Egregore

Egregore

This article is about the occult concept of a group mind.

Egregore (also egregor) is an occult concept representing a "thoughtform" or "collective group mind", an autonomous psychic entity made up of and influencing, the thoughts of a group of people. The symbiotic relationship between an egregore and its group has been compared to the more recent, non-occult concepts of the corporation (as a legal entity) and the meme.

History

The first author to adapt "egregore" in a modern language seems to be the French poet, Victor Hugo, in La Légende des siècles ("The Legend of the Ages"), First Series, 1859, where he uses the word "égrégore" first as an adjective, then as a noun, while leaving the meaning obscure.[1] The author seems to have needed a word rhyming with words ending in the sound "or". It would not be the only example of word creation by Victor Hugo. However, the word is the normal form that the Greek word ἑγρήγορος (Watcher) would take in French. This was the term used in the Book of Enoch for great angel-like spirits.

Eliphas Lévi, in Le Grand Arcane ("The Great Mystery", 1868) identifies "egregors" with the tradition concerning the "Watchers", the fathers of the Nephilim, describing them as "terrible beings" that "crush us without pity because they are unaware of our existence."[2]

The concept of the egregore as a group thoughtform was developed in works of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and the Rosicrucians [3] and has been referenced by writers such as Valentin Tomberg, notably in his anonymously-penned book Meditations on the Tarot.[4] It was also mentioned in the book El maravilloso universo de la magia, by Chilean author Enrique Barrios.

A well-known concept of the egregore is the GOTOS of the Fraternitas Saturni.[5]

Contemporary usage

Gaetan Delaforge, in Gnosis magazine in 1987, defines an egregore as a kind of group mind that is created when people consciously come together for a common purpose.[6]

The concept was featured in Corporate Metabolism series of articles by Paco Xander Nathan, which were published in 2001.

The notion of "egregor" also appears in Daniil Andreyev's Roza Mira, where it represents the shining cloud-like spirit associated with the Church.

Egregore is also used in relation to the Montreal Surrealists, best known as Les Automatistes, in Ray Ellenwood's Egregore: a history of the Montréal automatist movement.[7]

Egregore is also the term for the spiritual personification of each nation in the UK LRP game Empire, run by Profound Decisions.[8]

Gary Lachman identifies Pepe the frog as an egregore in his book Dark Star Rising.[9]

See also

Chaos magic / Collective consciousness / Faith healing / Gestalt

Memetics / Panpsychism / Pathetic fallacy / Servitor (chaos magic) /Tulpa / Vitalism

Notes

1.    Victor Hugo, "Le jour des rois", La Légende des Siècles IV, V, and "L'Italie – Ratbert", La Légende des Siècles VII. Both in the Première Série, 1859.

2.    Lévi, Eliphas, "The Great Mystery" (1868) pp. 127–130, 133, 136

3.    Fama Fraternitatis Rosae Crucis.(1614) Manifesto: Positio. Epilogue page 25

4.    Anonymous (2002-06-01). Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey Into Christian Hermeticism. Translated by Powell, Robert. Jeremy P. Tarcher/ Putnam. ISBN 9781585421619. ASIN 1585421618.

5.    Flowers (1995), pp. 36–38

6.    Delaforge, Gaeten, "The Templar Tradition: Yesterday and Today", Gnosis Magazine, #6, 1987.

7.    Ellenwood, Ray, Egregore: a history of the Montréal automatist movement. Toronto: Exile Editions, 1992. ISBN 9781550960211

8.    "Egregores - Empire". Empire Wiki. profounddecisions.co.uk.

9.    Constable, Simon, "What Magic Got Trump Elected?", Forbes, May 21, 2018.

References

Bernstein, L. S. (1998). "Egregor". The Rosicrucian Archive. Confraternity of the Rose Cross. Archived from the original on January 8, 2012. Retrieved November 22, 2011.

Butler, Walter Ernest (1970). "The Egregore of a School". Servantsofthelight.org. The Servants of the Light. Retrieved November 22, 2011.

Flowers, S. Edred (1995). Fire & Ice: Magical Teachings of Germany's Greatest Secret Occult Order. Llewellyn's Teutonic Magick Series (2nd ed.). Llewellyn Publications. ISBN 0-87542-776-6.

Nathan, Paco Xander (2001). "Chasing Egregors". The Scarlet Letter. Scarlet Woman Lodge, Ordo Templi Orientis.

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Gaetan Delaforge, en la revista Gnosis de 1987, define un egregor como una especie de mente colectiva creada cuando la gente se une conscientemente para un propósito común. El concepto ha gozado de renovada popularidad entre los practicantes de la magia del caos, siguiendo el "Metabolismo Corporativo" de la serie de artículos de Paco Xander Nathan, publicados en 2001.

El resultado de una sinergia de pensamientos podría ser la descripción más concisa de este estado de ánimo.

La noción de "egregor" también aparece en el libro Roza Mira del ruso Daniil Andreyev donde representa el brillo en la nube como el espíritu asociado con la Iglesia. En Rusia es una creencia común que la palabra "egregor" se originó de este libro espiritual.   El movimiento ocultista ruso DEIR, dirigido por Dmitry Verischchagin, también emplea este concepto.

The Real Meaning of Egregore

The word "Egregore" derives from the Greek word egrégoroi, meaning "watchers," which also transliterates as "Grigori." The word appears in the Septuagint translation of the Book of Becoming an Ordained Minister_6 Lamentations, as well as the Book of Jubilees and the Book of Enoch. 

Even being derived from the word Grigori, which acquired a somewhat negative expectation over time, the general concept of Egregore is not evil. Gaetan Delaforge, in Gnosis Magazine in 1987, defines an Egregore as a kind of group mind which is created when people consciously come together for a common purpose.

When a group of people pray and meditate collectively towards an objective, an Egregore of protection and blessing is sent forth, as a circle of Light that shields and safeguards the purpose of the prayers.

Psychologically speaking, an Egregore is that "atmosphere” or "personality" that develops among groups independent of any of its members. It is the feeling or impression you get when walking into a neighborhood that “feels different” from the surrounding area, or when visiting a club or association that has been around for a long time.

Egregore_circle_of_light_Humanity_HealingIn an occult or magical context, an Egregore is a general imprint that encircles a group entity. It is the summary of the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual energies generated by two or more people vibrating together towards the same goal; being a sub-product of our personal and collective creative process as co-creators of our reality.

An Egregore has developed to the point of attaining an independent existence as an entity itself or as an intentionally created entity, such as a servitor, that has grown in power well beyond its original design. To a non-religious practitioner of magic, an Egregore, and a god, or goddess, would be interchangeable terms. To a religious practitioner, an Egregore would be just below the level of a god or goddess.

circle-of-light_Humanity_Healing. 

The vast majority of human beings both incarnated and disincarnated are, in one way or form, connected to an Egregore.

An Egregore (or astral Group mind) can be either negative or positive, depending on the level of vibration and the frequency. Most of the connections with negative Egregore come from negative contracts made with physical or astral entities in exchange for power, fame or material goods. Also, some of these contracts or pacts can come from emotional persecutions, which at some point was born of the intent to keep the victim under its dominion to the extent of various earthly and parallel lifetimes.

Some of these connections can also be activated through vices, addictions, and unruled sexual activities. When a soul gets committed to these types of obscure energies, there is always the tendency to lose vital energy which can result in the compromise of the monadic essence.

In general, the dominion of the negative Egregore is reaffirmed through artificial implants, which are limiting devices, which can be of a variety of forms, objectives and done with diverse possibilities allowed by the molding of astral matter. They are and functions more or less as thought forms, as holographic projections that may or may not solidify inside of the etheric bodies.

These devices are dangerous for the various levels of consciousness of incarnated and disincarnated beings because they are the means from which negative entities from negative Egregore feed on their vital energies. 

Progressively, these losses of energy can cause disturbances in the physical, psychological, emotional, mental and spiritual areas. It is sometimes hard to identify these implants because, in many cases, they did not originate in the current lifetime, but in previous ones which can be spontaneously activated if some subjective memory cells are activated during this incarnational period.

The Egregore is maintained through the mental and psychic energies of its creators and, as an autonomous entity, it is formed through the persistence and intensities of the current emotional and mental waves. Weak emotions and feelings tend to create undefined egregore, with short life spans. 

The opposite is also true: big circles are created by a strong will, emotions, and determination of purpose. There is a good Egregore that are positive and that brings Blessings, good energies and protection against negative vibrations.

Egregore_gustave_dore_paolo_and_francesca_Humanity_Healing.

An Egregore can be personal or collective. The Egregore of the Umbra [1] is comprised of souls that were negativized by the bodies of desires; they are adepts of vices, drugs, and all sorts of unnatural sets of behaviors that are not characteristic of the spiritually enhanced human being. They are the ones that vibrate and maintain the negative collective Egregore. 

A person psychically balanced and with positive thoughts creates a very positive, prosperous and luminous personal Egregore. The same can be said of the opposite behavior. 

The only way that one can be rid of a negative Egregore is to affiliate with a stronger positive one.

[1] The umbra, Latin for "shadow", is the darkest part of the shadow, where the light source is completely blocked by the occluding body. An observer in the umbra experiences a total eclipse.

http://humanityhealing.net/2011/05/real-meaning-of-egregore/

Se trata de un término ESOTÉRICO. Pero no esotérico porque se trate de "cosas raras" o "misteriosas" sino esotérico en un sentido estricto.

Es un término que se utiliza en el círculo interno de una Orden Iniciática, y por eso, casi ni se conoce la palabra en sí, y mucho menos su significado.

Se llama EGREGOR a un conglomerado específico de energías (del plano astral) compartidas por un colectivo humano. Todo egregor es una Entidad vigilante.

Un egregor surge siempre de un colectivo.

Consciente o inconscientemente, los colectivos humanos (dos o más personas) vierten su ATENCIÓN y sus EMOCIONES sobre determinados intereses.

Las características de los objetivos del colectivo son lo que le dan sus cualidades específicas al egregor, mientras que las emociones son las que le dan la fuerza.

Metafóricamente podríamos decir que la emoción es el "material" y la atención es la dirección y "la forma".

Es perfectamente comprensible que el alcance y el poder de un egregor es directamente proporcional a la cantidad de personas que lo crean y sostienen con sus emociones y su atención.

Todo egregor como entidad, se identifica con su creador, y siempre que se lo convoque (aun inconscientemente) vendrá en apoyo o auxilio de quien le brinda "alimento" (su alimento son las emociones, la atención, y la intención), por eso se le llama vigilante.

Es una entidad inteligente, pues aprende y se perfecciona, y combatirá contra aquello que amenace su supervivencia y la de sus creadores. El grado de identificación que tenga una persona o grupo con una causa, puede llegar a ser tal, que el egregor se manifieste con una intensidad de POSESIÓN.

La posesión implica que esa energía de identificación impregna a uno o varios individuos tan intensamente por un lapso de tiempo, que el egregor se manifiesta a través de ellos, y los individuos se tornan INSTRUMENTOS de la causa compartida, pudiendo llegar a acciones que luego no pueden justificar como emergidas de su propia voluntad individual consciente.

https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/cienciareal/cienciareal42.htm