Ocular auræ may consist of double vision, sudden blindness, flashes of light, vivid “stars,” or actual hallucinations of sight—faces, figures, or scenes. In auditory auræ various subjective noises or even definite words may be heard. Auræ of taste and smell also occur, but are rare.

They move their hands, steadfast their feet remain, / Nor blow nor foin they struck or thrust in vain.

The following is a list of names in colloquial use at Ichang and in the mountainous region to the south, indicated by “Patung,” in which district and that of Changyang I have had a native collecting for the past three years.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:quasiinvariant.