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Tulpamancy is the art of purposefully creating headmates through various techniques. A headmate created in this way is called a tulpa. A tulpamancer is a practitioner of tulpamancy.
Tulpamancy is the art of purposefully creating headmates through various techniques. A headmate created in this way is called a tulpa. A tulpamancer is a practitioner of tulpamancy.
== Related Terms ==
== Related Terms ==
[[Parogenic]] is a related concept, but the term be avoided by some systems in favor of tuplamancy/tuplagenic. Similarly, parogenic may be avoided by some systems in favor of tulpamancy/tulpagenic.
[[Parogenic]] is a related concept, but the term be avoided by some systems in favor of Tulpamancy/Tulpagenic or Tuplamancy/Tuplagenic. Similarly, Tulpamancy/Tulpagenic or Tuplamancy/Tuplagenic may be avoided by some systems in favor of Parogenic.
== History ==
== History ==
The term 'tulpa' in its modern usage first appeared in the book ''Magic and Mystery in Tibet'' (1929) by the Theosophist Alexandra David-Néel and based on the Tibetan word [https://dictionary.christian-steinert.de/#%7B%22activeTerm%22%3A%22sprul%20pa%22%2C%22lang%22%3A%22tib%22%2C%22inputLang%22%3A%22tib%22%2C%22currentListTerm%22%3A%22sprul%20pa%22%2C%22forceLeftSideVisible%22%3Afalse%2C%22offset%22%3A0%7D 'sprulpa'], which approximately means emanation or manifestation. Tulpamancy was popularised and secularized on 4chan and Reddit beginning in 2009.
The term 'tulpa' in its modern usage first appeared in the book ''Magic and Mystery in Tibet'' (1929) by the Theosophist Alexandra David-Néel and based on the Tibetan word [https://dictionary.christian-steinert.de/#%7B%22activeTerm%22%3A%22sprul%20pa%22%2C%22lang%22%3A%22tib%22%2C%22inputLang%22%3A%22tib%22%2C%22currentListTerm%22%3A%22sprul%20pa%22%2C%22forceLeftSideVisible%22%3Afalse%2C%22offset%22%3A0%7D 'sprulpa'], which approximately means emanation or manifestation. Tulpamancy was popularised and secularized on 4chan and Reddit beginning in 2009.
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[[Category:Terms]][[Category:System Origins]]

Revision as of 20:10, 19 January 2021

tulpamancy ( n.)
Other formstulpagenic (adj.), tulpa (n.), tulpamancer (n.)
Applies tosystems (tulpagenic), headmates (tulpa, tulpamancer)
CoinerAlexandra David-Néel

Tulpamancy is the art of purposefully creating headmates through various techniques. A headmate created in this way is called a tulpa. A tulpamancer is a practitioner of tulpamancy.

Related Terms

Parogenic is a related concept, but the term be avoided by some systems in favor of Tulpamancy/Tulpagenic or Tuplamancy/Tuplagenic. Similarly, Tulpamancy/Tulpagenic or Tuplamancy/Tuplagenic may be avoided by some systems in favor of Parogenic.

History

The term 'tulpa' in its modern usage first appeared in the book Magic and Mystery in Tibet (1929) by the Theosophist Alexandra David-Néel and based on the Tibetan word 'sprulpa', which approximately means emanation or manifestation. Tulpamancy was popularised and secularized on 4chan and Reddit beginning in 2009.