Oh, egregors. I have a lot to add on this topic, these thoughts and opinions are based on personal experience and on the experience of my Russian colleagues. Indeed, we have a belief that an egregore is something that is created by people. Initially a blob of energy that is powered by people who have rallied together in one cause. Even coming to a soccer match, you feel these emotions, right? For example, at a soccer match, you feel the emotions of fans united in supporting their team. At this moment an egregore is created, which is fueled by the common energy. I practice Slavic paganism, and, like most people in Ukraine and Russia, I was baptized from childhood in church. The Christian egregore, is very evil and vindictive. As soon as you start studying other traditions, trying to interact with them, the Christian egregore will show you your place. And yes, I'm talking about really religious people now. Going deeper and deeper into the practice of paganism, and working with Slavic Gods, the Christianity egregore “hit” quite hard, and each time showed that it was not ready to part with such a tidbit. Earlier, I brought donations for the church, observed some church fasts, celebrated church holidays. At one time practiced through the church. Now, why do we think Christianity has an egregore? Because this religion was created artificially, mostly rewritten from paganism. When you are baptized in church, unfortunately, I don't know how baptism rites are held in your country, but in our country, if you consider it as a ritual, you can compare it as a closure from other traditions, a piece of hair is cut off from the child, buried with wax. On a place of “the third eye” they put a dot of church oil, as if closing your third eye, and when definitely baptized, as if they tie you on hands and feet, and connect you to the HE (Christian egregore). When I came to the path of paganism, so to speak, to my native Gods, and started the process of entering the tradition, on Christmas Day I was standing on the highway, because my car suddenly stalled, in the dark, it was raining, and I was just in a hopeless situation. Even the pack of cigarettes had evaporated from the car, I wished I had a smoke at that moment to calm my nerves a bit. HH beckoned to me. “The only car that stopped belonged to the father in law.”. “With the words 'God help us' he advised me to call a tow truck and drove off.” I was tipped off. Fighting with HH is considered pointless. He's strong enough, and you just can't take him out alone. That same night, I came home, gathered all the icons in a bag, all my jewelry in the form of a cross, and other paraphernalia. And I was determined to get baptized. Not a single bishop, not a single minister of the church gave me an answer to the question “how do I get baptized?” That is, in fact, there is no return ticket. I will not tell you how before the rite of baptism I continued to face the influence of KH, but believe me, this egregore is jealous, and there is enough dark power in it. It is not possible to cope with it alone, if you are interested in HE. Therefore I asked the Slavic Gods to take me under their wing, that they settled accounts with HE for me, and after that I thanked the Slavic and settled accounts with them. Also we have a concept of money egregor. All financial structures, banks, create one powerful money egregore. We even have a small ritual, in the branch of a successful bank, on the waxing moon you need to steal a leaf of a living plant, and after the leaf takes root, plant it at home. So to speak, to grow your money home egregor).
I don't know the correct English word for “leave religion, unbaptize”, so the translator gave the word “unbaptism”.
Some of the goals which I achieved made me question what on earth goes on. Looks like an universal tool.
