#ferilan

[clowncaraz]

Elaferi Masterlist

Since I understand that shapeshifting and the act of shifting is a very physical and taxing matter on myself, I assume that it must be the same for all ⚚✶, and subsequent groupings. I decided, what better way to showcase what I know than to compile all information I gathered from my time in shifter/supernatural/witch spaces and share it here?

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Energy

Energy is defined as a balanced force that is physically sensed. That means that energy is a constant, replenishable essence within that can be drained and filled over time, and is used in order to do anything, even think and breathe and eat. Without it, one cannot shift or feel their auris.

Energy Manipulation

What is Energy

Energy Work 101

Axioms of Energy

Energetic Hygiene

Core Concepts

Auris

An auris is a ⚚✶'s energy-based body that is physically expressed. If the veiled body (originally sensed body) contains energy, the auris is expressed outwardly as a second form atop the veiled body. As such, the veiled body expends energy by displaying said auris and replenishes it over a period of time.

The Subtle Body

Aura vs. Chakra

Guide about Auras

Chakra 101

Embodiment

Embodiment is the act of using technologies and practices that express the auris through material means permanently. Unlike shapeshifting, which exists on the opposite side of the elaferi practices, embodiment is a literal, permanent change in body and energy, forever aligning the two where they were previously unaligned. Refers to species transition, body modification, etc.

Deviae Transitioning

Biohacking

Dormancy

Dormancy is when the auris is not felt or expressed, oftentimes leading to depressive symptoms or unwanted feelings of discomfort in the body. Energy may also be missing, which causes fatigue and uneasiness.

Energetic Healing

Methods to Heal Energy

Healing Energy Systems

Feeding

Feeding is the act of transferring energy into the physical senses, usually during a shift so that one can feel their auris. By moving energy towards the senses, the auris is then built upon with energy it can cycle and use consistently to remain physically sensed.

Manifesting Physical Appearance

Shapeshifting

Shapeshifts are the literal, physical happenings that change the body, but not permanently. It is on the opposite side from embodiment and is experienced in various ways. It often appears as the alignment between the veiled body and the auris for the duration of the shift, and then the misalignment right after, with said alignment causing feelings of euphoria or loss of the senses in the veiled body.

Shifters: A Guide

Transformation, Shamanism, and Shapeshifting

Spirit Projection

Shapeshifting Symptoms

Out of Body Experience

[jimmzarius]

a summary of the elaferi culture with pictures.

[jimmzarius]

Viva Shifting

What it is, what it isn't.

Viva shifts are a result of physical cultural practices that align the auris with the viva (body). Most of these physical practices are long-term pressure modification such as tight lacing, binding, neck rings, elongation, or ear shaping.

The auris is an energy based form that is physically expressed through viva shifts or embodiment. When a ferilan viva shifts, they were usually practicing modification and meditating beforehand, focusing on the flow of the energy around their viva, which lead to a full shift.

The point of a viva shift is that it is meant to feed potential energy into the auris and the auris is meant to turn that energy into physical change in the viva. That could mean that when a vampire⚚✶ viva shifts, the ear binding will be shaped by the auris into physical change.

Viva shifts are only done by ferilan and those who are of the elaferi culture, as it requires physical and material commitment that does not stem from willpower but instead expending energy.

Viva shifts cannot spontaneously turn one into an animal, nor can they create the illusion or feeling of a form separate from the viva. This type of shapeshifting is entirely focused on the viva's capacity for physical change and the methods to do so, but will not grow limbs that break the formation of the viva's DNA and anatomy. Instead, the viva will need to be modified to create similar shapes, such as a tail from the skin near the tailbone, because the body will not create extra bones or create matter to make one. We can assume that viva shifting cannot break any laws of conservation.

Viva shifting respects that the viva is (usually) a closed system where matter can only only be added by an outside force but energy can be exchanged relative to what kind of energy it is. In thermodynamics, thermal energy is exchanged through systems as heat or work by conduits and friction. For the conservation of energy, energy in closed systems can only be changed through the input and output of energy around it. The conversion of energy into the auris is called auramorphy in elaferi spaces.

Since energy and mass can be converted into each other, viva shifting recognizes too that it would take copious amounts of energy to convert into mass and therefore, the auramorphing that must happen between energy into auris does not occur in one day and neither does the building of physical change during shifts. The viva becomes an open system only when interacting with outside forces, then remains closed when not. When the energy stored inside the viva is output to maintain the auris through frequencies or feeding, that is when the viva is an open system where energy is being transferred into matter in small, unnoticeable amounts. Any larger, and that creates too much heat for the viva, and at such rapid rates, changes will happen too fast. You would not be able to keep a normal temperature.