)So, the term therian has been brought up a few times on this site and others...Theiranthropy being the condition of sharing one's soul w/ a specific animal, if I am understanding it correctly? Well to take the idea of werewolves and other were-beings in a slightly different direction...what if they're more real than we think, just not quite Interesting idea, no? as we think of them?
For example, shamans from many different cultures would undergo meditations to become 'one' with a given animal's spirit. Certian cultures adopt bestial or animalistic tendencies...what if this is in fact a sort of evolution for humanity? Granted, most folks would look at becoming more animal as a bad thing, but if you think about it, animals don't require many of the things man does simply to survive. What if humanity ( or at least some of them ) are evolving towards a more instinct driven species? After all, according to Darwin we started as apes. * with the pointy teeth, claws, and tails all that entails* Even if you tend to believe we were more humanoid apes, our canince teeth and nails are leftovers from a time when man needed these to survive, and was more primal.
The reason I bring this up is because after doing a bit of reading a while back, my mate and I realized that there is a culture that believes the 'world will end' in 2000-something. (sorry, don't have the info right here in front of me ) But if you look at the Mayan ( or is it Aztec ) calendar, they break things down into "ages". So when they say the "world" will end, they mean this world...the current one. Not that the planet will blow up or anything, but that it will begin the dawn of a new age. If I remember correctly, their calendar also goes backwards...not forwards. So it's as if they were counting down to something.
Now look around today. People are popping up all over saying they're werewolves, theirans, shifters, whatever. I'm not saying they're wrong...but isn't it possible that they are among those thos are in fact "De-evolving" into a more primal, better adapted to survival state? Children who are the beginning of a move back to living with the earth, not just on her??? Isn't it possible that this is not simply a spiritual thing, but an actual physical change as well?
Do I think these people can actually shift into a 10 foot tall, hairy creature? No. Do I think that perhaps there is something in their genetic makeup that sets them apart from averege people? Maybe. And I hate to bring the X-Men movies into play here, but they make a point. Evolution keeps on going...constantly changing species to better fit / survive in their environment. Maybe mother nature realized how screwed the human species is, and is trying to effect a change.
Don't believe the world's going to heck? Take a peek at the news some time. Weird $hit happening all over, and yeah, some of that is buisness as usual. But what about the truely wierd stuff. There sure have been a lot of animal attack in the past few years, haven't there? Including animals previously OK with humans. ( Roy with his tiger, the dude that watched wild bears, the sharks massing in florida...the list goes on )
Am I totally nuts? Mebbe.
But I know what I've been seeing the past few years, and it'd kinda made me think. If nothing else, it's interesting, no?
