The Wolf—God or Creature?

The Mystery School By Ortrun Franklin

In our modern world, the wolf brings about mixed feelings of friend or foe; they are beautiful to look at but a creature also to be feared. The German Shepherd is called Wolfshund which translates to wolf/dog; the wolf being the attacker and the dog the protector of the “herd of sheep”.

Stories told to us as children, such as Grimm’s Fairy Tales, portray wolves as manipulative and dangerous. These stories were written to frighten children into obeying parents and/or society’s rules. Some examples are:

In “Little Red Riding Hood”, Riding Hood is going to take some food to her grandmother. She was told to stay on the path. The “Big Bad Wolf” comes along and wants to eat her and her food. She is distracted when the wolf coaxes her to go pick flowers. Well you know the rest. See what happens when you don’t do as you are told and not stay on the path!

In the ballet story “Peter and the Wolf” Peter comes running into the village screaming. “The wolf is coming”. The villagers react and lock up their animals. Nothing happens. Peter finds it to be quite funny. He laughs and laughs and continues his antics. The same results occur, until, one day the wolf does come. The rest is “story history”.

On the lighter side, this story, “Peter and the Wolf”, was created to introduce children to different sounds of instruments with the French horn representing the wolf.

There are three subspecies in the wolf family. The gray wolf, the red wolf and the Ethiopian wolf, with the gray being the most known and recognized. Recent research has found that the Egyptian wolf is part of the gray wolf lineage. They are revered as highly intelligent creatures. Their nuclear family consists of a mated pair and their offspring. They are social animals that live in packs; they care about and bond with one another; they play and raise their young together; they mourn at the loss of pack members and share their knowledge. Wolves are wary of humans and by nature not aggressive to them. Their aggressiveness comes when protecting their young or hunting for food.

In Native American cultures, wolves are considered medicine associated with courage, strength, loyalty and success at hunting. In Inuit mythology, the Wolf-God, Amarok, is a gigantic wolf that stalked and devoured people foolish enough to hunt alone after dark.

The most well known Wolf-God in ancient Egyptian mythology is Anubis with his female counterpart being Anput. He is part of the team that travels through the Duat, the underworld or realm of the dead. His traveling team consists of God Osiris, Horus, Hathor, Ma’at and the Sun God, Ra. They assist the deceased in battling their serpent monsters. Once freed of them, they can move into the “Field of Reeds” or the heavenly paradise that is ruled by Osiris.

Wepwawet is a lesser-known Wolf-God of ancient Egypt. Like other gods, he also had to walk his personal ascension journey. When his goal was reached, he became a son of Anubis.

Wepwawet is found in many papyrus art pieces. Below are three that describe his accomplishments:

1. The War-Deity Wepwawet in wolf/dog form is running alongside the Pharaoh, “opening the way” for the Pharaoh’s victory.

2. Wolf-God Wepwawet is shown at the prow of a solar-boat guiding the deceased into the place of judgment. There he assists with the mouth ceremony that would allow the soul to live in the afterlife.

3. Wolf-God Wepwawet means “opening the sky”.

At first glance, the papyrus art looks like scenes from earthly life. But, when the hieroglyphs are symbolically translated, a totally different level of understanding occurs. It describes Wepwawet’s spiritual path. Below is my symbolic translation of that art:

The Pharaoh is the representative of the Divine. Wepwawet, in creature (earthly) form, is running by his Pharaoh’s (teacher’s) side.

The more time he spends with his Divine Teacher, the more he moves into higher levels of awareness and consciousness, until he becomes the victor over his earthly self.

He moves from initiate to adept — Jesus said, “these things that I do, these and greater shall you do.” Wepwawet continues his growth until he is anointed, thus becoming a Son of Anubis.

Wapwawet is safely guided from conscious mind, through subconscious, to the door of the super-conscious mind. Wepwawet stands before the portal of super-consciousness. He opens the door and enters into his super consciousness. There he meets his Divine Self where he is anointed and becomes Ra.

One of my favorite teachings on wolves is, the old Cherokee teaching his grandson about life.

“A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the boy. “It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil – he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.”

He continued, “The other is good – he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. The same fight is going on inside you – and inside every other person, too.”

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather, “Which wolf will win?”

The old Cherokee simply replied, “The one you feed.”

Yes, the wolf lives in all of us. That is why we are so attracted to them. Their energies feed our soul, whether wearing clothing with pictures printed upon them or having a tattoo. Their presence awakens their attributes within us. They assist us in achieving balance and harmony.

To assist you in experiencing “Balancing the Wolves Within”, I have prepared a guided meditation/visualization for you. Make yourself comfortable, become still….

*Remember that being in the meditative state slows down your reflexes. It is advised that you do not listen to the meditation while driving or performing services where acute attention is required.

References: https://ralphhaussler.weebly.com/ wolf-mythologie-egypt www.wikipedia.org https://urbanbalance.com/ the-story-of-two-wolves/

Ortrun Franklin is a columnist for Star Nations Magazine. She is the co-host of the live stream show “Living in Two Worlds” which focuses on the connecting the physical world with the spiritual world. It airs the last Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. CT. K www.ourspiritualascension.com | Ortrun71@aol.com | fb: Living in Two Worlds

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