egregore

Shadow work is essential to avoid being pulled into mass-induced psychosis or online outrage cycles. Nervous system regulation is equally imperative for the spiritual warrior.

Staying regulated in both body and mind is the first line of defense against possession by collective egregores, for dysregulation creates the cracks through which they... See more

You can see mass formation psychosis throughout history in political ideologies from far left to far right, such as Communist, Fascist, and totalitarian regimes that have resulted in the murder of millions of people.

All the while, masses of people supporting these regimes were hypnotized automatons carrying out and supporting the agenda

In the ancient sense , the "watchers" were guardians, aware but neutral. In the context of a group egregore , this watchfulness can take on a more controlling role — overseeing and subtly guiding the group's actions in ways that constrain individuality and lead to conformity , even to the point of irrationality or harm.

people are extremely bad at discussing the changes or gaps in their consciousness.

Beyond the argument from equivalence, there’s another argument for group minds. This is the argument from modularity . Modularity is a common hypothesis in cognitive science (and evolutionary psychology), which is essentially that parts of your mind act like mini-minds themselves, and then pass on their results.

But in the harsh light of reality, I think most of the time becoming a group mind, especially accidentally at a civilization level (such as being forced into it via technological changes), would be almost certainly bad in the initial steps—Yeats’ warning about “incarnate life” might apply