Create Ghosts? Can We Create Ghosts?

Can We Create Ghosts?
Whether ghosts exist or not is a debate that has waged for thousands of years with most
skeptics believing that ghosts are a figment of the imagination. They believe that people
create ghosts through fear, superstition, and the like. Yet, for those who have had
experiences with ghosts, they are left with an indelible imprint on their lives. To them, ghosts
are real, maybe even a natural part of our world.

The idea that we can create ghosts is intriguing and something we should explore further. Is
there such a thing as consciously being able to create ghosts, using the power of the human
mind? Believe it or not, there is basis behind this idea. Tulpas, in Tibetan mysticism, is a
manifestation of mental energy. It is taught that a tulpa may be endowed with enough vitality
that it is able to become its own being, even capable of freeing itself from its creator's
control. In Tibet, magicians are said to use such created entities to carry out tasks. They act
as a semi-conscious puppet under the control of the adept conjurer.

Conscious thought-forms are said to be created
through meditation, even ritual. Through intense
concentration, it is taught that eventually the
tulpa can be formed. Do we unwittingly create
conscious life-forms through the power of our
mind? If so, then what happens when our mind
is fearful? Do we create illusionary monsters
through our thoughts? Tulpas are believed to
dissipate when the magician, who created it,
dies. Might our own creations haunt us, too, until
we either change our thinking or pass on
beyond the physical world? Could some ghosts
be the creations of the fearing mind?

There is no doubt that we have the ability to create. The power of the mind is quite capable
of creating imaginary scenarios, even playmates. Could we really be creating more than just
thoughts and ideas in our heads? Can thoughts manifest as something tangible that can be
seen, heard, even felt? Tulpas are sometimes said to begin to haunt their creators, turning
their lives into a nightmare. It is certainly possible that the ghost is a hallucination. But then,
how would we explain that others have also seen these mentally-created ghosts, too?

If our thoughts have the ability to create, what happens to our thoughts, anyway? Annie
Besant and C.W. Leadbeater wrote a book entitled, Thought Forms. They interestingly
share that our thoughts are a radiating vibration and become a floating form. The book
claims our thoughts can take on the image of the thinker, an object, or its own form
altogether. Their ideas seem to validate the Tibetan tulpas.

Create a Ghost Experiment
In the 1970s, the Toronto Society for
Psychical Research (TSPR) conducted an
experiment in order to see if people can create
ghosts. “Philip” was formed by eight people
with psychic abilities. They created ghost
Philip by first writing out his biography. They
included quite a lot of detail about him, such as
he was English, from the 1600s, Catholic,
married to a lady named Dorothea, had an
affair, died tragically, etc. An artist even
sketched a portrait of Philip to give a face to
the name. The group meditated for a year on

Philip, talked about him, and visualized his presence with them. Then, they created a
seance-like environment and tried to contact Philip. During their first attempt, they received
a knock on the table. The ghost they created soon began answering questions by rapping
on the table. Philip the ghost became his own person with distinct personality traits, likes,
and dislikes. Philip even could move the table and dim the lights! Sounds similar to tulpas.

The story of Philip was fully documented and detailed. His connection with the group's consciousness was evident
in his responses. Philip's answers to questions were always something that people in the group had knowledge of.
In other words, the group could not learn anything new from the ghost they had created. Other attempts to create
ghosts by TSPR, as well as other psychical research groups, also proved successful. Experimenters found similar
results as the experiment with Philip, demonstrating that we can create ghosts. Of course, this is not to say all
ghosts are created by the power of the human mind. It does, however, provide food for thought and shows that
paranormal experiences are in fact genuine.

To learn more about how to create a ghost, see Philip - The Imaginary Ghost