Spirit of the Wolf

Spirit of the wolf

You who wanders the wild lands

You who stalks in silent shadows

You who runs and leaps

Between the moss-covered trees

Lend me your primal strength and the wisdom of your glowing eyes

Teach me to stand in defense of those I love

Show me the hidden paths and the moonlit fields

Fierce spirit, walk with me in solitude

Howl with me in joy

Guard me as I move through this world

Indebted I shall be.

Garm now howls loud before Looming-cave,
the bond will break, and the ravenous one run;
much lore she knows, I see further ahead,
of the powers’ fate, implacable, of the victory-gods.

Völuspá 58

Susie j – written in 2015

Black Wolf Behind Tree
by Bill Maynard

© Susie J Folmer

Published by Susie j Folmer

~ Writer, Researcher, Photographer, Artist ~ ~ Academic Studies include: Sociocultural Anthropology, History, Sociology, Psychology, Indigenous Cultures, Criminology, Philosophy, Sociocultural & Sociological Research Academic Status Socio-cultural Anthropologist (PhD - Monash University), Sociologist (Monash University), Academic Researcher & Writer (Published), Social Scientist (Masters Postgraduate Monash University), Double Major Psych & Sociology BA - UTAS), Medieval Icelandic Sagas Studies with the University Of Iceland, Reykjavik, Creative Writer (Published), Photographer, Artist Research Interests Animism, Paganism, Heathenism, Shamanism, History, Old Norse/Germanic/Icelandic Worlds, Literature with an emphasis on Old Icelandic Literature. Personal Spiritual Practices Shamanic Animism, Paganism, Spiritualism

5 thoughts on “Spirit of the Wolf

    1. Thank you Robert ~ your feedback is greatly appreciated.

      Time is calling for us to call to our wolf and let it lead us onward.

      ‘The Lay of Grimnir” 
      19. ‘Geri and Freki, the war-worn one [Óðinn] feeds,
      that Host-father [Óðinn] famed of old;
      but on wine alone, weapon-fine,
      Óðinn ever lives.
       🐺

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  1. This made very interesting reading and is very relevant at this point in time of our lives . This message should be heard loud and clear by people as it’s a message that our Ancestors would of heard and understood . The howl of the wolf is a call to our people to be strong like the wolf and to be protector of the family and their young .

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    1. Yes, you made some excellent points that I’m glad you recognised in this piece, especially the ‘”call” for strength and protection. We can learn much by watching nature and I believe modern societies distance from nature is limiting the collective understanding of how much we have lost that our ancestors would have just known to be a part of life. We see people “take a vacation” and go to nature which is beautiful but why has it become a novelty or out of reach for many?

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