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What does ectoplasm mean?

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Noun
  1. (parapsychology) The visible substance believed to emanate from the body of a spiritualistic medium during communication with the dead.
  2. (parapsychology) An immaterial or ethereal substance, especially the transparent corporeal presence of a spirit or ghost.
  3. (cytology) The outer granule-free layer of cytoplasm.
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For spirits to appear, for ectoplasm to emanate, for UFOs to descend, darkness is essential.
The Baldwins also have a small collection of photos containing what appears to be ectoplasm.
Most photographs of ectoplasm make it look like the kind of stuff you could pick up at the local yardage store or buy from Amazon.
By contrast, ectoplasm photographs depict a human medium in the throes of violent struggle with an invisible entity.
The third way in which ectoplasm images articulate the referentiality of photography via the body builds upon the first two.
I do believe in one of the photos it does show some dust, but the rest look like ectoplasm with orbs.

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