Wherever I am. It is indeed dark there. Perhaps I could make some light

~Legitimize

*Hands Legitimize a nice fuzzy torch and a box of matches.*

Yeah. I'll just explain away how I have a torch in my room to my parents xD.

"I'm sorry mom, I didn't mean to burn the curtains. I would....out of my body!! Honest!!!"

Can't see her taking that too well.
~Legitimize

My mum didn't.
She has decided that I am not only a secret smoker, I am also very careless with my cigarette ends and matches.

Here's a meditation walk through that Lupa published about communicating with your phenotype. Reading a meditation is the only way I can really meditate so I hope this helps-

There are two primary uses for journeys that I’ve found
specifically in regards to therianthropy (though I’m sure creative people will be able to
go even further than that): to help a therian determine hir therioside if s/he’s having
trouble with identifying it, and getting to know your therioside better.
I do want to emphasize that while these techniques are based on working with
external totems, your therioside is an internal part of you—you are both human and
nonhuman animal. I know some people refer to their theriosides in third person and
give them names like characters. This is actually not conducive to integrating your
human and nonhuman aspects; referring to your therioside as a separate being
reinforces that idea on a subconscious level, even though consciously you may say
otherwise. This can interfere with your attempts at integration. Your therioside is not a
separate, possessing being—you are a person who is a therian, a nonhuman as well as
human animal.
Keep this in mind as you’re working with the magical techniques so that you
don’t start unnecessarily splitting yourself. In the following exercise in particular, you
will temporarily be treating your therioside as a separate being. Note I said temporarily.If
you’ve ever had a conversation with yourself about something you’re indecisive
about, this is along the same lines. You’re taking two viewpoints that you as an
individual have and comparing them through dialogue.
Finding Your Therioside
While some therians know their species from the beginning, others aren’t so sure. For
example, someone who isn’t aware of anything nonhuman about themselves until their
actual Awakening as a therian may know there’s something vaguely “animal” about
them, but nothing more. Or a person with a rare or extinct therioside may wonder why
none of the more common animals resonate with hir.
The totem/power animal journey was originally created for seeking external
beings. However, guided meditations in general have been used for internal
pathworking for a long time. In this case we’re going to take the totemic journey and
turn it inward, using it to traverse the psyche rather than the external Lower or Other
World. The concept is the same, but the intent is what makes the difference. You can
get in a car and drive forward, but how you steer it determines where you go—you
don’t need a different car to go East than to go West. It’s the same way with meditation;
the structure is just a way to get you where you’re going; where that is, is entirely up to
you. Although in this meditation you’re visualizing natural environments, do so with the
intent that this is your mind’s way of guiding you into your own psyche; your
subconscious mind will choose the best environment to reveal your therioside in.
The following meditation is a modification of the one I use for my own
purposes, as well as totemism classes that I teach. You may wish to memorize the basic
steps, or you may have someone read it for you. I’ve put the approximate amount of
time you’ll want to dedicate to each step, though this can be changed as needed.

First, get yourself in a comfortable position and relax your body. Breathe deeply
and slowly, feeling the tension flow out of your body and into the Earth beneath you.
Let the thoughts in your head slip away; concentrate on the sound and feeling of your
breathing. (3-5 minutes minimum)

Now, visualize a hole—it may be in the ground, or a tree, or the clouds, or ice
over an Arctic ocean. Dive into that hole, and it will take you into a tunnel. Travel
through this tunnel, whether you walk, run, fly, hop, or swim. (2-3 minutes)
When you come out the other end, you will find yourself in a natural place. It
could be a forest or meadow, water or sky, mountain or desert. Take some time to
explore this place. (2-3 minutes)

Off in the distance, you see an animal approaching. As it gets closer, take note of
its species, or at least what family of animal it is if you’re not sure of exact identification
(you can always research later). (1 minute)

Once the animal has arrived, spend a bit of time observing it and, if possible,
communicating with it. Also, observe yourself. Have you shifted to that animal’s form?
If not, have you shifted to another? If you shift after the animal arrives, how does it
react? Also, note whether the animal mirrors your movements. (At least 5 minutes)

It’s time to head back home. Thank the animal for showing up, and that if things
are right you’ll meet up again. Then head back to the tunnel (if you’ve lost it, just look
down at the ground beneath your feet, or whatever happens to be below you, and the
hole should show up. Come back through the tunnel, and give yourself a few moments
to “wake up” again. Stretch, get the blood flowing again, and record your results. (3-5
minutes)

There’s no universal way to interpret the details of the journey, such as the
animal’s reaction, but you’ll want to note it and record it once you’re back in normal
headspace. Each detail is a symbol, and the best person to determine the meaning of
each symbol is you

Hi Dragonslorefury
Please can you add a link to the original in your post It makes people happier about thier copyright lores and it gives our members a link to other information written by the author.

This does look like a pretty good meditation though.

Thanks

Zygo

Oh sure of course.
Lupa's pretty okay about copyright as long as you mention her name but it does seem only fair.
I hope you don't mind added the link to the book that came to and some of her others in the study section- http://otherkin.30.forumer.com/index.php?s...st=0&#entry5917

The book this meditation came from was 'Shifting, Shamanism and therianthrophy'.
Hope it helps some people out.

Thats great.

Thankyou.

Zygo