WolphY's World

The Wolf (wa-hya or wa-ya)

To Native Americans, the wolf is a powerful spiritual symbol. They are considered to be teachers or pathfinders. The wolf star was red, an esteemed color, associated with the wolf by all tribes. Also known as Sirius, it is the brightest star in the Northern Sky. The Milky Way was the wolf's trail-the route to heaven. In time, the wolf also became associated among the four seasons with summer, among the trees with the willow, and among the great natural forces with the clouds.

The indians respected the wolf's prowess as a hunter, his stamina, and the way he moved silently across the landscape. They were moved by his howling, which they sometimes regarded as talking with the spirit world. The wolf appears in many legends as a messenger, great long distance travelor and a guide for anyone seeking the spirit world. He was the forerunner of new ideas who returned to the clan to teach and share medicine.

Wolf is the Grand teacher. Wolf is the sage, who after many winters upon the sacred path and seeking the ways of wisdom, returns to sharenew knowledge with the tribe. Wolf is both the radical and the traditional in the same breath. When the Wolf walks by you - you will remember.

The old ones tell us stories about our beginnings and of a time when human kind first came to live upon this Earth. It was Wolf who taught Humans the ways of living in harmony. It was Wolf who taught us how to form community upon this Earth, for Wolves have an intuitive knowledge of order through chaos and they possess the ability to survive change, intact.

Wolf medicine is very ancient and born of living experience. Wolf will look deep into your heart and share the greatest of knowledge, but will demand full participation, and absolute sincerity. When Wolf has walked by you, the very presence of the wolf will rekindle old memories within your soul.

Through the friction of experience you rekindle the emotional fires of the inner soul and question the manifestations of your own consciousness.

You can own a thing only when you have come to own the emotional experience of it, and realize the responsibility for its creation. then you are free to continue. Wolf medicine can make you whole.

You will return to Wolf many times in your life as you complete and begin your cycles of experience and seek the inner truth.

The wolf starts out his life

just looking for his mate

he knows that he must find her

it is destined to be his fate

he will know when he finds her

and he will know it from the start

and from the moment that he finds her

only she will be in his heart

he will never again want another

his whole world will be in her eyes

and when she looks in his heart

she will silence all of the faint cries

no longer hunting by the moonlight

never wandering aimlessly in the cold

only knowing a life long love

and forever, together as they grow old

so as they take on all the challenges

conquering each one as it comes

always, together and forever they live

they will always be sharing as one

so when you hear the howling

that is him searching for his mate

and if you hear a returning howl

then you have just witnessed fate

so picture the two wolves sitting

together, as the sky starts to snow

as they watch the falling flakes

each other's love is all they know

it is never for an instance, doubted

all they know is that it is true

although he never has to say it

she hears the words "I LOVE YOU"

My best friend is truly misunderstood

She comes from nature like the earth and wood.

All the misconceptions about her, she must defend

They can't see, she has the gentleness of the wind.

My friend is mischievous; that's not just a rumor

But it's only her way of showing a sense of humor.

She has love and respect for the human race

Which never seems to be returned; what a disgrace.

My friend has a heart full of loyalty and love

Her grace and beauty were gifts from above.

She loves to frolic and run just for fun

Otherwise it's shade she seeks, to be out of the sun.

There are times you may not see her standing there

But, of your presence, you can bet she is aware.

When I look into her eyes, I see age old intelligence

When others see her, in fear they wince.

I love to watch my friend as she runs so free

Because my friend is a beautiful grey wolf, you see.

With Might and Fury

(ode to the wolf)

Might and fury gone round cavernous rage

Send forth no more proud warriors this day

Stand fast your hate. Grieve now your wisdom'd sage

You have err'd taking this freedom away

Look now to the might and fury brought 'bout

War, hate, famine, disease, hunger you've shown

You tell of honor yet I've seen all-out

Your greed, deceit...your deeds will not atone

...Rage now! - Torment! - Hear me this moonlit night

...Hear me in the ululate wind. I have come

...Gather your soul fast, clutch it near this site

...My howl will not fade away but become

...Your day passes to distant beating drum

...Your night passes us our vigilant prowl

...Gone are the ways of your past, here succumb

...Hear me in the wind. Hear my lonely howl

When somber darkness meets might and fury

Then know your mighty day has met dispute

Know that all achievement won, meets jury

All deeds and might gone by, end in refute

Know then fury's howl, conscience then invade

Weigh then 'mong'st these things our fury, your might

For throughout the ages you've wrong portrayed

The Brotherhood of wolves there in the night