Kirlian photography
Noun
Meaning
Kirlian photography (uncountable)
(parapsychology, photography) A technique for recording photographic images of corona discharges and hence, supposedly, the auras of living creatures.
Synonym: Kirlianography
Examples
Early in the 1970s, Thelma Moss and Kendall Johnson at the Center for Health Sciences at the UCLA conducted extensive research into Kirlian photography.
Grounding the object creates a stronger corona discharge. citation Kirlian photography does not require the use of a camera or a lens because it is a contact print process.
High-voltage electrophotography soon became known to the general public as Kirlian photography.
Kirlian photography has been the subject of mainstream scientific research, parapsychology research and art.
Psychologist Thelma Moss devoted time to the study of Kirlian photography at UCLA 's parapsychology laboratory.
Research Kirlian photography has been a subject of scientific research, parapsychology research and pseudoscientific claims.