What Makes an Entity?

[Rora]

So recently I was musing on a certain idea: Say you have a fictional entity (for example, Harry Potter) who is very likable, and they have gathered a large "fan base" in a manner of speaking (for example, a hottie character everyone fawns over), the fangirling/fanboying is obsessive, to the point of hanging images (posters), collecting symbols (merch) and making offerings (donating to fan organizations, etc). At which point, if any, does this entity gather enough metaphysical clout to become an entity capable of influencing worldly events? This is just a random thought that has been hanging around my head for a while.

 

[Mannimarco]

So recently I was musing on a certain idea: Say you have a fictional entity (for example, Harry Potter) who is very likable, and they have gathered a large "fan base" in a manner of speaking (for example, a hottie character everyone fawns over), the fangirling/fanboying is obsessive, to the point of hanging images (posters), collecting symbols (merch) and making offerings (donating to fan organizations, etc). At which point, if any, does this entity gather enough metaphysical clout to become an entity capable of influencing worldly events? This is just a random thought that has been hanging around my head for a while.

This is commonly called a "pop culture egregore". It would be conscious within a couple days of the media dropping, but influencing world events is a huge task, and is complicated by many other factors, such as jurisdiction of existing spirits and systems. I've been trying to find out exactly which entities are managing world events, with little success so far.

Also, a spontaneously created egregore has no programming to influence anything. It was created by people seeing it, and loving/hating it, and it just wants more of that. So it will take far longer to learn how to influence events on earth than an intentionally created servitor. If no one ever asks it to influence earthly events, it might never learn how.