Tulpamancer's Wonderland

Personal blog of tulpamancy.

[sophieinwonderland]

Our Switching Method: Ghost Switching

Any full switch requires two parts. Detachment and attachment. You are both disconnecting the current fronter from the body and at the same time connecting the new fronter to it.

Note that this method relies heavily on visualization and may not be effective for people who can't visualize.

The goal of this method is to visualize both current fronter and intended fronter as ghosts trading control of the body.

Detachment

This section is aimed at the current fronter. What I want you to do is sit back. Close your eyes. Relax every part of the body.

You control the body through various signals traveling from your mind through the nervous system. What you're doing now is turning these outgoing signals off. You're probably still receiving incoming sensory signals, but try to shut those out as best as you can too.

Now, step out of the body. Open imaginary eyes and visualize the yourself as a ghost, exiting it. You're not literally a spirit, of course. This is just your mental representations of yourself. Your essence.

Now, turn back around and look at the body. The thing you see there isn't you. It never was. It's merely a vessel you inhabit and control to interact with the physical world. Now you've stepped out of it to let someone else takeover.

Take a moment to look back at the body and believe that this is true.

Visualize the intended fronter there with you, another spirit ready to takeover.

Good, now pass perspective to the intended fronter.

Attachment

This part is for the intended fronter.

When I talk about perspective, I mean that I want you to take a 1st person view from your mind form.

Take a moment to look around from this view, visualizing the spave around you through they eyes of your mind form. Feel your mind form. Look over at the previous fronter's mind form, and then at the body.

Step your legs into the body's legs, shrinking or stretching your limbs however you need to in order to make them fit.

Make your legs fit perfectly into the body's. Don't go all the way into the body yet though. Only the legs.

These legs are yours now. Focus on how your legs feel. What are they touching? Earlier, the previous fronter shut off their output to the body. Now you claim the sensory input, feeling everything through the leg. Through your leg.

Once you've claimed the sensory input, it will be easier to send your own output. When you're comfortable, wiggle your toes. Move a foot forward if you want. Rub one foot against the other. Do whatever you want to because these feet are yours.

Lean back more into the body and repeat this process next with the torso. Wiggle your hips a bit to confirm it took before moving onward.

Next, do the arms and hands, taking over both input and output again. Wiggle your fingers, wave your arms around, etc.

Finally, lean your head into the body's head. This is the seat of consciousness in the body. Claim it as your own. Feel the head completely. And not just the tactile senses. Hear the sounds coming through your ears, and smell the scents of the world through your nostrils. And then, when you're ready, you can open your eyes. A different person than the one who closed them.

If all went well, you're completely in front, having systematically claimed the body as your own, piece by piece.

Congratulations!

End Notes: this method is long because it's aimed at beginners. With practice though, you may get to a place where the whole method is "old fronter steps out. New fronter steps in. Done." And you've done a complete switch in 2 seconds while jogging without missing a beat. Cut out steps that seem unnecessary as needed as you gain more experience with switching.

Information For First Time Fronters, on Fronter's Doubt and Procedural Memories:

There is a famous or infamous case study in psychology of HM. The short of it is that HM underwent a lobotomy, with parts of his brain that were responsible for the formation of new memories being removed, leaving him unable to form longterm memories.

What was found was that when asked to perform certain drawing tasks, he would forget that he performed the tasks within a few minutes. However, when he repeated the task the next day, he showed signs of improvement despite no conscious memory of having performed that task before.

This is due to what's called procedural memory. Muscle memory and memory of physical skills is largely disconnected from consciousness.

When fronting for the first time, you might find the body wanting to act on habits that are not your own. This is perfectly natural and nothing to worry about, as many behaviors are going to be hard-coded into the body. So please, don't freak out when you find your hands moving into a position that the primary fronter's might take while you're not paying attention. It doesn't mean you aren't really in front. It's just procedural memory and nothing to worry about.

Thanks for reading and happy fronting! 😁

[eeveecraft]

Harmful Effects of Negative Front-loading and Absolute Statements in Tulpamancy

Introduction

Humans by nature are highly diverse, and this heavily, if not, completely also blends into how humans experience the world around them. No two humans will perceive something completely the same, even if they are experiencing the exact same thing. This is why when speaking about things like psychology, neurodivergencies, and even the phenomenon like Tulpamancy that how these are defined are not completely objective, but are rather defined by a general set of guidelines due to the subjectivity that is human consciousness. Despite this, the Tulpamancy community is riddled with the oxymoron of Tulpamancy being subjective yet enforce specific ideas as objective, which can create many unnecessary barriers newcomers have to deal with when creating their first tulpa.

What is Frontloading?

Frontloading when speaking about Tulpamancy is often found in guides or set by others when giving newcomers advice or guidance. Some variants of frontloading dating back from 2012 that have long since been abandoned are now often viewed as ludicrous and old-fashioned, yet others still pervade the community to this day. Here will be two examples of frontloading, one of which is no longer being followed or spoken of, and another that remains in this community in various circles and resources:

"You have to active force with your tulpa for no less than 25 hours before they become sentient."

"You must dissociate from your body completely before even attempting switching and possession."

The first one dates far back into the nascent of the community, it is an idea that has since long been debunked and now has been thought of being absolutely ridiculous in modern times. However, the second statement is one that can still be seen talked about and handed as advice to newer Tulpamancers, and is still present in numerous guides and resources. For example, a quote from "A Deconstruction of the Newcomer's Tulpa Mentality" on page 5 goes as follows:

Switching is a process. It requires dissociation of increasing degrees in order to progress. At first it will just be possession while you watch. From there, it’s just more and more dissociation while your tulpa learns to take control and focus, which is especially difficult when people are trying to talk to you as opposed to your tulpa.

However, there are many Tulpamancy systems (including the Dragonheart System) who did not learn how to dissociate from the body in order to achieve switching. For them, it was not a requirement, and as time progresses, there are more and more cases that directly contradicts this statement.

From these two examples, what exactly is frontloading and why can it be negative? Frontloading is essentially setting preconceived notations (whether consciously or unconsciously) about a specific skill or goal in Tulpamancy, basically setting the bar for how a certain thing "works" in Tulpamancy. This can effect a Tulpamancer's progress due to the fact that mindset can play a massive role in one's own tulpa creation process. If one believes that they must force for 25 hours before having a sentient tulpa, chances are they will have to reach 25 hours, or flat-out dismiss any possible signs of sentience from the tulpa before the 25 hour mark because of frontloading.

On the contrary, if someone believes that possession is simple and easy to achieve, it might actually cause the host and tulpa to achieve possession quickly, but do keep in mind that this is no absolute rule. This can also be true if the Tulpamancer is not affected by frontloading whether negative or positive and simply begins the process with an open mind.

This can be a negative thing because skills that the Tulpamancer and tulpa in question would otherwise learn quickly might be impeded because they were set to believe that a certain technique or skill must take incredible amounts of time to train or that there barely any people who have actually achieved it. Back in 2012, this was the case with switching. Many thought it was flat-out impossible or that hardly anyone would even be capable of doing it at all, but has clearly been proven false.

However, even if resources try and stress that Tulpamancy is super easy and takes no effort, that can also have negative consequences. If someone is set to believe that they can create a fully sentient tulpa with every possible skill in a month, then fail to achieve it, then they might give up or believe something is wrong with them. What this form of frontloading does is that it can set the Tulpamancer and tulpa up for disappointment if they do not meet the deadline or standards of what they come to expect.

Absolute Statements and their Prevalence in Resources

An absolute statement is what is says on the tin: a statement or idea that a specific thing is absolute, no other way of looking at it, it is objectively this specific way and that's that. It is highly common in the vast majority of Tulpamancy guides and resources to contain these types of statements in varying degrees, said ideas are often asserted with words like, "must," "will," and, "have." An example of an absolute statement in a popular guide on this site can be seen here:

Now you must work on the form of your tulpa. This part sucks. Mainly because it's tedious and takes a long time, but also because most people I've spoken to have a very hard time visualizing something in their heads.

"May the Force be with You: A Tulpa Creation Guide," by Methos, page 14.

This absolute statement asserts the idea that a tulpa's form is necessary in order to properly create one; it presents this as objective fact. On the contrary, this is far from true and is an old-fashioned idea from the community back around 2012-2015 when the community prioritized the tulpa's form far more than the tulpa themself. There are tulpas who are completely formless (especially with Tulpamancers who have Aphantasia), and even then, when a Tulpamancer speaks to their tulpa, it is often a common experience to simply hear the tulpa's voice without visualizing their form.

In addition, this is also a form of frontloading, but also said in tandem with objectivity. There are plenty of guides that start their resource with, "You don't have to take any of this as pure fact or complete step-by-step instructions," but yet, the same guide then adds statements akin to, "You have to do these specific steps or techniques to do this thing," or, "X step is 100% necessary," or even, "This will happen in this specific way." What is more likely to affect a reader? A sentence or two said at the very beginning of a guide, or the numerous affirming or unaffirming statements sprinkled throughout the entire read? Chances are, the latter will have a larger impact.

As such, the hypocrisy of advocating for accepting and celebrating the subjectivity of Tulpamancy, but at the same time, writing resources or giving advice that is signed as absolute and objective with its word usage presents itself. To take away from this, writers in this community need to keep in mind that Tulpamancy is wildly, if not, completely subjective and no two experiences will ever be identical. What process may have happened with one system may not happen to another, and guide authors and even people giving advice need to reflect this in their word usage and writing.

For example, instead of saying, "Your tulpa will become sentient in three months," riddled with frontloading and objective statements, one could write, "Your tulpa could become sentient quickly like within three months or it may take some time." Note the lack of "will" in favor of "could" and "may," leaving that possibility while still preserving the general idea. Another example could be:

Objective: "You need to learn dissociation first in order to switch."

Subjective: "Some systems learn switching better if they learn dissociation first while other systems don't need to."

Even on a statement that may seem like fact, keep an open mind. Just because one has not personally seen a system that directly contradicts a statement does not mean a system like that does not exist or is an impossibility. If this is the case, one can use "most likely" or "most often" instead of just "could" or "may," is more sure in the existing claim without flat-out dismissing the possibility.

Conclusion

Despite the decline of written resources in the years, I do hope any aspiring or currently existing guide authors take this to heart. Same goes with people who love to give advice on the subreddit or places like Tulpa.info. Your experiences may feel universal, but the human mind is one wild, malleable, and unpredictable thing that we hardly know anything about. These resources are incredibly useful and wonderful to read, we just need to keep in mind on how our writing and word choice negatively or positively impact the people who read them. There are systems who have been legitimately harmed by frontloading, believing things had to be a certain way or else it would not work or that they were doing something wrong, and thus suffering or toiling for years that could have otherwise been avoided. We can lessen that potential suffering if we just work on how we present ideas as writers and even as the backbone of this community for new people to experience.

Too long; didn't read: Stop writing things in Tulpamancy like they are fact because your experiences with Tulpamancy are not universal.

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8-31-2021

[deactivated-20220808]

Here’s a reminder that using the term ‘tulpa’/’tulpamancer’ is racist. It is a term stolen from a closed religion, (Tibetan Buddhism), that got bastardized, and ‘western tulpamancy’ as a movement was widely popularized by 4chan and the My Little Pony community of all places. The original term is ‘sprul-pa’ and refers to something completely different than what western ‘tulpamancy’ is.

Inb4 someone who’s not a Tibetan Buddhist comes onto this post and says that it’s not racist, I have to ask you, what makes you feel so entitled to speak over the only person claiming to be a Tibetan Buddhist in this discussion? While I am not one myself, what’s linked there is a carrd made by someone who appears to be a Tibetan Buddhist, and they talk about why the term ‘tulpa’ is a racist and culturally appropriative term to use. They’re not even trying to speak out against endogenic systems, they’re simply trying to say that you should use another term, and luckily for you, those terms already exist.

Other words you can use instead are ‘thoughtform’, ‘parogenic’ or ‘willogenic’, all of which describe something very similar to ‘tulpamancy’; the intentional creation of a headmate through things such as meditation. And the great thing about language is that if you don’t like any of these terms for whatever reason, you can just coin new ones that also don’t relate to ‘tulpa’ or ‘tulpamancy’.

[tulpamancers]

Can you elaborate on how the word "tulpa" is racist?

Racist: prejudiced against or antagonistic toward a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized.

I have never seen someone use the word "tulpa" or "tulpamancer" to cause harm someone, or to be antagonistic for the tibetan culture it's derived from.

Sure, it can be derivered from another culture, but that doesn't mean it's racist.

[tulpamancers]

What was it like when you got your first response from your tulpa?

it was pretty weird. I was asking what was her name. And I heard clearly in my mind a name. "Mia". That is a very uncommon name here (to the point I haven't met ever anyone called like that). The voice was pretty clear and different from my own mind voice, so I knew it had to be her.

But, if we go back to the day of her birth, it was a scream. A loud powerful scream. It sounded so real I opened my eyes (was foircing with my eyes closed) because I thought someone was at my side screaming and trying to scare me. It was kind of a experience :)

[tulpamancers]

Do you have any advice for ways to force a tulpa to talk? I've been talking to mine for a while and I'm getting no responses. I feel like I'm just doing it wrong in a way

offff tbh it's pretty hard for me, I'm still struggling.

Maybe my exercise would help you, tho:

Sit with your tulpa, and ask them to repeat what you're going to say, then start from very basic things. I like going ah, eh, e, oh, uh. Try to listen to them in their voice.

Also, another good one is reading, but asking your tulpa to read the book for you.

It's complicated, and I'm open for better tips too

hope it helps

[tulpamancers]

So before I found out what a Tulpa was I made up these people in my head and sometimes talked to them. I'm not sure if they are Tulpas or not because I feel like I often made up responses for them. Do you think that I could still make them into Tulpas? Or if they already are, how could I find a way to actually talk to them?

Well, try forcing daily, mayne focusing on one first. I think the best way to know if you're not the one coming up woth the answers is when you ask a question, but you "get" the answer before you even finish the question 🤔

[36ofusarchipelagosystem]

New addition to the group

On Janurary 14 2020 after weeks of deliberation we have decided to create our seventh tulpa Ebony. Right now she’s doing very well with the group and Lucy has taken the role as her mother figure which is quite nice. So soon a profile pic update is in order 

[tulpamancers]

can you share your process?

[36ofusarchipelagosystem]

Well, we came up with the form and began forcing by narration and visualising. she’s deviated quite a bit from her starting appearance which is quite nice because that’s a sign of good things to come. 

[tulpamancers]

do you have tips on visualization or on how to listen with more clarity to your tulpa?

[tulpamancers]

Did you see Twin peaks The return? The blue rose task force investigate a band of doppelganger tulpas as part of the CIA project blue book unresolved paranormal murder cases where radioaktive fallout creates creatures that creates the black lodge witch in turn consists of these creatures tulpas and these perticular tulpas possesed unkowing individuals, Demonic forces creating tulpas.. As such turning the tulpas into vessels of Great Evil such as homocide rape etc.. Is this a possible outcome?

I don't see that, but sounds interesting. I'll search for it :o

[36ofusarchipelagosystem]

New addition to the group

On Janurary 14 2020 after weeks of deliberation we have decided to create our seventh tulpa Ebony. Right now she’s doing very well with the group and Lucy has taken the role as her mother figure which is quite nice. So soon a profile pic update is in order 

[tulpamancers]

can you share your process?

[ninja8tyu]

Day 4 of my attempt to make a tulpa:

I gave him a form, often imagining him standing in the void or a poor attempt at hallucinating him into reality, sitting on a chair or running along with the car.

I’m “talking” (as in thinking words/messages) to him as often as I can. I’m too afraid to parrot and end up giving myself a false positive, so I don’t think for him. I just imagine that he’s there to listen to me. From time to time, I ask for his opinion, but there is no response, and I may not be doing it enough.

I am still unsure how to think for two people. Do I think two different/multiple opinions, and let it go wherever it leads me? Do I just keep talking every once in a while to the void and hope something answers?

I’m not sure if I’m straining my mind enough to create a tulpa, where I should be feeling headaches often and/or it feels like a taxing challenge, or I’m doing it right and I just need to be patient.

[tulpamancers]

You just need to be patient and practice daily. Me and Mia have like 3 or 4 years together and it's still hard to listen to her voice properly

[no-aesthetic-jojo]

TULPAMANCY

Today I decided to experiment on creating a Tulpa or getting into tulpamancy. The reasons for this is:

One: I’ve been pretty alone since I moved away from all my friends and family so I thought having this sentiant being/ friend would help me alot.

Two: I’m curious on having a second person living within my body (that sounds weird but yeah) I’m also curious if this is real, which due to the research I have read its highly likely.

These are the main reasons I would like to create a Tulpa, if anyone would like to share their experiences with tulpamancy I would appreciate it as I have so much more to learn. I also hope to make many friends in the Tulpamancy community.

Day 1

[tulpamancers]

hi, welcome to the journey :)

[system-lgbt]

What's a tulpa? Not really heard that before

I’m afraid I’m not the best person to ask. Someone who has a tulpa would be better. And the topic brings up a lot of very bitter memories.

There’s several blogs who know about tulpas, from both a spiritual, religious, and psychological stand (as tulpas cross through all 3). The idea and existence of a tulpa is not harmful, so long as it’s done with respect and genuineness, not appropriation.

However, in my past, it was used as a method of control, to insert the idea that my superiors could create or “find” these dimensional beings capable of seeing the future, and use them to tell them my secrets, my future, and any prophecies that included me and other members.

That’s not what tulpas are. At all. But my knowledge of ACTUAL tulpamancy is far limited due to the topic being rather triggering sometimes.

I can’t remember, off the top of my head, which blogs discuss tulpas and tulpamancy appropriately. I remember hearing whispers of @tulpamancers before. That should steer you in the right direction. The topic itself is interesting.

[tulpamancers]

Tulpas are a mental construct created by a person. Thry are basically another person in your head. They have a personality different from yours, and a consciousness of their own.

[me-and-my-headmates-deactivated]

Any other active tulpa blogs we can follow? -Amy

[tulpamancers]

not exactly active but...

if you wanna talk with Mia or me feel free to send a message :)

[witchy-oates]

Creating a Thoughtform

This is a tutorial on how to create a thoughtform that is specifically supposed to be sentient and capable of making independent decisions, just like any other being. I’ve seen them called “tulpas” too. This is NOT how to make a Servitor! You do not want to create a Servitor using this method - they are not supposed to be sentient lol.

A Warning

Only make a thoughtform if you can accept responsibility of creating a sentient being. Neglecting your newly created buddy can result in sickness and even death of the thoughtform. A fully solidified thoughtform can survive without you and you two may even part ways one day, but in the beginning stages, you need to be vigilant! Think of it like having a kid, basically. You are bringing something into existence that can feel pain. It can feel loneliness. It can suffer from abuse and neglect. If you can’t handle that kind of responsibility, turn around now! 

If you can, carry on. But be aware that once you cross a certain stage in the creation process, undoing your work will feel cruel. 

Step One - Creating the Base

Your thoughtform is going to develop its own personality traits and appearance quirks on its own, but you need a starting ground. No energy or magic stuff should go into this. This process should feel like creating a character, almost. Create a basic list of personality traits you would like the thoughtform to have, as well as its appearance. You can have it mirror existing things like Pokemon, or an animal, or you could create your own humanoid or creature! The possibilities are endless. Mirroring it off of people can create existential crises, just a warning. 

Step Two - Giving it Life

This process can be different for everyone. But the basic stuff is, you need to give your thoughtform a source of energy to help it grow and develop. This can be changed at a later time, so if attention is your energy source and your thoughtform becomes completely independent far in the future, you can make it so it can eat astral food in supplement to your interactions to survive. Starting out, however, I suggest giving at least three sources of energy. Your attention/your own energy is a necessary energy source. Using the Sun and Moon are also good sources of energy. 

Giving your thoughtform attention and your energy includes: - Thinking about it - Talking to it and parroting responses (basically talking to yourself at first) - Interacting with it and parroting its actions (kinda like puppeteering?)  - Further designing its appearance and personality - Actually doing energy work to funnel energy into its form

This is the stage where you need to stop EARLY if you have any doubts on creating it. You will start to see signs of sentience the more you feed it energy. Once you do, going back is a little too late.

Step Three - Sentience and Development 

*Be sure to have safeguards in recognizing a malicious entity pretending to be your budding thoughtform. It is very easy to get tricked when determining sentience.

So now you have a thoughtform that is starting to have its own responses and thoughts. Great! When you talk to it, you don’t have to force a response. It will happen independently of your own thoughts.

You may start to notice the thoughtform’s appearance changing as it gains the ability to do so. The thoughtform’s personality will develop independently of your input as well.

This stage requires a LOT of attention. You may want to give it the ability to get energy from astral food and such now in supplement to your interactions. Your new thoughtform is very fragile in this stage and neglect can seriously harm it - causing sickness or causing it to disappear from existence completely. 

Step Four - Solidification and Maintenance 

Eventually, your thoughtform’s personality and appearance will be what it will be (outside of natural development that you see with any entity). It will have its own life and goals and dreams and fears. It will not depend on you for life, but hopefully you’ll remain close! Neglect can still harm a thoughtform and they can get injured and sick like any other entity. You should maintain your relationship to the best of your ability. Hang out with them on the astral, watch movies with them, talk to them - pretty much anything you’d do with a spirit companion.

If your thoughtform wants to leave the nest one day, make sure that attention is NOT the main source of energy anymore. They might want to go do their own thing and while goodbyes are hard, they’ll still probably visit :). They can do anything an entity can do, so they might go start a family, or find a job, or adventure - the possibilities are endless for your friend! 

I hope this helps! Keep in mind, these are MY views, and this is MY method. May not fit your narrative. If you have any questions, feel free to ask!

[m-o-r-g-e-n-a]

Thoughtforms

Now that I’m out of school for the summer, I really want to try to make a thoughtform. Unfortunately, I’m super forgetful and the epitome of an indecisive libra. Do any of you guys have experience in tulpas/thoughtforms? And if you are, could you possibly mentor me on the process and maybe help to keep me accountable? I’d appreciate the help. ❤️🍃

[captaindjwalnut]

Hello,

We’re a system of 3 (2 tulpas + host) and we are willing to help you. check out this list of guides: https://www.reddit.com/r/Tulpas/wiki/guides I consulted this one a lot when starting out: https://www.tulpa.info/archive/faqman-creation-guide/ but one thing to know is that we’re still figuring out how all this works, so read all the guides and then understand that your mind  may be different from all them. also, don’t be discouraged it thing happen slowly. it took us 2 months to reach sentience with out first, and 6 months until she was vocal. feel free to ask questions.

[tulpamancers]

6 months? I'm 3 years in and we're still struggling with voice

[chupitulpa]

any good tips for making my tulpa more vocal?

Talk to each other more. Talk while active forcing. Being in a light trance makes it easier to hear them.

An exercise you can try is to find a voice to teach them, to use as a model. Use an audio editor like Audacity to cut out a small snip, a word or two at first, and save it on your phone or media player. Ask your tulpa to be patient and listen to the clip and practice reproducing it. Work on the sound of the voice, the overall sound of it, the intonation on the words. If they stick with it long enough to get that, move to a longer snippet, to them saying words you ask them to say but in that voice, to finally them speaking with it normally.

[chupitulpa]

my tulpa is really young and he doesn't talk yet but sometimes when i'm forcing before bed and i'm falling asleep i hear loud and clear voice in my head saying stuff like "talk to me" or "just go to sleep already" can it be him or are these just my thoughts?

I can’t give a definitive answer since it could believably be either. Being close to sleep makes thoughts easier to hear as voice, whether these thoughts are from you or him. It’s more likely to be him if you previously didn’t hear voice as you fall asleep.

This is known as hypnagogia – hallucinations as you fall asleep. It’s common and normal. Think of it like your brain starting to dream before you’re all the way asleep. Some people get visual blobs, faces or scenes from something they saw recently. Others get sounds like hisses, bangs, clangs and doorbells. Still others get voices, which are usually say out-of-context sentences or utter nonsense.

If you get hypnagogic voices, it can sometimes be hard to tell whether one of them is your tulpa. Even once his voice is defined, he might sound different as a hypnagogic voice. Since I get the voices and they usually say nonsensical things, my general rule of thumb is if it makes sense – and especially if I can converse with it – it’s very likely to be a tulpa.

Another thing to note is that feeling as you drift close to sleep and parts of your brain shut down. Your mind gets foggy and your thoughts may not make as much sense anymore. Your tulpa lives in the same brain, and the same thing might affect him too. So don’t let it create excess doubt if you hear what seems to be him but he’s talking stupid to you.

For now I would say go with it. If he says “Talk to me”, talk to him a while. If he says “Just go to sleep already”, pat him goodnight and go to sleep. You can also try asking, but it’s possible his reply won’t get through as well.