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The comments here reminded me of Tulpas: https://www.businessinsider.com/hearing-voices-in-your-head-real-life-versus-movies-tulpa-psychiatry-2018-2 https://www
by ta1234567890 6y ago
The comments here reminded me of Tulpas: https://www.businessinsider.com/hearing-voices-in-your-head-real-life-versus-movies-tulpa-psychiatry-2018-2 https://www.businessinsider.com/hearing-voices-in-your-head-...
We are capable of holding more than one identity in our minds and switching between them. Some people use that ability to create "characters" (tulpas) that they interact with or even allow to take over their bodies. Apparently some people go as far as replacing themselves with a tulpa they've created (they call this ego-suicide).
- alchemism 6y agoThis is also the foundation of so-called Chaos Magic. It uses the 'mental frameworks' of any belief system to obtain results by becoming a temporary adherent of it. Switching frameworks would be done with physical objects, e.g. a pair of spectacles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_magic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_magic
- Cthulhu_ 6y agoAdd a hunched back and you've got Clark Kent.
- ta1234567890 6y agoThank you for the comment and that link. Fascinating stuff. The basic philosophy behind Chaos Magic seems to be very much in line with some ancestral eastern philosophies and religions. The gnostic state is pretty much the whole goal of some forms of meditation and religious practices. Are there any other resources or books you could recommend to dig deeper into Chaos Magic?
- uhhyeahdude 6y agoI hadn't heard of tulpas; what a fascinating strategy! Bernard put on his new spectacles and sat in silent appreciation of his newfound visual acuity. He would need it in order to collect and parse as much extant academic research exists pertaining to something called a "tulpa."
- heyitskoen 6y agoSo Tulpa= Adult imaginary friends