The Phenomenon of Photoplasm

An explanation of the photoplasm energy used in a physical circle with Patrick McNamara,

and a video clip of the phenomenon it can create.

Introduction

In the early 1990’s Patrick McNamara started his first physical circle in north London. The circle was held in darkness as with most physical circles in the past. Within this circle the energy produced was the “normal ectoplasm” used in all physical circles to produce materialisation phenomena. And like the ectoplasm used in the past physical circles it was extremely sensitive to light, which meant it could not be filmed in bright light. Although you can use Infra red light in dark rooms, used with infra red cameras, is known to destroy ectoplasm. Thus any materialised forms or objects that are created from ectoplasm within the circle could not be recorded in visual form. Without any hard empirical visual evidence captured by a camera it left the usual suspicion promoted by sceptics of all psychic phenomena, that communication with the afterlife is all just a big fraud, which in turn discourages potential empirical observers from believing that anything of real note could occur within any psychic circles held in darkness. The only evidence provided from these physical circles relied on the testimony of individual witnesses within the circle, and since they had no “eye witness” because the materialised results were normally produced in complete darkness, or a very low red light, they could never be relied upon for those who were not present. Patrick McNamara understood that the only way you could prove the existence of the after life to a wide audience “was to capture materialisations on camera in lighted conditions.” This became his goal and he asked spirit to help him achieve this. In the late 1990’s around 1999, Patrick had some communications with spirit guides who said they would help him achieve his goal using a new energy which spirit said it was to be called “Photoplasm.”

Definition

Photoplasm: Photoplasm energy allows an etheric being, or spirit, to materialise in red, or blue and even white light, without causing undue physical harm to the physical medium. The photoplasmic energy is collected from individual members within a circle and not just the physical medium, in comparison to ectoplasm where the energy is formed almost entirely through the physical medium and still attached. With photoplasm it is detached from the physical medium. The photoplasm energy also allows a physical medium to sit outside of “the cabinet”.
(The cabinet in a physical circle is normally a section or divided area of the séance or circle room, usually a corner of the room; that has a curtain draped across it into which the physical medium is seated, gagged and bound to a chair, and where physical materialisations formed. The cabinet could also be a freestanding compartment within a room where the physical medium is seated.)

The spirit guides working in Patrick McNamara’s physical circle started to experiment with Patrick over many years, and subsequently with other mediums. Their stated aim was to develop and produce the photoplasm during physical mediumship circles. It has taken many years and many physical circles to develop the photoplasmic energy and it is still a work in progress. Many physical circles are now using this new energy while working with spiritual guides.

The Photoplasmic Energy

It is widely known by those who understand spiritual truths, that every physical body and physical object has an equivalent etheric double (sometimes termed “spiritual double”). The etheric body, or exact double of everything on earth, is primarily used in a physical circle and it this body that is acted upon first when we use photoplasm. Within a physical circle it the etheric part which is utilised first, not the physical, and the vibration is first slowed down to allow the etheric part to absorb the photoplasm. This process is slowly turning the etheric part into a malleable substance which can be used to eventually move the physical material object, and can also be used to create an etheric body which can be vibrated by the spirits and guides to create a body that can be seen, or a voice box for speech and other instruments that spirits can utilise in the circle room. As the vibration of the individuals in circle speeds up, they can then use the photoplasm to charge the actual aura of the etheric part of each object. From this point it is then vibrated until it moves. Before a physical object in a circle can move, or before physical atoms can be reconstructed to make a form of photoplasm that you can see with the naked eye, the spirit guides have to move the etheric part. The etheric part, also known as the spiritual double, has to be accelerated first so that the can they move the physical. Once the guides can move the etheric, it is then that they can move the physical. There is also trilogy to all spirit bodies, the etheric or spirit body, the astral body, and the physical body. When a person dies, the silver chord detaches itself from the physical body to the astral. The astral then speeds up and goes into the spiritual or etheric body. The general idea with this in a circle, is that people speed up their auras to such a degree that they become more aware of the etheric doubles and also the spirit etheric doubles that are in the room. The vibrations that are needed can be produced by the quickening of the individuals vibration within a circle to a point where they become more attuned to the etheric. As that happens, the spirit guardians and guides can the use the speeded up energy coming from within the individuals in the circle to magnetise and to move the particles of the etheric. Once the etheric starts moving, they can then mould the photoplasm and slow the vibration down in a certain way so that the guides can produce movement of the physical as well as the etheric. The photoplasmic energy is gathered and mixed with the etheric energy also gathered from the individual sitters, to create a mould of viscous substance. What used to be known as ectoplasm was created in very much the same way but it was created directly “through” the individual vibration of the medium. Ectoplasm resulted in some circles only having one or two mediums in the group that could take the intensity of quickening, or the intensity of vibration to create the energy necessary to mix with the etheric energy producing the ectoplasm. In the case of photoplasm, the difference now being that the energy for the photoplasm is gathered from all the individuals, but you still need to have the quickened vibration of a physical medium present to be able to resonate the atmosphere to a certain degree. The one idea being that instead of the energy being channelled through one individual like it was done with ectoplasm, it is channelled though many individuals and gathered in a certain way. But, the guides still have to channel it though the physical medium who is still necessary. The photoplasm is channelled though the physical medium, and unlike with old ectoplasm, it is then detached from the medium. Although it is etheric or living energy coming form every individual in the group, instead of being channelled through one etheric body, one frail body, it is channelled and used outside of the individuals who are sitting in circle. You still have to be careful nonetheless because any exposure (of light) in the wrong way can withdraw that energy very, very quickly. Whilst it would not be as disastrous as it would be with ectoplasm it would still be quite painful for the main medium who is sitting there. And it would be quite exhausting for the other people, who are supplying the energy to the medium who is acting as the conduit for the energy, due to his or her higher vibration. The more one sits in circle the more attuned you become, the quicker the vibration can become, and accordingly the more attuned the spirit chemists and people who work in spirit can become to the individuals. They will know the subtleties of each individual and how they can work the energy within the context of any given circle. This is why it takes times with the individuals to produce physical phenomenon. Indeed, within a group each person brings a different vibration to the circle and this can result in better harmony and communication. For instance, there could be one or more mediums with different abilities that can be harnessed.
The general idea of the new photoplasm is to take the individual acceleration and development of each individual and perfect it into one whole so that you are not dependent on one medium. But in fact, you are drawing on the abilities of the entire circle or group. What spirit guides are doing in these groups is that they are not relying on one medium, they are relying on drawing and getting people together with different abilities so that they can utilise their progression, and their development. Instead of the focus being one medium, the physical medium, the circle works more as a group. In working as a group, the photoplasmic energy can be utilised much more efficiently than the old ectoplasm could be, because they are drawing the energy through many channels and taking the quickened vibration from many channels instead of one individual who they would have trained for a long time. This is why eventually there will be an expansion of physical mediumship in the future and it will be much more common for physical mediums to get better results.

If you work as a team, if you have harmony, it helps the syncopation or the actual collection of the energy into one unit. The more you work together, the more you think of one mind, the more you work in love and strength to the guides, the easier it becomes for them to create all the individuals like all the petals of the flower come together to form the perfect rose. Once all the individuals are joined together it forms the whole body. This is done by each individual adding to the circle, the more they give the brighter the light emanating from the circle and the higher the energy produces the better the results.

Subtle Vibrations

It is often the case that some people in a circle say that they can see spirit, or some say I can see transfiguration, while others say they cannot see anything. The reality here is that it depends on the individuals development, because the faster your vibration the more attuned you are, the more you then see of the etheric bodies which are being utilised and used with the photoplasm. Therefore, you may have a group of six or seven people, three or four may see a transfiguration or hand moving in circle, while others are not. What they are seeing is the etheric part moving because it has absorbed the photoplasm. It is the individual’s development that makes it possible for them to see the early stages of the spirit formations, very much like any other mediumistic ability. It is by your attunement, by the quickening of you’re your spirit bodies vibration, that you become more attuned to the etheric world and can start to see the etheric doubles of physical objects, and in some cases spirits, and the movement of objects in the room. With the photoplasm, as more and more people add to the energy and it quickens, the photoplasm quickens and the spirits mould it in a certain way with other chemicals so that it becomes non-etheric, but viscous and solid to the material world. At different stages, as it becomes stronger some people will see it, others will not see it. But eventually the photoplasm is moulded in a specific way so that it becomes solid enough for it to be filmed. This is also why sometimes you will see spirit activity on film, but not in the room. The light sensitivity of the camera can pickup the photoplasmic moulding or photoplasmic coating around the etheric part, but the human eye will not because it is not capable of it.

Note: The above process and description outlined describes a work in progress between two changing worlds. As this is a new form of energy it may not be adaptable to every physical medium. As quoted by David Thompsons guide “William” when he was asked about “photoplasm” by Victor Zammit on the 28th January 2007, some old techniques work best and “newfangled ways that they try and introduce do not always have sustainability of communication, as was seen during The Scole Experiments.”

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First published 06/03/2009 Version 1.0