Animal
Animal adjective - Of or relating to the human body.
Usage example: had intellectual as well as animal needs
Spiritual
Spiritual adjective - Not composed of matter.
Usage example: a staunch skeptic and realist, he scoffs at the very notion of ghosts and other spiritual entities
Both words in one sentence
- In the "walk-in" variant, someone is seen to have become a Real Life Willing Channeler or Wetware Body at any point in their life for any of the above (whether dead human or animal or spiritual being).
Source: Useful Notes / Otherkin - While some strains of Otherkin do claim their connection to animals is a spiritual one, typically most of the aforementioned animals will be an animal that's currently popular.
Source: Useful Notes / Otherkin -
Mentioned in an episode of Lark Rise To Candleford, where a curate preaches a sermon about treating a pony badly and finally understanding a spiritual message through the animal's pain.
Source: Automaton Horses
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