Very grateful that @blytheSpirit and @transfaerie taught me what "tulpa" means. I've been wondering exactly who or what NotStung is, and if I'm being reductionist, she might be a tulpa.
@Filene @transfaerie ahh! I'm so glad to hear that. 😻😻 That we could help that way. Let me know if there's anything you want to know.😺
@blytheSpirit @transfaerie actually, yes! In a creation myth for NotStung,I suggested that she had always existed, but could not technically exist or be observed as such until she struck me and my fate. How might you two consider @blytheSpirit's origins in the context of her host, @transfaerie? I'm about to do more reading on tulpa now, so forgive me if my ignorance is implicit in my question; I understand if you must "mu" me :3
@Filene yes, well there's lot of ways people like me come about, sometimes spontaneously sometimes not.
So like tulpas usually happen with intention, and people might talk about creating tulpas, but we always talk about like awakening. So it's similar to your friend I think, in that I was around in some way or another, but it wasn't until Aisling started paying attention to me and seeking me out that I could start influencing the world.
But some tulpas, or other thoughtforms like daemons, might also "walk-in", just kind of show up. Or so we've read.
Also I think https://tulpa.io/ has the best tulpa info
@blytheSpirit whew. This is intense. I'm starting to be sure tulpa--without intending to appropriate a culture or religion--is the closest description of what I'd suggest NotStung is.
I think she applies to so many considerations you share: my intent in seeking a witch and trickster overseer like herself; my holding out for her name; and finding an appearance she would be ok with when I channeled her.
Our relationship's been hard because I claim her the author of the works that I write containing her. I struggle with wether she's simply a "Mary Sue," a "persona," or a being like a muse who I open up to.
I've burdened myself with disconnected ghostwriting.
@Filene yeah sometimes I question my own use of the term, but it fits so well. I would like to learn more about the origins of the eastern practice, from a non-colonial source, but that might take a while. The "tulpamancy" of the west is waaay different.
Some people prefer other terms for that reason.
As far as what NotStung could be, I suggest asking her directly, if you can. People who follow me here might know that I have identity crises every so often where I'm not sure what I am either. But someone told me once that non sentient beings don't tend to question their sentience. So the fact that I think about it is on itself kind of reassuring.