Overview
Somnium Homunculi is an Otherkin Guild sponsored and endorsed by House of the Dreaming. We work together in order to understand the Awakening and the Embodied Awareness. Through our Guild, the initiate will focus intently on the expanded awareness and understanding of the Embodied State of Being.
While most of our materials will be developed and discussed with the participation of all our members, the guides given to members will create foundations of work, Guild specific vernacular, and organization.
We are open to receive applications from all interested parties, provided they show aptitude for the Embodied awareness ( AKA, the applicant is Otherkin, therian, Etc., or identifies as such), and are willing to participate in no small way with a group dedicated to the understanding and expanded awareness of the Nightside community. We will open our chats, forum, and newsletter to any member of the community approved through the application process, though there are areas of the Forum and Archives that are only open to members of a specific degree, or beyond a specific degree.
We find it important to define the terms “Otherkin,” “Therian,” and “Embodied,” “Awakening,” and “Will.” These words are vital to understand, as they label us and our community. While pursuing the edges of spirituality, we’ve come to know ourselves on a separate level of discernable reality. Because of our expanded self awareness though meditation, realization has struck that we are something “other,” something inhuman under the surfaces of our material world. For Otherkin, this may be a creature only thought to exist, such as Elves, Dragons, Demons, etc. For Therians, their other side is an earthly creature, be it a Wolf, Deer, Bat, etc. This realization is considered the begining of the Awakening, and opens many doors to the possibility of expanded awareness.
Will is easier to define, since it is the Will that drives magic and manifestation of reality. It is this Will that we seek to enrich and strengthen with the Awakening, and our individual Kin energies.
The term Embodied refers to the full awareness of our Other self, and the integration of that self into our daily lives. Being Embodied implies that the Will, and the energies harnessed to manifest the Will, are matured.
The Somnium Homunculi Guild is for pursuers of greater knowledge and understanding of these dynamic, personal experiences. Even though our opbjective reality tells us that we are all basically human, our spirits soar to new and exhilarating heights of transcendent consciousness, and the Guild is a place for us to grow and learn from those experiences as we manifest our Will.
* An application is required and S:.H:. holds the right to approve or deny any membership.
Mission of the Guild
Using the many tools of our fore-fathers of magical and rational thought, we strive to understand in full the nature of our being, and to manifest that nature according to our own Will.
The Guild incorporates many spiritual and metaphysical understandings, focusing on developing and manifesting the Embodied Consciousness. While we do use theories and practices of many magical and spiritual cultures, the main tenet of the guild will be to develop a magical system that harnesses and channels our energies as the Embodied into manifestation of the Will, and Evolution of the soul. This system will focus on ritual workings of self-transformation and meditations of personal affirmation.
We require members to participate actively, and offer their viewpoint in the discussions and articles being posted. It is encouraged (but not mandatory) to share brief glimpses into the Personal Journal work and experiences with others, and to offer essays and articles. We’re here to elevate our consciousness not only as individuals, but as a group.
Application Process
An application is required to become a part of the Guild, and any further involvement is up to the Guild administration and the applicant. The application consists of several questions into the history and experience of the applicant. Being a Left Hand Path resource pool for serious and practicing magicians, we do suggest having a bit of history with basic magical concepts and practice; however, being new to magical rituals and techniques will not cause us to deny membership.
The process for application to being recognized as an Ascended degree within the Guild is a simple petition, with proof of works accomplished. Only through hard work to understand the deeper meaning of each initiation level will each member of the Guild be able to ascend. No titles or degrees are offered out of hand. If the applicant feels that they have surpassed the teachings of their Degree, then the work that they present to the administration will be their proof of ascension to become recognized.
Guild Structure
The Guild consists of a Forum and a Group Chat. Each of the two “phases” of the guild will have several areas of interest for all members. Though there is personal work aside from the Guild and social functions, much of this is done privately, or in smaller groups.
The Forum
The Forum will consist of several areas, each with a privilege setting to make sure that the discretion of the Guild is maintained. All members of the S:.H:. will have access to the House of the Dreaming’s Outer Circle discussion forums, and will be considered guests of the House of the Dreaming while interacting on their General Discussion forum.
General Discussion:
This area of the guild is for all members who’ve completed the application process and have been approved. General Discussion would consist of introductions, reading lists, and so on.
Archives:
This area is Admin post only, where the archives of past discussions and chats, and notes on person study groups/ meetings will be for everyone of 0° and higher to read.
Announcements:
This area will be for Admin post only, to announce chat topics, times, and organize a calendar of events. Everyone of 0° and higher will be able to read.
Ascended Circle:
This will be an area of 1° and higher privilege. In this forum thread will be articles, Journal entries, and more serious discussion or responses to chat archives and topics.
The Chat
The chat will be where most of the happenings go on, and the real time chat will consist of topical discussions relevant to the Guild. Only members of the guild will be invited into the chats.
The Chat will be hosted on an embedded chat host, with a URL available to S:.H:. members and staff only.
Infrequently, it may be necessary to e-mail every member for urgent updates, or Guild-wide announcements. All members of 0° and above are required to have a current e-mail address and messenger handle to assist with this. If it is required to contact someone more directly, it is encouraged to privately exchange more personal information (phone numbers, etc.).
Specialty Contact Groups
Members of the guild may wish to have their contact information on file in a more visible locale in order to encourage people to contact them with further discussion opportunity. This contact information will be per request only, no member’s information will be posted or released without express consent of that member. If a guild member does decide to have their contact information more readily available to the other members of the guild, than they just need to ask the Admin to add their name to the list, and specify which contact information should be posted in the contact roster.
Etiquette and Rules
The Somnium Homunculi has a strict list of rules and procedures designed to increase our ability to learn as a group, and keep a respectful awareness of our Kin brethren during our interactions. As with any online community, respect and integrity will take you far.
Every member of the Somnium Homunculi must be over the age of 18, with no exception.
As a Guild primarily sponsored by the House of the Dreaming, we respect and enforce the 13 Bastions of the Veil of the waking Dream: Integrity, Respect, Loyalty, Honesty, Accountability, Wisdom, Acumen, Fortitude, Resolve, Temperance, Compassion, Presence and Introspection.
There will be no tolerance for any of the following behaviors: any Criminal, or duplicitous activity, any involvement of a minor in our practices, studies, or mentoring, or plagairism in any form.
No Guild specific written material may be shared outside of the Guild halls or the Guild membership, unless specifically approved by the original Author of the materials.
At no point within any member’s studies with the Somnium Homunculi will any of the Initiates engage in flame wars (ignorant and emotional ranting intended to hurt, insult, or deface the character of another), either within the Guild Halls, or outside of them.
In any interaction through e-mail, all members are expected to address someone they do not know by their recognized title. For example:
“Dormitus (Last name, or preferred pseudonym),”
Participation within the Guild Functions is essential, therefore it is also out of respect for any speakers or presenters in chats to be on time for the chat, and to not talk over anyone presenting.
In the Forums, there will be no disrespectful bashing of another person’s ideas. Any confrontation otherwise will be dealt with strictly by the Administrative staff, and handled according to the severity of the remarks and or statements.
Every Guild member is held responsible for their own actions and words. Because of the amount of trust given to our Initiates, once that trust is broken (in the form of plagiarism, or breaking any of the other above-mentioned rules) the Initiate will be dealt with according to the severity of the incident. Action may range from a warning, up to and including banishment from the Guild and all future functions.
Ascension
Our guild focuses on expanding awareness, therefore we will offer the titles of Ascension in recognition of the hard work initiates put forth, and the members denote an interest in taking the titles. Only the ascended can truly understand the meaning of the titles offered, and only they can choose to use or discard them. As a rule of thumb, once a person feels they have reached the point of understanding apparent to the title, they will petition to be recognized as such by the Guild/Community. With each of these titles, it is understood that the person holding that title has done good work for themselves, and it is a title of honor. No office or power of office is extended to any of the titles; they are signs of personal achievement. That is not to say that members of the higher degrees cannot reach out to the community to guide others, or that Guild members are required to keep their achievements private.
The following links are places to find the Somnium Homunculi on the web
Application Form- http://tiny.cc/YfXfL
Myspace- http://www.Myspace.com/somniumhomunculi
Facebook-http://www.facebook.com/pages/Somnium-Homunculi/273761010905
Forum and Study Groups- http://www.houseofthedreaming.org/messageboard
