Category Archives: Trickster energy

Being “Outed” in Whole Foods

Posted on January 1, 2016 by Michael J. Melville

Still wearing my crimson winter jacket and white stole, I donned my Moroccan hat with its small circular mirrors and entered Whole Foods. I paid for my coffee and éclair with a gingerbread man, a clever paper cutout with a … Continue reading →

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Teflon Coating

Posted on June 4, 2015 by Michael J. Melville

When I called Raven, I told him that Krishna didn’t like the article. “He thought I was delusional and he was cutting me out of his life.” The Raven laughed, and said “I liked that article. The wolf, the jackal, … 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 →

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The Dancing Satyr in the Mirror

Posted on May 10, 2014 by Michael J. Melville

Synchronicity on this spiral journey through the universe never fails to amaze me. I was in the coffee shop/gallery looking at the new display of original paintings hanging on the wall. It was just before closing. For some reason I … Continue reading →

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The Car Pool

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Michael J. Melville

When the unconscious speaks through us, it is time to pay attention.  This communication from the spirit might be in a Freudian slip of the tongue or an overwhelming attraction to another person.  Those people come into our world for … Continue reading →

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Night Owls

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Michael J. Melville

Mrs Santa and I had a great time dancing with the MacDonalds’ employees again this year.  We were the first ones on the dance floor and got gifts.  I gave away my gift card to a guy whose birthday is … Continue reading →

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The Bed Dream

Posted on September 29, 2013 by Michael J. Melville

The Man’s Dream A young couple, whom I know, are laying on a bed. She’s wearing a short white satin dress, he’s wearing white silk, shorts or pajamas. There’s also a younger man, perhaps in his teens, laying on the … Continue reading →

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Chemically Dependent Memory and Emotional Growth

Posted on August 19, 2013 by Michael J. Melville

The first time I was told “we stop growing emotionally when we start using substances” was in 1997.  My marriage of 30 years was dissolving and I knew the patterns I learned in childhood were the root of it all.  … 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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Trance, the movie about hypnosis and amnesia

Posted on April 13, 2013 by Michael J. Melville

Trance is a deeply disturbing psychological thriller.  It is one of the most vivid illustrations of why Carl Jung rejected the use of hypnosis in psychotherapy.  Trust in an authority figure is necessary for hypnosis, but it removes the active … Continue reading →

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