my personal belief is it is a choice on whether or not your soul feels connected to it.....or at least in some cases. Kind of like psychic vampyres no the arent sparkly and turn into bats the are people who choose to absorb another persons energy so i kinda think otherkin is the same way. they choose to follow a more druidic path linked to their spirit animal exclusively
Otherkin is the term used to describe beings that were originally not physically beings (angels,demons,gods ect) and taking the place of a human that would have been born tying themselves to this plane for whatever reason. Physically we are as much human as everyone and bound the same rules as everyone else but for those that don't chose to erase their memories upon entry to this realm they retain their memories of before.
Usually when growing up they will have no idea until they become an adult or an adolescent and have an idea depending on the beings age and how much memories there are to deal with usually ends up having some sort of mental disorder in order to cope with the damage.
Things such as Asperger's syndrome, adhd, dyslexia ect mostly. Unless you already have access to the memories or you die and return to the form you were before and arn't reborn there is no way to know without the memories if one is otherkin.
Most otherkin won't share much information if they retain memories of themselves so they keep to other such otherkin. The vast majority erase memories upon enetry to this plane as such without them there is no solid proof unless another otherkin with memories of what to look for looks.
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Eh. For some people who claim to be Otherkin it is a kind of choice to link themselves to a type of entity, but I wouldn't really consider them Otherkin.
I believe myself to be a Otherkin based on my memories of reincarnation and past lives.
I'm a human and don't consider myself to have any special physical powers and any special qualities only really appear during magick and psychic stuff.
I have the same beliefs as Asphodelix and TobiasBlades. I believe myself to be Otherkin. I remember Three of my Past Lives, though i may or may not have had more. If I have i dont remember them. The first Life I remember was in ancient Greece, and when I grew old enough I joined the Military and over time rose to the rank of a Captain. I died protecting my Wife and Child from a band of hired blades. I dont know what happened to my family afterwards. The second Life I remember was around the Medieval Era. I spent most of my days as A Mercenary, and an assassin. I was very Infamous and of great renown, but no one knew me and I knew no one. I just did the job and asked no questions, and disclaimed family and friends. My third life is this one. Because of the first one that I remember is why I follow the path of Hellenism. I am a Wolf otherkin. A wolf because it ties to my personality, as well as the style in which I lived the two past lives which I remember.
