The true test of a Tulpa eventually becomes "can someone else see or sense him/her/it?" The idea for Servitors (and other entities in Western magic streams) tends to have been borrowed from Tibetan Tuplas, which migrated westward centuries ago, and has its roots in even older eastern traditions. The classic difference. In Chaos magick, servitors accomplish their goal -- and it truly does manifest in this way! -- but are rarely seen by others. Only the creator, if anyone, can see the Servitor, then usually with concentration. Mostly, the manifestation is obvious only through the accomplished "mission."

However, for centuries the Bonn, and later the Tibetan Buddhists have taught students to create a Tulpa (Servitor), then work towards manifesting it visually for others. Until the "teacher" can see the Tulpa, the accomplishment isn't "real." Then, the teacher laughs and tells the student it was all an illusion. Even though the illusion was manifest, and real to others, the Buddhist belief is that all of life is an illusion, our Deep Minds way of expressing our ego. In the quest to reconnect with Deep Mind (I'm using Chaos terms on purpose, because it does adopt many Buddhist and Taoist theories), the teacher has just shown that we have enough power to manifest an entity others can see and be impacted by, only to turn around and say "but it's all an illusion." A great lesson.

But forgetting the enlightening theme, the bottom line is anyone with enough focus can create a Tulpa. Controlling, bonding to it, and working with it is another matter, but creating it is relatively easy. Making it visible for others is the hard part. The formula is simple. Like any magick, form intent. Code parameters. Concentrate the will. Achieve Gnosis. The Servitor now exists.

The greater effort is to manifest the Tulpa to others. It's quite possible. I'm not referring to group-created phsyical entities. But visible and tangible Servitors who have a life of their own until and if they are re-absorbed. Sometimes Tulpas are created by accident. There's the story of Madame Alexandra David-Neel who met an old friend in the Himalayas, an artist whose career entailed rendering one particular Tibetan deity over and over. He was an expert in illustrating the deity. But she saw a looming entity looming over him, perfectly visible, although semi-transparent. Later, she discovered it was a manifestation of the Tibetan deity, but he had created it not from deliberate use of magick, but from his daily devotions to the deity in his art. Madame David-Neel ended up experimenting, without training, on creating her own Tulpa. Within weeks she created a "dark monk-like character" in her minds-eye. But later, people in her camp started to see it, asked her who this "dark character" was.

Of course, all to say, Tulpas can be created by accident, or without training. The mind is just that powerful. But control comes from WILL, and it is better, if Tulpas and Servitors are to be created, that they be manifested through will. This way, the practitioner can willfully reabsorb the entity whenever s/he wants.

I have yet to create a Servitor that manifests as a visible Tulpa, but Servitors are relatively easy. Manifesting visually, I'm still working on.