Category Archives: Santo Daime

Orange Marmalade

Posted on February 1, 2015 by Michael J. Melville

What would be fun to do after reading about the Shadow? A movie perhaps, yes, a comedy would be a good compensation, but which one? I had seen the previews for Paddington, that story of the little bear from Darkest … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr.

Posted on January 18, 2015 by Michael J. Melville

On Sunday my friend Neville Bridgeford gave away two paintings to his benefactors. The four of us talked, laughed, and told stories late into the night. It was a wonderful way of showing gratitude for the way our friends provided … Continue reading →

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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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Apu Spirit of the Andes

Posted on June 13, 2014 by Michael J. Melville

When the Eagle Woman returned from Peru, she gave me a carved stone figure called an Apu. She said that all the medicine people in the Andes have these stones, but only the most powerful have a star incised in … 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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The Violet Wizard Saint Germaine

Posted on March 10, 2014 by Michael J. Melville

Inside the Good Cup Café, the spinach and feta quiche had to be heated. I filled my ceramic coffee mug and returned to pay for my brunch. Meanwhile a young guy in a baseball cap came up beside me and … Continue reading →

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Ayahuasca, Syzygy, and Divine Light

Posted on February 17, 2014 by Michael J. Melville

I awoke to the sound of church bells.  I had parked my car by the park and fallen asleep there.  I was back in Santa Barbara.  It was Sunday morning.  I could still make it up the mountain in time … Continue reading →

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The Bishop and Santo Daime

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Michael J. Melville

Because genuine religious experience comes from naive, primitive ground levels of the psyche, an open channel to our inner world is needed to connect with the Divine.  Ayahuasca provides the key needed to open that channel.  A religion based in … Continue reading →

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The Coffee Angel

Posted on November 4, 2013 by Michael J. Melville

I wanted coffee before the movie.  There were twenty minutes to spare and, can you believe it, Starbucks was out of coffee?  Well, there was none to pour, so I was given my choice of a freshly brewed cup of … Continue reading →

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Water and fire, dragons meet

Posted on October 30, 2013 by Michael J. Melville

When we met it was my first Santo Daime Work.  He was my youngest son’s age and he greeted me like he was expecting me.  During the break I was sitting in a chair looking out to sea, watching the … Continue reading →

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