Indwelling

Not to be confused with Incarnation.
Indwelling is the entering of a spirit into an object or living thing. In contrast to demanifestation, while the spirit cannot be seen, it has an influence over the thing indwelt. Sometimes there are visible signs or changes as a result of the indwelling, while other times the behavior of the object or being is the only indication. 
Liminants are by nature indwelled bodies, which undergo their indwelling early in their development. Indwelling is usually called possession when a spirit forcefully and non-consensually enters the body of a liminant or possess a non-sapient creature for the purpose of harming a liminant being.
== Types ==
There are different ways that spirits enter physical things:
* Indwelling: A spirit lives demanifest in a living thing, environment, material, object, etc.
* Possession: the habitation or filling of a living body with a spirit
* Inhabitation: the possession of an inanimate object by a spirit. The object is thus called a vessel. An object must within the affinity of a spirit or be enchanted for the purpose of being a vessel for a spirit to inhabit it.
== Examples ==
Nature spirits indwell their environment. They live in trees, bushes, flowers, mushrooms, and rocks. They live in the dirt, the sand, the snow, the ice, creeks, rivers, lakes, and the sea. They live on the wind. Fire spirits lie asleep until a spark catches and perhaps their homes are the few volcanoes to be found across the world. (The spirits of the earth's fire have found a new home in the fires of hearths, where they can find more flame than in the forest.) Lightning spirits travel on storms rolling across the land.
== Spirit Restriction ==
: Further information: Fallen Spirit, Demon Possession, Astral Projection
A body restricts a spirit. In the event that a spirit is given a body for the first time, it would not be used to moving and acting in a body. There is an initial learning curve for the spirit and it is usually weakened.
A sapient being can reach out with their spirit and can move it around if their spirit is "big" enough. The spirit must be stretched for it to reach further and this elasticity is attained by spiritual refinement and learning.
The largest spirits, gods are so "big" in spirit that they can manifest anywhere at anytime, thus they are termed omnipotential.
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