Concepts
- Epiphany vs. Apophenia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiphany_(feeling)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophenia - Synchronicity vs. Coincidence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronicity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coincidence
- Omens
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omen - Unverified Personal Gnosis / Revelation http://www.witchipedia.com/def:unverified-personal-gnosis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revelation - Religious Ecstasy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_ecstasy - Sockpuppet
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sockpuppet_(Internet) - Tulpa / Thoughtform
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulpa - Servitor / Egregore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servitor_(chaos_magic) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egregore
- Homunculus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homunculus - Cleromancy / Sortilege
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleromancy
Article Links
- Am I Hearing a God or Am I Going Crazy?https://www.patheos.com/blogs/johnbeckett/2017/08/hearing-god-going-crazy.html
- Discernment for Pagans https://embervoices.wordpress.com/2015/01/08/when-godphones-ring-discernment-for-pagans/
- Some types of communication https://forestdoor.wordpress.com/2015/02/27/beyond-the-god-phone/
- Troubleshooting Gnosis (Itself a list of articles)
https://magickfromscratch.com/bad-gnosis/ - Why divination is important for checking our assumptions https://krasskova.wordpress.com/2016/07/05/a-further-note-on-divination/
- Discernment’s value for deepening relations with deities: https://forestdoor.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/discernment/
- Learning to Trust Your Experiences: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/johnbeckett/2019/04/learning-to-trust-your-experiences.html
- Spiritual Treatment Is No Substitute For Mental Health Care https://www.patheos.com/blogs/johnbeckett/2017/03/spiritual-treatment-no-substitute-mental-health-care.html
- Discernment: Distilling the Truth from our Pagan Experiences https://www.patheos.com/blogs/johnbeckett/2018/07/discernment-distilling-the-truth-from-our-pagan-experiences.html
- Why Unverified Personal Gnosis (UPG) should not be dreaded https://www.rationalheathen.com/2018/04/28/why-unverified-personal-gnosis-should-not-be-dreaded/
- UPG: Why Unverified Personal Gnosis is Good and Necessary https://www.patheos.com/blogs/johnbeckett/2019/03/upg-why-unverified-personal-gnosis-is-good-and-necessary.html
- Exploring Pagan Discernment https://www.patheos.com/blogs/throughthegrapevine/2016/05/exploring-pagan-discernment/
- Some thoughts on UPG https://forestdoor.wordpress.com/2016/10/18/some-thoughts-on-upg/
Videos
Arnold Rimmer, himself a computer simulation, has trouble with his sockpuppet:
Jimmy Stewart talks about Harvey, his unseen companion:
