Category Archives: Foster Children

The Counselor at the dinner table

Posted on November 27, 2015 by Michael J. Melville

If you know a family member, friend, or lover who is struggling with a diagnosis on the Asperger/Autism continuum, or has been abused in childhood, you probably have seen their symptoms and strategies to deal with post-traumatic stress. These adaptations … Continue reading →

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Chappie is Strange

Posted on March 7, 2015 by Michael J. Melville

To say the least, a police robot with Artificial Intelligence, is a novel place to turn a plot upside down. In futuristic metropolitan South Africa the robotic Scouts help police round up the bad guys, lower the murder rate, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Child/Parent Relationship, Christianity, Family patterns, Foster Children, Movie Reviews, Rainbow Nation, Trickster energy | Tagged Artificial Intelligence, Inner Child, Inner Truth, Projection, Reincarnation | Leave a comment

Good old St. Nick and Mestre Irineu

Posted on December 8, 2014 by Michael J. Melville

At the opening of the Christmas festival, which is dedicated to the Virgin of Conception, we sang the founder’s hymns. Mestre Raimundo Irineu Serra had a vision after drinking ayahuasca with the natives of Peru when he was a border … Continue reading →

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Psyche’s Pearls

Posted on November 24, 2014 by Michael J. Melville

James Hollis is perhaps my favorite living author in the Jungian lineage. His book The Middle Passage: From Misery to Meaning in Midlife, (1993) begins with the basic foundational concepts of archetypal psychology, the complexes. These energy matrices are hot … Continue reading →

Posted in Balancing male/female energy, Child/Parent Relationship, Foster Children, Indigenous traditions, Individuation, Philosophy | Tagged C. G. Jung, Elder Wisdom, Mentoring Men | Leave a comment

Divergent, Treading in the tracks of the tiger.

Posted on March 29, 2014 by Michael J. Melville

Dreams provide us with vital information. When I was a substitute child care worker at Trinity School in Ukiah, an eight-year-old boy woke me up in the middle of the night. He had a bad dream and had wet his … Continue reading →

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Reclaiming Childhood

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Michael J. Melville

During lunch the other day a proud father showed me a picture of his four beautiful children. The oldest boy was twelve years old. His five year-old daughter was sitting beside her older brother. The man and his wife were … Continue reading →

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From Pole to Pole and Back

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Michael J. Melville

The initial experience of positive projections onto one another can be very fun and exciting. Meeting another person and feeling an attraction which draws you into one another’s emotional field is perhaps the definitive characteristic of romantic relationships. Since we … Continue reading →

Posted in Child/Parent Relationship, Christianity, Family patterns, Foster Children, Psychology | Tagged Capoeira, Dreams, Elder Wisdom, Erotic Love, Healing Sexual Abuse, Hermes, Inner Child, Mentoring Men, Projection, sexual abuse in childhood, Shadow Archetype | 1 Comment

Coyote in the Dream World

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Michael J. Melville

I noticed the cat pulling the rug around in a room of the house and went to investigate. A dog might do this, but a cat? Not likely. Looking into the room I saw Coyote, my 46 year-old nephew, looking … Continue reading →

Posted in Balancing male/female energy, Christianity, Dream Interpretation, Family patterns, Foster Children, homosexuality, Psychology, Trickster energy | Tagged alcohol abuse, Coyote, Dreams, entheogens, Erotic Love, Hermes, Inner Truth, Mentoring Men, Native American Church, Projection, sexual abuse in childhood, Shadow Archetype, Tsalagi Tradition | Leave a comment

Timothy Green, be careful what you pray for

Posted on August 25, 2012 by Michael J. Melville

The magic of prayer manifests for parents who couldn’t conceive a child. That’s the story line in The Odd life of Timothy Green. That kind of frustration I well remember. For two years my wife and I were totally open to her … Continue reading →

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A New Son and a New Father

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Michael J. Melville

After experiencing the Divine Yaje all night (ayahuasca) ceremony run by our shaman, my sister called me offering to give me the gas money so that I too could experience the transformative ceremony. She had processed the family’s ancestral feminine … Continue reading →

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