Dan Clore
2005-08-21 05:35:47 UTC
Still pretty tentative, and information appreciated. I don't
have much idea how the term acquired its current meaning.
egregore, egregor, egrigor, n. [< Gr, "watcher"] In ancient
religious texts such as the Book of Enoch, one of the Angels
appointed to watch over the earth. In modern occultism and
Chaos Magick, a thought-form similar to a tulpa (q.v.); a
purposefully-created magical entity, generally by a group.
[Not in OED.]
The Astral Light warms, illuminates, magnetises, attracts,
repels, vivifies, destroys, coagulates, separates, breaks
and conjoins everything, under the impetus of power wills.
God created it on the first day when He said "Let there be
light." This force of itself is blind but is directed by
Egregores -- that is, by chiefs of souls, or, in other
words, by energetic and active spirits.
Éliphas Lévi (trans. A.E. Waite), intro to The History of Magic
If the word is of Greek origin it seems to connect with the
idea of watchers rather than leaders. Cf. [ho egre^'goros] =
Vigil, in the Septuagint.
A.E. Waite, note to Éliphas Lévi, The History of Magic
Speaking of it in his Preface to the "History of Magic"
Eliphas Lévi says: "It is through this Force that all the
nervous centres secretly communicate with each other; from
it -- that sympathy and antipathy are born; from it—that we
have our dreams; and that the phenomena of second sight and
extra-natural visions take place. . . . Astral Light, acting
under the impulsion of powerful wills, destroys, coagulates,
separates, breaks, gathers in all things. . . . God created
it on that day when he said: Fiat Lux, and it is directed by
the Egregores, i.e., the chiefs of the souls who are the
spirits of energy and action."
H.P. Blavatsky, note to The Secret Doctrine: The Synthesis
of Science, Religion, and Philosophy (ellipses in original)
Egrigors are created by human thoughts. As we know, our
thoughts consist of electric energy plus vital fluid or
pranah, possessed by every living body.
Nicholas Mamontoff, "Can Thoughts Have Forms?" (Fate, June
1960), as quoted in Hilary Evans, Visions * Apparitions *
Alien Visitors: A Comparative Study of the Entity Enigma
Within a few minutes the features of the cat stabilized and
on his hind feet was a pair of Russian boots. The egrigor
was motionless and looked like a poorly developed
photograph. "Do not think about the cat any more and watch
what happens to it," ordered the guru. Sitting in the
darkness the audience saw the form of the cat gradually melt
and at last disappear completely.
Nicholas Mamontoff, "Can Thoughts Have Forms?" (Fate, June
1960), as quoted in Hilary Evans, Visions * Apparitions *
Alien Visitors: A Comparative Study of the Entity Enigma
The "Conjuration of the Watcher" follows the Fire God
conjuration. The word "watcher" is sometimes used
synonymously with "angel", and sometimes as a distinct Race,
apart from angelos: egregori. The Race of Watchers are said
not to care what they Watch, save that they follow orders.
They are somewhat mindless creatures, but quite effective.
Perhaps they correspond to Lovecraft's shuggoths [sic], save
that the latter became unwieldy and difficult to manage.
"Simon", Prefatory Notes to Necronomicon
Azathoth is an egregore associated with the emergence of
sentience from the primeval slime and the quest of sentience
to reach for the stars. It is associated with these
activities in star systems other than our own; the next
nearest being apparently Deneb in Cygnus.
Peter J. Carroll, Liber Kaos
Konstantinos, in his book Summoning Spirits, is equally
frank. He warns his readers that, in order to evoke entities
from the Necronomicon, they will probably have to create
them themselves, as they would any egregore. (An egregore is
a thought-form created by the magician by means of his/her
will and visualization. It is a mental image solidified into
astral substance. According to Konstantinos -- and to Isaac
Bonewits -- it is much easier to use a preexisting egregore
than one that the magician has to create.)
John Wisdom Gonce III, "A Plague of Necronomicons" in Daniel
Harms & John Wisdom Gonce III, The Necronomicon Files: The
Truth Behind Lovecraft's Legend
--
Dan Clore
My collected fiction, _The Unspeakable and Others_:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1587154838/thedanclorenecro/
Lord Weÿrdgliffe & Necronomicon Page:
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/9879/
News & Views for Anarchists & Activists:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo
Strange pleasures are known to him who flaunts the
immarcescible purple of poetry before the color-blind.
-- Clark Ashton Smith, "Epigrams and Apothegms"
have much idea how the term acquired its current meaning.
egregore, egregor, egrigor, n. [< Gr, "watcher"] In ancient
religious texts such as the Book of Enoch, one of the Angels
appointed to watch over the earth. In modern occultism and
Chaos Magick, a thought-form similar to a tulpa (q.v.); a
purposefully-created magical entity, generally by a group.
[Not in OED.]
The Astral Light warms, illuminates, magnetises, attracts,
repels, vivifies, destroys, coagulates, separates, breaks
and conjoins everything, under the impetus of power wills.
God created it on the first day when He said "Let there be
light." This force of itself is blind but is directed by
Egregores -- that is, by chiefs of souls, or, in other
words, by energetic and active spirits.
Éliphas Lévi (trans. A.E. Waite), intro to The History of Magic
If the word is of Greek origin it seems to connect with the
idea of watchers rather than leaders. Cf. [ho egre^'goros] =
Vigil, in the Septuagint.
A.E. Waite, note to Éliphas Lévi, The History of Magic
Speaking of it in his Preface to the "History of Magic"
Eliphas Lévi says: "It is through this Force that all the
nervous centres secretly communicate with each other; from
it -- that sympathy and antipathy are born; from it—that we
have our dreams; and that the phenomena of second sight and
extra-natural visions take place. . . . Astral Light, acting
under the impulsion of powerful wills, destroys, coagulates,
separates, breaks, gathers in all things. . . . God created
it on that day when he said: Fiat Lux, and it is directed by
the Egregores, i.e., the chiefs of the souls who are the
spirits of energy and action."
H.P. Blavatsky, note to The Secret Doctrine: The Synthesis
of Science, Religion, and Philosophy (ellipses in original)
Egrigors are created by human thoughts. As we know, our
thoughts consist of electric energy plus vital fluid or
pranah, possessed by every living body.
Nicholas Mamontoff, "Can Thoughts Have Forms?" (Fate, June
1960), as quoted in Hilary Evans, Visions * Apparitions *
Alien Visitors: A Comparative Study of the Entity Enigma
Within a few minutes the features of the cat stabilized and
on his hind feet was a pair of Russian boots. The egrigor
was motionless and looked like a poorly developed
photograph. "Do not think about the cat any more and watch
what happens to it," ordered the guru. Sitting in the
darkness the audience saw the form of the cat gradually melt
and at last disappear completely.
Nicholas Mamontoff, "Can Thoughts Have Forms?" (Fate, June
1960), as quoted in Hilary Evans, Visions * Apparitions *
Alien Visitors: A Comparative Study of the Entity Enigma
The "Conjuration of the Watcher" follows the Fire God
conjuration. The word "watcher" is sometimes used
synonymously with "angel", and sometimes as a distinct Race,
apart from angelos: egregori. The Race of Watchers are said
not to care what they Watch, save that they follow orders.
They are somewhat mindless creatures, but quite effective.
Perhaps they correspond to Lovecraft's shuggoths [sic], save
that the latter became unwieldy and difficult to manage.
"Simon", Prefatory Notes to Necronomicon
Azathoth is an egregore associated with the emergence of
sentience from the primeval slime and the quest of sentience
to reach for the stars. It is associated with these
activities in star systems other than our own; the next
nearest being apparently Deneb in Cygnus.
Peter J. Carroll, Liber Kaos
Konstantinos, in his book Summoning Spirits, is equally
frank. He warns his readers that, in order to evoke entities
from the Necronomicon, they will probably have to create
them themselves, as they would any egregore. (An egregore is
a thought-form created by the magician by means of his/her
will and visualization. It is a mental image solidified into
astral substance. According to Konstantinos -- and to Isaac
Bonewits -- it is much easier to use a preexisting egregore
than one that the magician has to create.)
John Wisdom Gonce III, "A Plague of Necronomicons" in Daniel
Harms & John Wisdom Gonce III, The Necronomicon Files: The
Truth Behind Lovecraft's Legend
--
Dan Clore
My collected fiction, _The Unspeakable and Others_:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1587154838/thedanclorenecro/
Lord Weÿrdgliffe & Necronomicon Page:
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/9879/
News & Views for Anarchists & Activists:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo
Strange pleasures are known to him who flaunts the
immarcescible purple of poetry before the color-blind.
-- Clark Ashton Smith, "Epigrams and Apothegms"