling” it and using it for techniques is what we call practicing the sacred arts.

Your body is built up with a madra core in your center, usually placed just beneath your navel, and madra channels, looping from your core through your body and back. This mimics blood veins, but for madra. There are three ways to replenish and expand your madra pool.
     

1.  You can cycle it.
        
   
2.  You can draw in vital aura from around you. This does have to be aura that is either pure, or of the same type as in your core.
        
   
3. You can use elixirs and pills to gain more madra.
   

A human baby is born with pure madra, to slightly strengthen their little bodies. Pure madra is generated from the child’s own vital aura —— from life aura, blood aura, and dream aura. These types of vital aura, generated by the baby from birth onwards, are converted into pure madra, and are then used to strengthen the body throughout infancy and early childhood. However, by roughly about age six —— even sooner in aura-rich areas —— as vital aura in the surrounding environment is absorbed into the body and integrated into the core, the child’s core takes on the aspects of that particular vital aura, and the corresponding madra is produced, instead of pure madra. Only the rare few sacred artists keep a pure core throughout life. If so, they are objects of ridicule.

Cycling Madra

The core resides in the center of one's spirit, placed just below the navel, and madra channels loop throughout the body, to and from the core. Replenishing and expanding the madra pool in the core is done through cycling, drawing in vital aura of the same aspect, and also possibly through the use of expensive elixirs and pills.

Madra Has Intent

Madra is a spiritual phenomenon. Each different type of madra, being made of spirit, has its own unique feeling, will, and intention. From water aura in the environment, sacred artists can take in and cycle its aspect, water madra. From the vital aura of green trees and plants, sacred artists cycle its aspect, life madra. But, beyond the aspect itself, each kind of madra has some spiritual signature, or intent, which creates an emotional tone. So, water madra would feel refreshing, soothing, fluid and fresh. Life madra might feel alive, whole, healthy. Water and life together might generate a soothing yet thriving spiritual balance

List of Madra Aspects

This is not an exhaustive list but does provide a good idea for the types of madras that may be encountered:

Blood
Bone
Cloud
Death
Destruction
Dream
Earth
Fire
Force
Hunger
Life
Light
Lightening
Poison
Pure
Rock
Royal Sha
Shadow
Storm
Sword
Water
Wind