Category Archives: I Ching

The Trickster did it again.

Posted on August 16, 2015 by Michael J. Melville

Having just finished a little story for my blog, I hit “publish”, not noticing to which blog it would be posted. The Coyote had the last laugh, but I think my unconscious wanted more coverage, so here it is again. … Continue reading →

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The Mystery of the Medicine

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Michael J. Melville

When it became clear last month that my sister would lose her home, I started looking for a new one. Two years ago I had moved in when she was recovering from surgery. We needed each other in her isolated … Continue reading →

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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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Retreat when you can.

Posted on September 27, 2013 by Michael J. Melville

A young woman called to process an upsetting event. Her younger, male friend was driving her and an older woman from one coastal community to another. It was a short drive in distance, a long one for her, as it … Continue reading →

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Bearly Believable

Posted on September 8, 2013 by Michael J. Melville

After attending five days and four nights of Native American Healing ceremonies (Bear Dance) in the high desert, I returned slowly to civilization.  It seemed as if the world had shifted and I could see it with new eyes.  The … Continue reading →

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Confronting the Dark Lord

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Michael J. Melville

We opened our private sharing of ayahuasca in the Santo Daime style with prayers.  I called down the Holy Spirit, prayed for illumination, for clarity, that the sacred medicine would show me whatever I needed to see so that I … Continue reading →

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Cherokee Dragons Retreat

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Michael J. Melville

The Dragon is a fascinating magical symbol. Tibetan Lama Anagarika Govinda said that when thunder, lightning, life force are in relation to the still mountain, where life and death meet this conjunction is symbolized as “the Thunder-Cloud or the Dragon, … Continue reading →

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Foxy Joy

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Michael J. Melville

Control of the environment helps us feel safe.  Sometimes we can get control by frightening another person, but this doesn’t last forever. Times change and so does the power matrix.   Fox was worried about Crazy Bear, his friend and business … Continue reading →

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Invictus and Inner Truth

Posted on January 24, 2010 by Michael J. Melville

Clint Eastwood’s latest masterpiece ‘Invictus’ filled the theater last night.  Nelson Mandela’s life in prison and as President of what he called “My Rainbow Nation” showed us the power of forgiveness and acceptance of the enemy’s ways.  He used the … Continue reading →

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