![]() As a power animal, the wolf will always appear when summoned. It is important to channel this predatory energy into a scholar, professional, or magical ambition, rather than a social or personal ambition that might end up hurting other people who are weaker than the wolf. The predatory nature of the wolf might often be misunderstood by those working with this totem. If you’ve worked with this totem for a while, you probably crave or have found freedom and made a significant progress in developing your agility and vigilance. As a totem, the wolf helps you develop your instincts, intuition, and connection with nature. The wolf also appears when you feel lost… his howl will help you find your tribe of kindred souls. In this sense, if he appears in your dreams or as a symbol around you, he may convey that your home needs protecting and you may rely on his protection. He is also extremely protective and his territory, pups, and proteges are sacred to him. That is why the Wolf will always help you stand firm in the face of opposition. ![]() However, they do stand their ground and can be quite intimidating. In challenging times, he is also a reminder that everything you need to overcome misfortune with is already within you.Ĭontrary to popular belief, wolves don’t attack unless they need to or are provoked. ![]() Because it is also an independent and strong social character, the wolf can help you reduce your social anxiety and become more confident. The wolf may appear to you in order to warn you about something you are not able to see coming or in order to help you sharpen your intuition. Interestingly enough, wolves have also been observed to have a highly developed “sixth sense”. In Romanian lore, the Wolf is the only creature who can see demons no matter how hard they try to conceal themselves. The wolf is a universal symbol of personal power, freedom, and autonomy. As a totem, the Wolf will always help you stand your ground in the face of adversity. The Wolf as Spirit Animal Wolf is the keeper of time, he is a symbol of death and rebirth, as well as a loyal protector. The wolf’s dignity survives throughout time and it is reflected by man’s inability to train the wolf into a circus dog. However, this is often used and interpreted negatively, but it still has the positive component of a preserved nature and strong determination. The stability of his protective and reproductive behavior has been preserved and unchanged throughout time, which pretty much confirms the Romanian saying: The wolf changes his coat but not his nature, from the Latin proverb: Lupus pilum mutat, non mentem. He is a keeper of time and his dark mouth (“Gura lupului” in Romanian) is a symbol of death and rebirth. He guides us in the darkness of the underworld on an initiatory path to the light of the wisdom of the ages. He is a solar symbol, as well as a devourer of celestial bodies, he is a warrior hero, as well as a mythical ancestor. The Wolf is the best animal to help you develop a deep connection with your instincts. In learning about the Wolf and other totems, you not only get to know the metaphysical and natural world of the animals, but you get to extend yourself and become deeply connected with nature and all of its fantastic beasts. The reason why I am sharing this brief personal account of the bond between the Crow and the Wolf is because I hope that it can serve your work in this direction and help you find your own totemic extension and symbiotic relationship. While this is a bonding on a more personal level, perhaps only significant to me, it is generally true that the Crow and the Wolf work together splendidly both in nature and on the metaphysical/astral plane. I’ve repeated that in my The Crow and the Raven as Spirit Animals article, with regards to how my native totem, Corvus, has bonded with the totem of my Daco-Thracian ancestors, the Wolf as is represented on the cover of my book “Yearning for Spirit”. Her native totem, the Crow-Raven and that of her Daco-Thracian ancestors, the Wolf, are depicted together in order to represent the symbiotic relationship between the two totems | Instagram: my introductory article: Totems, familiars, power animals and where to find them, I’ve briefly mentioned the Wolf in regards to the symbiotic relationship it has with Corvus (Raven/Crow) in nature. ![]() Sigil made by Radiana Piț on the cover of her book, Yearning for Spirit. The Wolf, often perceived as a dangerous creature of the night, has inspired the belief in mythical lycanthropy, in which the keeper of time becomes the devourer of the celestial bodies, the Sun and the Moon. ![]()
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