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EGREGORES: What they Are, and Why they're Important
It's occurred to me that many people new to the practice of magic in it's many forms may have little or no exposure to this important phenomenon.
As Magicians et al, we should be able to tap into this reservoir of energy for practical purposes, it's been closely guarded for centuries for selfish reasons by secret societies and even more recently by Multi-National Corporations! This mini-tutorial is almost stenographic in it's brevity, it's an extrapolation from a journal that I need to get back to and bring up to date. My thought in re-creating it here is one of simple visibility, not everyone cares to read other peoples journals, but may see it here. I intend this to be as simple as a decent level of clarity will allow, and hopefully ignite some interest?
If anything appears unclear I'll do my best to clear it up!
Here's an example of an "Egregore", it's "intelligence" is a function of it's creators.
First of all, egregores are everywhere in our modern world! The most prominent may well be those created by Multi-National, (read) Global Corporations?
They use "Jingles and Images", plus other cute stuff (keys) to try to Hypnotize us into believing they're our Friends! But, sometimes those tactics fail to be effective on some of us magically trained folks that have learned to see for what they are and feel them. These things want to affect the "Mass Market"! By keeping their "jingles, logos and other symbols" constantly in front of us these corporations exert a tremendous force upon the "buying" public! Point of fact: Clubs, Schools, et al, have egregores too. Many of these egregores are largely unused "consciously" by the groups that create them simply by the principle of "Where Two or More are Gathered", which inevitably spawns an energetic creation by "like minded" groups, they do affect the members though.
Egregores designed by Magical Groups however are consciously designed, with specific "Names and Images", and more often than not, a "physical basis", such as a name (auditory), sigil, statue, picture, other miscellaneous symbols, et al, that act as "keys" for the benefit of the Members of the Group!
A fairly well known example might be the "GOTOS" of the "Fraternitas Saturni" order in Germany where each member has a statue of the GOTOS for their private home sanctuary to aid drawing upon the egregore. The "Cross and Triangle" of the Golden Dawn, and the "Rose Cross Lamen" of the RR et AC are examples of keys to the Outer and Inner Orders respectively.
As members of a magical group we don't share these keys with just anyone else outside the group, because it's one of the the important sources of our Magical Power! Each member has multiple inputs to the egregore, with their "deeper" selves all cresting upon a "collective" level that's real handy!
There's also the matter of the Higher "Agathodaimonic" level too, as well as the normal everyday level of consciousnesses, all contributing to this Powerful Thought Form comprising the group's Egregore! Each member can draw upon the egregore's energy in private workings as well.
So... it really Grows to be More than the Sum of it Parts! The real reason Magical Groups are convened in the first place. This is the Collective Life Force of the Group, the Magical Power we shall use to make our Mojo, Juju, Magic, and hopefully Not Mayhem! Most groups that I have experienced vary in size between 2-3 to as many as 6-9, there are no obligatory parameters, 3-6 is about optimal, IMO. The chief difficulty in convening a group like this is one of Sympathetic, Empathetic Compatibility, it's Damned Difficult to find a group that can Work Together, without hissy fits, and stupid ego issues. I Know it's possible to do it though. I will add here that a well trained "couple" can work some Impressive Magic too that would require quite a powerful single practitioner to manage if at all!
The basics of creating a "magical" group egregore are pretty straightforward:
1) The group must be largely "harmonious", the members should at least Like each other! (Don't laugh, it's not as easy as it sounds)
2) The basic "symbol set" is chosen, sometimes simpler is Better.
The symbol set will help Earth the power upon the physical plane as well as serve as "keys".
3) The "symbol set" is manifested physically (drawn, painted, sculpted, sewn, whatever) and given to members.
Group members may have to make their own versions of some of these symbol designs and a collective set may be made for the "temple",
the presence of the egregore may well be "felt" here over time.
4) A cyclical time or times are chosen to "ritually consecrate symbols and charge/recharge" the Egregore, and a suitable rite is written and learned by the group. This rite is performed at the chosen times to recharge the egregore and members. Something like the "cross quarter" Solstices and Equinoxes is not uncommon. These dates are Solar astronomical power points, sometimes also used for Initiatory purposes as well, new members will be introduced to the egregore and given the "keys" to access it's energy. In my group experiences the other "agricultural " points are not used.
So to summarize: Egregores are all pervasive in the modern world. They're Important because they affect the thought processes and behavior of the masses who may not even be aware of them! A final example may well be "Crowd Consciousness" often resulting in violent action of some sort. The thought form powering these usually dissipates as quickly as it formed often resulting in confusion within the creators.
Once the preliminaries are taken care of the group goes about it's business of Magic in whatever forms it's members Ingenium may direct.
Fini
It's occurred to me that many people new to the practice of magic in it's many forms may have little or no exposure to this important phenomenon.
As Magicians et al, we should be able to tap into this reservoir of energy for practical purposes, it's been closely guarded for centuries for selfish reasons by secret societies and even more recently by Multi-National Corporations! This mini-tutorial is almost stenographic in it's brevity, it's an extrapolation from a journal that I need to get back to and bring up to date. My thought in re-creating it here is one of simple visibility, not everyone cares to read other peoples journals, but may see it here. I intend this to be as simple as a decent level of clarity will allow, and hopefully ignite some interest?
If anything appears unclear I'll do my best to clear it up!
Here's an example of an "Egregore", it's "intelligence" is a function of it's creators.
First of all, egregores are everywhere in our modern world! The most prominent may well be those created by Multi-National, (read) Global Corporations?
They use "Jingles and Images", plus other cute stuff (keys) to try to Hypnotize us into believing they're our Friends! But, sometimes those tactics fail to be effective on some of us magically trained folks that have learned to see for what they are and feel them. These things want to affect the "Mass Market"! By keeping their "jingles, logos and other symbols" constantly in front of us these corporations exert a tremendous force upon the "buying" public! Point of fact: Clubs, Schools, et al, have egregores too. Many of these egregores are largely unused "consciously" by the groups that create them simply by the principle of "Where Two or More are Gathered", which inevitably spawns an energetic creation by "like minded" groups, they do affect the members though.
Egregores designed by Magical Groups however are consciously designed, with specific "Names and Images", and more often than not, a "physical basis", such as a name (auditory), sigil, statue, picture, other miscellaneous symbols, et al, that act as "keys" for the benefit of the Members of the Group!
A fairly well known example might be the "GOTOS" of the "Fraternitas Saturni" order in Germany where each member has a statue of the GOTOS for their private home sanctuary to aid drawing upon the egregore. The "Cross and Triangle" of the Golden Dawn, and the "Rose Cross Lamen" of the RR et AC are examples of keys to the Outer and Inner Orders respectively.
As members of a magical group we don't share these keys with just anyone else outside the group, because it's one of the the important sources of our Magical Power! Each member has multiple inputs to the egregore, with their "deeper" selves all cresting upon a "collective" level that's real handy!
There's also the matter of the Higher "Agathodaimonic" level too, as well as the normal everyday level of consciousnesses, all contributing to this Powerful Thought Form comprising the group's Egregore! Each member can draw upon the egregore's energy in private workings as well.
So... it really Grows to be More than the Sum of it Parts! The real reason Magical Groups are convened in the first place. This is the Collective Life Force of the Group, the Magical Power we shall use to make our Mojo, Juju, Magic, and hopefully Not Mayhem! Most groups that I have experienced vary in size between 2-3 to as many as 6-9, there are no obligatory parameters, 3-6 is about optimal, IMO. The chief difficulty in convening a group like this is one of Sympathetic, Empathetic Compatibility, it's Damned Difficult to find a group that can Work Together, without hissy fits, and stupid ego issues. I Know it's possible to do it though. I will add here that a well trained "couple" can work some Impressive Magic too that would require quite a powerful single practitioner to manage if at all!
The basics of creating a "magical" group egregore are pretty straightforward:
1) The group must be largely "harmonious", the members should at least Like each other! (Don't laugh, it's not as easy as it sounds)
2) The basic "symbol set" is chosen, sometimes simpler is Better.
The symbol set will help Earth the power upon the physical plane as well as serve as "keys".
3) The "symbol set" is manifested physically (drawn, painted, sculpted, sewn, whatever) and given to members.
Group members may have to make their own versions of some of these symbol designs and a collective set may be made for the "temple",
the presence of the egregore may well be "felt" here over time.
4) A cyclical time or times are chosen to "ritually consecrate symbols and charge/recharge" the Egregore, and a suitable rite is written and learned by the group. This rite is performed at the chosen times to recharge the egregore and members. Something like the "cross quarter" Solstices and Equinoxes is not uncommon. These dates are Solar astronomical power points, sometimes also used for Initiatory purposes as well, new members will be introduced to the egregore and given the "keys" to access it's energy. In my group experiences the other "agricultural " points are not used.
So to summarize: Egregores are all pervasive in the modern world. They're Important because they affect the thought processes and behavior of the masses who may not even be aware of them! A final example may well be "Crowd Consciousness" often resulting in violent action of some sort. The thought form powering these usually dissipates as quickly as it formed often resulting in confusion within the creators.
Once the preliminaries are taken care of the group goes about it's business of Magic in whatever forms it's members Ingenium may direct.
Fini
