thought-forms
Ideas given shape
Thought-forms are mental constructs believed to take on independent existence or influence.
In esoteric and occult traditions, concentrated thought or meditation supposedly creates entities or energy patterns that persist beyond the thinker.
Theosophists and some Buddhist traditions describe thought-forms as visible to clairvoyants.
The concept appears in discussions of tulpas, egregores, and collective consciousness: The crowd's fear became a thought-form of its own.
One who attends another
- astralRelating to stars
- ethericOf the heavens
- theosophicalOf divine wisdom study
- elementalBasic, of natural forces
occult · clairvoyance · aura · prana · kundalini · archetype · mandala · mantra
Mental knowledge acquisition
- ideationForming mental concepts
- conceptAbstract mental construct
- abstractionDistilling to essential qualities
- notionImprecise mental impression
perception · consciousness · imagination · visualization · mental imagery · mind's eye · inner vision · belief
Mental formation
- archetypeOriginal model for copies
- universalAffecting all equally
- intentionalityPurposeful action quality
- phenomenologyStudy of subjective experience
idealism · qualia · concept · paradigm · schema · gestalt · categorical · epistemology
Coming into tangible existence
- embodimentConcrete manifestation of idea
- realizationGrasping what's true
- actualizationMaking something fully real
- emergenceComing into existence
phenomenon · incarnation · projection · externalization · objectification · concretization · crystallization · expression
servitor
One who attends another
- astralRelating to stars
- ethericOf the heavens
- theosophicalOf divine wisdom study
elemental · occult · clairvoyance · aura · prana · kundalini · archetype · mandala · mantra · telepathy
cognition
Mental knowledge acquisition
- ideationForming mental concepts
- conceptAbstract mental construct
- abstractionDistilling to essential qualities
notion · perception · consciousness · imagination · visualization · mental imagery · mind's eye · inner vision · belief · reasoning
idea
Mental formation
- archetypeOriginal model for copies
- universalAffecting all equally
- intentionalityPurposeful action quality
phenomenology · idealism · qualia · concept · paradigm · schema · gestalt · categorical · epistemology · ontology
materialization
Coming into tangible existence
- embodimentConcrete manifestation of idea
- realizationGrasping what's true
- actualizationMaking something fully real
emergence · phenomenon · incarnation · projection · externalization · objectification · concretization · crystallization · expression · unfolding
thought-formsmaterial things
matter · flesh and blood · substance · hardware · physical reality
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