The substance is described as a solid or vaporous substance, lifelike and moldable, that supposedly exudes from the body of a medium to form limbs, faces, or entire bodies.Ectoplasm is usually dense but liquid, milky-white substance with the scent of ozone. 3 It is said to be a cold and moist substance. According to Richet and Von Schrenk-Notzig (more on his work follows) the ectoplasm consists of white blood cells and skin cells. It has also been called Substance X and Teleplasm. Richet was a physiologist who worked extensively with ectoplasm at the Sorbonne in Paris and was a member of the prestigious Institute de France. In its primary stage he found that ectoplasm is invisible and intangible but even then it can be photographed by infrared rays and weighed. In its secondary stage it becomes either vaporous or liquid or solid, with a smell. In its final stages when it can be seen and felt it has the appearance of muslin and feels like a mass of cobwebs. On rare occasions ectoplasm is dry and hard. Its temperature is usually about 40 degrees Fahrenheit . Richet's conclusion was that: There is ample proof that experimental materialization (ectoplasmic) should take definite rank as a scientific fact. Assuredly we do not understand it. It is very absurd, if a truth can be absurd (Richet 1927). (Source: psican.org)
