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Conjuring nebulae: ectoplasm?
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Hello everyone,
I would just like to note that in The Eye, concerning a picture kept by
Weinstock, ectoplasm is defined in the following manner:
“…he preserved a snapshot given him by a spiritualist that showed a pale,
pudgy woman with closed eyes disgorging a flowing, cloud-like mass.” (41)
Here is now a definition of ectoplasm from Wikipedia: “a hypothetical form
of dense bio-energy which is claimed to make possible the materialisation
of ghosts and psychokinesis”
Hence the nebulae conjured by the dying man is Hazel’s ghost communicating.
Have a good day.
Philippe Villeneuve.
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I would just like to note that in The Eye, concerning a picture kept by
Weinstock, ectoplasm is defined in the following manner:
“…he preserved a snapshot given him by a spiritualist that showed a pale,
pudgy woman with closed eyes disgorging a flowing, cloud-like mass.” (41)
Here is now a definition of ectoplasm from Wikipedia: “a hypothetical form
of dense bio-energy which is claimed to make possible the materialisation
of ghosts and psychokinesis”
Hence the nebulae conjured by the dying man is Hazel’s ghost communicating.
Have a good day.
Philippe Villeneuve.
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