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.