What is the difference between real spirits, mental disorders, tulpas, and servitors?

[Mulberry]

@lustgirl

how to distinguish whether the spirit we are working with is real, or simply an entity created by our own autosuggestion

UPG is UPG until it’s verified.

@Faustus

Aaron Leitch wrote an excellent article on personal gnosis that I think everyone, especially noobs, ought to read. It deals with the proper place as well as the limitations inherent in getting gnosis directly from spirits.

The Problem with Personal Gnosis – Llewellyn Unbound