Egregore

Pronunciation

• IPA: /əˈɡrɛɡɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɛɡə(ɹ)

Alternative forms

• egregor

Origin

From French égrégore ("spirit of a group"),

Victor Hugo, "Le jour des rois", La Légende des Siècles IV, V, and "L'Italie – Ratbert", La Légende des Siècles VII. Both in the Première Série, 1859.

from the Ancient Greek substantive of ἐγρήγορος ("wakeful") meaning watcher, angel in the Book of Enoch.

Eliphas Lévi, "The Great Mystery" (1868) p.127-130, 133, 136

Full definition of egregore

Noun

1. an angelic being from the Book of Enoch
2. (occult) an autonomous psychic entity composed of and influencing the thoughts of a group of people