Salient_Sorcerer wrote: Mon Jun 01, 2026 1:40 am
Think of it as a "storage battery" which can be accessed with a certain key or keys. Just like a "servitor" (a much smaller thought form) they are real useful. Think of the pull that a large egregore exerts, say the one the "Catholic Church" started building about... 1700 years ago or so. Now think how someone connected to that (like in my graphic above) feels when all that energy is allowed to circulate through them. I ceremonially cut ties with all Abrahamic egregores when I decided to embrace Animism / Panentheism. But, I will say those egregores hate to lose "true believers". Thankfully I was freed from all that toxicity and never looked back. Now, I choose my egregores wisely!
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Not too sure about that kind of description.
I have a strong feeling I'd get slapped hard if I ever said something like that about any of those I personally know and am connected to. Just based on my previous experience of getting few slaps for running my mouth without thinking it over.
That definition sounds very mechanic, sounds like they are just some machines, which just need right kind of key to be stuck in the right hole and turned in the right way for it to start dancing to a tune of our wishes and dreams.
At least in my gnosis, egregore is an an entity with a "greater" awareness and perception. If it does not possess, and project, those things, then it's not really egregore, but more like a servitor. If it does, then "greater" people don't usually dance to the tune of the lesser ones, figuratively speaking, from my experience at least.
And even with my servitors things aren't exactly all that simple, I found in time. They were brought in to existence for specific purpose and with specific intent, and they serve their purpose well, but after a while, while observing their modus operandi few times, I began to notice their behaviour does not quite match the "intended design", they started taking some creative liberties about the way to choose approach objectives and interpret instructions, not in line with original design, but more of like a reflection of my own personal traits and habits. I realised everything born/made/projected out of me, will inherit a lot of me, much more than I thought. So it's probably it's only matter of time until some of them might outgrow their original purpose, in some ways. Which is not the end of the world, but would come with caveats for all of us.
What I meant to say by that, is just that I believe relationships with them, with egregores are stronger, more rewarding, when we approach them with a bit more tact and grace, I'm not even sure what would the right word, respect, perhaps? It can take enormous effort to be granted access to some truly amazing, really magical places, experiences and people, and then at the same time it can take so little for it all to be taken away. I still mourn deeply some of my past loses.
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