Geley says: "I do not merely say
that there has been no fraud; I say, `there has been no
possibility of fraud.' In nearly every case the materialisations
were done under my, eyes, and I have observed their whole genesis
and development." He adds that, in the course of the
experiments, more than a hundred experts, mostly doctors, checked
the results.
These results may be briefly stated thus. A peculiar whitish
matter exuded from the subject, a girl named Eva, coming partly
through her skin, partly from her hands, partly from the orifices
of her face, especially her mouth. This was photographed
repeatedly at every stage of its production, these photographs
being appended to the printed treatise. This stuff, solid enough
to enable one to touch and to photograph, has been called the
ectoplasm. It is a new order of matter, and it is clearly
derived from the subject herself, absorbing into her system once
more at the end of the experiment. It exudes in such quantities
as to entirely, cover her sometimes as with an apron. It is soft
and glutinous to the touch, but varies in form and even in
colour. Its production causes pain and groans from the subject,
and any violence towards it would appear also to affect her. A
sudden flash of light, as in a flash-photograph, may or may not
cause a retraction of the ectoplasm, but always causes a spasm of
the subject. When re-absorbed, it leaves no trace upon the
garments through which it has passed.
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