Pleeb August 1, 2012 August 1, 2012 I'm looking for some examples of the tulpa phenomenon. I think of the best examples are the Native American Animal Spirit Guides. Other examples could be the Greek Daemons (Socrates totally had a tulpa; a good place to start is the Socratic Dialogues), the Jewish Golem, Jung's whole episode you can read in that Redbook topic, these are off the top of my head, and I'm sure there are many, many, more examples of tulpae in literature and cultures throughout the years. Spoiler An image in a signature behind a hidden tag!
The Ping August 1, 2012 August 1, 2012 Harvey Virgil in The Divine Comedy Frank from Donnie Darko Pecola's friend in The Bluest Eye Colin in Mona Lisa Overdrive Wilson from Castaway The tralfamadorians in Slaughterhouse-Five Just to name a few Reply has ended. You can stop reading now.
FigN01 August 1, 2012 August 1, 2012 You should be careful about whether you claim some of those as being tulpae or not though. Could be that Socrates was just framing his own counter-arguments as another person for the sake of writing his internal dialogue down in a simpler format. Unless you dig up something conclusive, there's really no way to know, although it's still a possibility.
Semi-Nomadic August 1, 2012 August 1, 2012 Alinoe. A Thorgal comic. Boy unaware of his reality-warping powers is living alone with his parents on an island. When father leaves island, boy comes up with an imaginary friend, a green-skinned boy with green hair. Then, abruptly, Alinoe becomes real and plays with him for real. Then, of course, Alinoe turns evil and tries to kill/mind control everyone, because that's what tulpae do amirite? (though the word "tulpa" is never mentioned, Alinoe is a pretty damn classic example of one.) Another example: SCP-1447, which is basically Alexandra David-Neel's supposed monk, except murderous. ...This is silly, but I find myself cringing at both the works which depict tulpae as real physical material entities, and the works which have them as murderous maniacs. It just seems so annoyingly inaccurate... and offensive. Kinda like all these works which depict pro wrestling fans as mindless sheep who are unaware that--GASP!--the fights are staged, whodathink!
Bluesleeve August 1, 2012 August 1, 2012 Machiavelli is said to have had imaginary dinner conversations with ancient poets and historical figures such as Moses, Romulus and Theseus. What is a Tulpa? Blog Rainbow 'Alyx' Dash Pronto
glitchthe3rd August 2, 2012 August 2, 2012 Another example: SCP-1447, which is basically Alexandra David-Neel's supposed monk, except murderous. ...This is silly, but I find myself cringing at both the works which depict tulpae as real physical material entities, and the works which have them as murderous maniacs. It just seems so annoyingly inaccurate... and offensive. Kinda like all these works which depict pro wrestling fans as mindless sheep who are unaware that--GASP!--the fights are staged, whodathink! Indeed. Also The Ping, Tralfamadorians aren't tulpae. I suggest you reread Slaughterhouse Five. "Science isn't about why, science is about why not?" -Cave Johnson Tulpae: Luna, Elise, Naomi My progress report
Guest Anonymous August 2, 2012 August 2, 2012 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulpa#In_popular_culture Jesus, the wikipedia article actually has content and sources now. I haven't checked it in roughly 1 - 1 1/2 years or so, but it used to be completely devoid of sources, and had maybe 2-3 paragraphs of metaphysical bullshit to it's name. I'm surprised how far the whole tulpae phenomenon has come in the past few months.
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