# Media
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Here is a collection of links to external resources in which tulpas were featured in media websites and publications.

## Media coverage of tulpas and related phenomena

- [Stanford professor asks, how does God become real to people?, April 12 2012](http://news.stanford.edu/news/2012/april/conversations-with-god-041212.html)

 > Tanya Luhrmann's research seeks to narrow the gap between believers and nonbelievers, which she says has grown so wide it can be difficult for one side to respect the other.

- [T.M. Luhrmann, Oct. 18th 2013: Conjuring Up Our Own Gods](http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/15/opinion/luhrmann-conjuring-up-our-own-gods.html?_r=0)

 > A study of faith and how people attempt to make what can only be imagined feel real.

- [Nathan Thompson, Sept. 3rd 2014: Meet the ‘Tulpamancers’: The Internet’s Newest Subculture Is Incredibly Weird](http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/tulpamancy-internet-subculture-892)

 - *Disclaimer from the Tulpa.io contributors: This article features “targeted” quotes in order to portray the community in a negative fashion as well as taking quotes out of context and using images and names without permission. Please take this article with a grain of salt.*

- [Rachel Monroe, Nov. 17 2014: All My Friends Are In My Head](http://www.theawl.com/2014/11/all-my-friends-are-in-my-head)

 - *Disclaimer from the Tulpa.io contributors: As with the prior article, though to a lesser extent, this article contains some outdated information on forcing and sensationalized sections.*

- [Samuel Vessiere, Apr. 3rd 2015: Varieties of Tulpa Experiences: Sentient Imaginary Friends, Embodied Joint Attention, and Hypnotic Sociality in a Wired World](http://somatosphere.net/2015/04/varieties-of-tulpa-experiences-sentient-imaginary-friends-embodied-joint-attention-and-hypnotic-sociality-in-a-wired-world.html)

- [Erin Stewart, March 14 2016: The Imaginary Friends That Are Never Left Behind](http://primemind.com/articles/hed-inside-the-uncanny-world-of-tulpamancy-a-community-that-s-imaging-companions-into-existence)

 - *Disclaimer from the subreddit mods: This is a pleasant and tone neutral article. Recommended!*

- [Fusion Network's Real Future, April 13 2016: Adults with imaginary friends are finding acceptance on the internet](http://fusion.net/story/290133/real-future-episode-15-tulpamancy/)

- [Reply All Podcast Episode 74: Making Friends, August 24, 2016](https://gimletmedia.com/episode/74-making-friends/)

 - *Also relevant [reddit thread](https://redd.it/4zgoac) for this awesome podcast, where the interviewed system does a great job expanding on what was covered!*

- [Lindsey Kline, Nov. 02 2017: Inside the subculture of adults with imaginary friends](http://www.therooster.com/blog/inside-tulpas-subculture-adults-imaginary-friends)

  - *Mentions us and talks to Falunel, one of our ~~leaders~~ mods!

- [System Shock Podcast, hosted by /u/Aria_Song and focused on her plural experiences and philosophies](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrr-8Z8bTVZnJpoWBxCovKw)

## Some fiction and media with tulpa-like entities

- [Request/Community: Submit links to and info on tulpa-like entities in recent books you have read.](http://www.reddit.com/r/Tulpas/comments/2an7c9/requestcommunity_submit_links_to_and_info_on/)

- [Tulpa in Modern Media (there will be Spoilers)](http://www.reddit.com/r/Tulpas/comments/2caq25/tulpa_in_modern_media_there_will_be_spoilers_to/)

- [Tulpa-Like beings in Media](http://www.reddit.com/r/Tulpas/comments/1xybdh/tulpalike_beings_in_media/)

- [Things that could be tulpae](http://www.reddit.com/r/Tulpas/comments/1ctd5s/things_that_could_be_tulpae/)

- [Media Quotes and Tulpamancy](http://www.reddit.com/r/Tulpas/comments/24pleh/media_quotes_and_tulpamancy/)

- [All my friends are in my head - The Awl - 2014](https://redd.it/3rz7rh)

- [TV Tropes updatable list of tulpa-like beings in media](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Tulpa)

- [Tulpa](https://shinyuu.net/2017/10/tulpa/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=wiki&utm_campaign=tulpa), a short thriller about tulpas (in modern sense) going rogue.

- [The Shadows](https://shinyuu.net/2018/03/the-shadows/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=wiki&utm_campaign=the-shadows), a short story about a tulpa (in modern sense) living through the dissipation.

##Other links and lists

- [Some essays on related topics](http://visionsofgray.tumblr.com/resources)

- [This poster is after the same thing](http://www.reddit.com/r/Tulpas/comments/2d391x/some_other_words_for_tulpas_or_similar_things/)

- [Nobillis Library of Links and Resources](https://www.reddit.com/r/Tulpas/wiki/nobillis_library)

- [Manipulation, Abuse, Tulpas – Breaching the Trust](https://shinyuu.net/2018/03/manipulation-abuse-tulpas-breaching-the-trust/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=wiki&utm_campaign=manipulation-abuse-tulpas-breaching-the-trust)

 > A study of the abusive and manipulative tendencies in the tulpa community.