[lysergia]

Certified ailurophile[0] here. I've found the gentle hum of purring very soothing, almost like having a hot chocolate on a cold day, or chicken soup. It's very comforting, and I'm lead to believe the specific frequency of the hum is in line with nature and The Universe itself. It has the same frequency of the Omm mantra which is apparently the frequency our bodies emit when we're in full health and homeostasis or in a meditative trance.

[0] https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/ailurophile

[6stringmerc]

There is nothing that has made me at peace more than my little feral kitten that is now 17 and Senior but healthy and no pain sits on my chest cavity when I’m laying down, tucks her paws under her chest, then purrs away squinting.

I can feel it resonate in my body and it feels like a special gift not everybody gets…the love of a feral feline.

[stevenwoo]

Purring is one of the minor technological/genetic innovations in Margaret Atwood's pre/post apocalypse Maddaddam trilogy, though not involving cats as we think of them.

[IYasha]

They say cat purr has healing properties.