Andrea Nolin (Shadow)'s Page

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"To Jennifer, lifestyle does not necessarily mean choice. It is how a person lives. To Dolma, I like you."

"There are several ways to discover who you are. There's meditations of different sorts, hypnosis, past life regressions, dreams. Even writing things down, even if they seem like small or insignificant things can help"

"To Reliks and Jennifer: I was not implying anyone was crazy. Just telling you what Otherkin is. GreenRaven is more accurate in her definition. Otherkin is a lifestyle, not an opinion. You either are or you aren't. Not saying you're wrong…"

"If you are adamant in the belief that you are not physically human (I'm not saying spiritually or mentally) but physically, then that's not therianism. That's something else entirely. What I'm not exactly sure."

"...I never heard anything recently about people on witch hunts..."

"I'm not denying the fact that I'm human. That's not what otherkin and therians are. They just acknowledge that there is a different soul/spirit inside of them. Mine is a panther, meaning I am therian rather than otherkin. Some have…"

"Ah, I see"

"I mean, I understand. But there are those who know and accept who and what they are, no matter if they're gay, witch, therian, christian, anything and are still afraid of other people knowing. I just can't understand that."

"Andrea, I totally agree with you, but it's sorta like being gay or lesbian. All people have to take things in at their own speed, and some people can't face admitting things they aren't ready to. I suspect as the site grows, the forum…"

"Initiated into what? Generally when people say they have been initiated they mean into a particular tradition. Witchcraft itself does not require any sort of initiation."

"There's nothing abnormal about any of this, not according to me anyway. I am who I am and I'm not afraid or ashamed of any of it. People who are ashamed of who they are should just dig a hole and bury themselves in it as far as I'm…"

"Yeah, I mean, honestly, not that many people want to be "outed" as abnormal. We're abnormal enough being Witches (according to some), and some people have outed themselves as being gay or lesbian here on the site, but to actually out…"

"Thank you for the link. I found the group. It's smaller than I thought it would be lol"

"<-----Therian here. Steve"

"Oh good, as I was reading through these posts, I was afraid I'd be the only therian here. I am Andrea, but I'm also known as Shadow, call me whichever you prefer, and I am a black panther therian. Oh, and Siobhan, to answer your question…"