According to 19th and early 20th c. spiritualist thought, ectoplasm
was supposed to be a substance exuded by spirit bodies in making themselves
visible or exuded by the body of a medium in trance. In the 19th c. it was
often said that ectoplasm was a substance that could be touched and felt as
well as seen. (Fraudulent mediums were accused of using cheesecloth and wax
to manufacture ectoplasmic extrudences.) More recent thought usually regards
it as energy made visible.
Francine Nicholson
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