The Wanderwolf
By Diane Keating Sciacca (wolfinblack@pagan.net) for the Keepers of the Silver Flame
Rage
Gnosis
Willpower
Power
Charms
Airt Sense, Appear, Break Reality, Shapeshift, Dream Journey, Scent of Safety.
Image
The Wanderwolf is the Wolf of Dreams: he never appears the same way twice but usually favours the form of a wolf's head -- sometimes a ferocious three-faced wolf, sometimes a thylacine (thought to be his original form), sometimes as a wolf image from popular culture -- against a wildly psychedelic, fractalized background.
History
The Wanderwolf was not a spirit arising from the Crash Worship, but attracted to it. It used to be an ancestral spirit connected with the Bunyip and wandered through the Umbra and Dreamtime, looking for another tribe to call its own. When a group of Feral Neo-Primitives took over Bunyip ancestral lands and invoked the spirits of the Dreamtime, Wanderwolf heard one of them mention the Crash Worship, how they were going to be "the next Tribe," and decided to check it out. It found a warm welcome and joined the Brood of Ixstasia; it is her constant companion.In spite of its sometimes redoubtable image, Wanderwolf is a gentle, helpful spirit and a favourite among Mysticks and other Crescent Moons.
Habitat
Wanderwolf is the companion of Ixstasia and appears in dreams, visions and psychospiritual events. It can be found wherever a sizeable group of people are trancedancing; Changelings have reported finding its lair in the Dreaming and it can sometimes be found hunting in Chimeres.
Spiritual Correspondence
Questing, survival, dreams and visions.
Material Correspondence
Light, fractals, thylacines, psychedelic substances.
Gift Lore
The Wanderwolf can teach Gifts related to finding one's way and meditation.
Taboo
Wanderwolf goes into slumber when someone gives up on her dreams. It can be awakened only by Ixstasia.
Attitude
Chiminage
Wanderwolf kept going in spite of what everyone else said. It respects those who set high goals for themselves and strive to attain them: it will sometimes aid those who call on it towards this end.