RESEARCH - TRUTH OR LIES ON ECTOPLASM
I’ve always believed that researching something for yourself is enlightening. Nowadays, researching doesn’t need to involve travelling to visit libraries or other resource establishments. We have the world wide web at our fingertips on our smartphones, tablets, and laptops. Here are a few notes from my journal that I once gathered together on the subject of ectoplasm. But some of the notes I made some 2 decades ago are actually incorrect. Here is a sample of 7 notes from my journal. Can you work out which 2 notes are inaccurate or wrong?
Ectoplasm is a term that has been used in spiritualism to describe a supposed substance that is produced by a medium during a séance or other paranormal event.
Although it was widely believed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, ectoplasm has since been discredited by scientific investigation.
Spiritualists claimed to be able to communicate with the dead and to produce physical manifestations of spirits. Ectoplasm was one such manifestation.
During a séance, a medium enters a trance-like state and produces a substance that is called ectoplasm. The substance is often described as a white or greyish material that can be seen and even touched. In some cases, the substance was said to take on a semi-solid or even misty appearance.
In the early 20th century, scientific investigations into ectoplasm began to reveal that many cases were, in fact, fraudulent. Mediums were found to be using a variety of techniques to produce the substance, such as hiding it in their clothing or using animal organs to create a fake substance.
As a result, ectoplasm fell out of favour with spiritualists, and the concept was largely discredited by the scientific community.
Despite its lack of scientific credibility, the concept of ectoplasm has continued to fascinate people throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.
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