IF Jo Haywood had spent a few minutes perusing the annals at www.skeptic.com, we might never have known about the latest, perfectly legal, "new age therapy" - auric immigration.

Never mind the bogus science, the maths is simple: If an "aura reading computer kit" costs £5,000, how many gullible numpties have to part with £30 a pop before the machine pays for itself?

Luckily, there's one born every minute!

John Crocker,

School Lane,

Fulford,

York.

Updated: 11:10 Friday, October 22, 2004