(2024-01-28 15:17)Vintage Wrote:  Okay, some questions to further your theory, and out of curiosity (so a food for thought moment offered to you):

So in your theory, do you think there are animals with the "wrong" body, given that you said 'when something dies its soul attaches to a nearby thing'?

I'd also say that humans have a long lifespan and are not dying out as quick as bugs for example. Some species are more abundant in concentrated areas,such as insects yet we do not see insectkin often. But back to your theory, if I was a wolf in a low populated area who died, and my soul went to something else that died close by, like a bug that was dead near me, in your opinion what would happen?

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I have a similar theory but it involves the soul being more proactive than just attaching to 'anything nearby', concerning a few other factors, such as species congruence and intelligence.

Yes, I do think that there are animals in the wrong bodies; but it works differently some in humans.

To answer your last question:
Let’s say a wolf’s soul went into a newborn instects body.
The insect’s body forgets what their souls past body was; little to nothing happens.
Same for most animals… but humans are a bit different.

Most animals bodies forget what the past soul’s body was, so nothing usually happens.
Humans bodies don’t always do that.
Some humans aren’t born with that ability; hence, therianthropy.
It’s not very common, (obviously) but it can happen.

I believe some humans have lost this ability due to a disconnect from nature- we didn’t need it anymore.
And now we have therians.

Insects are very small, and therefore have little influence, so even if a human doesnt have that spiritual brain shield thingy, it won’t do anything (usually)
But insectkin is a thing, so evidently it can happen.
Also a lot of insects die right as their eggs hatch (spiders, moths) so their soul would just attach to the eggs

Fictionkins and otherkins fall under the whole multiverse theory thing.

Thank you so much for the question, I’m always happy to help! :3

Okay, some questions to further your theory, and out of curiosity (so a food for thought moment offered to you):

So in your theory, do you think there are animals with the "wrong" body, given that you said 'when something dies its soul attaches to a nearby thing'?

I'd also say that humans have a long lifespan and are not dying out as quick as bugs for example. Some species are more abundant in concentrated areas,such as insects yet we do not see insectkin often. But back to your theory, if I was a wolf in a low populated area who died, and my soul went to something else that died close by, like a bug that was dead near me, in your opinion what would happen?

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I have a similar theory but it involves the soul being more proactive than just attaching to 'anything nearby', concerning a few other factors, such as species congruence and intelligence.

Thank you for posting this Dusty, it means a lot to me. And I'm sure the other adult Therians here think equally as me.

Huh. On my school Chromebook I can read through all of TGs webpages, but I can’t access the forum. But ok thanks!

Hey all,

As you may have noticed, TG has been getting a large influx of young members... I assume this has something to do with Corona and kids getting school chromebooks, where everything is blocked except educational sites such as TG.

This has caused our little chat feature, the shoutbox, to be permanently clogged with conversations about school and parents and the unfairness of life... which all have very little to do with therianthropy. This has caused a number of older therians to experience a sense of feeling unwelcome or out of place here.


If you are younger yourself, you may have noticed that there are now adults in the shoutbox, telling you when you have said or done something wrong. The reason they are doing this, is because I have asked them to tell you if something you are doing is bothering them. This is in an attempt to address those feelings everyone has been having in regards to how TG has changed with your arrival.

Therian Guide is a site dedicated to the education about Therianthropy. For this purpose is is important that therians do not feel unwelcome here. It is true that most of our adults are in fact, not staff, however if they tell you something you are doing is bothering them, I do expect you to correct your behavior if you wish to stay on TG regardless of this detail.

If you're bored or primarily interested in something unrelated to therianthropy, there are many other sites on the Internet where it is more appropriate to have such conversations on. Please respect the fact that TG is one of the few places online which is dedicated specifically to Therianthropy and Therians and that by talking about off-topic stuff all the time, you are taking away the only space that therians have.


I understand that some of this is challenging and perhaps not what you might have wanted or consistent with what TikTok has taught you, however I do believe that we can find a way to make our little community work in a way that is healthy and safe for everyone. Please try to understand that we're not really asking for much and that we are willing to be reasonable.

I also believe, that by actually talking about these things and taking into account how we make each other feel, each one of us can grow as a person to become better people. This is obviously especially important for younger people, where developing the ability to gracefully cope with social challenges, could make a big difference in their quality of life in the long run.

Even if not everyone is really a therian, they might still take something good out of this.


So if you're trying... Thank you.

LP,
Dusty

(2024-01-28 2:04)StormyPica Wrote:  That's a great theory for spiritual therians, but doesn't work for psychological therians or theriomythics.

That’s true. I’m mostly a spiritual therian, with very little psychological connection, so I often forget that some people only have a psychological connection. (Sorry!)
I myself believe in multiverse theory; so I believe that souls from other universes can come to this one and attach to a human (though it’s not as common) which is how we end up with Fictypes and Kintypes.

Other people do make much better theories- and I believe there is a different reason for psychology therianthropy (though I’m not a psychologist so it’s not my call to make)

Thank you for pointing this out!
(I don’t believe in this theory as much as I once did; while I believe that it can happen, I believe that Gaia (Mother Nature) is most likely the cause. Somebody else made a great theory on this!)

That's a great theory for spiritual therians, but doesn't work for psychological therians or theriomythics.

(2024-01-27 20:23)Jaymie Wrote:  

(2024-01-27 20:11)WanderingForests Wrote:  

(2024-01-27 19:56)Jaymie Wrote:  

(2024-01-27 19:48)Moonie Wrote:  

(2024-01-27 18:50)WanderingForests Wrote:  I've introduced similar theories before, but the only issue with this theory is farm animals. We mass murder millions of chickens, cows, sheep, etc every year however there aren't many farm animal therians.

Thats true- though in order to kill those animals, more need to be born- so those souls will likely go to the unborn ones.
Though I didn’t quite consider that.

Or maybe those animals don't want a second life.
Maybe they don't reincarnate or choose not to posses a human child due to not wanting any relation to humans or a chance of that same torture in life some how.

Fair enough, but humans also killed wolves through similar cruelty, and those wolves, according to this theory and in reference to the wolves of Yellowstone, chose to live again.

I mean farm animals are born in captivity and born to be killed, wolves, even the Yellowstone ones have a sense of freedom.
And the farm animals know humans are deadly and only want greed, well the humans they know, while wolves dont know that, there are plenty of wolves who are unaffected by humans killing them, or who’s lives are not impacted by humans.

Fair enough, I hear what you're saying

(2024-01-27 20:11)WanderingForests Wrote:  

(2024-01-27 19:56)Jaymie Wrote:  

(2024-01-27 19:48)Moonie Wrote:  

(2024-01-27 18:50)WanderingForests Wrote:  I've introduced similar theories before, but the only issue with this theory is farm animals. We mass murder millions of chickens, cows, sheep, etc every year however there aren't many farm animal therians.

Thats true- though in order to kill those animals, more need to be born- so those souls will likely go to the unborn ones.
Though I didn’t quite consider that.

Or maybe those animals don't want a second life.
Maybe they don't reincarnate or choose not to posses a human child due to not wanting any relation to humans or a chance of that same torture in life some how.

Fair enough, but humans also killed wolves through similar cruelty, and those wolves, according to this theory and in reference to the wolves of Yellowstone, chose to live again.

I mean farm animals are born in captivity and born to be killed, wolves, even the Yellowstone ones have a sense of freedom.
And the farm animals know humans are deadly and only want greed, well the humans they know, while wolves dont know that, there are plenty of wolves who are unaffected by humans killing them, or who’s lives are not impacted by humans.

(2024-01-27 19:56)Jaymie Wrote:  

(2024-01-27 19:48)Moonie Wrote:  

(2024-01-27 18:50)WanderingForests Wrote:  I've introduced similar theories before, but the only issue with this theory is farm animals. We mass murder millions of chickens, cows, sheep, etc every year however there aren't many farm animal therians.

Thats true- though in order to kill those animals, more need to be born- so those souls will likely go to the unborn ones.
Though I didn’t quite consider that.

Or maybe those animals don't want a second life.
Maybe they don't reincarnate or choose not to posses a human child due to not wanting any relation to humans or a chance of that same torture in life some how.

Fair enough, but humans also killed wolves through similar cruelty, and those wolves, according to this theory and in reference to the wolves of Yellowstone, chose to live again.