What Ali Norman has said about Egregore
3 quotes · 1 episode · May 30, 2025
Ali Norman, American printmaker, adjunct professor at the University of Tampa, chaos magic and Vajrayana Buddhism practitioner, has been quoted on Egregore 3 times in 1 episode of Seekers of the Eternal, most recently on May 30, 2025. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Norman defines an egregore as an idea that gains reality in proportion to the intensity of belief people invest in it, regardless of whether that belief is positive or negative.
“the more people believe in the idea, the more that the idea exists”
Seekers of the Eternal: Ep 65 - Ali Norman - "I Was a Backyard Wrestler!" (May 30, 2025) · Listen from 53:41
Norman argues that the news is a weakening egregore while social media generates its own shifting egregores.
“people watch the news less and the news as an egregore is less powerful than it used to be”
Seekers of the Eternal: Ep 65 - Ali Norman - "I Was a Backyard Wrestler!" (May 30, 2025) · Listen from 54:44
Norman argues that collective belief makes shared reality more malleable and responsive than individual intention alone.
“the more people gather together in that headspace of really breaking down these constructs that we have of our beliefs, and then that makes the collective reality more squishy and more responsive”
Seekers of the Eternal: Ep 65 - Ali Norman - "I Was a Backyard Wrestler!" (May 30, 2025) · Listen from 1:39:28
Episodes
Ep 65 - Ali Norman - "I Was a Backyard Wrestler!"Seekers of the Eternal · May 30, 2025 · 1 h 44 min
Printmaker Ali Norman discusses etching, a studio fire, chaos magic, kayfabe and egregores, and Vajrayana practice with the host of Seekers of the Eternal.