Indigo child
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Coined in the 1970s by Nancy Ann Tappe, a synaesthete who claimed to perceive most children under the age of ten with an indigo aura.
Noun
[edit]Indigo child (plural Indigo children)
- (New Age) A child believed to be the next stage of human evolution; believed to have paranormal abilities like telepathy, or to be more empathic, independent, and creative than his or her peers.
- 1989, Barbara Bowers, What Color is Your Aura?, page 203:
- Adults misunderstand this behavior as being contrary or difficult, when it is simply the Indigo child attempting to find emotional respite.
Further reading
[edit]Indigo child on Wikipedia.Wikipedia