what made you realise you were spiritual kin? and/or what got you into paganism?

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one of my ex-qpps that i met on vent app made me realise i was spiritual kin. i had never heard of it before he told me about it, and i approached it with a cautious open mind. i was happy that he found comfort in it and respected his beliefs, but i was worried that if i tried to get into it, i would get "too into it." i think i was afraid about what people, namely my psych care team, would think of me. but my ex-qpp persuaded me that you can maintain that you can still wish to be perceived as who you are in this life first and foremost, and your kintypes second.

i also just straight up don't talk to my psych care team about this stuff anyway LMFAO!!! it's not their business since it's spiritual, and they don't practice discernment of such things.

buddhist people believe in reincarnation too. what's the difference between them, and us believing our past lives are represented in fiction?

so yes, i ended up realising i was kin quite quickly after that discussion.

as for how i got into paganism... i've always been quite in touch with my spiritual side. i went to a group spiritual class once, i watched witchtube videos, i was introduced to tarot by an ex-vent friend... and slowly pieced together my own spirituality.

i'm still working my way through learnings, growing and healing, refining my craft. but i've come a long way, and it only gets more fun, fulfilling and rewarding the more i do spiritual work.

what about everyone else? what made you realise you were spiritual kin? what got you into paganism?

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I think in like 2016 I'd heard of fictionkin, and always thought it was a bit silly until an ex-friend of mine mentioned they were fictionkin in passing, and I asked what it meant to them, how they feel, etc and realized that it lined up pretty closely with how I'd felt while watching JJBA + a few other sources in the past, but I'd been watching JJBA at the time and was like mine god ok yeah there is something Here. They were serious initially but then fell into more casual spaces, while I realized that it explained so many experiences I'd had even as a kid, and took it more seriously as time went on.

It actually led into paganism stuff as well, since I worship deities that I've worshipped in past lives ! Yet another moment of "wait that's a thing ??" like fictionkin when a vent mutual said they worship Hylia from the legend of zelda, and I started to poke around pop culture paganism discussions and practices and such, making them my own, and now years later I feel better than ever about all of it. ^_^

It's been very fun to explore things and see what does and doesn't work; the very first thing I ever tried was shufflemancy, and that + music-centered practices are still the core of my beliefs, though I've also incorporated crystals and now oracle cards into regular practices.

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i was introduced to it when i first made my old tumblr account. i thought it was cool so i started off being KFF. as i grew up and spent more time in the community, i was less and less KFF and more a spiritual fictionkin. i remember the first kintype i got mems for.. id just sit down and start yearning for my life back then.

in 2021, i “stopped” being fictionkin + otherkin due to societal pressure and norms. it took a lot of effort but it still didn’t kill my identity.

now im “fulltime” :3 ignoring who i am did not help whatsoever..

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A long time ago I had a friend (who I now have a bad relationship with and I don't know about his current life) who told me about spiritual things, he really didn't tell me much but then a few years passed and my curiosity was awakened, so I searched for more information about this subject and I came here for even more :3

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