John Register

Tulpa is a concept in mysticism and the paranormal of a being or object which is created through spiritual or mental powers.^[1] It was adapted by 20th century theosophists from Tibetan sprul-pa (Tibetan: སྤྲུལ་པ་, Wylie: sprulpa) which means "emanation" or "manifestation".^[2]Modern practitioners use the term to refer to a type of willed imaginary friend which practitioners consider to be sentient and relatively autonomous.^[3]