| Egregores, also known as (Oneiric) Collectives, are hiveminded thoughtform entities primarily located within the Oneirosphere composed of numerous Oneiroi whose unconscious minds have amalgamated into a collective of continuously communicating membranes, either merging into one singular (un)consciousness or a network of collaborating minds, with the exact level of 'influence' each Egregore has over its constituents varying significantly as more individualistic Egregores such as Oneiroi-Noctua have unified consciousnesses that act separately from their constituents as the combined will of its members, while in more cohesive Egregores such as the Eunoia Collective each member is assimilated into a single hive-like consciousness at the cost of being much more taxing on their host's mental state. Each Egregore is a separate connected 'collective unconscious' that is fuelled by the brainpower created by sleeping beings connected to the Collective. Any group of connected minds can theoretically be a Egregore, although most Oneiroi tend to be connected to globe-spanning collectives which make travel from place-to-place within the Oneirosphere much easier. Thoughts and mental connections within Egregores compose 'SubNets', which are limited neural networks within the Egregore's neural network used by their constituents to communicate or transfer ideas. Oneiroi may either voluntarily join an Egregore by connecting with one, or have their subconscious involuntarily subsumed by 'dying' in the Oneirosphere without waking up, either 'forcing' them into a Collective or arguably turning them into a 'philosophical zombie' if consumed by a particularly controlling Egregore.
Egregores have been known to exist ever since the dawn of civilisation, with many Non-Corporeal Oneiroi claiming that they have existed since the ages before The Great Sleep (During which Egregores managed to thrive for several centuries by spreading across most of Humanity's subconscious minds). Since then, Egregores have existed in everything, with members of countless influential organizations and governments having a connection to an Egregore whether they know it or not. Despite all of this this, public knowledge of their existence has been relatively limited over the years due to the difficulty of detecting or remembering them, though despite this various organizations have managed to document their existence and activities. Some Egregores can interact with 'corporeal reality' to a limited degree by contacting individuals through joined dreams or telepathic thoughts. A common occurrence connected to such events are Egregores influencing people to create objects in reality directly linked to them with the purpose of recruiting more 'members'. Such interactions are the most common way that the existence of Egregores has discovered and documented.
List of Known Egregores
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