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Draw a circle on your left hand using your right fingertip. Dont let your finger touch your hand, keep it at a distance of about a half inch. Move slowly. You will feel the power of your aura.
Now do the same thing with, say, a plastic pen playing the role suggested above for your fingertip. You will feel the power of your Sharpie's aura.
The phenomenon is well understood, and has nothing to do with anything paranormal. It also has practical applications, for example, in facilitating social interactions which help to propagate the species. A tame-enough-for-UM demonstration of such can be found in the movie
Stripes,
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083131/