1) Yes. What Crabtree is discussing is what Dion Fortune calls the creation of a group mind, and that's the first stage in the generation of an egregor. An egregor is a group mind that isn't just temporary, but is reinforced and strengthened by repeated interactions over time.
2) That's an interesting question to which I don't know the answer. I don't fit into groupminds, either, but in my case it's Aspergers syndrome.
3) Egregors can very easily turn sour, septic, or even suicidal, if they're not managed well by people who know what they're doing. The woke movement is a good idea. It started out with a mix of good intentions and grubby agendas, got turned into a vehicle for privilege and an excuse for hatred and intolerance, and is now caught in a doom loop in which every self-inflicted failure is simply another reason to try harder. The end is likely to be messy.
Re: On the Subject of Egregores
2) That's an interesting question to which I don't know the answer. I don't fit into groupminds, either, but in my case it's Aspergers syndrome.
3) Egregors can very easily turn sour, septic, or even suicidal, if they're not managed well by people who know what they're doing. The woke movement is a good idea. It started out with a mix of good intentions and grubby agendas, got turned into a vehicle for privilege and an excuse for hatred and intolerance, and is now caught in a doom loop in which every self-inflicted failure is simply another reason to try harder. The end is likely to be messy.