Reflections of Wolf Medicine in Modern Culture

Reflections on Wolf Medicine in modern culture:

I recently shared a bit about the Tibetan Wolf's tooth that I wear or carry in my medicine bag and wild woman toolkit. I had a glimpse of wild woman/wolf woman yesterday when Marilyn Mosby spoke out in Baltimore regarding the Freddie Gray tragedy and the subsequent indictments of 6 Baltimore police officers. It was a powerful moment and reflection of who Wolf Woman is in today's world. To enhance awareness of these archetypes in yourself, it is pertinent to look for signs of wild woman emerging in our cultures and society today.

The wild wolf in us is also reminiscent of the goddess Kali, fierce mother and protector, who will eat your very tongue out should you harm or threaten her precious young or pack. She is a force to be reckoned with and honored. And her medicine is needed in today's call-for-change-and-healing world.

Here is one of my favorite writings around wolf medicine:

"Healthy wolves and healthy women share certain psychic characteristics: keen sensing, playful spirit, and a heightened capacity for devotion. Wolves and women are relational by nature, inquiring, possessed of great endurance and strength. They are deeply intuitive, intensely concerned with their young, their mate and their pack. They are experienced in adapting to constantly changing circumstances; they are fiercely stalwart and very brave.

Yet both have been hounded, harassed, and falsely imputed to be devouring and devious, overly aggressive, of less value than those who are their detractors. They have been the targets of those who would clean up the wilds as well as the wildish environs of the psyche, extincting the instinctual, and leaving no trace of it behind. The predation of wolves and women by those who misunderstand them is strikingly similar."

Clarissa Pinkola Estes, PhD
Women Who Run with the Wolves

5.2.2015: and Amen, Baltimore, who has sighed a long awaited breath of relief. I watched the announcement re the Freddie Gray case unfold yesterday and think I sobbed through the whole thing. Though the immense sadness of the whole story still reverberates, I must truly say: Job well done and well spoken by state's Attorney Marylin Mosby. Well done Ms. Mosby. I felt reminded that the Dalai Lama once said, 'the world will be healed by the Western woman.' In any case, let peace and justice and a new paradigm of humanity, consciousness and accountability peacefully prevail at long long last. Powerful day.

blessings to the family(ies) of the Freddie Gray and too many other similar cases. Our hearts are with you. Let a new world begin. ~ 

The city is only 30 mins from where I live. I wanted to share some sentiment.