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Posted by Kahdoosch on 12/19/2004, 8:45 pm, in reply to "a poll"
As far as I was taught Halos' are nothing more than an artistic invention. They were originally intended to pick out individuals as 'holy' and were restricted to the main players. They got added to angels later on.
There are probably loads of theories out there, though. Space helmets, depictions of chakras etc. I seem to recall seeing Hindu art with halos as well but there isn't any reason why that couldn't also just be artistic licence.