Quickie Otherkin Update

Now where did that rabbit go?

Okay. Having let the issue stew in a little back-burner pot for a couple of weeks now, I think I can conclusively say that I am not Otherkin of any stripe. My factors: I don’t feel “wrong” in a human body. I don’t feel nonhuman at all, in fact, except that I feel out of Continue reading →

The Otherkin Problem

You know, I actually enjoyed the Twilight movies. But I have never felt like I might be a sparkly vampire. Whew!

For the first time in at least a year and probably more like 2, I’m Processing something heavy. I’ve attempted to ignore it and brush it under the rug, and previously when these feelings emerged I was able to do that. This time, not so much. Worse, it’s become apparent to me that there are Continue reading →

Belief and Metaphor

This is my second column in Rending the Veil, from January 2007. The first step to expanding your reality is to discard the tendency to exclude things from possibility. — Meridjet Paradigm Shifting and Reality Tunnels “‘Paradigm shift[ing]‘ has found uses. . . representing the notion of a major change in a certain thought-pattern — Continue reading →