Thoughts From A Therian

May 13

The otherkin community is an absolute insult to religion/spirituality/traditions

prettyinpixiedust:

jarandhel:

inside-the-lamp:

This is absurd. Every other person is a wolf or a dragon.
If your going to say you’re one of the fae you should probably stop telling people is something along the lines of Tinkerbell.
I’m a spiritual person, really. As far as I know spiritually, people can have souls of things with intelligence.
So no, you are not a wolf, a fox etc. You are not a dragon.
Could you be fae ? Yeah sure. Will I believe you if you act like the fae presented to four year old girls ? Lol no.

You might want to learn a bit more about traditional religions and spirituality.  Especially the concepts of reincarnation and metempsychosis or transmigration. 

Traditional Hindu and Buddhist concepts of reincarnation very much allow for the reincarnation of animals into human bodies, and vice versa.  That’s kind of the point.  Evolution of the soul from lesser forms to greater… plant to animal to human, etc.

Likewise, the Greek concept of metempsychosis or transmigration explicitly allowed for human souls to pass into animals and animal souls to pass into humans.  Plato’s Republic specifically contains an account of someone who died and came back to life with a story of how he saw souls returning from heaven and choosing new lives for themselves - human and animal.

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Apr 23

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Feb 03

chasingcaribou:

otherkincrafts:

Update!

1 new wing tutorial
2 new paws, claws & hands tutorials

Two new categories! (Actually five, but only two have anything in them yet)

43 hooves & feet inspirations
76 hands, etc inspirations

Expect another update soon with pins to fill the other three new categories: tail inspirations, wing inspirations and horn inspirations.

Forever love this blog.

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Jan 27

And this is the reason I like animals better than people. :I

a-calm-surrender asked olderthantimeitself:

I was wondering, I don’t know very much about otherkin or being therian and stuff so do you mind if I ask you some questions? Did you always feel like you were different? Did this happen at a certain age? And like can someone become a Therian?

I’ll answer this question this way because I have a lot to say.

Well truth is, I don’t know a lot about otherkin/therianthropy either. I’m still figuring it all out myself.

Did I always feel like I was different? Yes of course. From the get go. I knew I was different, I’ve always connected more with animals than I do with people. I’ve also felt something I can only explain as “non-human” within me. Like part of me is an animal. I’ve always bonded well with cats and understood their nature and ways so I feel more feline than anything.

Did it happen at a certain age? Not really to speak of, I just became more aware of it as I got older. I connected with the furry fandom in recent years, I made my first fursona when I was 11 but didn’t realize it, and still keep her today. But it wasn’t until the past 2 years that I found out about otherkin and therianthropy. I had heard about it before but never delve deeper. I made a friend where I used to live who came out to me as fae kin and it struck my interest. Like discovering the furry fandom, other people who loved anthropomorphic animals, I dove into otherkin realm to find out if that’s what I was feeling for all these years.

Can someone become therian? I would have to say no. You either are, or you aren’t. But that’s just what I think. To me being thierian means a few things. You feel your soul is a different shape than the vessel it occupies. Sometimes you can feel that different soul “come out.” Phantom limbs/tails/ears/wings/etc. Also therians have the tenancy to mentally shift. I shift quite often, sometimes without noticing I shifted. Then people look at me strangely because growling and hissing is frowned upon in the society we live in. No one is allowed to be different. We all have to fit in these little social boxes.

Jan 26

So I’ve had some time to explore my kintype some more. I’m thinking I’m a medium to large cat, I don’t know if my tail is really big and fluffy or non existent, but I know I have huge ears. I can feel them sometimes. I am thinking my fur is a strange color like strawberry or maltese-like. I don’t know what the coat pattern looks like though, but I have a feeling it’s spotted or solid. Still exploring what my animal soul looks like.

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