Tag Archives: Healing Sexual Abuse

It’s All Good

Posted on September 22, 2015 by Michael J. Melville

I first heard the expression “It’s All Good” about ten years ago. I had just been seduced by a younger lover, who wanted to blame me for a delightfully fun sexual adventure. By denying their part in the seductive dance, … Continue reading →

Posted in Child/Parent Relationship, Family patterns, Individuation | Tagged Alice Miller, Elder Wisdom, Erotic Love, Healing Sexual Abuse, medicine ceremonies | Leave a comment

What’s wrong with expressing my feelings?

Posted on August 9, 2015 by Michael J. Melville

Repressed feelings can make us sick, emotionally and physically. Expressing our feelings in creative ways can transform the process and lead us from dis-ease to balance. That process might start with confession to one’s friend or counselor that there is … Continue reading →

Posted in Child/Parent Relationship, Dream Interpretation, Family patterns | Tagged Healing Sexual Abuse, hurt feelings, post traumatic stress | 1 Comment

The Return of Merlin

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Michael J. Melville

During a break at a recent healing ceremony, I got out my white eagle feather and blessed a young man, who was grieving the loss of his child. Although he appeared strong and buff, probably a body builder or a … Continue reading →

Posted in Ayahuasca, Child/Parent Relationship, Dream Interpretation, Family patterns, Psychology, Santo Daime | Tagged C. G. Jung, Healing Sexual Abuse, Inner Child, Liberal Catholic Church, Mentoring Men, Projection, Reincarnation, sexual abuse in childhood, Shadow Archetype | 1 Comment

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 →

Posted in Child/Parent Relationship, Family patterns, Foster Children, homosexuality | Tagged alcohol abuse, Alice Miller, Erotic Love, Healing Sexual Abuse, Inner Child, Mentoring Men, post traumatic stress, Projection, sexual abuse in childhood | Leave a comment

James Dean, the Eternal Youth

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Michael J. Melville

As an exploration of the young male psyche, the film A Portrait of James Dean: Joshua Tree, 1951, gives a lot of insightful information. The storyteller begins with his meeting and being befriended by Jimmy Dean at UCLA. Starting with … Continue reading →

Posted in Child/Parent Relationship, Family patterns, homosexuality, Movie Reviews, Psychology | Tagged C. G. Jung, Erotic Love, Healing Sexual Abuse, sexual abuse in childhood, Shadow Archetype | 2 Comments

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

When Psyche Speaks, Listen

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Michael J. Melville

I love the Internet. A guy I have never met called me and began sharing his dreams and life with me. He had read my blog, understands, and likes my view point. He also has no one with whom to … Continue reading →

Posted in Balancing male/female energy, Child/Parent Relationship, Dream Interpretation, Family patterns, homosexuality, Individuation | Tagged Alice Miller, Dreams, Erotic Love, Healing Sexual Abuse, Mentoring Men, sexual abuse in childhood, Shadow Archetype | Leave a comment

Judas Kiss the key to transformation

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Michael J. Melville

Keys open spaces. They give us choices. And choices build our reality, they create our world. Keystones are necessary to bridge a gap. Masons use wedge-shaped stones at the top of an arch. That stone locks all the other stones … Continue reading →

Posted in Child/Parent Relationship, Family patterns, homosexuality, Individuation, Movie Reviews | Tagged C. G. Jung, Healing Sexual Abuse, Inner Child, post traumatic stress, sexual abuse in childhood | Leave a comment

The Daime and the Dark Angel

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Michael J. Melville

After a joyous week-long celebration in the Native American tradition, culminating in the peyote ceremony surrounded by loving family and friends, I followed up by attending a Santo Daime Work, a Concentration, the following Saturday night. After drinking the Sacramental … Continue reading →

Posted in Family patterns, Psychology | Tagged Alice Miller, Ayuaska, entheogens, Healing Sexual Abuse, post traumatic stress, Vampire | 5 Comments

The Great Goddess and the Water of Life

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Michael J. Melville

Thirty years ago Edward C. Whitmont wrote about how human consciousness was becoming more feminine oriented in The Return of the Goddess. Whitmont was a European Jew, whose family sent him to America to escape the Nazi holocaust. He was … Continue reading →

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