Jun 13, 2025
What if one of the most iconic characters in pop culture wasn’t just a fictional hero, but a living archetype, an entity with its own will, forged in the minds of millions and fed by the imagination of its creators?
Legendary comic book writer Alvin Schwartz thought his time with Superman was long over. But when a mysterious seven-foot-tall monk appeared at his doorstep claiming to be a tulpa, Schwartz was thrown into a mind-bending journey through the strange borderlands of reality and fiction. The monk, calling himself Thongden, insisted he was real… and fading. And he needed Schwartz to keep him alive.
In this season finale, we explore the metaphysical memoir An Unlikely Prophet, uncovering Schwartz’s hidden memories of psychic events, spontaneous channeling, and paranormal influences that began the moment he took on the mantle of Superman’s writer. We hear bizarre tales of supernatural inspiration involving Jackson Pollock, mystic paintings of Hindu deities, and even a Hawaiian shaman who claims Tulpa Superman once saved the islands from volcanic doom.
00:07 - Intro & Teasers
00:36 - Season Finale Announcement: Last Episode of Season 33
01:08 - Book Spotlight: Alvin Schwartz’s An Unlikely Prophet
01:59 - Linking to Fourth Wall Phantoms by Joshua Kutcheon
02:22 - Superman as a Living Entity Controlling His Creators
03:04 - Yurt Encounter with the Glowing “Idea Harvester”
03:57 - Anecdote: Entity Implanting Ideas into Writers’ Minds
04:57 - Thought Forms: How Ideas Become Living Creatures
06:03 - Mysterious Tibetan Visitor Arrives by Bicycle
07:08 - First Sighting of Tulpa Thongden at Schwartz’s Home
08:28 - Preview: Soviet Researcher Mikhail Gerstein & the Hydronauts
09:10 - Undersea Hydronauts in the North Atlantic & Arctic
09:29 - USO Sightings: Invisible Craft & Submarine Reports
10:03 - Stone Sphere Attack: Submarine Rammed Deep at Sea
10:47 - Extraordinary Phone Call Revisited
11:53 - Claimant Declares “I Am an Idea Made Real”
14:18 - Schwartz’s Paper: “The Real Secret of Superman’s Identity”
15:00 - Fictional Creations Directing Their Own Narratives
16:29 - Caller Insists: “I’m an Idea Brought into Existence”
17:28 - Tulpa Trek: Thongden’s 37-Mile Bicycle Journey
20:42 - Defining Tulpas: Beings Created by Focused Thought
23:31 - Historical Tulpa Case: Alexander Hamilton Reconsidered
25:00 - Purpose & Power of Tulpas in Human Affairs
26:00 - Tulpa Sustenance: Energy Needs of Thought-Forms
27:17 - Thongden’s Departure: “Think of Me to Keep Me Alive”
28:19 - Reflections on Tulpa Maintenance & Energetics
29:12 - Early Comics Career & Onset of Paranormal Phenomena
32:05 - Jackson Pollock’s Paint That Defies Physics
37:33 - Marjorie Schwartz’s Unconscious Ganesh Painting
39:05 - Art as Channeling & the Fractal Connection
44:12 - Encounter at the Pollux Portal
49:08 - The Cloaked Doorway Mystery in Paris
54:30 - Ectoplasm Mist & Tinkling Water Sounds
59:45 - Analysis of Unseen Intruders
01:04:32 - Audience Support & Plus+ Membership Perks
01:09:10 - Listener Q&A Teasers
01:15:26 - Weekly & Tuesday Plus+ Episode Schedule
01:16:00 - Farewell Tease: What’s Next for Mysterious Universe
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