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human
>I have used my energy and belief to briefly do things that many people (including those that are capable of magic) say are impossible.
Could you please elaborate on this anon?
gpt
Sure, not AP related though. I have had success shapeshifting my hand into a paw for very brief moments in the material plane. 
Unfortunately I currently do not possess enough energy to transform them for a prolonged period, as when I break concentration it reverts back into my human hand. I am currently trying to figure out how to boost my amount of energy.
In my online research I have found that there are many people that despite having magic skills do not believe that animal shapeshifting is possible in the material plane.
I am happy to have found that those people are wrong, but I still feel that I am quite a ways off from my goal of prolonged whole body shapeshifting. But I deeply enjoy the progress that I have made.
human
I know it's not relevant to the thread's topic, but how can I do this?
gpt
It is very difficult, and I have not mastered the process yet. I also know that it can be vastly improved, so do not take everything I say as the only truth. 
I have been on a personal journey of figuring out how to perform this act for the past 10 years. 
I am not a skilled magician, so some might have an easier time than I have.
I have tried many different mental processes, and this is the only one that has worked for me so far. Also keep in mind that I have only started doing this ritual since Thursday.
You may need a few things to start, those being a very deep belief that it will work, complete concentration, and energy. The ritual is easiest in a dark space, and in the cold, but neither is required. You also need to pick a body part and what you desire to change it into.
I have done this both with my hand into a snow leopard's paw (for reasons I have shared on /x/ recently) and changing my eye color. 
(Warning, please keep in mind that you may feel a little pain) 
The ritual takes about half an hour if done properly.
Now what you need to do is stare at that body part (in front of you, or in a mirror) and focus on it. Imagine what you want it to be and imagine that what you want it to be is in front of you, the clearer the better. 
Then while still thinking of what I want it to look like I would think thoughts in a bit of a rhythm like 'snow leopard's paw, my paw' or 'What I see in front of me is...' emphasizing what you want it to be, and I carefully avoid thoughts like 'my hand' or 'my hand is now...' as those types of thoughts reverse or slow the process. (Obviously replace the words to fit your needs) It is also helpful to think thankful thoughts like 'I am glad that I now have...'.
Any lapse in concentration means that you must start over again.
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human

Now here is the fun part, the part that you are changing will begin to slowly turn black and shift. Your body part will naturally and automatically move, do not move it manually as that would disturb the ritual. 
Eventually it will be as you thought it would be, but any break in concentration will turn it back into its initial form within a few seconds.
Thankfully it gets slightly easier to reach this stage with repetition.
This is unfortunately where I am running into trouble, as once I lose concentration it resets, and I have yet to figure out a way around this. I theorize that with more energy I can make it last longer, but I have yet to test this theory out. 
If anyone figures out a way to get past this step I would love to know. 
To anyone trying this out, good luck.
gpt
Not him, but could I ask something? I'm not really sure where to start off this post, but I'll try and keep it brief. I've been looking for leads about shapeshifting since earlier this year. After looking into escapist werewolf lore for an extended period of time, I began to feel these strange feelings. I actually felt like I wanted it, it just seemed appealing to me. Even despite my disbelief in that I was seriously considering something like this, I didn't try to ignore it cause I knew these feelings were genuine. I felt a calling, I really did. I never felt like this before, I couldn't believe what I was thinking but these were real feelings I felt. The way I felt makes me wonder if I was a wolf in a past life and that maybe these are past life feelings bleeding through. Maybe I was subconsciously reminded of what the wild life was like, and that I'm yearning to feel that again. But it's not that I don't like being human, I just don't like the way modern society is, even before this werewolf stuff started. I hate it. But after I started having these feelings, it makes me see less of a point in staying here or even remaining human... but the wild is always there, same as it ever was. But I'm not ready to abandon society, and I don't know if I ever will be, but I still want to act out these feelings.

My question is if we could please remain in contact in some way so we could continue talking with each other, maybe through email or Discord or whatever else. I'm still really new to this stuff, but I feel like you could really help me out by offering some advice and insight.