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QIn the 1970s a friend’s husband had a heart attack. When he came out of hospital I went to visit him. As I looked at him, I could see a white circle round his face. A few days later, he passed away. A psychic friend told me I had seen his death mask. Thankfully I’ve never seen anything like it since. But what are your thoughts on death masks?

Sheila, 71, North Shields

AYou aren’t the first person to report this kind of vision around a person shortly before their passing. What the psychic called the ‘death mask’ is actually the aura of the person, which is seen more easily around a person’s face and head. The aura is the light body, the part of us that moves on at death. It is quite a thing to see and its appearance can be unpredictable, as you discovered.