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Ectoplasm: Spirit energy manifest

January 29, 2009 by Andrew 2 Comments

St. Georges churchyard, Schenectady, NY

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Ectoplasm is a visual (sometimes physical) manifestation of spirit energy.

It is suggested that some spiritual entities wrap themselves in ectoplasm in order to interact with the living realm. It can be theorised that ghosts and other spiritual entities made visible are using ectoplasm in someway.

Mediums in a trance can sometimes produce ectoplasm from the orifices of their body.

It is also theorised that ectoplasm or invisible ectoplasm is the active agent in telekinesis – that it is the substance of the ectoplasm that physically moves objects.

Mina “Margery” Crandon (1888 – 1941) was a well known and controversial American medium associated with ectoplasmic manifestations. Mina was said to be able to product an ectoplasmic rod from her body.

Origin of the word

The word ectoplasm was formed from the Greek ‘ektos’ meaning ‘outside’ and ‘plasma’ meaning ‘something formed’.

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Have you ever seen ectoplasm? Do you think the attempts of people like Mina Crandon to produce and proof ectoplasm to the scientific world are helpful or harmful to the spiritualism community?

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  1. Trololo says

    February 1, 2011 at 8:15 pm

    Fail. This is fake!

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  2. philippa mckee says

    July 13, 2011 at 9:05 am

    I am medium, and paranormal investigator, and am experimenting at my home, photographing and videoing the fact that my house is full of spirits which we can see using the camera… i have lots of vids and photos of interest… I have seen grey mist on many occ… Now the property is three hundred years old… are they attracted to me. or the house…. I have lived here for twenty three years, and it wasnt until 09 after my mothers death that we have noticed the activity and the energy… oh its so interesting….

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