egregore
“In occult practices, such joint ritual and concentration has traditionally been the way to summon an egregore —the occult term for a psychic entity much like a group mind”
from The egregore passes you by by Erik Hoel
egregore
In the ancient sense , the "watchers" were guardians, aware but neutral. In the context of a group egregore , this watchfulness can take on a more controlling role — overseeing and subtly guiding the group's actions in ways that constrain individuality and lead to conformity , even to the point of irrationality or harm.
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ringing and bell-like sounds are frequently reported during egregorial encounters.
Anthony Peake • The Hidden Universe
Darkness certainly seems to facilitate the opening of the mind to the Pleroma,
Anthony Peake • The Hidden Universe
Corbin introduced to the West a concept he termed the Mundus Imaginalis, the world of the image. He had used this term to describe an idea well-known in Iranian Sufi circles which had no equivalent in Latin, French or English. The qualifier, which may be translated as “imaginal”, does not mean “imaginary” but is far subtler. In French and English “
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Corbin argues that the Mundus Imaginalis can also be apprehended in “the intermediary state between waking and sleeping”. The spiritualists of Shi’a Islam call this the “country of the hidden Imam”. As we shall see later, modern psychology calls this the hypnagogic state.
Anthony Peake • The Hidden Universe
The Watchers, the djinn and the other egregorial entities we have encountered in this chapter all have one thing in common: they originally existed in the heavens, came down to earth, were defeated or banished by a controlling power, and ended up underground to occasionally enter this world through portals such as caves and sink-holes.
Anthony Peake • The Hidden Universe
Dee disappeared from the historical records for five years. Legend has it that he used this time to travel around Europe acquiring knowledge of the Kabbala. This may be evidenced by the fact that in 1564 he published a mystical book with Kabbalistic themes, entitled Monas Hieroglyphica (The Hieroglyphic Monad). In this work he presented a curiously
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In Agrippa’s universe there were three levels of reality. These were the elementary, the celestial and the intellectual.
Anthony Peake • The Hidden Universe
In Tibet these mind-created entities have long been known as “tulpas”.