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I have had several recurring dreams about wolves. The wolf ( and it is always a lone wolf) keeps trying to get in my house. It is always very easy to get in, but I am trying really hard to keep him out. Yet, he never gets in. I feel slightly threatened, but not scared completely, if that makes sense. I am thinking it is just a mother sub-concious protective feeling I am having. I also wonder if maybe a wolf is my totem. Yet I read for your animal totem to come to you in dreams, you are not scared at all. So, I'm not sure. Any insight?
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Re: Repetative Dreams About Wolves
Tue, August 29, 2006 - 1:51 PMMany times when a totem enters your life it can be very frightening. The totem will sometimes "test your medicine". Sometimes if you approach the animal that frightens you and accept it, it might reveal itself as a totally different animal! You never know. The fact that it is a recurring dream is neat-o! If it were my dream, the house would symbolize my own self-space. You might want to start reading about wolves in general both folk/mythic stuff as well as natural/biological stuff as well. Collect some cool wolf images to meditate on. Also you could (when awake) open the doors of your home and call out "Welcome Wolf Spirit, welcome!", a couple times a day or maybe just before you go to bed and see what happens in your dreams. Let me know. -
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Re: Repetative Dreams About Wolves
Sat, September 2, 2006 - 3:23 AMI believe all aspects of a dream are parts of ourself...and also that recurring themes or symbols/animlas represent something that we are needing to embrace or understand ..Once I kept dreaming of a man running after me,I stopped and faced him eventually and he handed me a bunch of roses and that dream stopped...
Next time upon dreaming,intend to face it fully...and Iam sure you will be amazed at the outcome...I dreamt of a lion again the other night which has been in my dreams before...I do like to look into animals characteristics and what they signify to me and what the feelings are in the dream about them..Animal and crystal medicine comes to me alot in the dreamstate...blessed...we are...
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Re: Repetative Dreams About Wolves
Sat, September 2, 2006 - 9:41 AMI have had dreams similar to what you describe. My understanding of 'Wolf Medicine' from a Native American perspective is that Wolf represents the pathfinder. In other words, wolf may be showing you a new path you need to take at this point in your life.
In my latest wolf dream I had the exact same thing happen as you, only it was a giant female wolf, larger than a grizzly bear, and her fur had an electric blue tint to it. She had two pups with her as well. I felt like she was hunting me but she didn't try very hard to get into my house. This dream came at a time when I was very depressed and I felt somewhere in my subconcious wolf was showing me a way out of my depression. Perhaps she was hunting the root of my woes, and helping me to shake them up and pull myself out of my own illusions.
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Re: Repetative Dreams About Wolves
Sat, September 2, 2006 - 8:48 PMHey thanks for all the replies. It seems to be a very important thing in my sub concious, although, I don't believe it is negative anymore. A new path, sounds like something that would make sense to me right now.
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Re: Repetative Dreams About Wolves
Sun, September 3, 2006 - 9:45 PMThis is definitely an internal dream, the house representing the inner you. Ask yourself questions; what do wolves mean to me? What does this wolf want with me? The wolf is a hunter. Do you have a hunter instinct? Or, is your subconscious trying to let the hunter in? Open the door as some other posts, and good ones I might add, suggest.
The wolf can represent many things in ones dreams according to The Dictionary of Symbols, Ad de Vries. pps 504-506. 1) Untamed nature, general evil as the chaotic; destructive element in the universe and man, with a possible triumph in the end. ; Inversion; 2 sacred to the Great Goddess; a, it howls to the Moon, b; its eyes light up in the dark; c; it feeds on corpses; D it haunts the wooded mountains; e; it is one of the transformations of the Goddess and later the witches (or a mount of the latter) Egyptians associated it with Fertility. I would think about the Great Goddess in you and Fertility if that has any meaning in your life. Not having a backdrop as to you, your life it is hard to interpret as the wolf has so many associations.
Are you doing the same thing each time the wolf comes to your door? Is there a big bad wolf (fairy tale) in your life; ex husband, boyfriend, dad, etc?
I know I gave you more questions than answers but that is the Jungian approach. No one can interpret a dream but you. Sweet dreams. -
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Re: Repetative Dreams About Wolves
Tue, September 12, 2006 - 8:57 PMThanks John. Wolves to me represent something mystical and unknown, yet powerful. (8th House stuff)
I am trying to keep him out- it is so easy for him to get in, but he won't. I am, not really scared, just feel like I shouldn't let him in for some reason.
Maybe I am fighting something that I shouldn't be fighting.... -
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Re: Repetative Dreams About Wolves
Sun, October 15, 2006 - 6:10 AMMy mind had an instant response when i read this. In stark contrast to all the deep spiritual stuff, which i don't want to denegrate in any way, i thought 'oh yeh, i know that one. trying to keep the wolf from the door, as the saying goes.' Just thought i'd mention it, cos sometimes dream messages are very simple, and we knock ourselves out trying to understand them.
All this Wolf medicine stuff is really interesting though. I had a dream earlier in the year where there were a group of wolves howling at the moon. I found myself howling too right along with them and boy did it feel good. Pondering it the next day i figured that moon may be representing a month, maybe i should count each wolf as a month (there were about six, recollection slightly dim) and that would give me a time line. Since i was with gypsies later in the dream i figured they represented change or a big move. I was expecting, or hoping for a big move around july in accordance with this. I was thinking of this in a material way. As it transpired, my material world collapsed in a sorry heap, as i had to give up my job due to insufficient childcare. Any hopes of physically moving home completely thwarted. However all this quickly shifted into a deepening of spiritual awareness and redirecting my spiritual path so Wolves as pathfinders now makes total sense! -
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Re: Repetative Dreams About Wolves
Tue, October 24, 2006 - 7:50 AMhi,
got interested in the wolf medicine aspect. There is a nice post called Wolf Totom in the Animal Speak tribe! It says that wolf may come to us to give guidance/spiritual direction. -
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Re: Repetative Dreams About Wolves
Tue, October 24, 2006 - 8:01 AMHi Pauline
I found this, and found it very fitting.
Wolf's Wisdom Includes:
www.geocities.com/RainFores...ndex2.html
•Facing the end of one's cycle with dignity and courage
•Death and rebirth
•Spirit teaching
•Guidance in dreams and meditations
•Instinct linked with intelligence
•Social and familial values
•Outwitting enemies
•Ability to pass unseen
•Steadfastness
•Skill in protection of self and family
•Taking advantage of change
According to Animal Speak, Ted Andrews shares the following ~
Wolf keynotes – guardianship, ritual, loyalty and spirit. Cycle of power – year round, full moon and twilight.
Wolves are the epitome of the wild spirit, that is the free and unspoiled wilderness.
Wolves do not fight unnecessarily. They go out of their way to avoid it. Though, they are extremely strong and powerful, disagreements rarely end in serious fights. Often a glance, posture or growl is all that is necessary to determine dominance. They don’t have to demonstrate it but they are capable if it comes down to it. Part of wolf medicine teaches you to develop self knowledge and awareness (like the occult saying, gnothi se auton), strength, confidence and surety in that you do not have to demonstrate and prove yourself to all.
Wolves have a complex communication system – using body language. Those with wolf totems are usually expressive with their hands, posture or face.
Wolves usually consume all they capture and so this as totem shows us the value of appreciation instead of wastage.
Wolves are extremely intelligent. They go out of their way to avoid trouble or danger. Wolves have keen senses especially a sense of smell. This sense of smell endows the wolf with discrimination and is often associated with spiritual idealism in metaphysical circles. Wolves have also excellent hearing sensitivity. For us, this means that we should listen to our inner thoughts and words. Intuition is strong in this case. This idea is further emphasized by the wolf’s thick coat of fur. Fur and hair are long been symbols of psychic abilities.
Wolves also have the capacity for making quick and firm emotional attachments. Lean to trust your insights and secure emotional attachments is part of wolf medicine. The wolf will guard you as it teaches you – sometimes strongly, sometimes gently – but always with love -
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Re: Repetative Dreams About Wolves
Wed, October 25, 2006 - 4:29 AMhi Bell,
thanks for the Wolf wisdom. I'm gonna keep my eye on wolf! Maybe he/she will come visit again. Its funny 'cos I rarely dream of animals, and certainly don't have any prior connection. But I take this dream as a starting point in turning my path in a new direction. My earth awareness has definately deepened - and has brought me to working with both trees and dreams. Can't get enough of the wild at the moment! And just longing to howl with the wolves again!
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Re: Repetative Dreams About Wolves
Wed, October 25, 2006 - 5:11 PMBellaRose:
Its always good, I believe, to honor one's dreams. I like some of the input here, and keeping the wolf from coming into the door does seem to be significant. If it were my dream, perhaps I am being shown an opportunity to allow the wolf totem to come through my door. To me wolf means strenght, power, and also gentleness and nurturance. A wolf can be fierce and sweet, too extremes, though I've stood face to face with fox and wolves that seemed far more wiser and tame than supposedly tame dogs who bark their fool heads off at anything that moves.
I got my internet name, Sunwolf, from a dream. Thanks for sharing this.
DrEaM oN,
sUnWoLf
Earth First Dreaming School
unitedacademyofdreams.info
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Re: Repetative Dreams About Wolves
Sat, January 26, 2008 - 11:41 PMI agree 100% of what you said and I have wolves that let me befriend me, Give me a howl or their song anyday, it is just amazing harmony and tone!!!!! My wolves are Nemo or CB and Lola Blue anf Raven in the pack Crow and Luna and Nanook and Spike died in a 6 year tine frame. Oh dreams can be such messenger You do not know unless you take a deeper insight into the all the colors and sights and sounds of a dream sometimes even a smell.
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Re: Repetative Dreams About Wolves
Wed, October 25, 2006 - 5:10 PMBellarose,
There is another aspect, just to make sure everything is cool. and not to freak you out, but just a rule out. some dreamworkers find that physical illness will often times express itself in dream before manifesting in body. in this line of inquiry, the house is body, and i would ask, how is the wolf trying to get in? is there a particular door, room, etc. that you are in? or is at many different places? what is the environment of the house like? do the lights work? is it raining? etc. Maybe nothing, might not be the correct interpretive direction, but wanted to put it out there just incase its fruitful.
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Re: Repetative Dreams About Wolves
Wed, October 25, 2006 - 5:12 PMand from an entirely different perspective,
you might play with doing some drawings of wolf (dont worry what they look like) and invite him/her to tell you why s/he's visiting as you work with the image. just see what happens, and if that deepens your understanding of the dream in any particular direction...
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Re: Repetative Dreams About Wolves
Tue, January 1, 2008 - 10:49 PMI've had 2 wolf dreams this week. The first one....I was at my sister's house and I saw a pack of wolves outside in front of the window. I told her husband to close the window and when he went to do it they tried to jump in. It was odd that the window was open because there was snow on the ground. He got the screen down and then the window but someone let my dog out the back door. I went out to get her fearing that the wolves would get her first. Sure enough, I found her laying in the snow bleeding. I have a lab.....In the dream I picked her up and was carring her to the house calling out for help.
The second one was last night. I was at a shopping center and at the back of the parking lot were trees. I saw a baby bear climbing one and then saw a wolf to the left of it. Then it was like I blinked and the wolf was right there outside the shop window were I was. There was a dog catcher out there and he shocked the wolf but nothing happened to it.
Of course this could all be from the cookie I had before bed. I also had a dream last night about a lizard that was moldy. If it touched you then you would turn to mold. -
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Re: Repetative Dreams About Wolves
Wed, January 2, 2008 - 12:52 AMI dreamed of wolves and then got one as a strange gift, a very long story. I agree with the wolf medicine and wolf totem aspects prior posted to mine, I just believe the wolf is a hightly evolved pack or family member so loyal and excellent communicator, the wolf tells humans to enjoy song ,chant ,hunt out your good fortune, Make a den of your likeing. Wolves normaly do not hurt other dogs, they have to be utterly starving to do that. It has happened a few times in alaska. the snow is not deep enough and they can not catch big game Moose ,Reindeer, not enough rabbits, then dog maybe on the menu. to them it is like dining on Peanut Butter not that good!
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Re: Repetative Dreams About Wolves
Thu, January 3, 2008 - 7:48 AMI have had 2 dreams of wolves this week. I amost never remember a dream but these two have really stayed with me. Both times the wolves were in my bedroom.
The first one was a pack of wolves. They weren't after me. They were after my dog. I wasn't scared for myself but panicked for her. I locked her in her crate and they kept trying to get at her, dinting the sides of her crate. It was odd because they were attacking and very scary but I wasn't at all afraid for myself.
Then last night I dreamed of an adolescent wolve. It jumped up on my bed. I was a little scared at first, then it started to play like young dogs do, pretending to pounce. My dog ran in the room and he went after her. She jumped in her crate and I locked her door but he was still after her so I knew had to get him outside. When I bent down to get him he bit my ear, not at all hard but enough to start to scare me and wouldn't let go. I carried him down the stairs and outside still attached to my ear. He didn't hurt me but he wouldn't let go either.
Once I got him out of the house I had to pull him off and shoo him away. I remember feeling worried for him though. I kinda missed him and wanted him to come back but knew he couldn't because I couldn't let him hurt my dog.
It seems odd that they keep showing up and they are always after my little dog but I'm never really scared for myself. Just her. I wonder if they'll be back... -
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Re: Repetative Dreams About Wolves
Sat, January 5, 2008 - 1:19 AMYou are not in Alaska Dorothy altho I know that is not your name, The wolf is after your little dog....... hmmmm Little dogs are only little Canis Lupus A dog is a wolf is a dog, But i believe a wolf has supreme intelligence over a dog. Your dreams mean you want something to change in your family, Someone here is a Lone wolf......Do you understand? Wolves are hungry and you to are hungry but gor what? -
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Re: Repetative Dreams About Wolves
Tue, July 7, 2009 - 8:54 PMi know this is quite an old post, but i was looking into a dream ive been having that involves a pack of wolves.
in the past ive had dreams with a wolf pack doing something and they never had much of a significant role in the rest of the dream.
but i recently had a dream that involved the same pack of wolves and someone in the dream warned me about them and i said i already knew they were outside, thinking they were doing there own thing. i was going to get something from the truck and in this dream the wolves were attacking a small dog (which was very different from the other dreams) and so i decided to help the dog and the pack turned on me and i wasnt able to run for some reason so i fought off a few of the wolves and it was a pretty gore-y scene. i then pulled away somehow and found somewhere to go inside, cradling the little dog in my arms.
any thoughts on the dream?
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Re: Repetative Dreams About Wolves
Wed, January 16, 2008 - 6:15 PMLast night i had a dream about a pack of wolves trying to come in a house.No sound in my dream, not stricking colors, just a pack of wolves and my brother and his girlfriend and myself. I was in the house trying to keep the wolves out, and my brother and his girlfriend were outside and embracing the wolves presence.the only time i saw the wolfes up close is when i was near a Door or Window, I wasent scared, i was just busy keeping them out of the house. I remember a part of my dream where i was looking at my brother and his girlfiriend.. and stared at them observing the movement around them.I do not recall any wolves being near them, just around them. When i woke up this morning, i did not feel anxious or scared or confused, i questioned my dream.Any insight?
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Re: Repetative Dreams About Wolves
Thu, June 5, 2008 - 1:06 PMI found this discussion when looking for an answer to my own question. I'm not quite sure what all this wolf medicine stuff etc means, but I have had recurring dreams of wolves all my life, back to my earliest memories.
In my early dreams, when I was around 4 years old until I was maybe 8 or 9, I would be in the kitchen talking to my mother, when I would see a wolf coming towards the back door, which is mostly made from glass. I would try to tell my mum, but she would be preoccupied with what she was doing (cooking dinner) and never even noticed when the wolf smashed through the glass. I would be unable to get up from where I was sitting on the floor, and would back away until I reached the cupboard under the stairs, near the front of the house. I always woke up just as the wolf got to the cupboard door.
I stopped having (or at least, remembering) the dream for a few years. Then in my mid teens, it started again. Only this time, there would be a pack of wolves rather than just one. And they always approached when I was at the park with my friends - another difference was, in these new dreams, they actually attacked before I awoke.
I'm 21 now, and hadn't had any of these dreams for almost 5 years. I live with my partner and children these days. And the dreams came back a couple of weeks ago, now there is just one wolf again, trying to smash through my back door, which again is mostly made from glass. So far, I've been waking before it gets in, but I'm scared and I need to know what it means. Please help me. -
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Re: Repetative Dreams About Wolves
Sat, November 22, 2008 - 6:52 PMwhat does this recurring dream mean? my boyfriend doesnt remember his dreams, except this dream that has been recurring for 3 years!
dream from my boyfriend- "starts off flying over green trees. i land on a cliff facing away from the cliff. a white wolf with yellow eyes appears walking out the bushes coming at me. im not scared. he walks towards me and morfs into a native american. the native american is face to face. pushes me off the cliff. as i fall towards the ocean, i suddenly see a blonde girl with a face of light falling close to me. i grab her just before we hit the water! my back is turned to hit the water first as to protect her."
what the &*%! does this mean????? its really bothering both of us because its been the same dream for years!!
help!!!!!!!! we need answers
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