User blog comment:Maki Kuronami/Lesson 6: Aura and the Grim diversity/@comment-74.134.8.239-20130823004853

In the case of Aura being the real magic of RWBY: According to RWBY episode 1, mankind was born from Dust. So perhaps Aura is the manifestation of this? Or maybe a more pure form of Dust? In either way, I don't think they're very dissimmilar. But that's just my thought, use it how you will. :)