The world is a very pretty place. Beauty sits above everything, with colors, lights, and magic everywhere. On top of this, human’s have created an even more perfect world, less beautiful, but more orderly. But this is all just one aspect of reality. When you get beyond the beauty, you see a savagery, a powerful and undeniable nature to the world which is still… attractive, but is not the simple perfection that we see all around us.

The werewolf is a creature of the inherent chaos in the world. It is a human, but one that has gone back, back beyond even the days of the caveman. The werewolf is an instinctual creature, one that runs with the pack simply because it feels right to do so.

This can lead to dangerous consequences. We can’t forget that in history, the werewolf is a monster, an enemy, a creature to be feared and killed. And yet we can understand them according to a different light. We can see within the idea of the werewolf, the idea of our own primal spirit.

We are animals, bound by our own sensibilities. Just beyond civilization is a mad crazy world of passion and power. This strange universe exists within each of us; it is our heritage, the nature that drives us on.

We can see this most clearly in art, which actually makes the werewolf an expression of the human condition. As people we are controlled in every situation. We have to restrain ourselves, hold on to the primitive passions which build up in us. Yet, this need has to be expressed. Art allows us to let the beast run free without having to worry about damage and trouble. It is catharsis for the beast within.

When you watch or read about these creatures, don’t merely accept them as evil. Instead understand the part of them that exists within you. Learn, grow, and become better, by using this cathartic agent, to allow your own spirit to roam the world, at least in this limited form.

This article was written by Jim Slate, a man who has written on a very broad series of topics. This particular article was been written for http://www.RolePages.com – a werewolf role playing community where you can sign up as anything that you can imagine, and can participate in expansive multiplayer ongoing storylines.