New Books Mentioning Otherkin
May. 15th, 2009 01:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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tobookclubI really do just mean “mention,” and scarcely more than that. Nevertheless, I think it's worthwhile to track the spread of the word and concept. For example, it must have reached a different audience than the usual when it appeared in-- of all unlikely places-- Office 2008 for Macintosh: The Missing Manual. On page 430, in a screenshot of the soc.religion.paganism newsgroup, you can see a legible review of Lupa's A Field Guide to Otherkin. I could hardly believe that it had turned up in a software handbook, definition and all.
Lupa's book is also mentioned (though not defined) in Shadow Magick Compendium, on page 106 while talking about animals and mythological creatures on the astral plane. It's mentioned again in the bibliography, naturally.
Spirited: Taking Paganism Beyond the Circle uses the word “otherkin” on page 8 while talking about magic and genetics, but doesn't define it.
The Cryptopedia: A Dictionary of the Weird, Strange, and Downright Bizarre defines “otherkin” on pages 114-115.
As far as I know, this book probably doesn't use the word "otherkin," but I heard that it may have some philosophical themes that are similar to those of otherkin. In a comment on the![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
otherkin community on LiveJournal.com, user ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
rebelfilms said that The Changeling: The Autobiography of Murray Hope is “about her own 'non human soul' ness and life.” I can't find a copy of it to read... are any of you familiar with this book, so you can confirm or deny whether it's appropriate for the themes of the otherkin and therian book list?
Lupa's book is also mentioned (though not defined) in Shadow Magick Compendium, on page 106 while talking about animals and mythological creatures on the astral plane. It's mentioned again in the bibliography, naturally.
Spirited: Taking Paganism Beyond the Circle uses the word “otherkin” on page 8 while talking about magic and genetics, but doesn't define it.
The Cryptopedia: A Dictionary of the Weird, Strange, and Downright Bizarre defines “otherkin” on pages 114-115.
As far as I know, this book probably doesn't use the word "otherkin," but I heard that it may have some philosophical themes that are similar to those of otherkin. In a comment on the
otherkin community on LiveJournal.com, user rebelfilms said that The Changeling: The Autobiography of Murray Hope is “about her own 'non human soul' ness and life.” I can't find a copy of it to read... are any of you familiar with this book, so you can confirm or deny whether it's appropriate for the themes of the otherkin and therian book list?
