>>12942572
>It isn't SUPER complicated, but it is a more advanced recipe.
Dicyanin is a synthetic blue dye derived from coal tar that was intended for use in the sensitizing of photographic plates, being first manufactured in the early twentieth century by the dye works of Meister, Lucius & Brüning at Höchst (near Frankfurt), Germany. It became associated with auric research thanks to the experiments of Walter J. Kilner, who used the dye (which he also referred to as spectauranine) in the manufacture of his Kilner screens.
Preparation
In Dyestuffs & Coal-Tar Products (1915), the authors — Beacall, Martin, et. al. — relate that the dicyanin is a quinoline dye of the cyanine type, reporting it is "prepared by action of KOH [potassium hydroxide] + atmospheric O [oxygen] on α-γ-Dimethylquinolinium salts," for intended use as a sensitiser of "silver bromide gelatine plates up to the red line α, with a strong minimal effect between E and F," specifically noting it is "used as a red sensitiser for scientific work, but the prepared plates are not very sensitive."[B]
https://hatch.kookscience.com/wiki/Dicyanin_(synthetic_dye)
I'm debating if it's worth the risk and effort if I can just hone my telekinetic abilities to get similar results. Honestly, our smartphones can already read our auras if they wanted to.
When I'm a ghost, I'm just gonna mess with people who play on their smartphones all day. Not really. I probably wanna fly through outer space or some dope shit like that cause it's way cooler than our silly human stuffs. Then again, if I'm a ghost, I could probably do both. I think the hardest part of life is preparing your spirit so you don't get too attached to this foolish mortal realm. At the same time, this realm is not technically foolish, but the mortals themselves make a mockery of what it could be. Silly mortal earthling beings. With your sentience.