Bronze Mistral
Just who is that bronze dragon?
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    You want to know some details of my own personal Draconity?  I'm flattered! ^_^  I've broken it down into sections, so you can pick and choose what you read!
Why Bronze?
    Why not?  ^_^  No, I didn't choose the color of my scales.  I didn't choose any of the details of the physiology of my dragon form.  It all started in seventh grade, maybe a little before, maybe a little after.  I had always loved dragons and felt overwhelmed with emotions when I looked at them in books or watched them in movies, but at some point in my Junior High School career my emotions began to sadden and provoke nostalgia.  I would have dreams night after night of a bronze dragon with three ebony black horns.  She lived in the forests and played an important role in a tragic picture book my dreams painted for me.  I would wake up and feel so depressed, so torn apart inside, like there was this emptiness in my soul that nothing could complete.  I felt foreign, and looking at dragons would amplify these feelings.  I yearned for being a dragon, for having wings and a body so strong and so perfect in my mind.  The yearn evolved from a wanting the body of a dragon to missing a body of a dragon, specifically missing the bronze scaled and black horned body of my dreams.  I realized that this was the image of my spirit, this was a dragon that I once was long ago, and the sad dreams that depressed me so was the pastlife I lived centuries ago.  Maybe someday I'll find the courage to post the past up here.
Why Mistral?
    I don't view my Draconity and my spiritual identity as an entity separate from who I am.  It is easy for me to detach myself somewhat from being human, but Mistral and Janice are very much one in the same.  However, I've chosen to refer to myself as Mistral when I want to present my being a dragon to others, let the audience be other dragons or other members of my class, family, and so forth.  This is what I call my "Spirit Name," and Spirit Names are not limited to just dragons.  Many soulsearchers choose to give the deeper, subconscious facets of themselves a name, for it is much easier to explain and connect to that self when it is given a title apart from the title of the conscious, everday inidivual.  It's much easier for me, at least.

     Mistral came to me a bit serendiptitiously.  Years ago my friends and I decided to start an RPG called "Mobius Elemestrada."  At the time none of my friends, save one or two, were familiar with my Draconity, so I decided it would be fun to turn my dragon form into my character.  I was asked for a name for my character, so I pulled the name "Mistral" out of nowhere.  The RPG crumbled, but I continued to use Mistral as my name on dragon forums and in chatrooms.  A year or so later, I mozied into my Spanish classroom and saw the word "Mistral" written on the chalkboard.  I was dumbfounded.  Later that day I looked up Mistral in an encyclopedia and found out that it was a western wind that blew through parts of Europe I feel I once lived in as a dragon.  The West being a rather kindred direction to me, I decided that Mistral was indeed the perfect Spirit Name for me Quite a serendipity, ne? ^_^
In Conclusion...
    So there you have it, a bit of an extended "About Me" regarding Draconity and its place in my life!  If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, feel free to e-mail me.  But remember, try to be respectful, otherwise all flame e-mails will be gobbled up and never seen again!  I hope that this has helped demystify Draconity for you, and possibly other animistic beliefs such as Therianthropy and Otherkin.  Or if you too are non-human, I hope that this has helped shed some light on your own personal spirituality.  Thanks a bunch for your interst in the subect, and thanks again for being respectful! ^_^
Kind of confusing?  Maybe reading about Draconity will help you out!
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