wolf rules

notes taken from notes taken at the Lizzie Lake cabin one spring from the book Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes


los angeles timidos : the shyest angels


munda de la madre : psychic motherworld

inimicable. ineffable. numinous luminous.

Jung once said God became more conscious as humans became more conscious.

general wolf rules for life
1. Eat.
2. Rest.
3. Rove in between.
4. Render loyalty.
5. Love the children.
6. Cavil in the moonlight.
7. Tune your ears.
8. Attend the bones.
9. Make love.
10. Howl often.

the woman in the rocking chair who rocks the idea until it becomes young again.

leave deep footprints because you can. write secrets upon the wall and be ashamed of nothing. when we assert intuition, we are like the starry night, or a dragonfly eye, looking at the world through 1000 eyes. a healthy woman is much like a wolf; robust, chalk full, strong, life force, life-giving, territorially aware, inventive, loyal, roaming, to chase, to birth, to create, to kill, to shadow.


maiden, maid, old crone.

gardener, king, magician. seed soil root

gardener; cultivator of soul, soil, keeper of seed soil, root, regeneration,
sow, train, and harvest new energy.
maintanance
king; trove of knowledge
inner knowing, gentle strength
son of crone, in charge of attitudes and rules.
mage; instincually feminine. underworld power. crone.

{enantiodromia: *to flow backwards *(Heroclitus) *regression or digging for roots

"from a time when the Goddess combed the hair of mortal women and loved them so..."

les muertes chicitas, les muertes grandotas





1. Accidental finding of treasure, even if you dont know it.
2. Chase and hiding, time of hope and fear for both.
3. Untangling and understanding of Life/Death/Life aspect.
4. Relaxing into trust.
5. Sharing future dreams and past sadnesses.
6. Healing archiac wounds with regards to love.
7. Using the heart to sing up new life. Intermingling of body and soul.

compost homeopathy

herb and the micronutrients they accumulate:

borage: silica, phosphorus
chamomile: calcium, potassium, phosphorus
comfrey: silica, nitrogen, magnesium, calcium, potassium, iron
fennel: sodium, sulphur, potassium
horsetail: silica, magnesium, calcium, iron, cobalt
nasturtiums: sodium, fluorine, sulpher, magnesium, calcium, potassium, phosphorus, iron
nettles: sodium, sulphur, nitrogen, calcium, potassium, iron, copper
primrose: magnesium
vetches: nitrogen, potassium, phosphorus, copper, copper, cobalt
yarrow: nitrogen, potassium, phosphorus, copper

notes from Edible Garden Weeds of Canada

although most of these weeds are only valuble as a famine food,
i take these notes to remember what their value is when a plethora is a available.

Couch Grass
can be dried and ground, used as flour or as a tea.
it is high in potassium, silicon, chlorine and minerals.

Ox-Eye Daisy
the young leaves in winter are a delicatable salad green, sweet and fresh.
the flowers can make a wine, like dandilion wine.
Daisy Wine
5-6L daisies, flowers only.
6L boiling water
1.5 kg white sugar
500g chopped golden raisins
500g wheat kernals
rind and juice of two lemons
8g package dry yeast

place flowers in a crock pot and pour over the boiling water. let stand 24 hrs. remove flowers, add all but the yeast, until dissolved. Dissolve the yeast separately in 1 cup warm water with 1 tsp sugar; let stand 10 mins. Cover with cloth and let stand for 3 weeks, stirring daily. bottle and cork lightly until fermentation is complete. Wine should be mature in 6 months.

Thisltles
baked thistle roots, chopped roots in stew

Sow-thistle
use young leaves raw, or steamed; bitter, similar to dandelion.

Dandelion
(best pronounced dan-dill-ion)
Oldtimers dandilion Wine
same as daisy wine, but no wheat kernals. 250g raisins,
the tea from dandelion roots or leaves good for liver disorders and digestion. good for skin, stimulating the kidneys.


Wild Mustards
use leaves as greens, spice, and seed for pickling and mustard.
to make mustard, finely grind seeds, mix with vinegar, a little oil or horseradish.
the leaves are rich in calcium, phorphorus, potassium and vitamin A.

Shepards Purse
leaves taste much like cabbage, eat raw or cooked.
the mature seed pods make an excellent spice.

Watercress
leaves. yummy.

LambsQuarters
like spinach. yummy.
contains more iron and protien than spinach!!

Red and White Clover
rootstocks best in spring,
leaves and flowers in salad, flowers for tea.

Storks Bill - Wild Geranium
edible leaves, salads or steamed

Mallow
all edible, best steamed, make soups more glutinous.
disc shaped fruits edible, reminiscent of okra, called by young brit kids `fairy cheeses`

Evening Primrose
basal leaves as potherb, roots boiled, have a nutty flavor.
a tea made of roots and leaves for colds, ointment made for skin disorders

Plantain
delicious potherb in spring
medicinal tea, vitamin A and C

Purslane
succulent plant super rich in iron, commonly used as potherb and salad green
pickled, the greens are excellent, seeds can be used as a porridge

there are many others listed in the book, some of which i know too well to makes notes on, and others of less interest to me.
published by the Natural Museum of Natural Sciences.