Tibetan Tulpas (manifested Entities/servitors) Easy, Really? Well easy in method, requires gnosis, imagination, concentrati Options

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.

Greetings='Mezu,

Very interesting. How would one go about creating one the Tibetan way?

Greetings='Mezu,

Very interesting. How would one go about creating one the Tibetan way?

It's much the same as working with your Yidam (although this isn't for the meek!)--a more advanced practice. Yidam (wrathful deities usually) and Tulpas (Servitors) both involve intense concentration. For Yidam work, the magus constructs kylkhor (mandala) to safely "contain" the Yidam until the Yidam bonds with the magus (normally a lifetime bond of teaching and power). This is like a "triangle of manifestation" in western terms, but usually a much more complex design, involving images of the Yidam, geometric shapes, often made from painted sand, one by one, taking months. At the end of this labour (itself an act of power), visualization becomes somewhat automatic, and manifestation is through concentration, mantra, a form of gnosis.

For Tulpa's it's typically more just an intense concentration visualization. But since I'm not particularly "automatic" in terms of my visualization abilities, I chant a mantra and use a wooden drum until a form of gnosis is achieved. It helps to concentrate on an image at first, then to mantra chant, then to visualize -- in my case.

Since the lamas teach that all reality is an illusion, therefore imagination can create a reality as real as the mountains we see around us, it really is all about understanding that manifestation is from within, concentrating, visualizing and achieving Gnosis. In Tibet this is normally accomplished through intense long-term meditation, often across days, or chanting, until the subconcious mind "takes over or emerges." As the mantra is chanted -- I almost always use the OM MANI PADME HUM (the Tibetan equivalent of the name of God in western ceremonial... the Om Mani Padme Hum contains the entire essence of truth according to the gurus, even though its strict translation seems to mean nothing. When vibrated, it is very powerful. While vibrating, visualize and concentrate on the mission/image. Know it is manifesting, and it will, then concentrate on giving it form.

I can make it appear for me, but not for others -- yet?

Greetings,

I have great respect for the Dali Lama and the teachings of Tibetan Buddhism. One of my favorite books is The Tibetan Book of the Dead. Also I am into Dream Yoga as taught by the Lamas. I find it very interesting that in my magickal servant similar to what you describe. This spirit is able to make noise. Knocking and tapping. He has been able to move objects and exert physical force. I have also taken pictures of this spirit which are in this forum in different threads. This spirit is similar to the Holy Guardian Angel of the higher self. Definitively Jinn class however. This spirit is called by no man ever before the conjurer and seems to in many ways reflect the self.

I have seen something similar in the Hindu faith of calling a spirit to work with.

Now I am hearing for the first time that Tibetans also do this.

It all seems very similar. As if in different places throughout the world the same thing happens in different faiths.

Can you suggest any books which deal with the Tibetan way of calling?