We've been trying to work on some things and we realized that we had missed adding the archetrope and the endel symbols to our Symbols Found In The Alterhuman & Related Communities document.
So we've been working on that. However, we're struggling to find the origins of the endel symbol (the strawberry with a white flower) or any of the alternative endel symbols at the moment.
We'd love to add them if possible. Does anyone know about the origins/history of these symbols?
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Hello! I cannot for the life of me remember if it was you who argued that Dionysius was a dog alterhuman, so my question is if that was the case?
Either way thank you for taking the time to read this. =]
*Asker sent this ask fixing a typo:
DIOGENES! I MEANT DIOGENES!
We did include Diogenes in our document, A Timeline of People with Alterhuman Experiences & Related Subjects, though I wouldn't go so far as to argue that he was alterhuman.
The document's purpose is to showcase persons or beliefs that have existed outside the alterhuman communities that yet feel reminiscent to what we call alterhumanity day.
The document this information is in is currently under a rework as we've been doing research into the methodology and ethics around looking back into history to find examples of people who seem to fit modern day labels that relate to identity.
As far as Diogenes, we're also looking into more/better references that go into his life. As the document exists as of yet most of our sources come from the book, Diogenes The Cynic the War Against the World by Luis F. Narvia.
The current text we have regarding Diogenes is this:
323 BCE to 404 BCE: Diogenes was born in Sinope. Diogenes was a philosopher from Greece. He was one of the founders of Ancient Greek Cynicism and Cynic philosophy. One of Diogenes’s most famous traits that is referenced throughout the many accounts of him, is that he personally referred to himself as or described himself as a dog and there are just as many accounts of him exhibiting dog-like behaviors or thinking from the perspective of a dog. He is also on record many times likening himself to a dog or even stating for others to call him so. When introducing himself he would call himself, translated into English as, “Diogenes The Dog” but he has also become known to be called “Diogenes The Cynic” as the word “cynic” itself means “dog” or “dog-like” in Ancient Greek. Thus, his name, completely translated into English literally meant “‘a man from God who acted like a dog’” Throughout much of Diogenes’s life he was referred to as simply “The Cynic” or “The Dog.” [1]
Many points of Diogenes’s life were written down by other phosphors and many of the most well-known accounts include Diogenes pointing out his dog-like nature or his preference toward dogs over humans. For example, it is recorded that upon Alexander the Great meeting and introducing himself to Diogenes by stating “I am Alexander the great king,” Diogenes simply stated, “I am Diogenes the Dog.” In another account, once, Polyxenus became angry upon hearing people openly refer to Diogenes as a dog; however, Diogenes simply said to him: “‘You, too, Polyxenus, can call me a dog. To me, ‘Diogenes’ is only a name that was given to me. In truth, I am really a dog, a dog of high breed, one of those that keep watch over their friends.’” There are also many accounts of him behaving in dog-like ways: he rejected and questioned customs and societal norms, he would bark (sarcastically or otherwise) at people, and so on.[2] He is also famous for living out of a tub on the streets as well as regularly eating raw meat. As a final example, Diogenes also apparently supported the idea primitivism and the idea of humans transforming into animals, especially into dogs. [3]
The philosophy of cynicism bares its name thanks to Diogenes. As the word “cynic” in Ancient Greek means “dog” Thus, Diogenes The Dog and Diogenes The Cynic are the same name. Also, in many accounts of Diogenes he was simply referred to as “The Dog” and thus he was also called “The Cynic.” Thus, the ways of thinking Diogenes helped to found, which viewed animals as being better models of life and behavior while viewing the ways of men poorly, became tied with being “a Cynic” and thus cynicism. [4]
Diogenes was not alone in his classical cynicism. There was apparently a group called the Pasupatas, who were, as described in the book, Diogenes The Cynic the War Against the World, a “strange group of people who since times immemorial found themselves attracted to dogs and to a doglike life. They had become apparently so divorced from their human context that, instead of speaking like human beings, they would bark among themselves and at other people, seeking to imitate the behavior of dogs in whatever they did. […] The Pasupatas displayed in their doglike behavior the exhibitionism and primitivism associated with Diogenes.” [5]
[1] Navia, Luis E.. Diogenes The Cynic the War Against the World. Amherst: Humanity Books, 2005, page 7-9.
[2] Navia, Luis E.. Diogenes The Cynic the War Against the World. Amherst: Humanity Books, 2005, page 62-65.
[3] Navia, Luis E.. Diogenes The Cynic the War Against the World. Amherst: Humanity Books, 2005, page 166.
[4] Navia, Luis E.. Diogenes The Cynic the War Against the World. Amherst: Humanity Books, 2005, page 9-11.
[5] Navia, Luis E.. Diogenes The Cynic the War Against the World. Amherst: Humanity Books, 2005, page 103-104.
We keep really, really wanting to write an article up going deep into the topic of species dysphoria (& species euphoria). Explaining what dysphoria is, defining species dysphoria, showcasing when the term has been used, etc. Maybe if were ambitious, even some basic categories of releaving dysphoria and encouraging euphoria? But damn we're history majors, not psych majors. We feel like such a document is a bit too outside our wheelhouse to make something proper.
“Symbols Found In The Alterhuman & Related Communities” – Our most recently created alterhuman related article. This 22-page document lists some (and information about each of them) of the symbols created throughout the history of alterhuman communities.
Can be found at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/19UJKlWZH-fZ8l7FuD9RYUUkHqnEFJggN/view?usp=sharing
“From the Blue Fleet” by Ocean Watcher – A 25-page about Ocean Watcher’s experiences as a frilled shark & blue sea slug polytherian and Tetsu Hayami fictionkin (from the anime, Blue Submarine No. 6).
Can be found at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UX2crVYAqYuzpLjlk5fYNy5UagicVtkv/view?usp=sharing
“Iridescent Green Feathers and Scales” by Quatz – A 12-page personal essay by Quatz explaining a bit about being an emerald tree boa & resplendent quetzal polytherian (and thereby how being a polytherian leads him to also be an amphithere theriomythic).
Can be found at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18DwsVv3RYXJ5MMQQXqMWS5YDV_WmcG_A/view?usp=share_link
(These and more are found linked on our website, The Chimeras Library, at https://houseofchimeras.neocities.org )
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We've created a page on our personal website for The Nonhumanity Spectrum Tool: https://houseofchimeras.weebly.com/nonhumanity-spectrum-tool.html
Consider it to be in a beta stage at this time of posting this. Feel free to give feedback or whatnot. Suggestion other categories, alternations, etc. are welcome. We don't foresee this as being widely useful, but we at least want to make it at least functional as an amusing thing to fill out.
We made both images as png files to keep lines from smudging and making it hard to color-in or white out the desired boxes without it looking awful.
Here is our own personal nonhuman spectrum diagram already up on our other personal website: https://sites.google.com/view/houseofchimeras/about-our-system/nonhuman-spectrum
Us a week ago: “Okay! Winter Break is upon us. We’re gonna work really hard to work on some project. Goals for 2023 is some updated alterhuman, otherkin, therian, fictionkin timelines. Plus an overhauled and re-organized publications and media list related to alterhumans list.
Us today: -dragging ourselves out of bed after being sick for a week with one hell of a cold- “So Winter Break ends in 3 days... let’s see how much I can get done...”
I wanted to let you know your published work has been used to shut up one professor about otherkinity being considered a childish topic and another for a final :> thanks for the research!
Oh that's so cool and flattering.
We're very happy they were useful and good enough to be useful. (Our perfectionism keeps making us think they still need a lot of work to be yet Good™.) We hope to make our stuff better and more presentable in the future.
