Definition
Daimōnic condensation refers to the process by which diffuse, abstract forces—such as thoughts, emotions, intentions, or cosmic principles—become concentrated into semi-autonomous spiritual forms. These forms are not gods in the full theological sense, nor merely subjective fantasies, but intermediate beings or agencies that arise where meaning, will, and energy repeatedly cohere.
In practical terms, it describes how repeated human actions, beliefs, rituals, or passions can thicken into a presence that begins to act back upon the world and the psyche. What was once a tendency or influence becomes something that behaves as if it has intention, exerting pressure, guidance, temptation, or inspiration.
Origin / Tradition
The concept draws from Hermetic philosophy, especially late antique Greco-Egyptian thought, where daimōnes were understood as mediating beings between the divine and the material world. In this framework, the cosmos is alive with gradations of agency, and spiritual entities are shaped through correspondence between the mental, astral, and material planes.
Hermeticism holds that nous (mind), logos (ordering principle), and praxis (action) participate in world-formation. Daimōnic condensation names the moment when this participation crosses a threshold: idea becomes influence, influence becomes presence. Similar notions later appear in Neoplatonism, Renaissance magic, and modern depth psychology, though under different terms.