Red Light Seance with Mediums Julie Adreani and Mychael Shane

Participants experience phenomena similar to those in a dark room but with enough visibility to observe the medium and their immediate surroundings. Red light is used because it is believed to be the only light wavelength that does not instantly dissolve ectoplasm, which practitioners claim is highly sensitive to white light.
Common experiences in a red light séance include:
• Transfiguration: This is the most common red light phenomenon. Participants observe the medium's face or body physically changing as "spirit overlays" appear. Observers often report seeing the faces of deceased loved ones, different ethnicities, or even non-human entities appearing over the medium's own features.
• Visible Ectoplasm: Sitters may see a white, mist-like or solid substance (ectoplasm) emerging from the medium's mouth, nose, or solar plexus. In red light, this substance can be seen moving or being shaped into "spirit hands" or faces.
• Materialization and Elongation:Some mediums, such as Gordon Garforth (https://www.lilydaleassembly.org/event-details/red-light-trance-seance), demonstrate the "elongation" of their limbs or fingers under red light. Full-body materializations of spirits may also be visible as they step out of a "cabinet" (a curtained area used by the medium) into the red-lit room.
• Levitation and Psychokinesis:Objects like small tables or "spirit trumpets" may be seen rising into the air or moving independently across the room.
• Direct Observation of Physical Touch: Unlike in a dark room, participants may actually see spirit hands—which are often described as looking translucent or solid under the red glow—patting or stroking their own hands or shoulders.
• Communication: Spirits may communicate through "direct voice" (voices heard in the air near the medium) or by utilizing the medium’s vocal cords while their physical appearance is transfigured.

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