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By Elen Sentier
I have four passions, Rewilding, the Old Ways of Britain, Cats and Wolves. My email addy, Grmalkyn, means old grey cat, old in the sense of ancient spirit, so I’m with her all the time but winter means wolves for me. Part of my wolf passion involves the band Warduna and their song, Gra, gets played a lot over the winter.
I played it the other day while getting together the first of the rewilding webinars otherworld have asked me to do and, apart from reducing me to tears as it often does, it inspired me with a poem.
Old Grey
You howl
Trees shiver
Sky trembles
Earth quakes
Snow falls
And I remember
Old Grey
You are so old
And so forgotten
You howl
And the dark forest remembers you …
The trees tear my heart
And memory stirs within me
Long ago
We ran together
You taught me Honesty
You taught me Truth
You taught me Faithfulness
You taught me Reality
You showed me Family
You twined your spirit with me
We made the ring
I ran from you
I went a different way
I forgot you
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh !!!
I broke the ring
Forgive me
I ask you
Come back to me …
Let us run in the forests
In the mountains
In the valleys
Lead me home to your family
Let us restore the ring
I will sing with you
I will sing with you safe in our home
Old Grey … rekindle the wolf in my heart
Einar in Warduna says, “we broke the ring” but I take it very personally and say “I broke the ring” because each and every one of us has a responsibility for that. So each and every one of us also has a response ability for that.
It’s we, the little people, who will achieve rewilding, each in our own small way and by coming together in real, personal and committed groups. It’s no good expecting big organisations and governments to do it for us, rewilding has to be done from the ground up and they can’t do that. It means us changing the way we live, the way we love, following the example of Mother Earth, doing things Her way, not our way.
I’m starting a regular offering of webinars from Midwinter 2021 on ReWilding Our Hearts to bring people together to do this. We learn by journeying and sharing what our journeys show us, exploring the deep-roots meanings otherworld offers us. And Wolf is my guardian on this journey. He would love to be yours too … would you like to come with us?
Rewilding: © Elen Sentier 2021
MEET THE AUTHOR
ELEN SENTIER: I’m a writer, storyteller, poet, artist, awenydd teacher and transpersonal psychotherapist. I grew up in a family and village who had practiced the Old Ways for many generations. We’re wild-folk who live, work and learn with Mother Earth and Father Sun, and our daily journeying brings us closer to being our true, authentic selves. I offer you this.
I live and work in a remote farmhouse in Britain, in the wilds of the Shropshire hills. I share my home with a black, witchy cat – Kellan – who is also my familiar spirit; my ex-particle physicist husband – Paul – who’s also a radionics practitioner; my garden and her spirit, and a host of wildlife.
When I’m not writing or teaching you might find me tramping the hills, reading thrillers and sci-fi, wild-camping, watching archaeology, particle physics and/or films on TV, live on Facebook, listening to Warduna or Satie, dozing and playing with Kellan. When I can manage it, I go to play with wolves.
On the web
People can book for rewilding events at www.elensentier.com and find out more about things there too.
