Wednesday 1 April 2020

Post No. 1,525 - Egregores

I've been reading  T.  Thorne  Coyle's book "By Dusk" (seventh in the "Witches of Portland" series), and it's pleasing for a few reasons. Apart from being a well-written book about magic and social/environmental issues, it also covers egregores.

Finally I've come across a book which talks about what used to be termed "group mind" in the context of a commercial organisation.

Ms T. Thorne Coyle has written about this before, which I mentioned here (although I can't find that page any more), but it is also great to see this in a book. Presenting the battle against such egregores in a novel helps, in my opinion, people conceive of being able to overcome some problems - although some egregores/group minds are good, or at least neutral.

In terms of overcoming such in corporations, the social activism leading to work on diversity and inclusion and social responsibility/a social licence to operate is also helping to transform problematic group minds/egregores.

It all helps - especially if we intend to work together.