It appears to be a form of DBD (dielectric breakdown discharge). Setting aside the para-physical claims, that aspect of it seems reproducible, as a fun science demo, at least.

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gus_massa a day ago | parent [-]

I agree, the Kirian photography is real, but the GP is taking about the paranormal claims, in particular the torn leaf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirlian_photography#Torn_leaf_...

(Are the original photographs available somewhere? I found only bad modern photoshoped versions, and even a guy that made a debunking video and then his photos were repeated as confirmation evidence.)

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Eridanus2 a day ago | parent [-]

Replications are available online, can't seem to spot any of the original material as of now. http://exo-science.com/phantomleaf.html (!!Woo-woo warning, just take what you need and exit stage!!).

Reverse search off above leads to "The Phantom Leaf Effect: A Replication, Part 1" "https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/acm.2013.0182". I have not had the time to examine the claims therein.

	▲	gus_massa 19 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The second one http://exo-science.com/leaf3.png looks like most of what I found. It's strange to see zero discharge at the cut and an particular at the right part of the cut that has an acute angle. Suspicious... The other like http://exo-science.com/leaf1.png are very similar to the one in the article, but they just have too much detail on the phantom part to be real. If I have to guess, they cut the leave and put both parts on the device. I'd wait until Mythbuster return.