Musings on Animality
“Wild Dog”, essay by Teja, written 12/10/2007 There is fascinating research out there that suggests wild canids actually helped to domesticate themselves. The theory, in a simplified form, is thus: fearless wolves drifted toward human settlements, scavenging food scraps and breeding amongst themselves, therefore enhancing those traits. Eventually these semi-tame
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Journal Entry: 7/19/2005 –An occurrence I considered a possible past-life memory at the time **Note (July 31, 2006): It took me awhile to realize it, but I did eventually decide that this experience was not a past-life memory, or at the least, it didn’t have anything to do with my
“Reverence to Thine Spirits Within” Within the obscurity of night’s embrace,Shadows cast across the land tremble and danceIn the spotlight of the Moon’s aura,With the alluring touch of the wind’s swift breezeAs it sweeps through the air, through the trees;As it sweeps across my flesh—their fur, his feathers…our soul.My eyes
“Endless Quest” The drums pound their majestic rhythmsTo each graceful step she placesUpon grass…upon snow…upon destiny.She bears her every burdenAs she valiantly pushes ever-forwardThrough her lifeTo honor her will and strengthAdorning her soul on her pathwayOf her Endless Quest. For centuries, it seems, she and her kindHave felt so lost
Journal Entry: 5/11/2006 –Thoughts and Updates on Horse and Canid I decided to go through and look up pictures of different subspecies of wolves (not that I could find much) and then more photos of Ethiopian wolves and dholes, as also some colorations of horses, in order to figure out
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Journal Entry: 3/13/2006 –Reevaluation of canid side and introspective thoughts I’ve been reevaluating my wolf therioside. As of recently, I’ve been thinking about how something about ‘wolf’ doesn’t seem to be sitting right with me. I’ve gathered quite a bit of knowledge about wolves (though of course there can always
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Awereness Forums Re-introduction (2006) Early this year, I became somewhat sickened by my ways of going about the introductions on the Awereness Forums in a ‘mechanized’ manner, whether I was doing a “good job” with them or not, and I eventually realized that I didn’t feel comfortable anymore replying to
Awereness Forums 2005 Introduction Why do you think you have the therioside(s) you do? Why do you believe you have them? What is your connection to your therioside? Why are you your therioside, and not something else? Personally, to me, I feel I can’t reduce my belief and connection of