Sources for Claims throughout the Video:
Socrates:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates
"...The reason for this is something you have heard me frequently mention in different places—namely, the fact that I experience something divine and daimonic… It started in my childhood, the occurrence of a particular voice. Whenever it occurs, it always deters me from the course of action I was intending to engage in, but it never gives me positive advice. It is this that has opposed my practicing politics, and I think its doing so has been absolutely fine," (Apology 31c–d).
Long, A.A. (2009). "How Does Socrates' Divine Sign Communicate with Him?". In Sara Ahbel-Rappe (ed.). A Companion to Socrates. Rachana Kamtekar. Wiley. pp. 63–74. doi:10.1002/9780470996218.ch5
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/socrates/
“Socrates also acknowledged a rather strange personal phenomenon, a daimonion or internal voice that prohibited his doing certain things, some trivial and some important, often unrelated to matters of right and wrong (thus not to be confused with the popular notions of a superego or a conscience). The implication that he was guided by something he regarded as divine or semi-divine was all the more reason for other Athenians to be suspicious of Socrates,” (Nails and Monoson para 3).
Nails Debra and S. Sara Monoson. "Socrates.” The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2022
Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), www.plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2022/entries/socrates/. Accessed 15 July 2022.
English Theosophy:
https://xena.greedo.xeserv.us/files/Tracking%20the%20Tulpa.pdf
“Decades before Evans-Wentz and David-Neel traveled to Asia, Theosophists in London were discussing "thought-forms" or entities created inadvertently from thoughts” (Mikels and Laycock pg 7, para 1).
“These Western ideas of inadvertently created, frightening and dangerous thought-forms are the true provenance of the tulpa as described by David-Neel and promoted in contemporary paranormal lore,” (qtd pg 8, para 1).
Natasha, Mikels and Laycock, Joseph. “Tracking the Tulpa,” pdf version 1.6, www.xena.greedo.xeserv.us/files/Tracking the Tulpa.pdf, accessed 16 July 2022.
https://theosophy.wiki/en/Thought-Forms
Besant, Annie and Leadbeater, C.W. Thought-Forms, Internet Archive, www.archive.org/details/thoughtforms00besarich/mode/2up, accessed 16 July 2022.
David-Neel’s accounts:
David-Neel, Alexandra. Magic and the Mystery of Tibet, Internet Archive, Translated by Claude Kendall, 1971 Dover Edition, Accessed 18 July 2022.
“The earliest mention of tulpas appeared in Magic and Mystery in Tibet (1929) by Alexandra David-Neel (1868-1969), who defined tulpa as "phantoms." She explained that tulpas were related to tulkus, which she said were "forms created by magic,”” (Mikels and Laycock pg 2, para 2).
“She claimed to have created a tulpa using "prescribed concentration of thought and other rites"
while in Tibet David-Neel gave her tulpa the form of a jolly Western monk so it would not be confused with Tibetan deities. A Tibetan herdsman reportedly could see the monk, proving it had an independent existence, but David-Neel was forced to destroy her creation when it became too willful,” (qtd pg 2-3, para 2).
https://xena.greedo.xeserv.us/files/Tracking%20the%20Tulpa.pdf
Natasha, Mikels and Laycock, Joseph. “Tracking the Tulpa,” pdf version 1.6, www.xena.greedo.xeserv.us/files/Tracking the Tulpa.pdf, accessed 16 July 2022.
https://archive.org/details/magicmysteryinti0000davi
Cultural appropriation bullsh!t debunking:
“The earliest mention of tulpas appeared in Magic and Mystery in Tibet (1929) by Alexandra David-Neel (1868-1969), who defined tulpa as "phantoms." She explained that tulpas were related to tulkus, which she said were "forms created by magic,”” (Mikels and Laycock pg 2, para 2).
“These may be considered as veritable tulkus and, in fact, the demarcation between tulpas and tulkus is far from being clearly drawn. The existence of both is grounded on the same theories,” (David-Neel pg 313-314).
David-Neel, Alexandra. Magic and the Mystery of Tibet, Internet Archive, Translated by Claude Kendall, 1971 Dover Edition.
“Decades before Evans-Wentz and David-Neel traveled to Asia, Theosophists in London were discussing “thought-forms” or entities created inadvertently from thoughts. One of the earliest references to such a thought-form appears in an article by Sepharial (Dr. Walter Gorn Old (1864-1929), a founding member of the Theosophical Society in England) in the Theosophical Journal Lucifer (1891-1892).” (qtd pg 7, para 1)
“The history of the tulpa could be read as a case of Theosophists appropriating a term from Tibetan Buddhism to give their own esoteric ideas some Orientalist “window dressing.” This view, however, presents Tibet as a closed totality and ignores the agency of figures such as Kazi Dawa Samdup in translating complex ideas between cultures.” (qtd pg 8, para 2)
https://xena.greedo.xeserv.us/files/Tracking%20the%20Tulpa.pdf
Natasha, Mikels and Laycock, Joseph. “Tracking the Tulpa,” pdf version 1.6, www.xena.greedo.xeserv.us/files/Tracking the Tulpa.pdf, accessed 16 July 2022.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Tulpas/comments/unt6h7/i_am_a_tibetan_buddhist_with_an_emanation_tulpa/
https://twitter.com/TheCabinSystem/status/1433311992622698498?s=20
Paranormal Tulpa appearing in Media:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mothman_Prophecies
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/M/bo5892347.html
Pop Culture references:
https://supernatural.fandom.com/wiki/Tulpa:_Tibetan_Spirit_Sigil
https://adventuretime.fandom.com/wiki/Blank-Eyed_Girl
Spock Tulpa Book:
https://archive.org/details/iamspock00nimo/page/n7/mode/2up
Slenderman Tulpa Effect:
“A Tulpa is a thoughtform, or being created from the collective thoughts of separate individuals,” (Tulpa Effect para 1).
“An egregore… is a group thought-form. It can be created either intentionally or unintentionally, and becomes an autonomous entity with the power to influence. A group with a common purpose like a family, a club, a political party, a church, or a country can create an egregore, for better or worse depending upon the type of thought that created it,” (Theosophy Wiki para 1).
“The Tulpa Effect,” Slender Man Wiki, Fandom Wiki, www.theslenderman.fandom.com/wiki/The_Tulpa_Effect, accessed 17 July 2022.
“...The idea of intentional creation of Slender Man as a tulpa came as early as August of 2009, as the idea was first thrown around in the Something Awful forums. The idea is still carried today by some Slender Man-based communities, specifically Slender Nation, although the various separate evolutions of the Slender Man creature have created varying beliefs, traits, descriptions, and actions, and no longer includes a single unified description of Slender Man from which a tulpa could be created,” (Tulpa Effect para 2).
https://theslenderman.fandom.com/wiki/The_Tulpa_Effect
Tulpa Creepypasta story:
https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/Tulpa
/x/ Board, 4Chan history:
https://i.imgur.com/PpzHrxj.png
https://www.reddit.com/r/Tulpas/comments/4rf27z/where_did_tulpas_spawn_from_who_created_the_first/
https://community.tulpa.info/topic/10-i-need-your-comments-on-the-board-layout/#comment-38
https://community.tulpa.info/topic/6178-mass-intro-and-returns-thread/
Tulpa.info, Irish, & FAQ-MAN’s guides:
https://imgur.com/dd6sk (Irish’s Guide)
https://web.archive.org/web/20120516214254/https://www.tulpa.info/guides/faqman-creation-guide.html (Oldest-Known Version of FAQ-Man’s Guide)
https://www.tulpa.info/archive/
http://web.archive.org/web/20180116045447/http://community.tulpa.info/index.php
Tulpa.info early guides:
http://web.archive.org/web/20130507074545/http://community.tulpa.info/forum-guides?page=6
Chupi’s Blog:
https://chupitulpa.tumblr.com
Pleeb’s 2012-2013 Tulpa.info Blog:
Koomer’s Blog & AMA:
https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://ponystasha.tumblr.com
https://www.reddit.com/r/Tulpas/comments/amax3l/2019_i_am_koomer_qa/
Koomer & Oguigi’s drug abuse:
https://community.tulpa.info/topic/1788-oguigi-%E5%86%85%E5%84%80-koomer-the-diary/page/8/#comment-36831
VICE Article:
Thompson, Nathan. “The Internet's Newest Subculture Is All About Creating Imaginary Friends.” www.web.archive.org/web/20201108003050/https://www.vice.com/en/article/exmqzz/tulpamancy-internet-subculture-892. VICE, Internet Archive, Sept 3 2014, Accessed July 24 2022.
Vessiere’s Paper:
(Doesn’t want the paper to be quoted without his permission.)
Aminos:
https://aminoapps.com/c/TulpasHosts/recent/
https://aminoapps.com/c/tulpa/recent/
Tulpa.io:
Jade’s Removal from the Community:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Tulpas/comments/82qpc5/regarding_a_recent_removal/
Discords:
https://disboard.org/servers/tag/tulpa
https://www.reddit.com/r/Tulpas/comments/7akc9p/regarding_the_official_rtulpas_discord_server/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Tulpas/comments/lukoxu/new_official_discord_and_the_rational_behind_the/
People dunking on the community:
fMRI Study:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Tulpas/comments/cpqqg8/stanford_tulpa_study_my_experience_and_looking/
Extras for further reading:
