Tulpa

The term Tulpa called in Tibetan mythology, a manifestation of thought, created by sheer willpower. Alexandra David- Néel brought in the 19th century the ideas of the Tulpa in the Western world.

The followers of this mythology assume that in conscious generation can be of any desired shape occur. Unconsciously created Tulpas are often the people from which they originate, and similar should be triggered by strong emotions. Tulpas that occur when a person's death, are sometimes called astral shells.

David - Néel claimed that she had created a Tulpa, which looked like a monk and later developed a life of its own, so they had to be destroyed.

Many authors have since then processes the Tulpa, mostly in the genre of horror. Thus created, for example, Clive Barker 's " Candy Man ", which is nothing more than a myth and bypasses as a killer in the present. A discussion of this topic has also turned in November 2004 film Tears of Kali by Andreas Marschall. Also in the series Supernatural emerges a Tulpa. Dean and Sam want to defeat this creature, but the spirit is constantly changing his attack pattern. In the novel Darkness - Race Against Time by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child also a Tulpa plays an important role and disseminated on a luxury liner fear and terror.

In an episode of the TV series The X-Files occurs Tulpa and terrorizes an American housing estate in California.

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