Occult lore
Egregore
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Egregore is a group thought-form or collective psychic construct in esoteric language.
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- Spell, Grimoire, Discernment, Spiritual Warfare
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The story behind Egregore
The word entered French occult writing in the nineteenth century, drawing on the Greek egregoroi of the Enochic watchers, and was later adapted to describe a group mind or collective construct in twentieth century esoteric thought.
Why Egregore matters
Egregore matters because it names shared symbolic momentum around a group or idea.
Where readings of Egregore go wrong
A common error is to use egregore to make paranoid claims about communities.
Sources and editorial method
This entry summarizes the tradition in the Almanac's own words; where no source is listed, it is an editorial summary rather than a primary text, and symbolic readings are named as the tradition's, not as fact.
Recorded here as history and lore. No rite is taught on this page.
- Source
- The Great Almanac Dictionary
- Category
- Spells & Occult Terms
- Last updated
- 2026-09-26
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Common questions
What is egregore?
Egregore is a group thought-form or collective psychic construct in esoteric language.
Where does egregore come from?
The word entered French occult writing in the nineteenth century, drawing on the Greek egregoroi of the Enochic watchers, and was later adapted to describe a group mind or collective construct in twentieth century esoteric thought.
What do people get wrong about egregore?
A common error is to use egregore to make paranoid claims about communities.
