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Teen angels wearing flowercrowns in place of their halos; the gentle petals resting a top of their heads in an attempt to replace the shining glory that previously stood.

Teen angels taking long car-rides on freeways with the Windows down to mimic flying during summer days, arms outstretched and eyes shut; wind in their hair, sun on their face.

Teen angels meeting up at midnight watching the stars on a clear night reminiscing their glory days, telling tales to outdo eachother,

In an ongoing effort to encourage community participation and provoke thought in regards to alterhumanity, we’ve decided to make a prompts challenge in a similar style to other 30-day challenges floating around the community.

What makes this one so special? For one, you don’t need to do all of them. Ever. No pressure on 30 consecutive days of answering or doing things if you start it, you can pick it up and use absolutely any of the prompts for inspiration in any way you like! Do them all at once, do them whenever inspiration is low, do them all multiple times over.

Secondly, this is broken up into question prompts and activity prompts. The question prompts follow the same general lines as a lot of other community challenges go, but rather than asking about your identity and how you figured it out, they’re specifically tailored to the idea behind this blog: learning more about yourself as “other” and applying it to magic and daily life. The activity prompts, on the other hand, are ideas to try out, things to do and make and research and generally allow you to become a more active participant in your own self-discovery. Of course, there may be some overlap between the two types of prompts, but otherwise they’ve been categorized as best as possible. It’s also worth noting that any mentions of kintypes can be replaced with hearttypes, soulbonds, etc. if you so choose.

If you take up any of these prompts or ideas and post them on Tumblr or another website, please notify us or use the tag #othermagicpromptschallenge so we can see what you’ve done! We’d love to know and see what you guys do with this.

Question Prompts:

What part of your identity has had the most influence on your craft or things you’d like to work with?

Do you work with any deities or entities from another life? If so, who (so long as you’re comfortable mentioning it)? If not, is there anyone or anything you’d like to reach out to again?

Have you remembered anything that can be used for magic in this world? If not, do you know of anything from related sources (books and folklore related to kintypes, your source/canon or things similar to it) that you’d like to try out in this world or on the astral?

Have any other books, movies, pop culture sources, or mythological sources influenced the way you practice?

Do you know if you spoke another language? If so, have you attempted to recreate or relearn it in this life? If not, have you attempted to make a conlang (constructed language) or conscript (constructed script) that fits the feeling of your species/culture?

Have you made any crafts or recipes related to your kintype or constructed from memories? If so, what are they? Share pictures or details if you’d like!

Have you picked up any hobbies, skills or talents because of your kintype (e.g. sports, musical instruments, etc.)? What are they? If not, what would you like to pick up?

Do you remember anything about other inhabitants of your world/plane/planet/dimension/timeline/etc.? What sorts of relationships did you have with them, personally/individually or as a group/species? Would you ever want to work with them in any capacity again if you don’t already?

Was there a specific form of artistic expression (visual art techniques such as specific methods of sculpting or painting, musical instruments, song, dance, types of poetry, architecture, etc.) that doesn’t seem to have an equivalent here to your knowledge? If so, have you been able to replicate it to any degree?

If you remember there being magic in your world/plane/planet/dimension/timeline/etc., could you use it? If so, do you remember how it worked or how it felt, and have you attempted to recreate it?

Have parts of your practice changed after you found out about your otherness? Have any parts stayed the same?

Is there some part of your practice or your understanding of self that you’re having difficulty with? If so, what is it, and how can you make changes to it so you can continue to grow and explore? Are there things you haven’t given much thought to that you should consider? (For example, if you find yourself thinking mostly about people you used to know or the way you interact with your deities/other spirits and beings but not much about how your kintype affects you on a day-to-day basis or what sort of society, if any, you used to live in. Or vice versa.)

Has anything you questioned that turned out not to be a thing stayed with you in some ways? Has it influenced your craft or lifestyle or hobbies? If so, what and how?

Activity Prompts:

Make a conlang or conscript for your species or culture. If you already have one, make a variation or make one based on another species, culture, or group you remember.

Make sigils using your conlang/conscript and test them out.

Make sigils to represent your kintypes as you experience them and use them as meditation aids for self-reflection and deeper understanding of yourself.

Create a spell, ritual, potion, bath bomb, etc. intended to help you connect to the energy and qualities a being, creature, character, etc. that is NOT a kintype in any way so you can incorporate their positive traits into your life. (Note that this will in no way make you that thing, just more like them.)

Make sigils of your home world/plane/planet/dimension/timeline/etc. and use them to carry the energy of “home” with you, or use them as focus tools while astral traveling or projecting.

Use any aesthetic posts or moodboards you might have saved up around your blog/desktop/phone storage and use them as active meditation tools.

Make a list of positive traits of your kintype that you’d like to embody more as well as negative traits you’d like to diminish and work on.

Put together a set of clothing or accessories that remind you of your kintype, and enchant them to serve as a glamour/shadow shift inducer when worn all together.

Find, modify, or make a recipe of a type of food or drink you used to have or a substitution if there’s no equivalent here (such as souls or animals that don’t exist here) or if you have specific dietary needs that don’t match that of your past self.

Make a list of magical correspondences for your kintype(s). Add things like crystals, herbs, colors, household objects, animals or mythical creatures (if you aren’t one or making correspondences for one), weather phenomena, etc. that you associate with yourself.

Find historical/folkloric accounts, stories, fictional works (including fanfiction for fictionkind if you’re comfortable with it) and compare and contrast your experiences and memories with the author/creator’s portrayal. PLEASE do not directly involve the author/creator in any way (such as direct tagging or saying these things in the comments if applicable) and don’t attack anyone over differences in experience or perception.

Find home decor ideas, items, and/or DIY that will help you feel more at home (this includes things like pillow dens, blanket caves or nests and similar). Make a Pinterest board, a post with links and/or images, a bookmarks folder, or even a physical collage/idea board of things you’re most likely to be able to do or buy in your current living situation.

Look into stories, movies, or other media about shapeshifting or not quite fitting into a human world that aren’t directly related to your kintype(s) and compare and contrast your thoughts, feelings, and experiences.

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I was asked a long time ago now to provide whatever resources I have on coping with species dysphoria (*I’ve also included a resource on coping with past life memories and exotrauma; geared toward actually treating trauma symptoms), and I feel genuinely bad it took me so long to get round to it. I think it’s really important to have a good collection of coping resources in one place, and especially for the one who asked, so here you go, here’s what I could conjure up in the past hour or two: Coping Ideas for the Aquatics by Aquasarious of House of Chimeras

Coping with and Control of Therianthropy by RagdollTherian

Manifest Beastie by Ozenwolf Balancing Fingers and Pinions by Mahksi 

Your Optimal Functionality by Mahksi

Finding a Therapist by Mahksi

Coping with Past Lives: Articles and Sources by Makhsi *

The Anorexic Animal: Therianthropy and Eating Disorders (Includes a long thread with multiple perspectives on coping with disorders that intersect with one’s nonhuman identity and discussion on how this is avoided as a topic in the communities)

This is gonna be a long list.

ab intra - from within

ab origine - from the source

absit iniuria - “let insult be absent”

absit invidia - “let envy be absent”

absit omen - “let omens be absent”

ab uno disce omnes - from one, learn all.

abyssus abyssum invocat - deep calleth unto deep

a capite ad calcem - from head to heel

acta non verba - actions not words

ad altiora tendo - “I strive to higher things”

ad astra - to the stars

ad fontes - to the sources

ad meliora - towards better things

ad oculos - to the eyes

ad undas - to the waves

ad victoriam - to victory

adsum - I am here

a fortiori - from the stronger/from strength

a mari usque ad mare - from sea to sea

audeamus - let us dare

audentes fortuna iuvat - fortune favors the bold

audi, vide, tace - hear, see, be silent

beatae memoriae - of blessed memory

bona fide - in good faith

bono malum superate - overcome evil with good

capax infiniti - holding the infinite

carpe diem - seize the day

carpe noctem - seize the night

cave - beware

ceteris paribus - all other things being equal

circa - around

citius, altius, fortius - faster, higher, stronger

clavis aurea - golden key

cogito ergo sum - I think, therefor I am

compos mentis - in control of the mind

concilio et labore - by wisdom and effort

concordia cum veritate - in harmony with truth

concordia salus - well-being through harmony

coniunctis viribus - with connected strength

consummatum est - it is complete

corruptus in extremis - corrupt to the extreme

crescit eundo - it grows as it goes

de novo - from the new

de profundis - from the depths

dies irae - day of wrath

dona nobis pacem - give us peace

ego te provoco - I challenge you

esse est percipi - to be is to be perceived  

esse quam videri - to be, rather than to seem

esto quod es - be what you are

ex animo - from the soul

ex luna scientia - from the moon, knowledge

ex scientia tridens - from knowledge, sea power

ex silentio - from silence

ex undis - from the waves of the sea

experientia docet - experience teaches

fac et spera - do and hope

fac fortia et patere - do brave deed and endure

faciam quodlibet quod necesse est - I’ll do whatever it takes

faciam ut mei memineris - I’ll make you remember me

facta, non verba - deeds, not words

fortis et liber - strong and free

fortis in arduis - strong in difficulties

gloriosus et liber - glorious and free

hic abundant leones - here lions abound

hic et nunc - here and now

hic sunt dracones - here there are dragons

hinc illae lacrimae - hence those tears

hinc itur ad astra - from here the way leads to the stars

igni ferroque - with fire and iron

in memoriam - into the memory

in nocte consilium - advice comes over night

libra - balance

littera scripta manet - the written words endure

locus standi - a right to stand

luceo non uro - I shine, not burn

luctor et emergo - I struggle and emerge

mare liberum - free sea

memento vivere - remember to live

more ferarum - like beasts

natura non contristatur - nature is not saddened

nec spe, nec metu - without hope, without fear

noli me tangere - do not touch me

ophidia in herba - a snake in the grass

pro se - for oneself

propria manu - by one’s own hand

quaere - to seek

quod abundat non obstat - what is abundant does not hinder

resurgam - I shall arise

semper ad meliora - always towards better things

semper anticus - always forward

semper apertus - always open

semper fortis - always brave

semper liber - always free

stet - let it stand

tuebor - I will protect

I love this collection of sigils, but it is annoying difficult to read and impossible to search, so I typed it up as best I could. This was mostly for personal reference and I’m not terribly familiar with demons so there’s probably a few mistakes, but if anyone wants it, knock yourself out. As far as I know, the source on this is totally forgotten, but if someone knows it, please feel free to add it on!

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HERE FOLLOWS A LIST OF SEVERAL DEMONS AND THEIR SIGILS OF SUMMONING:

ABYSS: Lord of Chaos  ACIEL: The God Burner  ADATIEL: Walks the Earth  ADNACHIEL: The Hunter Demon  AGIEL: Lord of Calamity  AMBRIEL: The Changer  AMNIXIEL: Demon of the Lines  ANAEL: Demon of Lust  APADIEL: Of Hell’s Electorate Musician  ARATRON: Demon of Sorrow  ARIEL: Of Hell’s Electorate Historian  AVACHIEL: The Inquisitor  AZERVIEL: Demon of Defeat  BABALEL: Second Demon of War  BARBIEL: Lord of Ancients  BARCHIEL: Of Hell’s Electorate Mechanic  BEFAFES: First Demon of War  BLISDON: The Quick One  BORNOGO: Lord of Power  BRORGES: Arch-demon of Woe  BUTMONO: Demon of Greed  CAMAEL: The Destroyer  CASSIEL: Lord of All Conspirators  CASSRIEL: Of Hell’s Electorate Poet  CHENOR: The Wish Granter  DAGON: The Great Fish  DECARAB: The Beautiful  DIGIN: The Disordered  ELIM: Lord of Attrition EKSUSHA: The God Eyed

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EOLIGOS: Visible and Invisible  FERUG: The Rusting One  FOCALOR: The Demon That Drowns Men  FORCAS: Teaches Logic and the Secrets of Plants and Gems  FURTUR (FURFUR?): Demon of Storms  GAMIGIN: The Horse Lord  GARN: The King Tempter  GRACHIEL: Arch-demon of the Dying Times  HAGITH: Demon of Jealousy  HAGONEL: Lord Under Grachiel  HAMALIEL: Lord of Obsessions  HANAEL: The Adversarial  HASMODEL & HASMODAI: The Twin Bulls  HISMAEL: The Acquirer  IPOS: Knows Things To Come and Past  JOCHMUS: The First Savior of Hell  LAHAD: The Devil’s Voice  LESIFUGES: Brings Riches and Shortens Life  LUCIFER: The Morning Star  MALCHIDAEL: Demon of Impatience  MALPHAS: The Tower Builder  MARBUEL: Of Hell’s Electorate Architect  MARCHOSIAS: Gives and In Battles A Demon Bound (?) MEEOD: The Life Restorer  MEPHISTOPH: Lord of the Host  MICZARIEL: The Warrioress  MURIEL: Great Demon of UCS (?) NABERIUS: Lord of Cunning  NESTORATS: The Fire Master  NYSROG: Lord of The House of Princes  OCH: The Sun Speaker  OPHIEL: Lord Messenger and God Teacher  ORIAS: Of Hell’s Electorate Astronomer  OZGIN: Demon of Madness  PAIMON: Master of Infernal Ceremonies  PARNIEL: First Lord Under Veguaniel 

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