Ectoplasm

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has there been a tested sample of ectoplasm anywhere in the world?

 

[Sees]

I doubt it but would wonder...

• How would one even test it?
• What exactly are they testing for?

 

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I doubt it but would wonder...

• How would one even test it?
• What exactly are they testing for?

they would test it using a new practice in taoism world: metaphysical third eye. although ectoplasm is ethereal and may not really register using standard test gear, they say that human beings can sense ectoplasm. if so, then practitioners of metaphysical third eye can learn to detect it reliably because it would have a distinct bio-signature. by bio-signature, i mean the elements that form a material profile that can be absorbed into the body, analyzed and remembered.

Metaphysical Third Eye: A Beginning Class

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

The existence of Ectoplasm was effectively and thoroughly debunked in the 19th century.

 

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The existence of Ectoplasm was effectively and thoroughly debunked in the 19th century.

the old claims of ectoplasm discovery were debunked, yes, but there are new claims. i was just reading
All about God: Integrating Religion and Science by james arnold and there is a new chapter that ectoplasm is based on decaying matter.

there are those who support metaphysical third eye schools who are hoping that the children learning it today will be able to actually see god, the god of the christian bible, who may in fact leave a trail of ectoplasm when he visits the faithful.

 

[George-ananda]

has there been a tested sample of ectoplasm anywhere in the world?

I think the answer is 'No' and the reason being is that it only temporarily stays in semi-physical state. There have been investigators (primarily in the late 1800's and early 1900's) who gave a positive view of its existence and described it in some measure. You could do a search on the internet if interested. There have also been frauds and modern skeptics would have you believe the phenomena is 100% fraud but I don't feel the overall evidence supports that view. The tricky part is that investigation requires a rare phenomena; a physical medium.

 

[George-ananda]

The existence of Ectoplasm was effectively and thoroughly debunked in the 19th century.

So say the debunkers......but not its proponents.....it's that way on many different types of paranormal phenomena. I advise listening to debunkers and proponents and forming our own opinion. Most of us will quickly gravitate to the view that supports our overall worldview and objectivity is very difficult.

 

[jonathan180iq]

Ectoplasm is totally legit...

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Of course it's real. You used to be able to buy it in the late 80's at any toy store.

 

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Of course it's real. You used to be able to buy it in the late 80's at any toy store.

yes, and can it be the modern belief that ectoplasm does not require a medium? can they leave a trail just when they appear in the world?

 

[George-ananda]

has there been a tested sample of ectoplasm anywhere in the world?

Here's a decent description from the internet.


Ectoplasm - A strange, mystical material that flows out of any orifice and opening of a mediums body during a seance. This paranormal substance would sometimes take the shapes of faces, limbs, or even an entire figure but could not materialize until it had come out of the body of the medium. The typical color of ectoplasm is a creamy off-white. Quite often this substance was warm and life like but has also been known to be cold. This paranormal material could be doughy, sticky, airy, smoky, or thick and syrupy. This ghostly substance was also known to smell like ozone. Ectoplasm often seemed to form around believers of the paranormal and open minded, and not so much in the presence of the skeptical. Ectoplasm would form most of the time in the dark or in dim lighting. In bright light it would vanish completely or snap back violently.

When mediums in seances were first conjuring up ectoplasm, it would be often in the shape of a hand or sometimes a hand and an arm which was called a pseudopod. pseudopods could often move like a real arm or hand. They could hold things, pick stuff up, and shove things around. They shook the hands of those people taking part in the seance. Some of these ectoplasmic formations looked very realistic, while others looked nothing like a humans hand or arm. It could be because some mediums were better artists than others since many of these pseudopods were proved to be fakes created by the mediums before the seances. These ghostly hands felt ice cold when touched. Many mediums were caught creating their own, fake ectoplasm by using thin strips of muslin, egg white, mixtures of soap, chewed paper or gauze. Because of this you don't hear much about ectoplasm much these days but some that have witnessed this paranormal substance for themselves have said that it moves like it's alive and changes its' shape at will.
Perhaps those mediums that were caught using fake ectoplasm were not completely fraudulent. If the substances were moving and changing in unexplainable ways, it could have been actually been controlled by spirits or even by the mediums own telekinetic abilities. The substance was man made but it might have been guided by some other means.

One theory of ectoplasm is that when it forms after or during the meeting of the medium and the ghost, it is really being created by the spirit of the medium by forming on his or her skin to give the ghost enough strength to completely materialize. Another theory on this strange substance is that it might come from the ghost itself and is the substance of its’ life force caught in the middle of its’ dimension and our own.

You might be wondering if ectoplasm is still being extruded by mediums today. I have been wondering that myself for a while and have found out that it is still being created by mediums today, however there are very few who still do. I came across one medium I recently read about named David Tompson. Apparently he is known for exuding ectoplasm in order for spirits to directly communicate with the sitter much like in the old days. I also once came across a reference to ectoplasm in a book by Sylvia Browne but I can't recall which book of hers it was in. I will look it up soon so I can give you all a quote from that book. Ectoplasm practically disappeared for two reasons. One was the fact that physical mediumship died out in the 1930's. The other is that many mediums where caught faking ectoplasm back in the day and most people are incredibly skeptical on the subject. If you look hard enough though, you can still come across a medium that extrudes ectoplasm. I hope that helped to clear up the subject of modern day ectoplasm.