I mentioned in class today that I heard a Coast to Coast interview with a man who believes that he is the reincarnation of a gelding (a male castrated horse). I was having a hard time finding the actual audio recording (it is in the Coast to Coast online archive, but I don't have my subscription anymore). However, I did find an article about the interview. I decided to go ahead and post it so that you can all get a better idea of the situation. What's fascinating about it is the fact that there are so many things you can say in terms of theory.
I know that your instinct will be to assume that this is just a man living with some form of mental illness, but I honestly do not think that is the case. Likewise, this isn't a sexual attraction to horses because he claims to be asexual. I think that this might be an extreme form of anthropomorphizing. In other words, he has projected so much onto the horse that he has actually become the horse (the barrier is gone). He has identified with the animal instead of other humans.
http://www.examiner.com/article/jason-the-horse-the-soul-of-a-horse-trapped-a-human-body
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