Tag Archives: medicine ceremonies

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 , , , , | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Ayahuasca, Child/Parent Relationship, Dream Interpretation, Family patterns, Individuation, Movie Reviews, Philosophy, Psychology, Santo Daime | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

When cell phones won’t work

Posted on August 14, 2014 by Michael J. Melville

Over the past 5 years I have always had trouble with my cell phone reception, no matter what part of California I was living in. Ojai, Berkeley, Santa Barbara, and now Val Verde, still the problem haunts me. Creator is … Continue reading →

Posted in Indigenous traditions, Rainbow Nation | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

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 →

Posted in Ayahuasca, Indigenous traditions, Santo Daime | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in I Ching, Santo Daime | Tagged , , | 3 Comments

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 →

Posted in Ayahuasca, Child/Parent Relationship, Christianity, Family patterns, Philosophy, Psychology, Rainbow Nation, Santo Daime | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Eagle in the Peyote Ceremony

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Michael J. Melville

Time can give us perspective.  When I left Berkeley in 2011 I was feeling hurt and angry.  The post I wrote at that time “Papou, open the window!” made my most popular list this week and I was curious why.  … Continue reading →

Posted in Child/Parent Relationship, Indigenous traditions | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Ayahuasca, Christianity, Movie Reviews, Philosophy, Psychology, Rainbow Nation, Santo Daime | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

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 →

Posted in Ayahuasca, Child/Parent Relationship, I Ching, Individuation, Mythology, Philosophy, Psychology, Santo Daime, Trickster energy | Tagged , , , , , , | 8 Comments

Concentration and re-entering your body

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Michael J. Melville

One of the basic Works of the Santo Daime Tradition is the Concentration.  Ayahuasca is drunk, hymns are sung, and then as the medicine begins to “come on”, we turn out the electric lights, and meditate.  Only candles are burning … Continue reading →

Posted in Ayahuasca, Santo Daime | Tagged , | Leave a comment