The ancient Greeks had daimon, lesser deities and spirits that guarded and guided mortals.
The Theosophists used Buddhist teachings to discover the tulpa, or thought form, semi-autonomous beings created by human will.
Jae has… the Headcrew, physical manifestations of archetypes and her personality traits.
“It’s like living in a very haunted house. Everywhere you don’t look, there’s a shadowy outline or a face, like pareidolia on overdrive. There are voices too, but they’re not intrusive: they’re familiar, even if you’ve never heard them before. ‘That sigh? Oh, that’s Ennui.'”
“A number of them have manifested physically, but they don’t always remain that way. Stomach comes and goes as she pleases, for example. The original handful of Crewmembers, Medulla, Fanny, Penny and the Child remain manifest at all times, which can make bedtime into a game of Tetris.”
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