the first rule of tulpa club is that it's rude to ask about another member's ontological status.
— Sport of Brahma (@SportOfBrahma) August 4, 2020
Tulpamancy, I offer, presents us with more than a fascinating case of non-pathological multiple re-wiring of the self. I claim, rather, that the practice sheds light on fundamentally human, cultural-neurophenomenal mechanisms through which highly transient, hypnotic, asymmetrically collective, but somatically grounded experiences of personhood invariably arise—and can be altered.