A Tulpa is a thoughtform, or being created from the collective thoughts of separate individuals. The concept of Tulpas is theoretical in nature and originates from Tibetan Buddhism mythology, where Tulpas are described as extra bodies that were created from one person's mind in order to travel to spiritual. Digital Media and the Supernatural Simone Natale, Diana Walsh Pasulka. Could create tulpas through meditative and visualization exercises. Unlike the earlier.

Meditation creates a golem-like tulpa from Tibet. A shtriga, a vampire witch from Albania, sucks out the souls of children. And a real-life haunted painting, The Hands Resist Him, leads to mysterious deaths.Christians, Muslims and Jews pray to God.

Wiccans cast spells. Many people practice the power of positive thinking.Personally, I believe that, for the most part, you get what you put out into the universe. That’s why I try to be as upbeat as possible and why I distance myself from too much negativity.Is it possible that our thoughts could be so powerful that they become tangible objects? Some Tibetans think so. And if enough people believe that, could it make it actually happen? Will this cycle of belief and creation go on forever?!Hopefully your brain doesn’t hurt as much as mine.

Let’s just dive right into some Supernatural eps. S1E18: “Something Wicked”Monster: ShtrigaWhere’s it’s from: AlbaniaDescription: The witch in this episode looks like Emperor Palpatine — a dark-hooded figure with a pale, withered face. According to legend, shtrigas appear as old women during the day but have the power to morph into a bee, moth or fly. Some shtriga are also able to turn into owls.What it does: The shtriga is a vampiric creature — she feeds off of the spiritus vitae (breath of life) or blood, particularly favoring children while they sleep.How to defeat it: “A shtriga always vomits the blood she has sucked,” writes M. Edith Durham in. “You must secretly track a woman you suspect to be a shtriga when she goes out to vomit the blood. You must scrape some of it up on a silver coin and wear it, and then no shtriga can harm you.”If you have been drained by a shtriga, the only cure is to have her spit into your mouth.

Sounds pretty disgusting, but hey, if it works Not sure how you’ll convince her to do this, though. Maybe French kissing would be enough?If you happen to have a shtriga in a church, and it happens to be Easter Sunday, make a cross out of pig bones and hang it over the threshold. The shtriga will be unable to leave — and you’ve got one hell of an excuse not to go to church!Dean and Sam discover that you can only defeat a shtriga if you catch her while she’s having a snack — that is, sucking the lifeforce out of someone. Fire her full of consecrated iron rounds.

Just make sure you’ve got good aim.S1E19: “Provenance”Monster: Haunted paintingDescription: This looks like a typical work of art — but suddenly you’ll notice one of the people in the painting have disappeared.What it does: The spirit leaves the painting and commits murder. It’s not the only haunted painting out there.

There’s an infamous one titled, painted by Bill Stoneham in 1974.The owner of the gallery where the painting was first displayed and the art critic who reviewed the show died within a year of seeing the painting. And one seller on eBay wrote in the product description: “One morning our 4 1/2-year-old daughter claimed that the children in the picture were fighting and coming into the room during the night.”Perception Gallery in Grand Rapids, Michigan bought The Hands Resist Him for $1,025. It now sits in storage.How to defeat it: Pure iron has a long history of. But in this case it’s not enough to banish the spirit of the haunted painting for good.The Winchester boys use one of their go-to methods of destroying baddies: “Burn the bones,” as they like to say.

Trouble is, that doesn’t work for them this time. That is, until they realize it’s not the father’s spirit committing the murders — it’s that of the little girl.To kill the spirit, Sam and Dean had to destroy the doll that was made in the girl’s image because it had some of her hair.

It was pretty creepy-looking anyway. Sure, we cover the basics — where to go, what to see.But travel is so much more than just ticking sites off your itinerary.

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