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Tracking the Tulpa: Exploring the “Tibetan” Origins of a Contemporary Paranormal Idea |
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Mikles, Natasha L. (著)
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Laycock, Joseph P. (著)
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Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions
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| Volume | v.19 n.1 |
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| Date | 2015.08 |
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| Pages | 87 - 97 |
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| Publisher | University of California Press |
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http://journals.ucpress.edu
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| Location | Oakland, CA, US [奧克蘭, 加利福尼亞州, 美國] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Keyword | tulpa; Theosohpy; Tibet; Buddhism; thought forms; Orientalism |
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| Abstract | Since the 1970s, tulpas have been a feature of Western paranormal lore. In contemporary paranormal discourse, a tulpa is a being that begins in the imagination but acquires a tangible reality and sentience. Tulpas are created either through a deliberate act of individual will or unintentionally from the thoughts of numerous people. The tulpa was first described by Alexandra David-Néel (1868–1969) in Magic and Mystery in Tibet (1929) and is still regarded as a Tibetan concept. However, the idea of the tulpa is more indebted to Theosophy than to Tibetan Buddhism. This article explores the murky origins of the tulpa to show how the concept emerged from a dialogue between East and West in which Theosophical metaphysics were combined with terms adapted from Tibetan Buddhism. |
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| Table of contents | Abstract 87
Keywords 87
The Tulpa in Contemporary Folklore 89
Tülkus, Tuplas and Sprul-pas 91
Theosophical "Thought-Forms" 93
Conclusion 94
Endnotes 95
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| ISSN | 10926690 (P); 15418480 (E) |
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| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.2015.19.1.87 |
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| Created date | 2023.10.24 |
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| Modified date | 2023.10.24 |
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