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Ok,

I'm just wondering how many Chaotes here like to use popular characters (from television, cereal boxes, billboards, whereever) as godforms in their rituals.

Personally, I've used a bunch: Bob Marley, Bruce Lee, John Wayne, Spike (both the BtVS and Cowboy Bebop characters), Ed Wood, Elvis, and Marilyn Monroe.

My favorite pantheon is made up of the Bebop Crew. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/001.gif)

So let's hear about you all's.

This post has been edited by Marconus: Apr 3 2005, 06:14 PM

@LunarExplorer. I find it amusing that some people, with no background or knowledge of magick, often stumble onto creating thought-forms. I remember reading about a technique in a hypnosis/NLP manual, where one imagines sitting at a table with people that one would consider good advisors. All one has to do is imagine them for a good deal of time sitting there and after a while, they start taking on a life of their own, moving and speaking without any conscious deliberation. After it begins to feel like they're real entities one can begin approaching them for advice. The author thought of this as a way to access the unconscious mind's capabilities, but they're obviously a bit more than that. Children's imaginary friends are also quite conspicuous.

@LunarExplorer. I find it amusing that some people, with no background or knowledge of magick, often stumble onto creating thought-forms. I remember reading about a technique in a hypnosis/NLP manual, where one imagines sitting at a table with people that one would consider good advisors. All one has to do is imagine them for a good deal of time sitting there and after a while, they start taking on a life of their own, moving and speaking without any conscious deliberation. After it begins to feel like they're real entities one can begin approaching them for advice. The author thought of this as a way to access the unconscious mind's capabilities, but they're obviously a bit more than that. Children's imaginary friends are also quite conspicuous.

Yes and no, I am not sure whether you mean they are inadvertently creating them or intentionally... The lines are foggy at best, many definitions for a few simple concepts. It is without a doubt that some people create something, be it a servitor/thoughtform/tulpa or anywhere in between.
There are those out there with such a belief that they will fail, no matter what they do, that they actually seem to swing the odds against them. I would call that a servitor, rather small, blind piece of energy. Then there are those that create a companion of sorts, what they are falls under a variety of categories.

I know the process, been a chaote for some 20 years. I wouldn't have spoken about tulpas or servitors if I was not very familiar with them. The primary difference appears to be in the creation of the respective personalities. A tulpa is given a set of broad guidelines and "fills in the blanks" itself, a servitor is given strict borders and guidelines, if anything.. it is programmed (usually, but not always the case).

Then there are those that intend to create a psychological entity within their mind, for all intents and purposes a separate consciousness, that is what I am speaking of. Now depending on who you speak to, they may say that these entities are spiritual, or that they are merely the brain doing as it has been trained to do. Usually dependent on the beliefs of the "host".