Meaning of egregore | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An angelic being from the Book of Enoch.
   obsolete
2. An autonomous psychic entity that is composed of, and influences, the thoughts of a group of people.

Equivalents

Examples

“When men multiplied, says the author, they had daughters of an exquisite beauty, so amiable that the Egregores, or the guardian Angels, conceived a violent passion for them.”

“[…] but I must be fair, and point out that there are those who fancy he is a fallen angel, an Egregore, a guardian angel of somebody else's property, and if he really is an Egregore he may be grandfather to the Nephelim, and great grandfather to the Eliud.”

“In magical esoteric circles an egregore is commonly understood to be a magical psychic entity consciously or unconsciously created by a couple or a group as an encapsulation and merger of their collective aspirations and ideals.”

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