What is Ectoplasm?

Popularized in the movie Ghostbusters, ectoplasm takes on lots of shapes and many researchers use ectoplasm as a catch all word for spiritual energy, orbs and all other non shaped spirits. It is often mist-like in nature. If a picture is taken and it shows 3 small balls of light, some researchers will say those are ecto spheres. Ectoplasm also takes on a solid form, many people possessed or experiencing severe poltergeist trauma will often ooze a substance that is a very strange consistency similar to unhardened gelatin. Most of the time you will hear ectoplasm being used as another name for spiritual energy. ecto vapor, ecto mist etc...

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