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a_k: Gustave Geley. Materialization of a Woman’s Face Produced by the Medium Eva C.
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Albert von Schrenck-Notzing, “The medium Stanislawa P: emission and resorption of an ectoplasmic substance through the mouth”, 25 January 1913
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Medium Florence Cook in trance being looked over by a spirit
Photograph by Frederick Hudson, 1874
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Anonymous, “Partial dematerialization of the medium Marguerite Beuttinger”, 1920
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Medium exuding ectoplasm by Ada Deane, 1922
“Ectoplasm is shapeless, it is “informe,” a kind of primordial paste—and to show itself as this, it annexes semiotic markers that designate intermediate spirit worlds. When looking at these fluid, inchoate forms, sometimes imprinted with a face, it is worth recalling that the word larva, used in English for the early stage of a caterpillar, meant “ghost” or “specter” in Latin, but is also used by Horace to designate a mask, such as might frighten an observer, while the verb larvo meant “to bewitch” or “enchant.” Ectoplasmic masks are indeed larval: they promise the emergence of forms, but don’t deliver them. The term pseudopod catches this relationship with the embryonic—and indeed with abortion.”
— Marina Warner, ‘Ethereal Body: The Quest for Ectoplasm’, Cabinet, Issue 12, Fall/Winter 2003
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Photo of a Spirit Medium with Ectoplasm (1913) - Dieselpunks
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Photograph of the Welsh medium Joe Thomas, taken in about 1920 by medium William Hope. The shrouded woman’s face appearing in the photograph was not identified by Thomas, but it may indicate some form of collaboration between him and Hope
From Collection of National Media Museum
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Manifestation of a female figure produced by the medium Linda Gazzera
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