“I am part of a light, and it is the music. The Light fills my six senses: I see it, hear, feel, smell, touch and think. Thinking of it means my sixth sense.”
~Nikola Tesla
“One day, I was in Westminster in London — this was after we had introduced the character — and I was sitting in a sandwich bar. All of a sudden, up the stairs came John Constantine. He was wearing the trenchcoat, a short cut. He looked — no, he didn’t even look exactly like Sting. He looked exactly like John Constantine. He looked at me, stared me straight in the eyes, smiled, nodded almost conspiratorially, and then just walked off around the corner to the other part of the snack bar.
I sat there and thought, should I go around that corner and see if he is really there, or should I just eat my sandwich and leave? I opted for the latter; I thought it was the safest. I’m not making any claims to anything. I’m just saying that it happened. Strange little story.”
~Alan Moore; Describing an encounter with fictional character John Constantine.
The creative tentacles of Alan Moore have managed to work their way into the lives of many, even if they are not aware of it. From his contributions in the Batman and Superman DC universe, his work in Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and From Hell – all of which are major motion pictures, and the creation of Swamp Thing and John Constantine. His character development has become legendary, and has influenced the culture of comics and graphic novels.
Born in Northampton, the Englishman began his creative journey at a young age reading comic books and imagining the characters and manifesting his own. This practice not only possibly assisted in the creation of many memorable characters, but may have personally worked that sixth sense muscle to physically manifest his thought forms.
Moore’s imagination is powerful indeed. And if the quoted experience is true, his power of creation is something to behold and could be recognized as his sixth sense. It is a common concept to consider thoughts as our natural sixth sense, but it could be considered as anyone’s superpower. For some, that extra sense could be the power of reason, power of understanding, coaching others, make great art, etc.
The idea of manifesting thought forms is present in almost every culture. Tulpa’s are one of those known methods. Through concentrated thought, it is believed, one may construct a thought form from the mind. I wonder what happens when you start to interact with them? I guess we learned how unnerving it was for Napoleon Hill while convening with his Invisible Counsel.
Similar to what Mr. Hill shares in this month’s chapter, about his visits with his counsel, it would seem as though many open minded artists and thinkers may experience like events. Whether Alan Moore actually saw John Constantine, or someone he mistook for the character, to be able to create a personality and believe you interacted with them is one heck of an ability.
By: David Joseph Leingang