Fragment 14

It is time to revisit the topic of Egregores. A topic that has caused me much confusion and vexation. I have had to revise my definition of Egregores, due to some recent unpleasant experiences that clarified my thinking on the subject. I had previously restricted the term "Egregores" to just the three incarnations of god in the Aberhamic religions, but this was to narrow of a definition. As I have said before the hidden god in all three Aberhamic religions is Aten, but due to the different cultures of the three religions the three gods differ. Aten is a mechanical god, that is empty. For Aten to function he needs material, which is the differing cultures to the three religions. That is why the violent Allah is far different than the loving father Jehovah. My new definition of Egregores is the voices we hear in our heads. All the voices. Egregores are the living embodiment of sigils. It is how sigils work. In the last "Fragment" where I discussed sigils, it would be easy to think of them as passive, nothing could be further from the truth. Instead Egregores are active and dynamic, they are the embodiment of a group of connected sigils. Before we examine the nature and composition of Egregores, lit us look at some examples of Egregores at work. In the Middle Eastern tradition it was held that the voices one hears in their heads as the Jinn whispering to the person. the Western tradition warns us that demons are always trying to tempt us by whispering to us. We see voices in the head were supposed to be external agents. One of the most pellucid examples of how Egregores function comes from children's cartoons. The familiar trope of a subject with an angel and demon on opposing shoulders, arguing about a proposed course of action. Now back to nature of Egregores and how they gain power over a person. To understand how Egregores work we must examine the topic of the homunculus. the homunculus is the little man in the head that either approves, or restrains proposed actions. The homunculus is the ruler of the inner world, often referred to as a conscience. The mistake we make is thinking there is only one homunculus. In actuality any of the Egregores can take the throne and become the homunculus. In simple terms any of the voices in your head can take over; to approve or restrain courses of action. We have many examples of this in everyday life. Like when someone says "I don't know what got into me" when I bought this or that, or did something out of character. The reason why we do not understand the thinking behind some action is because it is another Egregore in charge of the inner world. Every Egregore has its own agenda. I am not saying that Egregores are all bad, in fact they are quite useful.They are also the mechanism behind our power of self-reflection. Self-reflection happens when one Egregore critiques another Egregore that live in our inner life. This is the true meaning of Fichte's teaching that we can produce an infinite numbers of I's or egos.Self-reflection should not thought of in an abstract manner in which each ego is a mirror in which we view ourselves, instead each Egregore has an agenda. Egregores are not objective or disinterested self-observers. It must be said all Egregores are not equal. They vary in power and development. Egregores are made of sigils (Image-Triggers). As I said sigils should not be thought of as passive, instead they are active and dynamic when charged.One of the aims of all Egregores is to make sure that the sigils in which it is composed stay charged. As we shall see Egregores feed on human emotions, this is how the sigils are charged. The more emotion one feeds to the sigils that compose and Egregore the more powerful the Egregore becomes, and it is only powerful Egregores that can become the homunculus. The rest are just faint whispers in the arguments that go on in our head. To keep an Egregore alive it must be fed. this is why all ideological movements whether religious or political have rallies, literature,meetings, etc. To give an Egregore the power to become the homunculus. Control the voices in a person's head is to control the person. All ideological movements are always preaching to the choir to reinforce the Egregore of the movement. In politics this is called: "giving the base red meat" to get the base excited. This is an effective way to feed the Egregore. Even the faintest voice has a chance to become the homunculus if fed. This is why ideological movements start by trying to cause doubt in a person. This is to get the Egregore in a person's head however faint. The new Egregore gets in by criticizing more established Egregores. Again the voice gets established in the mind. This is also why all ideological movements want to get a hold on children. The sigils that are projected on a person in childhood are the hardest to banish. Another trick of Egregores is to try to connect themselves to with an existing sigil. This can clearly be observed in advertising and political campaigns.Television commercials always use a familiar setting. They try to connect a brand name with activity. Like laundry soap commercials feature kids with dirt stained clothing. In political campaigns this is called kitchen table issues. More on Egregores next Fragment. a Necromancer.