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Strength through purpose;

Courage through resolve;

Power through focus.

Lupus Superioris

Dark Hearts mantra

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Chapter 1: Revelation

We are wolves, so we tell ourselves in the dead of night when nobody can hear us.

We are wolves; those are our dreams when we allow our minds to wander.

We are wolves, those are our words spoken with clenched teeth when humanities burden is

too great to bear.

But we are not wolves, not really.

Wolves do not dream as we do, they have neither our want or desires nor our strength and

weaknesses. They do not believe in anything and have little desires beyond living their

lives. They are so unlike us that for us to make the misconception of being wolves would be

the biggest mistake in our lives.

That does not mean however that we are not alike. We both hold our packs, our families

dear. We are all willing to do what it takes for our survival. We are both fighters when ourtime comes and do not run when what we hold is dear to us is in danger.

In that sense we are wolves and we are different from the masses of humanity. We worship

the wolf as a symbol, we seek to emulate his strengths and discard the weakness of grander

humanity.

The absolute truth is that we are neither wolf nor man but both. We are more than what

humanity makes us to be and we are more than we allow ourselves to dream.

In this everyone can be sure, for I know that in your darkest hours you came closer to the

nature of your inner beast than you care to admit. You feel it pounding in your blood, you

hear its call ringing in your ears, you are confused by half imagined images and you are

transformed as the power of its call flows through your very soul. For some of you thistransition might have been peaceful, for others a terrible experience that remolded your

lives.

At the end of things only one thing really matters.

When you stared into the recess of your own soul and the wolf stared back, what choice did

you make?

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Awakening

As you lie in bed at night thinking how little life makes sense you start to sweat, to breath

heavily, to feel sick and nauseous. Your head might swim or your temperature might go up.

You are visited by strange dreams and visions and find that you cannot break their hold

over you even in the waking hours of the day. You try desperately to get up, to call for help,

but you cannot, your body is not yours anymore, pain lashes it, your muscles tense and you

find yourself unable to move. You are in the grip of change, real change! Forget now the

stories you heard, forget the certainty of tomorrow for tonight your very soul is to be

touched by a power far greater than you. The experience will remold you, will change you

and while it might be heaven for some and hell for others at the end of the night you willwake up wondering if the dreams you had were true. As you get up from your bed you find

yourself feeling strange as if you have been exposed to a whole new form of life. You have,

even more you have been reborn. You will see the world through different eyes; you will

experience it in a way you never imagined. The things that once scared you and filled your

heart with hope and despair will become insignificant. For you are no longer human, not

really, you been touched by something bigger and deep down you feel that this was always

you, just caged and screaming to be let out. As the first cracks appear you begin to search

for others like you. This search leads you far and wide into the world for your answers. By

the end you find that once you arrived you had already become someone else, someone

new. Your path may never be clear but you will accept this new life with open arms.

You have already accepted it.You can fight it if you want of course, deny the serenity, or the sanity, of my words and

think nothing of it. But the call of what I speak of is strong and it does not need a mortal

voice to prove of its reality. Go on deny it, find yourself than locked in a battle in what you

think you should believe and what you want to believe. Try and create an alternate reality,

but it will do you little good. Any mask is only as good as its user and I know that behind

that masks is someone screaming for release, for understanding, for purpose. This is

undeniable for it is humanitys curse and is breed in each and every one of us from the

moment we are born to the moment we die. Keep on struggling if you want and see where

it leads you and how much happiness it brings. Hide your sorrow under company and

consumption, mask the odor of despair by false pride and ego, in the end the more you deny

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it the more it becomes part of you. You can either let it take over or you can allow it to take

you down.

If you are however ready to accept it, than by all means do not be afraid to take the first

step and leap into the abyss and see what waits for you at the bottom. Fear is unnecessary

for what monster can hurt you in the dark if you are the apex predator. Despair is pointless

for you are not alone in this. As you have screamed for a purpose so have others and their

cries were answered just as yours are being answered. From this point on you are no longer

what you been, your previous disgraces and achievements null, you begin a new life. So I

welcome you brothers and sisters. I welcome you to your new life. I embrace you as my

pack members for you have just taken your first step towards awakening.

A journey of a thousand miles starts with the first step

Chapter 2: Introduction

My name is Tirenan Lupercal Noccien and I am the creator of this codex. The words I write

here are only for my packmates, my friends and most promising students. They are not

meant for those whose mind is too small to understand it or a will to weak to read them.

You can spy a copy, try and use it without proper guidance and try to bastardise it, but I will

not be held responsible for what happens to you than.

To the rest I wish a warm hello. There isnt much to write here really, those who receivedthis copy know me and are aware of my practices. I am willing to go far for my belief and I

am passionate about it. I do not believe in waiting for a savior or giving the world time to

produce an answer for our questions. I am hell bent on making the society into a larger and

more organized entity, one that is not just capable of surviving the test of time by inspiring

new generations, but is also able to defend itself and work towards greater goals than the

simple wants and desires of a spoiled individual.

We live in times of change, the society is young and growing and the previous generation

has given precious little for the masses of followers that are now appearing worldwide.

Thus we have an incredible duty set before us, we must organize the society, teach it and

arm it for the days ahead and we must do it all within our own lifetime. This is my goal and

this is the challenge I set before all of you. You might be preoccupied with your own world,face your own problems and feel that this is no worth pursuing, if that is the case than I call

you liars. If I chose to give this book to you than it is because I know that something in

your psyche wont allow you to give up on these dreams, just as you never gave up on

yourself. To be a pack member is one of the greatest honors most of us had in our lives, to

help others like us was always a part of what we become, but to truly change the world is

something we only dreamed about.

And dreams are enoughDreams led you to pursue what you were, to not give up when

faced with an obstacle, to stand firm in the face of opposition and to continue going when

any sane man would quite. From dreams nations have risen. What reasons do we, as people

who pursue our own dreams with such vigor, have as an excuse for not making this

happen?

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Agreeing with my views is not important for I already taken the precaution of choosing you

from people who worked towards this goal, even if you have not realized it. Even so

actions are needed more than words at this point. However at this stage my words are my

strongest action and I mean to arm you with the knowledge my words will bring so you can

begin to realize the challenge I set before you.

That is what the codex is for, a book with written secrets on not just how to improve

yourself, but to give you the tools whit which you can start the formation of a society.

The Dark Hearts pack symbol

How does the codex work exactly?

The codex works in much the same way as a religious text and an army manual might

work. Chapters will refer to spiritual practices, physical exercises, real knowledge about

existing societies, how to establish packs and how to set up running systems of government

for each groups while still staying true to our beliefs. Each chapter will contain amainstream explanation for the topic (where it can be given), the different views and

techniques towards performing said task (again, where it can be given) and my own views

on how it actually should be done. I will try and make each chapter as self-sufficient as

possible so you wont spend all of your time looking for previous chapters. I will also list

the dangers of performing certain tasks (as we dont want to lose anyone). Finally I shall

also try and show you how to use such a technique in a group.

While reading through the book you will find several quotes, short stories and songs. These

ultimately tie in with the chapter you are reading and are inspirational works. Meanwhile

the pictures are either artwork taken from various sites and used to make the book more

appealing to actual working graphs used for the purposes of more easily explaining a given

subject.

For those of you who have allowed my

words to reach your heart and taken up

the call I thank, for those of you who

leave this issue unanswered, know

that I do not hold a grudge against you

but am disappointed that you allowed

your experience to be lost to time, never

allowing the younger generation to hear

your story.

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It is the faith of all men, great and small, to one day lay their heads down and fade into

the black abyss of death. Our bodies decay but our spirits endure. Some men mark their

passing by great acts of atrocity or compassion but in the end their actions endure far

longer than any man made monument.

They frighten & inspire, torment & embolden, teach & enlighten future generations of men,

women and children. By these, the acts of one man, all are immortal. Echoing in each

tortured soul born to this plane of existence, their passing etched in the face of everynewborn child.

We are the products of great people who have gone before us, thus we have greatness in us.

By this ultimate truth is fear cast aside, despair obliterated and the chains of oppression

broken.

And although ultimately all of us will have a story to tell only those who see this truth will

tell a story worth remembering.

Strength through purpose;

Courage through resolve;Power through focus.

Chapter 3: Basic information

Knowledge, knowledge is the only real thing I can give you, knowledge is power and with

its use I mean to make you better prepared for the world you are about to enter.

In this chapter you will find some very basic information about the expressions and words

commonly used amongst the wider society. It is important to know all of these explanations

before diving deeper into the secret arts I intend to show you. Not only will they help you

communicate easier amongst other members of the community, but will also help in the

progression of your education and those around you, your pack.

Common phrases

Society:

A society is a group of people living and working together towards a common set of goals,

which are most often survival and prosperity of its members. They are linked by similar

genetic traits (black skin, blonde hair, short overall height), living space (country),

religious beliefs (Christianity, Islam, Buddhism) and so on.

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When I refer to the society in this codex however, I am referring to different groups of

people who live all around the world and follow a belief system that, although having many

different sects, still holds many same traditions, beliefs and goals. The actual naming of

groups of people who never met each other a society is not my creation, rather it was used

as a catch it all term for the many different movements who make up a much larger entity.

Wolf:

In normal conversational terms a wolf is the forefather for every breed of dog on the planet.

It lives in the wild. It is most known for living in packs, howling and unfortunately doing

harm to human livestock.

In the society however the wolf takes on an almost 2religious symbolism, much like the

cross or the crested moon of other greater religions. The actual word wolf is used to refer to

one of two things. Either it is used to refer to the animal itself, which the society holds very

dear to heart as it is an almost living embodiment of freedom, wisdom, loyalty and

generally everything a member of the society would want to be. Or it is used to explainones belief. You see the society doesnt have names for itself as other great religions do. A

follower of Jesus Christ calls himself a Christian, a follower of Mohamed calls himself a

Muslim a follower of Hinduism calls himself a Hindu. But the wider society simply hasnt

given much thought about its own naming or been around that long for a term to be used

widely. So many members simply refer to themselves as wolves. It is important to note that

while one calls himself a wolf, it doesnt mean he is being stupid and neglecting the

obvious differences between him and real wolves. It is more a simplified way of saying: I

believe in the werewolf legend and many things that go with it. I am a member of the

society and consider myself to have the spirit of a wolf. While this way of explaining that

youre a follower of a larger belief system is popular, it may bring you into conflict with

other groups. Should this happen, simply keep calm and explain to them that you are usingthe simplified calling of your belief in order to save time.

Werewolf:

Combined from the words were, meaning man, and

wolf, the actual meaning of the word is man-wolf.

The word refers to individuals who are cursed to

transform into a wolf like beast under the full moon.

Folklore tells that one could become a werewolf

many different ways; being born under peculiar

circumstances, being cursed by god, striking a deal

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It is important to note that a pack and a society is not the same thing. A

pack is an extension of the society, much the same as a small village in

France doesnt represent the whole nation but is rather a small part of it.

Packs and alphas may claim that they are completely separate from the

wider community, but this is simply not the case. It just means that they

are fiercely independent and isolate themselves from the going on of the

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with the devil, drinking water from a wolf paw print, wearing a wolf skin, eating a wolfs

brain, being bitten by a wolf Often

people considered to bear the werewolf

curse, were individuals who suffered from

deformities, mental illnesses or just didnt

fit into the mold of what society deemed

acceptable during that period. Such

individuals were persecuted and the

penalties of being found guilty of being a

werewolf most often resulted in

imprisonment, torture and ultimately death.

Within the wider society the werewolf

word is used to portray a popular folklore

that might have some truth in it. People

who are part of the society do also refer to

themselves sometimes as werewolves. Themain difference between a society member

who refers to himself as a werewolf and

one who refers to himself as a wolf is the argument of how one should look like once

shifted, is he a more wolf-like creature or the apex predator of legend? This is often a minor

detail but one that helps explain why there is often so much misinterpretation by people

who follow the same belief.

In modern terms the werewolf has become a symbol of natural rebellion and the

destabilization of the order of things. As such its symbolism is both dark and good and is

adopted by many groups throughout the world.

Even an honest man who says his prays by day may change into a werewolf at night when

the full moon looms.

Therian:

Is one of the first of many words that we will talk about that

does not appear in mainstream society.

Therians are people who believe that they possess the soul of

a wolf rather than that of a human. There is really no scientific

background to support this and the belief states that a Therian

is an individual born, by some miracle or mistake of nature,with a wolf soul. Members of the belief often undergo

awakening, mental shifts and do gather in packs. Therianism

is actually the original belief system by which many of the

other sub-groups we know today came into being. Therians

form a large part of the wider society and should be

congratulated for, perhaps unwittingly, spreading the belief wider than they intended. They

also completed some of the first works in use in the wider society (the Therian Bible) and

formed some of the first physical societies. A Therian differs from the wider society by a

few key features in his belief. These are: they do not believe in physical shifts, they often

have a less flexible belief system when it comes to individual opinion; they have a more

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scientific approach than other branches when trying to explain their condition; they believe

that a person can only be born with this condition.

In recent years however the line that therians thread has become somewhat blurred and they

have been assimilated by the ideas of the wider society. It is easy to find a Therian who

does not adhere to the more strict belief system and has adopted many new practices;

similarly Therianism is often adopted by new belief systems within the wider society.

A simpler explanation would be that Therianism is the older belief of the society and it

clashes with the new ideas of a younger generation. Although old and new do not always

get along and can be stubborn in their views, both do adopt from one another and share a

common heritage.

Otherkin:

It is the first, larger, splinter group to be formed out of the therian

belief. Those who consider themselves otherkin follow much the same

formula for explaining their condition as therians, with the acceptationthat instead of wolves any animal (real or mythological, living or

extinct) can take the place of the mixed up soul. This would actually

mean that therians are a sub-group of otherkin if not for the fact that

their organization is slightly older.

Otherkin are in many respects exactly like therians, but they do differ in the severity of

their belief system and will often be more open to new ideas.

Pack:

Refers to small groups of wild animals (usually predatory in nature), which band together

in order to increase their chances of survival.In the society the pack is the smallest form of an organized group, also sometimes referred

to as a tribe, circle, clan or society (the last one just adds more confusion without

necessity). A pack is an old concept made new. It adopts from the structure of a wolf pack

in the wild and is than modified for the groups needs. A regular pack numbers somewhere

between three and thirty individuals and often contains ranks such as alpha, beta, pup and

so on. There are however dozens of different systems of governing a pack, but all follow

the same basic principal of banding together in order to increase their own chances of

success in individual goals. The key difference between our packs and real ones is that we

band together to increase our chances of understanding what we are, further our teachings

and finding comfort in a world that otherwise rejects our views as opposed to simple

survival.

Shift:

Shift and shape-shifting refers to the ability of changing form. In the society shapeshifting

is shortened by referring to it as a shift. There are many types of shifting involved that do

not always refer to changes of the body. In order to avoid any misinterpretation simply refer

to the word shift as change and the first word before it as what it actually refers to. That

way shape-shift means changing ones body, mental-shift is the change of ones mind and

spirit-shift is the change of ones soul.

Spirit:

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Reefers to a persons soul, the unseen energy of a bodiless being or a god like entity.

Its all purpose meaning is also used in the society with the exception that a spirit can also

have a type. So for instance you might have a cat spirit if you believe youre a werecat or a

wolf spirit if you believe your werewolf. The society puts great effort in complicating this

word further by guessing its age, previous life, type, direction, nature and so on. For now

however it is enough that you know that its main purpose (aside from human definition) is

the establishment of the type of animal you possess.

I do apologize for anyone who never had any contact with the wider society as this is a

difficult concept to grasp.

Spirit realm:

All great religions have a heaven, a hell, a Valhalla, a land of the dead or some other

destination that they believe that the spirit of the dead end up and/or their gods reign

supreme.The spirit realm has the exact same meaning for the society.

Wolf names:

Wolf names are something of a tradition for some society members. It is not a required

practice but it is a popular one.

It is human nature to name things. Members, of the society, name their packs and they also

name their spirits. Usually these are outlandish names that are hard to pronounce and are of

a foreign origin from the members native language. Simply know that if someone asks you

for your wolf name it refers to the name you give your spirit or alter ego.

Were-something:

Remember that there are other animals and were-types out there. The wolf just happens to

be the most widespread and successful at forming lasting societies so it is completely

possible that you will encounter members with cat, eagle, and bear spirits when you

move through the society.

Awakening:

Awakening refers to the spiritual enlightenment of an individual to our belief. It is a processthat has many different definitions and workings. If a member asks how you awakened than

he is referring to the spiritual or physical experience that led you to your place within the

community.

Hunters:

It is something of a myth within a myth. It refers to a group of people whose life is

dedicated to hunting down and killing people like us. Often depicted as hateful religious

fanatics the hunters fill the need for an invisible enemy to exist where no real one takes

its place.

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Kin:

Refers to ones spirit type (wolf, fox, cat) or is another word used to recognize if youre a

member of the society.

Now that you have a better understanding of the definition of some keywords used within

the society you are perfectly capable of having an intelligent conversation with other

members of the society. Remember that the society is a living thing so new ideas, words

and phrases are constantly being created or remade.

Unfortunately knowing what a few key words mean is not enough, it just helps speed the

conversation along, so next we will take a look at a few key religions that you will meet

amongst the society.

Religious blocks

New age paganism:

It is not a single belief but

rather a patchwork of smaller

local cults. The society

doesnt think of itself as a

religious movement and you

should avoid using the word

religion at all (dont mind me,

I am the teacher here and I

can say what I want) when

referring to the societiesspiritual practices. It is

difficult to understand but the

society is at the same time a religious movement, a simple belief system and yet it is more a

combination of the two. This is because local groups, such as packs, each have their own

beliefs which can be radically different from those living just a few miles away. Although

having many different sects the beliefs of all packs do have more than one common point

that is universally accepted. Even so some packs and individuals do believe in spirits, gods,

demigods and similar entities which are often recreated from older pagan beliefs.

Wicca:

Wicca is another new age belief that borrows from older paganism and repackages it for the

modern world. The primary gods in Wicca are the horned god and the goddess of fertility.

The primary two gods themselves are less important however than the actual belief in

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Cult

Cult is a word that is greatly demonized by modern society. A

cult is not an organization hell bent on taking your money or

causing you harm. It is simply a gathering of people who believe

in the same ideology. This is sometimes greatly different than

the accepted norm of its age but I do feel that I must remind you

that every great religion we know today was once a cult.

CultCult is a word that is greatly demonized by modern society. A cult is not an organization

hell bent on taking your money or causing you harm. It is simply a gathering of people

who believe in the same ideology. This is sometimes greatly different than the accepted

norm of its age but I do feel that I must remind you that every great religion we know

today was once a cult.

CultCult is a word that is greatly demonized by modern society. A cult is not an organization

hell bent on taking your money or causing you harm. It is simply a gathering of people

who believe in the same ideology. This is sometimes greatly different than the accepted

norm of its age but I do feel that I must remind you that every great religion we know

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magic and the power of nature. Wiccans have a very

developed belief that is beautifully complimented by events

and celebrations during the year.

Be warned that a Wiccan is not automatically a member of

the society. The society and the wiccan religion have much

in common when it comes to the belief in spirits and natural

things but they still do not consider (and are not considered)

themselves as werewolves. Even so packs do adopt Wicca

as a spiritual practice and the belief is popular with the

society so you are bound to run into it at one point.

Shamanism:

The spiritual practice adopted by tribal spiritual leaders and medicine men. Its most

common representatives are Native American tribes but it should be noted that such

practice was common worldwide at one point.Shamanism is not in fact its own religion but a sub-group of Paganism that I thought would

benefit you if you knew more about it. Shamanism is often used to explain the societies

own belief and almost all key features about energy works and spiritual belief is adopted

from shamanic practices and teachings. You wont hear the actual work, but do know that

every time you speak about a topic that refers to spirits that you are in fact talking about a

refined form of shamanism.

Therians & Otherkin:

I already defined the words for you in this chapter and spoke about what the beliefs are.

They are of course both present within the society. The newer groups often adopt themearly on but then rewrite them to suit their own purposes. So know their base definition but

always ask for a person to explain his own belief to you more in depth.

Christianity & dual beliefs:

Primarily society members come from 1st world countries where they are

brought into contact with Christianity. This means that many have an

existing belief system prior to their introduction into the society. Such

Christian converts often redefine their belief system. Following and

honoring both beliefs and sometimes combining them.

Devil worship:

Due to its dark legends, some followers do go to such as extremes as to worshiping the

devil. Such people are rare and far in between. They are almost universally disliked by the

society and are if anything even more secretive about their belief than their counterparts.

New age movements:

A new age movement is a belief that has been established in recent years and has yet to

fully form an accurate description. It is a belief still in the making. It is usually popular

amongst the youth so it is only natural that many such ideas find their way into packs.

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Simply adhere to the principles of freedom of an individual to worship whatever beliefs or

ideals he trusts the most.

Atheism:

It is the belief in the power of since, in seeking evidence for the questions we put before

ourselves, rather than just blindly following ones belief. Atheists dont believe in gods,

spirits or angels (although not a popular thing to point out, but atheists cannot also disprove

their existence, less they appear like hypocrites).

It is unusual but some of them also end up as member of the society. This is probably due to

the fact that the subjects that the society produces struck their interests. Another reason

might be that the wider society is fully aware just how ridicules their belief must sound to

others and does take some sort of an honored approach when describing their belief by

neither expecting nor demanding that their own version of reality should apply to others.

Religion, faith, belief, they are powerful emotions that guide a person on his path. Anyonewishing to understand the society must understand belief. He must be ready to sit down and

listen (if not accept) new ideas. The society doesnt take kindly to people who propose their

own version of the truth over that of many others. All mayor religions which hold within

their texts that they have discovered the true path that humanity should be treated as sinful

in our eyes. We can respect their views but we will not, we cannot, have them forced upon

us.

Whether youre an alpha or a pup you must learn to respect other society members views

and not cast them aside in a moments notice. For if you do than you will lose that persons

trust forever.

Chapter 4: Awakening

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Understanding basic concept isnt only important for you as an individual but for

entire packs. I cannot recall the accounts when simple word misinterpretation caused

fights amongst more fiery youth, much to the disapproval of older members. If you

are part of a pack, or even an alpha, than I strongly recommend that you take your

time to explain to the members the common phrases and religious blocks that

commonly feature within the society. Not only will this help you in minimizing internal

friction but will also help you expand the member base by being able to explain and

communicate with new prospects faster, easier, more efficiently and, perhaps most

important of all, more unified.

Even if you are an individual member, use these descriptions to find out which of the

people you talk to has missed the concept of the spoken word.

Also do remember that you dont have to hurt a persons pride by bluntly saying, that

he has no idea what he speaks of. After all the individual in question might try and

mean the right thing, he just lacks the words to form his argument correctly.

So remember, understanding and tolerance are the first steps towards a more stable

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Foreword: For anyone not already part of the society, or if youre a skeptic seeking to

understand us better, I am afraid this will be the first of many concepts that will be difficult

to grasp as their origin is occult in nature and with very little scientific backing.

Most men live in ignorance their whole lives, never realizing the powers that shape their

lives and determine their fate. Perhaps it is easier to live with ignorance, to have a simpler

life and to believe that the world around you is a stable thing.

Some men arent content with the lie however and would rather view the universe in its full

splendor & horror.

So as I stand before the gates of the unknown I realize that I would have rather chosen this

life a hundred fold than to live a single moment with the cold certainty humanity provides.

We all heard of awakening in one form or another, people talk about these experiences and

try to describe the emotions, experiences and feelings behind it (unfortunately it is almost

always a romanticized version of events). Every member in the society had it and everystory is different but all with the same result as the awakened ends up in the society. So

what is it, a lie, a group illusion or something else entirely?

For the society it is a widespread belief that is just as important as Christianitys baptism.

The lore holds that when a person with a non-human soul reaches a certain stage in his life,

his inner nature (and with it many abilities) becomes active. Popular belief is that a person

is born with this condition and thus predestined to awaken at one point in his life.

Awakening most often occurs either during puberty or during times of great emotional

stress.

The actual reality of awakening however portrays a much more complicated event, with

many distinct linking features to it and although they are all different, from person to

person, some do betray the nature of its inner workings.

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To begin to understand how the awakening works, and its end results, we must first try and

break it down into types and explain some of their features. So without pause, we will first

point out the most common types of awakenings:

The physical awakening ; is when you feel physical changes such as muscle cramps,

body paralysis, new physical prowess or even partial and/or full shape-shifts. A

shape-shift is when your body actually fully changes form into your type (werewolf,

werecat).

A partial shift occurs when only a small part of you physical being changes shape.

The most common type of partial shifts is eye color changes, fang and fur growth.

The physical awakening is usually a painful and scary affair as the loss of ones

motor function can be quite terrifying. Also it is important to remember that most of

the people who claim to have awakened via physical awakening are most often

children undergoing puberty, during which time bodily changes are very common so

it is easy to see how certain misconception between growing up and awakening are

made.

The dream awakening ; is when a person has a dream that alerts him to what he trulyis. One of the key features of such dreams is the inability to wake up, to be able to

recognize that you are dreaming, to have a sense of control in your dream.

This form of awakening is just as easily a pleasant one as it is a nightmare so

experiences may vary.

The sense awakening ; is when you suddenly become aware of your ability to sense

certain things that you were previously unable to. This could for instance be an

increased sense of smell or hearing but it just as well may be the ability to see

ghosts or sense peoples auras. The sense awakening is usually a stage by stage

acceptance that you are a changed person so it is one of the calmer forms of

transition.

The mental realization ; happens when a person is showed enough evidence to beginbelieving on his own that he is actually more than human. It occurs after weeks,

months or years of personal research and soul searching.

The conversion ; the allure of the werewolf and other such creatures is strong and

often it doesnt require any form of higher intervention for a person to become a

member of the society. The popularization of the myth in modern culture has seen to

a large number of newer people ready to believe. Some do it because they lack

purpose; other think there is power to be had in it and so on. Whatever the case such

individuals are often accepted into the society and after a few years of

indoctrination they become just as skilled in the arts as any of their more natural

counterparts.

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The awakening isnt always a straightforward process. In our belief system we dont

exactly go to great lengths to explain who pulls the strings of our lives and who choses us

to awaken in the way we do. Is it god, the spirits, we ourselves? The answer may never be

known, but what we can understand is the way the greater powers communicate with us.

Our perception of the world around us is based upon the five senses, touch, taste, sound,

sight and smell. This is also how we are communicated during our awakening with the

addition of one more sense, the instinct. Instinct is something that every person poses to a

degree. Scientifically it is the inbreed response of our brains that warns us of danger.

Instinct can work in many peculiar ways. The best know emotion that it produces is fear.

Fear of the dark, of great heights, of big animals, of deep waters and of the unknown are all

present so we can better survive. At other times instinct might translate into a feeling that a

place or person is dangerous or wants to do you harm. This is a very good perception to

develop further as it allows you to navigate out of possibly hidden traps and dangers.

So with all of these great preceptors at our disposals, how do they translate when we are in

the thralls of awakening? Lets find out:

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Who deserves to be called a member of the society? Who is really a wolf? Can he

only be born & chosen by some greater unknown power or can the individual have

a choice in the matter?

These are question that resonate within the community and crush the dreams ofmany would be hopefuls. The truth is that the belief that one can only be born into

a society like this is borrowed from the therian sect. The important consideration

that the wolf is also a symbol that can be adopted by anyone and that the spirits

reward those they deem worthy is often overlooked. The barrier has been erected

mainly to keep people who dont fully understand the belief out and keep the

members pure and more easily agreeable. I am a person who has had a textbook

style awakening and can be thus considered to have been born into the belief; I

can talk as an equal to any member of the community who feels this way and tell

them that they are WRONG.

Yes some of us may have been born predetermined to become a part of this, but

since when has subjugation been a hallmark of the wolf. The wolf goes where he

pleases and fights for his existence. So if youre a person who has been told youre

not a therian or a wolf by some other member simply because you havent had

the same experience or dont met their predetermined requirements dont forget

that it is just their opinion you are listening to, not the actual truth (whatever it

may be). A wolf, a society member isnt born, but he is made when he chooses

this life over his previous one. Your actions make you what you are and nothing

else. If you are an alpha who keeps to this unwritten law than I implore you to stop

and seek out the individual determined to succeed rather the one born to succeed.

Not only will this increase your possible member base but it will also do away with

discrimination that you yourself might have just as easily become part of.

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Physical discomfort: Most common, but is not limited to, in physical awakenings.

The awakening literally causes pain for the person. It comes in the form of muscle

cramps that shock your body and keep you from moving. Such cramps and pains

have a wide range and may affect just a single spot on your body or they can affect

your whole being.

Pain is not the only form that your body may alert you to higher workings. Many

members also recall extreme heat changes. A person might feel as if he has gotten a

fewer in a winters night or he might start freezing during a summer day.

Touch is also a form in which spirits communicate. The feeling that something

brushed past you when nothing is there, the undeniable sense that someone is

holding you pinned down or is latched onto you.

While common in physical awakening, physical discomfort does also occur in

dream awakenings and sense awakenings. In sense awakening they take the form of

sickness due to the new abilities you possess, in dreams they take the form of

phantom pain manifestations, during which anything suffered during your dream is

also transmitted to you when you wake up. The pain isnt due to any real damagebut it can be felt because the mind believes it happened.

Awakenings might also produce a combined discomfort where, for instance, you

feel like something latched onto you, than you begin to feel physical pains over

your entire body and latter you start to feel cold. Such a combination of attacks on

the senses is not all that uncommon, but it is difficult to stop once it starts to occur.

Out of all the way the spirits communicate with us during awakening; it is physical

pain that is the hardest and with the most possible ill consequences.

It is also worth pointing out that physical discomfort doesnt always translate into

pain but a new feeling that you never had before, some members actually enjoy the

adrenaline and thrill that these new sensations bring.

Voice communication : Most common in dream and sense types of awakenings. Thevoice awakening is transmitted to you as speech or an animalistic sound. The

speech actually doesnt have to have any deeper message and it isnt usually

complex, sometimes keeping only to a single word. The animalistic sounds can

sometimes be heard as a low growl. It transmits commonly as the sound of your

inner animal (so howling for wolves, meowing for cats and so on).

You dont have to be asleep; in a dazed or vulnerable position (as is often the case

during awakenings) the sound can be heard during the day while youre wide

awake.

Sight communication: Usually restricted to dream shifts, where images can be

conjured up by the mind more easily. When the spirits communicated by sight, it

doesnt mean that they appear in front of you, it means that when you are asleepthey show you images and scenes with hidden meaning.

The exceptions to this are very sensitive individuals who might start seeing spirits

and ghosts during their awakening, but this is a very rare occasion.

Scent: Smell is one of the strongest hallmarks of the wolf but since humans dont

really use it to its full extent it is difficult to tell how it works. It is common in sense

awakenings where the person becomes aware of a higher level of scent that he can

pick up. Dreams as well may produce tricks in which the mind tells you that you

sense a particular scent. The scent in question can be far ranging and after the

awakening individuals often enjoy that scent the most.

Similar to a person who is growing up on his mothers cooking will for years

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afterwards consider the smell of what his mothers cooking and link it to home,

love, food, happiness and similar.

Taste communication: Translated as taste in dream shifts. Many members have

dreams of hunting and killing when they go through the process so it is natural that

many recall feeling the taste of blood or meat at the end of the dream.

Instinct: Occurs in sense awakenings during which a person develops an almost

sixth sense to the world around him, able to predict dangers and events before they

actually occur. Some of his reactions to such dangers might almost be like reflexes

so that at the end of it the person surprises even himself.

Sight, voice and physical discomfort are the higher form of communication as they are

always present during awakenings. Taste, smell and instinct are the lower forms of

communication as the human mind is easily confused by them since such senses arent

really used in our day to day lives and have, since our departure from the wild, degraded

the most.

The break down I just written is to help you analyses the level of your awakening more

accurately. It is rare that you will have only one form of awakening or that the way the

spirits communicate with you will be done by a single sense. Most awakenings are

interconnected, meaning that one form of awakening will trigger another. The senses

themselves are never affected separately either, rather they are all bombarded at once. Level

intensity is measured by the number and strength of sense disturbance.

How to know when you undergo an awakening?

One awakening is never the same as another. Just as each person is different so too is each

awakening different. This is why you should never compare your awakening to that ofanother member and expect similar results. Your awakening process was custom made for

you for whatever purpose the spirits deem necessary. It is also important not to get

discouraged if your awakening wasnt as life changing as that of other members. But still

how do you separate a deep dream (or other similar event) from a true awakening?

You look at the end results. If you ended up in the society of which you had no prior

knowledge about, if you feel like you can sense things better or if you just simply feel

drawn to your inner animal for seemingly no good reason than you underwent the

awakening. Some abilities do manifest themselves during awakenings but they are not a

necessity.

The best help you can seek in this situation is to ask some of your close friends to see if

they sensed a change in character or talk to other members, who underwent the awakening,about your experience.

How to know when someone has undergone an awakening?

A person who has recently awakened will be easiest to sense for about a week after the

awakening when he is still adjusting to the changes. Outwardly the person might walk with

his head raised a bit higher. His walk can reveal a limp or a painful expression, as some

experience do the body an amount of harm. As for the subjects mannerism the first thing

that you will notice is a sense of distance, as if he isnt fully focused on his surroundings.

The persons social life can for a time (even indefinitely) change as the person decides to

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hang out with other types of people or avoid social life altogether and prefers spending time

alone.

If you are spiritually gifted you can try and see the state of a persons aura which does alter

during such period, on the other hand if your instinct is better developed you can sense the

actual change in the person. The best way to sense such individuals is if youre already a

good friend of the subject in which case you will be able to tell the changes more easily, it

is the little things that give the subject away.

What happens after the awakening?

Misery loves company so it is natural that the subject will all but without exception seek

out others like him. At times the awakened wont even realize he is nearing other

individuals like him, drawn as if by instinct to their character.

The more headstrong will demand answers upon discovering the existence of the

community, the smarter individuals will attempt to research this occurrence and again

others will try and live their old lives.Remember that the mark of the awakening is hard to spot even if you know what to look

for, so that peoples lives dont change too drastically to be noticed. It is a step by step

process as shown in the below:

Awakening Solitude Research Discovery of the society Interaction with society members Struggle for the right answers Acceptance or denial Return to a semi-normal

social life

The reason social life is semi-normal is because once exposed to the wider range of your

awakening returning to completely normal life is difficult as the experience has certainly

left its mark upon you. After one returns to his normal life he will often have ties to thesociety, joining packs, interacting with other members and so on.

How many awakenings can a person have?

Thats like asking how much sex a person could have. Odd but I am not joking. Awakening

is generally a great event in the wider belief for the individual but it is not that uncommon.

An awakening is on its own nothing more than a period of wide scale self-discovery. So a

person can have several awakenings in his lifetimes where new abilities are discovered and

the person learns important things about himself but there is only ever one first awakening

and it is without doubt the most important as it sets the individual upon a path that will

change his life forever.

Forced awakening

In some cases a powerful individual or extreme pressure from the awakened himself might

force an awakening to occur. Such cases arent commonplace for good reason. An

awakening happens when a higher power judges that a person is ready, any forcing of the

spirits hand is courting the chance for calamity to strike.

Although not completely accepted, a more experienced individual can force an awakening

on another person. Such a process is safer than an inexperienced member trying to force an

awakening. The problem isnt in finding a person willing to do it but one capable of

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performing the task right. Ego is unfortunately common place within the community and

some members overreach the range of their abilities.

For whatever reason a forced awakening is done, the end results are chaotic in nature and

sometimes dont follow a set form of stages as a normal awakening does.

Even so a forced awakening does have its place in the more problematic cases, of which

luckily few exist.

Factors that may help an awakening occur

Certain events have been known to cause awakenings these are:

Anger

Great personal loss

Depression

Isolation

Physical harm

Stress

Being exposed to the occult

Spending time around society members

Living near, or crossing centers of great spiritual significance

A moment of horror, a lifetime of wonder

Chapter 5: The spirit realm

Every society, which has experienced death, seeks to explain what happens after death. In

pagan and shamanism the dead join the great spirit of nature, in Egyptian, Roman, Greek

and Persian societys the dead ended up in various forms of the underworld which were in

the care of a single god, Buddhism and Hinduism believes in reincarnation, Christianity and

Islam believes in a heaven and hell. The reason why death is an event that every civilization

has tried to explain is because mortality is something humanity cannot control.

Similarly other events which were not understood, uncontrollable and strange forced

humanity to create religion which helped explained seemingly supernatural events.

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Awakening and packs

Packs are mostly made up of people who had already undergone the

awakening process and now seek to fill their need for physical or verbal

interaction with others like them. Because of this most packs lower the

significance of the awakening process as something that happens naturally.

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Even in modern times when science is ever evolving much of the worlds population still

looks to religion for answers. It is unlikely that science will ever provide us with all the

answers we seek, for humanity is curious, so religion will continue to exist.

Why is it that in an age of scientific enlightenment, when the light of our achievements

illuminates the night, do we keep to the shadows of religion?

Because the society is a newer invention it takes and borrows from aspects of all religions.

The difference between belief in the spirit realm and other faiths is that it has no primary

god that watches after such a place. The spirit realm is a place, not a deity. It is a realm

inhabited by spirits and made from energy. It is boundless and incredibly complex. Some

say it is the realm where the dead pass to, others that it is an alternative dimension.

Whichever explanation you use the spirit realm is always a higher plane of existence. It is

where the spirits of the dead depart and await reincarnation, it is the realm of gods and it is

where mere ideas, dreams and fears can be made real with a thought. Change seems to be

its only constant and yet it is believed that some of its places are incredibly old and haveremained unchanged for millennia.

All and all the spirit realm is a place of wonder.

Existence of the spirit realm

In mythology the spirit realm has in a way always existed; heaven, hell, Valhalla, whatever

place the gods may thread is translated into our belief as the spirit realm.

We believe that the spirit realm exists beside our own and is connected to the physical

world. Events in the spirit realm may trigger events in the physical world and vice versa.

Where the 2two cross, than that location becomes saturated by energy and paranormalactivity becomes common place. We will call such events rifts, for they tear the boundary

between our world and the spiritual realm.

Places of great emotional upheaval such as graveyards, old battlefields, insane asylums,

hospitals or even a house where a murder occurred might create rifts. Such crossings dont

always have to be negative by nature and those created by springs, sacred groves, churches,

festival halls and similar can just as easily have pleasant paranormal activity.

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A legion of names

The spirit realm has many names that all refer to the same idea of a

spiritual universe existing alongside our own. Heaven & hell, the source,

God, the creator, the sea of souls, the Great Spirit, Valhalla Whatever

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Sometimes the place doesnt have to be special due to an event in the physical realm; it just

might as well be saturated by energy because of something that occurred in the spiritual

realm, which is why at times even random places appear to be affected.

Rifts do not last indefinitely; they can last for years, months or days. Most dont last for

more than a few seconds, but often the area which was previously affected by a rift will

have a higher chance of producing a new rift latter on. Similarly as a broken, and thenrepaired, motor will have a higher chance of breaking down than a new one.

The size of the rift is also questionable. Few rifts produce gateways and doors as we

understand them. A rift affects an area, but it might not have an epicenter to it at all.

As for the size of the rift, well it may affect just small objects (like a token, medallion,

coin) or it may affect large complexes like houses and even an entire landscape. The

gateway the rift produces is also very unstable but it always allows for communication with

the spirit realm.

The barrier

Of course there must be some mechanism in place to prevent the spirit realm and thephysical realm from merging. Such a thing does exist in our belief system, the barrier.

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Paranormal activity

Paranormal activity is often linked to a set of events which cannot be

explained by mundane science and are considered to be bad bynature. The first part is accurate but the second is a gross

misconception. Just as places which are saturated by death might

attract evil spirits so to can places saturated by life attract good

spirits. A bad paranormal activity is when a poltergeist, bad luck or a

daemon is trying to do you harm, a good paranormal activity is when

you feel good in a particular area, are places where wounds and

sickness is miraculously cured or where you feel like youre being

protected.

We will revisit such creatures and events latter on but for now it isenough that you remember that just because something is hard to

understand it doesnt mean it is automatically evil, spirits can be good

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The barrier is the border that separates the physical from the spiritual. It is what keeps us

from seeing ghosts during our waking hours and it is what minimizes the number and

lifespan of rifts. Were the barrier not present than the two realms would merge and the end

result would be unknown. Perhaps this is for the best, as I shudder to think what humanity

would do if it had the power of creation at its fingertips.

The barrier is not a complete block however; spiritually awakened individuals can for

instance cross the barrier and enter the spiritual realm. Emotional upheaval (with which

humanity unwittingly unleashes waves of spiritual energy) can break down the barrier.

Similarly high numbers of spiritually awakened in one area can thin the barrier down.

The more the barrier is broken down the easier interaction with the spiritual becomes, but

with it the dangers also increase. The barrier isnt present just to keep us out but also to

keep us safe from the less hospitable denizens of the spirit realm.

Dangers of the spiritual

Poltergeist, possession, haunted houses and curses, we have all heard of these things butalways discarded them as nothing more than elements of a long dead fairytale.

However although an event is not frequent it shouldnt be discarded. The barrier is the main

thing that lessens the frequency and strength of spiritual events. Spiritual beings cannot

maintain their hold upon the physical realm due to it indefinitely, just as we cannot

maintain our presence in the spiritual.

Although few in number, negative consequences of the spiritual are more than well

documented for our understanding.

Curses are the longer present dangers that seek to break down a person through a course of

unforeseen circumstances that result in his downfall.

Possession is when a spirit temporarily possesses a willing or unwilling host. Such

possession is only temporary at best. Its best known examples are spirit medians.Finally poltergeists are ill fated spirits which cause things to go wrong around your

household.

All of them are negative by nature but only occur in rare circumstances. Furtehr more a

person can protect himself from such things by items, personal abilities or just simple logic.

Visiting the spirit realm

For our society the spirit realm is the spring of all our powers. Its members are introduced

to its idea early on and some already travel to it during their awakening.

The spirits of the dead enter the spirit realm after their mortal bodies have died, for it is the

body that is the shell that contains the spirit and anchors it to the physical world; once it isdestroyed the spirit might linger on in the physical world but will eventually be forced to

retreat to the spirit realm. Spiritually awakened people can project their spirit outside of

their body. Society members are already tied to the spiritual realm as their spirits were

altered by it during the awakening, because of this they can cross the barrier more easily.

Society members enter the spirit realm by the use of deep meditation. During their

meditation they create a rift for their spirit to cross the barrier. They do this by projecting a

shard of their spirit out into the spirit realm. This is not an outer body experience. The

person doesnt see the world around him but instead visits the spirit realm.

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The realm of spirits is a strange place, endless in scope and depthless to the point of

insanity. Our spirit only sees a portion of the realms true potential, for an unshielded view

would drive a traveler insane. The spirit realm is made up of energy; its landscapes are

emotions and their creation and destruction controlled by mere ideas. Within it are

contained the dreams, hopes, fears, ideas, wants, desires and emotions of our living world.

These than create your surroundings depending on how you perceive such things. Every

journey into the spirit realm will be different no matter if you use the same technique or do

it in the same place. There are very few pre-determined stable points in a world which can

be changed at mere thought. To counter this many travelers create sanctuaries for

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Sanctuaries

Because of the vastness and ever changing nature of the spirit realm, it soon

became apparent that a stable entry point would be needed in order for any

sense to be made of ones travels. Sanctuaries are created after a person

enters the spirit realm, with the exact planning done prior to entering

meditation.

In order to lay the foundation for his sanctuary, the traveler looks at pictures,

reads about landscapes and imagines the kind of place which calms him the

most. After entering the spirit realm he will attempt to recreate the image in

his mind, and because the spiritual responds to our thoughts, it shall shape

the world around him. The sanctuary is a reflection of the persons own spirit

so it should ease his travels into the realm.

After every session is complete the landscape will become a part of the

spiritual realm, a place only the creator may enter. Upon each new session

the sanctuary has to be recreated again and again until it almost becomes

second nature to the traveler. After many such re-creations the exercise

eases his entry into the spiritual realm and allows him to complete his

sessions faster. Creating sanctuaries is also a good exercise for any traveler,

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themselves. Sanctuaries act as anchors and focal points, a place which calms your spirit and

allows you to explore the spirit realm easie.

Thoughts hinder ones travel through the spirit realm, which is why meditation is used to

visit the spirit realm. It calms the mind, focuses ones being and finally allows you to cast

your spirit into the realm beyond.

Because the spiritually awakened still have bodies, their spirits will always have an anchor

in place to where they can return to. This in effect allows you to return to the world of the

living and at the same time hinders your abilities in the spirit realm.

After the visit is concluded the traveler will return to his mortal shell and slowly awaken. It

is important to note that such connection to the spirit realm is similar to tensing a muscle.

The lowest forms of travel require very little preparation and allow the traveler to snap back

to reality almost in an instant, while the deeper and longer the meditation is, the longer it

will take to return to the physical world. Similarly the more you exercises you perform the

better you will become at it.

I lay on my bed and closed my eyes. My thoughts race for an instance before my will

silences them. I begin to experience a sinking feeling and a cold chill runs over my body asif the temperature in the room has suddenly dropped. The chill runs further than skin deep

and I revel in its sensation. Then suddenly all is dark. I feel neither warmth nor cold, there

is only an all-encompassing darkness as I hold my eyes shut.

A beat and then another. It is my heart that I hear, sending blood across my body. With it I

feel energy, flowing, pooling in areas and then throbbing. I focus on the flow of my energy

and imagine it flowing freely into the spiritual. As the unseen barrier weakens I feel as if I

am being taken away upon a cold river. I enter the spiritual realm. At first I am dazed, for I

possess neither body nor form just a view of it. Its colors clash and burst until my presence

stabilizes its surroundings.

Oceans turn to deserts, which are than transformed into cities, which are in turn turned to

dust as the land becomes mountainous and is in turn reshaped into the deepest ofwoodlands.

As I travel this ever changing landscape I find a need for stability so I clear my mind and

focus first on myself, shaping my spirit into its form. I imagine my human shape, the easiest

to recreate, I than continue towards shaping the world around me. On one side I create

mountains, on the other a wood of pine and then cover it with snow. I am touched by the

power of creation that this realm offers. I reshape myself into the form of a wolf and

proceed to explore the realm I created. My mind flares with the senses that the new body

brings and I feel completely alive.

After hours I feel a tug and sense it is time to return to the physical world. I allow the

strings to pull me back.

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I slowly open my eyes, my body is stiff and cold but I feel life flood back into it, more so I

feel revitalized. A world of endless possibilities is ahead of me and I intend to grab onto

it.

-Voyages of the spirit, by Tirenan Lupercal Noccien

Denizens of the spirit realm

The spirit realm is not an empty place but rather it is inhabited by a varying degree of

energy beings. The breakdown of such beings can only be done in levels, as to try and

name every one of them would take a lifetime.

Ancients: Certain energy beings are simply so old and powerful that they have

become inseparable of the spirit realm. Do they dwell in the realm or are they the

realm? None can say.

Primary energy beings: Gods, demi-gods, angels, demons and similar beings which

inspire great fear or adulation in humanity are defined as primary energy beings.

Such creatures are created by a mass belief in a single entity. The more believersone such being has, the greater its power is. In the spirit realm such entity is felt by

a change in surroundings. Beings like gods will never manifest before you in their

full form for they are so powerful that they are actually the landscape you travel

across. As a traveler you may not even notice their presence and they will give very

little attention to you. To them youre like an ant to a human.

Secondary energy beings: The spirit realm seems to also possess guardians. Silent

watchers which observe you from afar, taking the shape of predatory animals orfrightening specters. Perhaps they are some form of the barrier made manifest, none

can know with any degree of certainty, they are there and they do not seem to

communicate. The only thing they seem to have in common with one another is a

forbidding stare that seems to see right through you. Their presence usually implies

that you are interfering whit the grander workings of the spirit realm.

Tertiary energy beings : spirit guides, spirits of the dead and spirit animals all make

up this category. They are beings which do not have a higher function with the spirit

realm and arent (at least it seems) instrumental in its workings. They are its

inhabitants and the most common types of spirits you will encounter.

Travelers: beings that are not tied directly to the spirit realm are called travelers.

These are mainly humans who possess the ability to traverse the spirit realm. Spirit

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Magic might be just illusion but all fairytales have an element of truth to them.

The power of creation

In many ways the spirit realm is a reflection of the physical world. Our actions, create its

myriad landscapes, our hopes create its angels and our fears its demons. Energy changes

shape far easier then solid forms so more complex forms are able to take shape faster. The

downside to this is that an idea shaped once has to be recreated time and time again. Larger

landscapes and shapes are formed by group beliefs. The more people believe in one thing,

the more energy they feed it and the larger and more complex the creation becomes; thus

are gods created. Although such an idea might seem blasphemous to many, you must

realize its sincerity at the same time, for my purpose is not to topple a religion rather it is to

produce a different theory as to why it exists. This will also help explain our relationship

with any other belief. You see we do not question the existence of another mans faith, for

in our belief all gods, past and present, are very much real because men believe in them,

thus creating them and breathing life into their idea. Miracles linked to one god or another

only seem to happen at gatherings of the faithful where prayer and devotion empower theirdeity. A god is after all nothing more than an idea that is repeated over and over again

during each prayer or reading of holy text, translating into our belief that means a complex

entity isnt simply being recreated but it is also being sustained in a way.

An entity that is being sustained this way for a longer period of time will eventually

develop a type of group conscious that its faithful give it. This is the most powerful

expression of creation in the spiritual realm done by the physical world, the creation of an

idea, that once gaining critical mass, starts to manifesting itself in the physical realm.

Fact or fiction

Belief in the spirit realm is subject to just as many forms of skepticism as any other

religion. Meditation can just as well be creating an illusion that is repeated time and time

again by each individual attempting it and that the similar events we experience are simply

linked too guiding the mind over the same pathways. We have very little direct scientific

backing to support this belief. Unless one applies that the simple presence of religion, faith

and belief, whether organized or a personal pursuit, is present no matter how much science

we try to apply towards explaining it. Perhaps it is mankinds nature to create fantasies and

then try to make them a reality. Whatever the case I believe that absolute certainty in

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A peaceful belief

While our belief might be more primal, and sets the individuals spirit in the center

of all creation, it is also acceptant of other religions. This is because of the belief in

a place of gods rather than a single god. This means that there is room for any

deity to exist. The belief in the spirit realm simply takes the laws of nature andapplies them to the realm of gods; in place of pasture is energy, in place of rivers

are emotions, in place of grazing animals are our thoughts and in place of

predatory animals are larger ideas seeking creation, by capturing our curiosity and

commitment. It is a primal belief that much is true but it is also one that offers a

very real freedom in ones decisions, with neither heaven tempting you or hell

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science is just as bad as fanatical devotion to ones faith. A person should not chain himself

to a single idea and then grind all other opinions into dust.

This means that our faith, however strange it might seem, is actually our right. Even if it is

a group illusion its application focuses a persons mind, strengthens his resolve to succeed

and most importantly gives an individual a higher purpose. A lie is living with truth and

denying. We do not believe that our word is absolute but we neither believe it is absolutely

wrong.

The men in the cave

There once lived three men. The men lived in a cave and tended to a small fire that kept

away the darkness. They slept by the fire where it was warm, drank water from an

underground spring and ate mushrooms that grew in the cave. To pass the time they

watched the shadows thrown out by the light of the fire as they illuminated the cave walls.

One day as one of the men was gathering dead wood washed up by the spring he got lost.

He wandered the darkness for a day before he felt a cold breeze upon his face. Since the

man lived in the cave his whole life he never felt the sensation of the wind. He followed thebreeze until he saw a light at the end of the tunnel. Curios he approached it with cautious

steps. In the end he emerged outside to a starlight night and wondered at the sheer scope of

the world around him. At that moment he was terrified that he lived in the cave his whole

life. Suddenly he didnt want to return back into the black cave, but he decided that he

would show his peers this wonderful discovery.

When he returned to the other two men, he told him of his experience and begged them to

come with him. The men laughed at the

stories and beaten their comrade for what

must truly be the lowest of lies. The fire

was the only thing that mattered to them

and they were happy with their existence. Theman who discovered the outside world limped

away bloody and hurt, deciding that he

would rather live alone in the true world

than live with them in a lie. Upon his arrival

outside the men died from his wounds while

gazing up at the heavens.

Many years later the spring in the cave went

dry and stopped washing up deadwood to feed the fire and the fire died. With its end the

men were gripped by panic and killed each other in their fear.

The men in the cave died with expressions of horror while staring into darkness, the man

who found his way out of the cave died with a smile while watching the stars.

The tale above is a cautionary one and speaks of the ill-fated quest of trying to bring

enlightenment to the stubborn. Enlightenment comes in many forms whether it is self-

realization or scientific advancement. The fire in the cave represents humanities known

certainties; religion, science, history, politics

In the tale one of the men found enlightenment when he was lost alone in the dark,

signifying that true spiritual enlightenment comes at our darkest hours rather than our

brightest moments. After he returned the mens supposed friends had brutally beaten him

for doubting the certainties of their world. This signifies that humanity fears change as well

as its stubbornness in holding onto to things that make their world seemingly stable. Even

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thou he was beaten the man chose to die outside rather than live in the cave. This signifies

that an idea truly is bulletproof and carries a mans spirit further than his body.

In the final act the two men died in the cave as well. They didnt die a peaceful death, for

their world suddenly ended. This is the real warning that our world isnt as stable as it

seems and that humanity succumbs to its bestial nature when the world they know shatters.

The tale can be told in many ways and can have a different symbolism but the message that

it brings is that our perception of

the world around us is limited by

our understanding.

So we must learn to accept new

ideas while respecting the old

ones.

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Using the idea of the spirit realm in packs

People dont wake up one day and pick a belief, but are indoctrinated into it

at an early age. Because of this many of your packmates may have

preexisting beliefs of their own. This is where the concept of the spirit realm

becomes your greatest tool for binding people with different views and

opinions together. Belief in the spirit realm allows for the manifestation of

gods through ideas, meaning each god exists in a way because the person

believes in it. Such level of religious tolerance within an existing belief

system is unheard of and will help you ease conflicts that arise from the

different beliefs this world has to offer. All pack members should keep to this

basic truth; that the belief of one man is his own personal choice. This also

means that the forceful spread of ones religion on other members of the

pack is prohibited and is the similar to breaking one of its most sacred

traditions. Take heed of people with a religious background that has a

tendency of installing its own religion over others as they will create tension

in the pack.

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Chapter 6: Spirit

This symbol represents the holy trinity of

understanding the relationship between the

spirit realm and you. The triangle featuresheavily in therian forums as a part of their

symbol. I personally taken the liberty of

adding three circle at each point of the triangle (which also features in the Dark Hearts pack

symbol) to emphasis my own understanding of the symbol and pass on that knowledge to

you. The three circles contain the words: body, mind and spirit. You see as a person it is the

body that interacts with the world around you, the mind that perceives it and the spirit that

breathes life into your body. All three are dependent on one another.

The body is the vessel for the spirit and the minds preceptor of the physical world. The

mind guides the body and channels the spirit. The spirit in turn breathes life into your body

and empowers your mind. One could not function in this realm without the other.

All of them combine to make you what you are on this plane of existence.So what is a spirit if body, the mind and the spirit are merely parts of a larger entity?

Out of all three the mind and body are well understood by modern science but the spirit

remains an enigma. We have no way of proving of its existence or even knowing how it

works. Scientists say its just another form of energy that our bodies produce, religious

texts call it a soul that continues to live even as the mortal body fades, I say its a shard of

creation, the sparks that actually brings you too life. Lets consider this for a second. The

body itself is nothing more than a collection of bones, organs, skin, blood and meat that is

guided by the mind. On the other hand the elevator is nothing more than a collection of

steel cables, gears and pulleys, with a prewritten program. So what is the difference

between you and a machine?

None actually, just as the elevator is a tool for transport so too is your body merely a formof transport. The real difference is who its traveler is. The elevator can carry loads and

people, but only a living body can contain a spirit. We already established that spirits

cannot exist in the physical realm, so they need a subtle body to be able to maintain their

grip on the physical realm. With it the spirit can survive on the physical plane. But for what

reason would it want to exist in the physical world?

Well you have two choices, you can either attempt to look deep inside yourself and find out

why you are alive or you can simply live your life because you are alive.

A spirit is a being of pure energy that every living thing on this plane possesses. Souls are

spirits. Energy cannot be destroyed, merely change shape and function. A soul cannot be

destroyed for it is eternal. Thus the spirit is immortal even if your body isnt. But what parts

of you does it allow to carry on into eternity?

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Well the body certainly isnt eternal for it grows old and withers. That doesnt however

mean that once you die your spirit is doomed to wander the spiritual forever. The spirit can

always inhabit another body and breathe life into it a new body. The mind also dies but

some of its memories, ideas and wants will carry on as well as a part of your consciousness

with it (if not indeed all of it).

Death & rebirth

The main reason why humans invented the idea of spirits (souls) was because they neededto explain the experience of death. In our belief death is merely a transition from the

physical to the spiritual. While I say it lightly it is not a pleasant affair. Your body is lost

forever, in death, as are elements of your mind. So your ideas, dreams and wants may never

be realized because they wouldnt be remembered. The spirit might remember but once you

are reborn into this world you will have little to no memory of your past life.

Upon death the spirit doesnt have a body so it will be forced into the spirit realm, parts of

the spirit might linger on in the physical realm for years but it will ultimately move on.

When first entering the spirit realm the spirit will be dazed and confused and flow upon its

currently freely. After it recovers it shall become one with the realm once more and may

one day once again inhabit a body of flesh and blood. When the spirit choses to return to

the spiritual realm it inhabits the still developing body of an infant being, whether it beanimal or human, and thus breathes life into a new body allowing for the circle of life to

continue. This process isnt well understood and for good reason, I am still alive as I write

this after all.

Ashes to ashes,

Dust to dust.

Or so the old song goes.

As my body lies there burning,

So too is my soul now yearning,

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The theologian alternative

Theologians also use the triangle to represent the nature of the spiritual. Themain difference between my explanation and theirs is that they mark thethree points differently. They use spirit, body and soul as opposed to spirit,body and mind. In their belief it is the soul that is the domain of such thingsas creativity, will, bravery and so on. Whatever explanation you use iscorrect in the end, I simply find my explanation simpler than theirs as itallows eliminating the duplicity between spirit and soul.

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Too travel the physical, once more, transcending the boundary of my soul.

But alas I am called to my gods side as the reaper prepares my ride;

Cry not ohh brother, weep not ohh sister for I shall return to your side one day.

Reborn too your side in a new form that is more fitting.

And when your time comes and tragedy steals you from our loved ones,

I shall be there to greet you into the realm eternal.

Death is only the beginning.

Time

Time is a concept that humanity invented. The spirit is not burdened by the passage of time

so it has no need to hurry in its journey. After all if youre walking along a path with no

clear destination in mind, what would stop you from pausing every now and then while

taking in the scenery? The absence of time liberates the spirit and allows it to continue onits endless journey with an ample amount of patience. In the spiritual realm there is no

sense of past, present or future, just as the landscape can change at thought, so to can ages

pass in seconds while a minute of wonder might last millennia.

It is also important to apply this concept to the theory of death and rebirth, after all if you

have a limitless amount of spirits, coupled with a limitless amount of time, than rebirth can

suddenly seem like a more plausible theory since life on earth is no longer limited by the

amount of spirits in the spiritual realm.

The chaos of eternity

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An excuse for our existence?

Many modernists believe we overcomplicate the reason for our being on this

planet, that we invented the soul to fulfill our purpose for bein

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