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Tag Archives: Radical Faeries
How to interpret a dream
One of my students asked me about how to interpret dreams. First you have to record the dream, tell the dream, and associate the symbols with whatever comes up for you around those images. Sometimes the action is set in … Continue reading
Gay Catholic Bishops
Recently I picked up the newest edition of Charles W. Leadbeater’s Christian Gnosis, published by Quest Books, the Theosophical Publishing House. In his introduction to the second edition, Richard Smoley (2011) explained the Roman Catholic doctrinal tradition of the “wandering … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, homosexuality
Tagged Liberal Catholic Church, Radical Faeries
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Holding My Sun
The man was in his mid-thirties. After the Native American Ceremony he told me that he was trying to allow love and affection into his life, to receive it with open arms. Recently separated from his wife and child, he … Continue reading
Posted in Family patterns, homosexuality
Tagged alcohol abuse, Coyote, Hermes, Mentoring Men, Radical Faeries, sexual abuse in childhood
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Just a 13 year-old girl
My dad used to tell me when he had a few shots of alcohol in him, “your mom’s just a thirteen year old girl.” After 37 years of marriage to Phyllis McFadden Melville, John F. Melville died before turning 60. … Continue reading
Posted in Family patterns, homosexuality
Tagged alcohol abuse, Radical Faeries, sexual abuse in childhood
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The Rattlesnake Man
We could have been twin brothers, both wearing crimson red coats, long white hair and glasses. I had heard of this man several months ago, from my grandson, who met him at the hot springs and wound up renting his … Continue reading
Men’s lives are governed by fear.
If you can accept that secret and want to heal, men must stop feeling shamed by our fear. James Hollis said in Under Saturn’s Shadow: the Wounding and Healing of Men (1994) “I have always admired the freedom of women … Continue reading
The Old Man and the Boy
Recently I resumed reading Richard Tarnas’ huge book Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View (2006). My nephew gave me a copy in 2007 before leaving to attend Sacred Medicine Ceremonies in the Amazon Rain Forest. He was … Continue reading
Posted in Individuation, Philosophy, Psychology
Tagged medicine ceremonies, Native American Church, Radical Faeries
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Denying is forgetting
I showed my Israeli grandson the picture of the Radical Faerie (“wow, that’s crazy!”) and the Rex Mercurius, “That’s Russian, you know.” I said I knew that, but pointed out how the photo and the painting were essentially the same … Continue reading
The Dragon Fly and the Faeries
A man in his thirties was having coffee with me in San Francisco. We had met at the Cafe Gratitude and he invited me to get to know one another better. Our coffee turned into four hours of synchronicity, each … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Rainbow Nation, Trickster energy
Tagged entheogens, Hermes, medicine ceremonies, Radical Faeries
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