Tulpamancy

[seeking_brilliance]

This one's really out there.... But that's OK because so am I! 

Anyone here heard of tulpamancy? This article explains it great... 

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/exmqzz/tulpamancy-internet-subculture-892

In a way we are kind of like tulpas.  To think that an imaginary being can create their own imaginary beings.... 

I predict in x number of years we will be having civil rights movement for our imaginary sentient beings... 

Edited May 25, 2019 by seeking_brilliance

[seeking_brilliance]

1 day bump... If there's no interest I'll let it die... 

[MuddyBoots]

Hi there

I've heard of thoughtforms, it seems Tulpa is another name for it. I thought they were to do with magic & the occult, but sounds like this is a new expression via the Internet - it's a developing thing. On a pagan forum I also learned about Egregores which are like a group collective mind created by the community.  Like a personified meme? 

Nick. 

[seeking_brilliance]

4 hours ago, MuddyBoots said:

Hi there

I've heard of thoughtforms, it seems Tulpa is another name for it. I thought they were to do with magic & the occult, but sounds like this is a new expression via the Internet - it's a developing thing. On a pagan forum I also learned about Egregores which are like a group collective mind created by the community.  Like a personified meme? 

Nick. 

Actually they appear to have beginnings with Tibetan monks... but in the 20's they were discovered by the west. Something like that. I'm sure the occult picked it up real fast. I have a feeling that what people call spirit guides are in fact tulpas. (correction : tibetan mystics, not monks) 

That's interesting about egregores. You can already say that this forum has a collective ego, so it wouldn't be too far off to make something sentient haha. jk 

Edited May 25, 2019 by seeking_brilliance