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From: SifGreyWillow (Original Message) Sent: 8/4/2008 2:50 PM
Wolf Magick

Susan "Moonwriter" Peznecker

For magickal folk, wolves can be both totem and spirit animals. A totem animal is one with which you feel a strong connection

of kinship and identity. Most people actively seek totem animals, finding them during a course of intense study, on a vision quest,

etc. Totems are teachers: through their example, they inspire us to develop certain qualities and recognize specific gifts within

ourselves.



While people seek out totems, a spirit animal cannot be sought, but appears when the time is right. A spirit animal may be one

that you have not considered before but which presents itself at a time when you are in need of guidance or prepared to take a

spiritual or intellectual leap. If totems are teachers, spirit animals are guardians, infusing your soul with gifts and very much

becoming part of you. Spirit animals may accompany you into the spirit realm, and may help you find answers to magickal problems.



Interestingly, I had already adopted the wolf as a totem before the night I saw the wolf on Mt. Hood. But on that night, when the

shining lupine appeared in my path and stared into my eyes, I knew that I had also been called by its spirit presence. Soon after, I

carried out a ritual in which I acknowledged the wolf's real and spirit presences in my magickal life. Since then, I acknowledge the

wolf as my totem - in addition to my two other totems, bear and crow - and as my only spirit guardian. May his path be swift as he

runs through snowy forests, leaving a trail of silvery shadows in the night!

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