Ectoplasm
Ectoplasm is a substance produced within a physical circle which is used to create physical phenomena. Ectoplasm is normally present in circles where there is total darkness. It has appeared in sunlight, but is very rare. Because ectoplasm is very sensitive to light, any light present in a room can destroy it's structure & could potentially harm the medium, whose physical body is used to produce it. The term Ectoplasm was coined by the great paranormal researcher and Nobel Laureate, Charles Richet a Professor of Physiology at the Sorbonne. He confirmed through experimentation with physical mediums such as Eusapia Palladino and Eva. C. Kluski the very existence of ectoplasm. As said already, light or specifically white light was said to damage the delicate substance, and could potentially harm the mediums. So although it was occasionally photographed, investigators wanting proof were usually disappointed. Ectoplasm was also difficult to film except when a low level red light was used. Although you can use infra red light in dark rooms, the infra red light used has been acknowledged to destroy ectoplasm. Thus any materialised forms or objects that are created from ectoplasm could not be easily recorded in visual form within the physical circle, and with so few physical mediums available to produce this phenomenon, combined with those who are actually willing to submit to some photography, it is almost impossible to get any decent pictures of materialisations.A photograph showing ectoplasm exiting a physical medium. (Dr. S. Notzing Experiments)
Photoplasm
Because of the rarity of physical mediumship and the fragility of ectoplasm, Patrick McNamara understood that the only way you could prove the existence of the after life to a wide audience “was to capture materialisations on camera in lighted conditions.” To develop a new physical energy that was sensitive to light, Patrick set a goal to work with spirit teams who are perfecting and refining this substance. In 1999, Patrick had some communications with spirit guides who said they would help him achieve this goal using a new energy which spirit said it was to be called “Photoplasm.”Definition
Photoplasm or Photoplasmic energy, allows an etheric being or spirit, to materialise in red and blue light, or even white light without destroying the energy. Nor does it cause undue physical harm to the physical medium. The photoplasmic energy is collected from individual members within a circle as well as the physical medium. In drawing a comparison between photoplasm and ectoplasm, the ectoplasmic energy is formed almost entirely through the physical medium and stays attached to the medium. With photoplasm, the energy is detached from the physical medium and uses a physical cabinet as a storage container instead of sitting inside of it as you do with ectoplasm. The photoplasm energy also allows a physical medium to sit outside of “the cabinet”.Examples of Ectoplasm
