"Egregore" — I've been looking for this word for a long time

Torley

3-19-2008 8:29 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/715be756-13ba-4010-8225-e2ec166b1009/8DF06B70-B1B1-465E-9E67-9112A16041B0/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Egregore&oldid=181770747" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Egregore&oldid=181770747" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Egregore&oldid=181770747"><H1 class="firstHeading">Egregore</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Egregore&oldid=181770747"><P><B>Egregore</B> (also "egregor") is an <A title="Occult" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occult">occult</A> concept representing a "<A title="Thought form" class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought_form">thought form</A>" or "<A title="Collective" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective">collective</A> group mind", an autonomous <A title="Psychic" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychic">psychic</A> entity made up of, and influencing, the thoughts of a group of people. The <A title="Symbiotic" class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbiotic">symbiotic</A> relationship between an egregore and its group has been compared to the more recent, non-occult concepts of the <A title="Corporation" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporation">corporation</A> (as a <A title="Juristic person" class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juristic_person">legal entity</A>) and the <A title="Meme" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme">meme</A>. See also: <A title="Thought-form" class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought-form">Thought-form</A>, as the term is employed by <A title="Janet Farrar" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Farrar">Janet</A> and <A title="Stewart Farrar" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Farrar">Stewart Farrar</A>.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/8DF06B70-B1B1-465E-9E67-9112A16041B0/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

Torley says:

"Symbolic characters such as Santa Claus and Uncle Sam could be described as egregores."