tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8485583244199236996.post5155910178743990124..comments2024-03-27T14:35:59.406-07:00Comments on The Outsider: The Group MindPaññobhāsahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14148206217028034038noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8485583244199236996.post-81461774168647632532023-03-17T06:49:13.423-07:002023-03-17T06:49:13.423-07:00Good essay. Starting at the point in the article y...Good essay. Starting at the point in the article you wander off the Orthodox Theravada reservation, the "group mind" phenomena you describe is something very well attested in western occult lore. A group mind is usually referred to as an "egregore." Rather than a sentient being, it's a sort of psychic aggregate that exercises autonomous mental functions and "downloads" thoughts, ideas, emotions, and impressions into its human participants. <br /><br />In the aforementioned lore, all sorts of things can end up having egregores; including nations, cities, races, religions, ideologies, sports team fandoms, hobby groups, ect. Some of the minor pagan gods were probably egregores (like the "patron god/ess" of a city-state, for example). In the traditions I've studied, a national egregore of a fallen state or civilization can end up reincarnating in a future culture. It might not be a stretch to speculate that Rome's group mind reincarnated here in the US. <br /><br />In one book I read, a violent mob is described as a very temporary, short-lived type of egregore; it forms as the mob forms and dissipates once the ensuing orgy of violence/chaos runs its course. <br /><br />So by all of that, I agree it's logical that a group mind would accumulate karma and this karma would affect the karmas of individual participants.<br /><br />-CAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8485583244199236996.post-73311828139948515672023-03-14T19:27:16.594-07:002023-03-14T19:27:16.594-07:00Francis Parker Yockey's work explores the idea...Francis Parker Yockey's work explores the idea of dominant civilizations such as ancient Rome as super organisms which experience distinct life cycles, like individuals writ large. He was also a holocaust denier and considered Hitler "the hero of the 20th century".<br />Nichiren believed that Japan would coninue to suffer karmic consequences such as invasions and earthquakes if she did not adopt his teachings about the Lotus Sutra.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8485583244199236996.post-75620778446492770462023-03-13T15:41:36.985-07:002023-03-13T15:41:36.985-07:00I've never even heard of it. I have heard of N...I've never even heard of it. I have heard of Nichiren though.Paññobhāsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14148206217028034038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8485583244199236996.post-1100262046937165602023-03-13T07:34:20.650-07:002023-03-13T07:34:20.650-07:00Pannobhasa, have you ever read Yockey's IMPERI...Pannobhasa, have you ever read Yockey's IMPERIUM? Also, Nichiren has much to say on this subject.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com