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Panpsychic Animism 1/1
“the mind is a fundamental feature of the world which exists throughout the universe.”
Representing Hyposubjects within a technological Hyperobject. This animated GIF includes the individual PNG image “Tsukumogami Tulpa and Waifu” OE as one of the 160 images in the animation.
Panpsychism is the view that all things have a mind or a mind-like quality. The word itself was coined by the Italian philosopher Francesco Patrizi in the sixteenth century and derives from the two Greek words pan (all) and psyche (soul or mind).
In the philosophy of mind, panpsychism is the view that the mind or a mindlike aspect is a fundamental and ubiquitous feature of reality. It is also described as a theory that “the mind is a fundamental feature of the world which exists throughout the universe.”
Animism is the belief in innumerable spiritual beings concerned with human affairs and capable of helping or harming human interests. Animistic beliefs were first competently surveyed by Sir Edward Burnett Tylor in his work Primitive Culture (1871), to which is owed the continued currency of the term.
Animism is the belief that objects, places, and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence. Animism perceives all things — animals, plants, rocks, rivers, weather systems, human handiwork, and in some cases words — as animated and alive.
Tsukumogami Tulpa and Waifu OE
any object “that has reached its 100th birthday and thus become alive and self-aware”
Representing Hyposubjects within a technological Hyperobject. This PNG image was used in my animated GIF “Panpsychic Animism”.
In Japanese folklore, tsukumogami are tools that have acquired a kami or spirit. According to an annotated version of The Tales of Ise titled Ise Monogatari Shō, there is a theory originally from the Onmyōki that foxes and tanuki, among other beings, that have lived for at least a hundred years and changed forms are considered tsukumogami. In modern times, the term can also be written 九十九神 (literally ninety-nine kami), to emphasize the agedness.
According to Komatsu Kazuhiko, the idea of a tsukumogami or a yōkai of tools spread mostly in the Japanese Middle Ages and declined in more recent generations. Komatsu infers that despite the depictions in Bakumatsu period ukiyo-e art leading to a resurfacing of the idea, these were all produced in an era cut off from any actual belief in the idea of tsukumogami.
Because tsukumogami has been applied to several different concepts in Japanese folklore, there remains some confusion as to what the term actually means. Today, the term is generally understood to be applied to virtually any object “that has reached its 100th birthday and thus become alive and self-aware”, though this definition is not without controversy.
Tulpa is a concept in Theosophy, mysticism, and the paranormal, of an object or being that is created through spiritual or mental powers. It’s a type of thoughtform capable of independent action, with a persistent personality and identity; a kind of modern imaginary friend.
Waifu (plural waifu or waifus) (fandom slang, Internet slang) A fictional female character from non-live-action visual media to whom one is romantically attracted and/or whom one considers their significant other.
Waifu can be used broadly to refer to any female character designed to be cute or romantically appealing.
“Tsukumogami Tulpa and Waifu” OE will be available at 12 PM EDT or 6 PM Rome time for 24 hours.
