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Dæmonism 101 - Vocabulary

Here are some quick definitions of different terms used in the daemonism community!

Daemonism: the practice of having a daemon and interacting with them

Daemon: a part of the self that someone can learn to engage with, often appearing in the form of an animal and sharing a deep bond with their daemian

Daemian: a person who has a daemon (or many), a person who practices daemonism

TDF: The Daemon Forum, the first daemonism community

HDM: His Dark Materials, a book series by Philip Pullman which inspired daemonism and also spawned a movie and TV adaptation

CIE day: coming into existence day, a celebration much like a birthday to celebrate the day a daemon came into existence

Projection: the act of visualizing your daemon

Form: an (typically animal) appearance a daemon takes

Settled form: an animal form that a daemon can take which often represents their human

Settled: a daemon that has a settled form, a human whose daemon has a settled form (the opposite would be unsettled)

Form finding: the process of finding a settled form

Analytical form: a form which is found by analyzing behavioural traits of animals and translating them into human personality traits

Pullman form: a form which is found by analyzing myths and beliefs surrounding animals and comparing them to one’s life story

Personal form: a form which has a personal meaning to the daemian and/or daemon

Comfort form: a form which is comfortable to take for the daemian and/or daemon

Aspirational form: a form which represents something the daemian and/or daemon aspire to be

Analysis: an analysis of an animal's behaviour and translating it into human traits, to help with analytical form finding

Reverse analysis: an analysis of a daemian's personality, to help with analytical form finding (also called RA)

Portrait: an analysis of our social perceptions of an animal and their role in myths/stories, translating them into human traits, to help with Pullman form finding

Self-portrait: an analysis of the way a daemian is perceived and the narrative themes in their life, to help with Pullman form finding

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I had once answered a question about how to open up the concept of daemons to someone on the more scientific/psychological side. It seems their account has been deleted but Tumblr threw this old post in my face and I think it still holds up pretty well. ---

Daemons are the internal personified version of the second half of someone’s mental dialogue or subconscious. They tend to fill in the role that is needed most. 

The mind is really powerful and a daemon is a powerful tool if cultivated. There is admittedly not much that I know of for reference from a purely psychological viewpoint. There are health benefits, growth benefits, and companion benefits.

Daemons tend to be dormant until needed or the time is right to cultivate. They are very similar to daemon software if thinking of the brain as a machine strikes your fancy.

They can analyze things from an opposite perspective or release frustrations to the world without any risk. That analysis or release will show you how you really feel rather than what you think you should be feeling. They are a way to get in contact with your subconscious and desires.

How about self-help and positive affirmations? Daemons used as a therapy technique is very common. If you read any self-help book you will start to see how easily the inner workings of a daemon match or work flawlessly with suggestions and techniques given. Your subconscious seems to have already been equipped and these people are telling you what you already know.

Then there are those who switch out with their daemons. Parroting or actually swapping between them and their daemon. Becoming your daemon is quite freeing for both parties involved. It helps get frustrations out or powers you through difficult situations or personal hesitations.

There are a few similar concepts, like the self-schema, that radiate daemon energy. But I’m afraid I don’t have those sources built up enough yet to share.

--- What are daemons?

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Thera the deaf ferret gets a surprise!

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mustelids are the best animal because they are fucking brutally efficient predators but they're also just absurdly cute

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Have you called your reps for a Permanent Ceasefire in Palestine today? Here's a handy link to help if not!

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As we get the new season of HoD this summer, PLEASE MIND YOUR TAGS.

The daemonism community was DROWNED by Daemon Targaryen tags when it came out. It's still massively infected.

PLEASE use his full name this time! Let us have our little community tags that are so small on tumblr anyways!

The daemonism and daemian tags are NOT FOR HOUSE OF THE DRAGON

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LEMME OUTTA HERE

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his dark materials will literally always work bc every small child wants an animal companion that loves you most and goes on adventures with you and every adult wants an animal companion that can shoulder some of life’s immense psychologically damage for you. and you can pet it

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big sweets for all

Trick or treat :)

treat, i guess; i want some friggin candy!

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trick or treat?

Have a puzzle from Professor Layton Pandora's Box!!!

Yikes! There's a ghost in the forest!

Or so you thought, until you realised that the spectre hovering in front of you was just a figure cut out of wood hanging from a branch. Looking around the area, you notice four pieces of wood scattered in the grass. From which one of these wooden planks was the ghost cut out?

You have four choices: A, B, C or D. Beware! The correct board may have flipped over in the grass.

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