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Ectoplasm

/ˈɛktəˌplæzəm/

A visible substance believed to emanate from the body of a spiritualistic medium during communication with the dead.

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noun

1
A visible substance believed to emanate from the body of a spiritualistic medium during communication with the dead.
2
An immaterial or ethereal substance, especially the transparent corporeal presence of a spirit or ghost.
3
The outer granule-free layer of cytoplasm.

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Word	Definition
exoplasmnoun	Archaic form of ectoplasm. [(parapsychology) A visible substance believed to emanate from the body of a spiritualistic medium during communication with the dead.]
teleplasmnoun	(parapsychology) ectoplasm
physical	Pertaining to the world as understood through the senses rather than the mind; tangible, concrete; real. Having to do with the material world.
psychoplasmnoun	A supposed physical substance that is the basis of consciousness.
perispiritnoun	A layer of an abstract, ethereal material that is said by spiritualists to serve as the bond between one's spirit and physical body.
mental mediumshipnoun	(parapsychology) The practice of communicating with ghosts using telepathy.
controlnoun	(countable, uncountable) An influence or authority over something.
physical mediumshipnoun	(parapsychology) The ability to make the spirit world cause physical phenomena that can be observed by anyone present.
astral bodynoun	(parapsychology, theosophy, fantasy) A ghost-like replica of one's physical body which supposedly inhabits or is somehow associated with the physical body, conceived as a subtle body composed of some sort of ethereal material or as being non-physical and capable of sometimes separating from the physical body to travel to other places or to other realms of existence.
psychic	Relating to or having the abilities of a psychic.
spirit communicationnoun	(parapsychology) The practice of living humans purportedly speaking or otherwise communicating with spirits of deceased individuals, as through seances, mediums, etc.
auranoun	(figurative, with about, of) A distinctive atmosphere or quality surrounding or associated with something or someone.
evestrumnoun	According to Paracelsus, an astral body that originates at birth and is responsible for visions of the future.
psychographynoun	A description of the psyche.
subtle bodynoun	(Hinduism, philosophy) The second of three (or more) bodies that make up the fully embodied human in various Hindu philosophies.
mediumismnoun	The actions of a medium (person claiming to contact the dead).
psychographernoun	(parapsychology) A medium able to psychograph (to have one's body possessed by spirits in order to let them write texts in the physical world).
spiritismnoun	A philosophical doctrine, established in France in the mid nineteenth century, postulating that humans are essentially immortal spirits that temporarily inhabit physical bodies, and may have influence on the physical world.
vibrationnoun	The act of vibrating or the condition of being vibrated.
psychographnoun	One of various graphical representations of a cognitive or psychological profile.