Ectoplasm - ectoplasm

Japanese: エクトプラズム - えくとぷらずむ(英語表記)ectoplasm
Ectoplasm - ectoplasm

In psychic research, this refers to a substance that is said to come out of the body of a medium and cause physical psychic phenomena. It was named by French physiologist Richet. German neurologist and psychologist Baron von Schrenck-Notzing (1862-1929) and French physician Gustave Geley (1865-1924) studied the French medium Eva C (1886-?). Ectoplasm is said to come out of the surface of a medium's body, especially from the mouth, nose, ears, and other body orifices, and appears in different concentrations such as mist, liquid, and solid. It is said to be the material for ghostly phenomena that occur in séances, and to be the support for the phenomenon of tables and chairs levitating in the air. However, its existence has not yet been confirmed in today's parapsychology.

[Muneshige Otani]

[Reference] | Paranormal phenomena

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

心霊研究において、物理的心霊現象をおこす霊媒の体から出るといわれる物質様のものをさしていう。フランスの生理学者リシェの命名。ドイツの神経科医師で心理学者のシュレンク・ノッチングBaron von Schrenck-Notzing(1862―1929)、フランスの医師ジェレーGustave Geley(1865―1924)などにより、フランスの霊媒であるエバ・シーEva C(1886―?)について研究された。エクトプラズムは霊媒の体表、とくに口、鼻、耳など体孔(たいこう)から出るといわれ、霧状、流体状、固体状など濃度を異にして現れ、交霊会でおこる幽霊現象の素材となったり、テーブルや椅子(いす)が空中に浮揚したりする現象での支持物になるといわれる。しかし、今日の超心理学ではその存在はまだ確認されていない。

[大谷宗司]

[参照項目] | 心霊現象

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