When night comes, the Therian spirit can wander.
Wolves howl to the stars above while you rest in your bed.
Lions hunt beneath the moon, to feed their young.
But although the animal within yourself can travel your dreams and live its life as you sleep.
It may not leave your body and enter its own until death.
But to look at it this way, we may be trapped in this seemingly fruitless existence as men and women, but the soul that keeps us so strong, so in tune with the wild and connected to nature, is not really enslaved within us. Just protected.
Until we have the ability to be reborn into the form we feel we belong.
Whatever that form may be.
I have seen so many Theriantype sites that promote so many rules and regulations on Therianthropy, as though it were a hard practised religion. But in truth the only things unobtainable by ourselves are the lack of shapeshifting into our former selves, and the inability to use whatever gifts or abilities the animaltype would allow us.
A Therians appearance, thoughts and abilities are not limited by type or species. And more Theriantypes exist than are really possible to categorise. So whether you be a wolf with blue fur, or a feline with wings, or perhaps even a horse with scales. Let no one tell you what is acceptable, and what is not.
No one has more factual knowledge or rigid evidence to deny or prove your right to exist as you are.
What you are, or believe you are, should be sacred to you, and truly is the business of no one else but yourself. Do not let people impose rules upon how you must be in order to fit in, because in the end, all we have is the knowledge of that which is around us, and within us.
Somewhere out there, whether in this world or the next, there is a place for us all. And our only hope is to return there, to run free with others like us. Perhaps for some, even the Paradise they were hoping for.
It makes me sad to know the animals powerful senses are often shamed by the sheer lack of ability in the human body that makes up various types of Therian. Though (for example) a feline or canines senses can be sharp, the human body can be slow to react, clumsy in certain situations, and subject to climate and surroundings change just as any other human. However, the human body, if kept well and cared for, can itself display a certain level of the animals physique, perhaps enough to mute out the failings of walking on two legs, with no fur nor natural weapons for protection against the elements and enemies. It's all about building on ones abilities, becoming accustomed to yourself in every aspect. This comes with time, and practice.
The most important part of you is Every part. Remember to take care of the human part of you as well as the animal. The human body you are in is there to protect your animal, until it returns to its original self.
There are many types that we have yet to discover, and many people we have yet to meet.
And it is truly pointless, as I have seen on many fellow sites, to argue your case against others with separate opinions as to what Exactly Therianthropy is. For the correct answer is to say that Therianthropy is a Massive catergory in which a list is formed, and you, like all others, fit into this vast catergory somewhere amongst everyone else who claims to have some kind of connection or affinity with an animal.
Opinions are fine, as long as may not demote others opinions. After all, they may be correct for the individual, not necessarily the whole. However, and I stress this, there is no point trying to deny the standard Truths of the entire Otherkin/Therian foundations.
On that note, let no-one attempt to convince you that your opinion is wrong, unless you yourself feel the need to change it.
Although some may be more developed in their thought, they are not necessarily wiser than yourself.