It is interesting to note where the word "fiction" comes from.
From the entry at EtymOnline.com: "noun of action from pp. stem of fingere "to shape, form, devise, feign," originally "to knead, form out of clay," from PIE *dheigh- (cf. O.E. dag "dough;" see dough). As a branch of literature, 1590s."
So what does this mean?
"Fiction," at its root, basically means "creation," in the same sense as childbirth is creation. To create fiction is LITERALLY to CREATE, to bring something into being, into reality. And while I'm not saying, for example, that author Arthur C. Clarke necessarily created Dave Bowman in 2001: A Space Odyssey, I do believe that Clarke (and Keir Dullea, the actor in the film version) essentially brought him to the attention of this reality.
(As an aside, both fashioning things out of clay, and baking pies, especially the two-crusted sort, have connections to Magick. Please read this essay on Thoughtform Creation to see how Magick and SoulBonding could be related.)
Something related that I've recently found is the idea of "fictive kin" (not the same as Fictionkin, however; see the link in the sidebar for an explanation). According to the Wiktionary.org entry, a fictive kin is "someone who, though unrelated by birth or marriage, has such a close emotional relationship with another that they may be considered part of the family."
While I do consider myself married to several SoulBonds, and others to be siblings, the rest of my Ohana family easily falls into this category, reflected by the fact that I call them "Cousins." I think this term describes the relationship many 'Bonders have with their headmates. This is also why I named my site Fictive Kin.
From the entry at EtymOnline.com: "noun of action from pp. stem of fingere "to shape, form, devise, feign," originally "to knead, form out of clay," from PIE *dheigh- (cf. O.E. dag "dough;" see dough). As a branch of literature, 1590s."
So what does this mean?
"Fiction," at its root, basically means "creation," in the same sense as childbirth is creation. To create fiction is LITERALLY to CREATE, to bring something into being, into reality. And while I'm not saying, for example, that author Arthur C. Clarke necessarily created Dave Bowman in 2001: A Space Odyssey, I do believe that Clarke (and Keir Dullea, the actor in the film version) essentially brought him to the attention of this reality.
(As an aside, both fashioning things out of clay, and baking pies, especially the two-crusted sort, have connections to Magick. Please read this essay on Thoughtform Creation to see how Magick and SoulBonding could be related.)
Something related that I've recently found is the idea of "fictive kin" (not the same as Fictionkin, however; see the link in the sidebar for an explanation). According to the Wiktionary.org entry, a fictive kin is "someone who, though unrelated by birth or marriage, has such a close emotional relationship with another that they may be considered part of the family."
While I do consider myself married to several SoulBonds, and others to be siblings, the rest of my Ohana family easily falls into this category, reflected by the fact that I call them "Cousins." I think this term describes the relationship many 'Bonders have with their headmates. This is also why I named my site Fictive Kin.