^ Otherkin - Astraea

<p>Sep 29, 2014 02:18 PM</p>

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http://astraeasweb.net/plural/glossary.html#median<--- Links within this note section found by clicking link to Astraea's original source)</p>

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Otherkin- People who feel they do not possess human souls, but are rather an animal, someone from another planet, or a supernatural spirit (like a fairy) born into a human body. A sort of changeling. Until the advent of the internet, such people were recognized and acknowledged in Western culture only by New Age and Theosophical doctrines, which referred to them as elemental spirits incarnating in human bodies, or persons on a "deva" (angelic) evolution path. One work of fiction, Zilpha Keatley Snyder's The Changeling (1974), touched on this idea and introduced it to young children without heavy explanation. Online beliefs about otherkin are largely pagan or secular in nature and in any case partake of much more free thought, unencumbered by dogma.</p>

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Many indigenous cultures believe in otherkin in some form, especially that humans can have animal spirits or be related to animals.</p>

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Some people in multiple systems may be otherkin. Often they are walk-ins. May perceive themselves as having physical traits very different from the body's.</p>

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These documents have been said to be helpful for some people -- others find them confusing, your mileage may vary:</p>

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Crisses' Otherkin FAQ

Earlier edition of Crisses' otherkin FAQ

Crisses' Otherkin-Multiple FAQ</p>