Also known as electrophotography or ‘aura’ photography, the practice was popularized in the early 20th century by a Russian scientist Konstantin Karotkov, and said to capture the photographed body’s corona, or energy field without the use of film. Some say it is a simple recording of a living entity’s electrical current, affected by the atmosphere’s humidity and temperature, whilst others claim it’s capable of recording the spirit’s ‘life-force’ or electromagnetic field of the subject’s aura. Claims concerning “The phantom Leaf” experiment, where a section of leaf removed will leave a corona of it’s former body haven’t been fully explained. Either way, they are fascinating and have puzzled scholars and scientists for quite some time.