![]() If you find it difficult to express your moods and ideas to others, you should study the wolf. Usually, people with the wolf as totem are very expressive with their hands, posture, face and in other non-verbal ways. Also, wolves communicate by the position of their tail. Their face is a really important medial for communication. The facial expressions of a wolf know a wide variety and shows the mood of a wolf to the other wolves in the pack. The poses are often subtle, but every wolf cub learns how to interpret it and how to react on it. The motion of the head, a straight tail, direct eye contact – it all has great meaning. Wolves have a complex communication system, in which a big role is played by body language. The wolf helps you to get to know yourself and derive strength, confidence and assurance from it, so you don’t need to prove and assert yourself to everyone. That is one of the things the wolf medicine teaches. The don’t have to demonstrate it, but if it comes to it they stand their ground. Mostly a look, posture, growl is enough to establish dominance. Although they are extremely strong, they seldom end conflicts in serious fighting. In fact, they are doing they best to avoid it. ![]() There is an alpha male and an alpha female. Every wolf has it’s own place and function inside the pack. Their social behavior is based on a hierarchic structure. Wolves are extremely ritualistic – just like humans are. Because of their thick fur they appear bigger but normally they aren’t any bigger than a large German Shepherd. The greatest mistake regarding wolves is probably their size. Moreover, the gray wolf isn’t always grey, it can also be black, brown or white, or a combination of those colours. The gray wolf, or timber wolf, is the most common wolf, although they also have been persecuted in the past. Because they live in an isolated area around the Arctic circle, they managed to maintain. The arctic wolf is probably the purest race. Because of hunting it is almost extinct and there are programs started to reintroduce them in the wild. The Mexican wolf is a subspecies of the normal gray wolf. The red wolf is the smallest wolf and could even be already extinct in the wild, although there are attempts to reintroduce them. According to many, the extent to which we protect the wolf and let him return to areas where he is exterminated, the true test case for how sincere we want to preserve nature. The have so many positive qualities, it’s not surprising that the North-American Indians and other nations were practically idolizing them. Wolves are the personification of the wild spirit. The have a strong family feeling, are very loyal and they live to strict rules and rituals. They are friendly, social and highly intelligent. Wolves are almost the opposite from how they, with their bad publicity, are portrayed. Although plenty of stories would have you believe otherwise, it has never been confirmed that a healthy wolf has attacked and killed a human. There are lots of stories about their cruelty and sangfroid. Wolves are probably the most mistaken mammals. ![]() Power cycle: All year long - full moon - twilight Quintessence: protection, rituals, loyalty and spirit ![]() Translated by wolveswolves from the book ‘Talking With Animals’ from Ted Andrews ![]()
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