2023-03-15, 4:27
I haven't dwelt much on the "why" of therianthropy, but generally as a scientist I ascribe to the more physical/molecular theories of therianthropy.
My stance is that essentially, enough of the same atoms that once made up someone's theriotype form have come back together within a new form that the theriotype feels familiar. I guess one could call it atomic memory? This also fits with the general therian community tending toward apex predators, since the remains of such an animal are more likely to decay in one area versus being scavenged/spread out extensively like a prey animal's remains might be. It may even explain why theriotypes tend to be animals present in the fossil record or otherwise preserved (amber, ice, resin, etc), since those molecules would be more "intact" than something such as a jellyfish which only fossilizes under specific and rare circumstances, if at all.
Additionally, everything boils down to energy, even (and especially) our thoughts. Therefore to me it makes sense that past life experiences happen, since they'd be our current form picking up on experiential energy remnants left behind - whether you term that as something spiritual or scientific is up to you. Maybe we're simply more attuned to pick up on such things, given my theory that we're already registering the physical energies leftover from past forms? Of course, past life experiences aren't required to be a therian, but I recognize they are fairly common within the community.
Fictionkin and theriomythics aren't left out here either, but I think their existence is better explained by the "everything is energy" tenet of my ideas: the collective energy of a culture's thoughts and beliefs about a mythical creature is still something that is passed down and hangs around, so to speak. I'm not super sure how or why this would come to be embodied in one form (i.e. as someone's kintype), but that's not to say it can't/doesn't happen as I know it does occur. This would mean fictionkin and theriomythics experience what they do more as a result of experiential and cultural energies than the physical energy of a past form since that may or may not exist.
I'm interested to hear what others think and I'd love to discuss more about my thoughts!
My stance is that essentially, enough of the same atoms that once made up someone's theriotype form have come back together within a new form that the theriotype feels familiar. I guess one could call it atomic memory? This also fits with the general therian community tending toward apex predators, since the remains of such an animal are more likely to decay in one area versus being scavenged/spread out extensively like a prey animal's remains might be. It may even explain why theriotypes tend to be animals present in the fossil record or otherwise preserved (amber, ice, resin, etc), since those molecules would be more "intact" than something such as a jellyfish which only fossilizes under specific and rare circumstances, if at all.
Additionally, everything boils down to energy, even (and especially) our thoughts. Therefore to me it makes sense that past life experiences happen, since they'd be our current form picking up on experiential energy remnants left behind - whether you term that as something spiritual or scientific is up to you. Maybe we're simply more attuned to pick up on such things, given my theory that we're already registering the physical energies leftover from past forms? Of course, past life experiences aren't required to be a therian, but I recognize they are fairly common within the community.
Fictionkin and theriomythics aren't left out here either, but I think their existence is better explained by the "everything is energy" tenet of my ideas: the collective energy of a culture's thoughts and beliefs about a mythical creature is still something that is passed down and hangs around, so to speak. I'm not super sure how or why this would come to be embodied in one form (i.e. as someone's kintype), but that's not to say it can't/doesn't happen as I know it does occur. This would mean fictionkin and theriomythics experience what they do more as a result of experiential and cultural energies than the physical energy of a past form since that may or may not exist.
I'm interested to hear what others think and I'd love to discuss more about my thoughts!