Tulpa

Referenced in 4 episodes

Definition

A concept drawn from Tibetan-influenced esoteric tradition describing a being or object created through focused thought or collective belief. Some suggest widely shared stories could manifest phenomena like the Black-Eyed Kids.

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The Birth of the Black-Eyed Kids | Brian Bethel’s Terrifying Encounter (SITS CLASSIC)

Somewhere in the SkiesOct 16, 2026

In 1996, Texas journalist Brian Bethel was approached in a movie theater parking lot in Abilene by two boys with completely black eyes who repeatedly asked to be let into his car. His written account, shared on a ghost-story email list and the Usenet group alt.folklore.ghoststories in 1997, went viral and launched the worldwide Black-Eyed Kids phenomenon. Bethel recounts the encounter in detail, answers skeptics, and reflects on what these beings might be and why they need to be invited in.

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When the Veil Failed

Expanded PerspectivesSep 25, 2026

Hosts Cam Hale and Kyle Filson read listener-submitted encounters ranging from an antlered 'not deer' that whispered at two boys by an Oregon river to four tiny, ancient-looking humanoids dragging a dead rabbit through the Arkansas woods. A Marine describes a silent black craft over Fallujah that was visible only through night vision goggles, and another listener recalls a six-foot grasshopper-like being in a tuxedo and top hat knocking at his trailer door in 1980. The recurring theme is the moment the 'veil' slips, when witnesses see things that apparently were never meant to be seen.

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Frater Eleftheria on Divine Dialogue: A New Way of Communicating with Angels

Aeon Byte Gnostic RadioAug 29, 2026

Western esoteric practitioner Frater Eleftheria, formerly initiated into the OTO and the A∴A∴, says his book Voces Caelesti (The Book of Heavenly Voices) was received from angelic beings during Enochian scrying rituals. He claims he reconstructed the lost Gebofal ritual that Elizabethan magicians John Dee and Edward Kelley were commissioned to perform but never completed, including recovering a missing 48th call. With host Miguel Conner, he explores the Holy Guardian Angel, the inner Christ, Metatron and the Son of Man, and a striking twist: the Gnostic false god, the demiurge, may be a thought-form humanity created itself.

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From the Archives featuring David Weatherly

Expanded PerspectivesAug 7, 2026

Paranormal researcher David Weatherly, author of Black Eyed Children and Strange Intruders, explores the idea that strange entities may intrude into our world from another level of existence, and that human belief itself might help create them. He discusses the Philip experiment, the possibly invented ghost of Chloe at the Myrtles Plantation, and the Slender Man as examples of tulpas, or thought-forms brought to life by collective focus. He also recounts his own 1980s encounter with a 'grinning man' in North Carolina, warns about jinn attaching to souvenirs that soldiers bring home from the Middle East, and describes Pukwudgies and 'portal areas' like the Bridgewater Triangle.

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