COMPLETED EVENT: Camp Souldust 2017 Merriment

Celebratory high-fives are in order. Camp Souldust 3.0 was a-maz-ing. We danced and laughed and crafted and forest bathed and kayaked and swung on big ass swings and divined and foraged and colored and made earthen altars and did polar bear plunges in Puget Sound and had camp fires with smores and ate amazing food …

The Oracle of Initiation is 10 Years Old Today!

Happy Tenth Anniversary Oracle of Initiation!  Created in subterranean graffiti tunnels in New Mexico by artist Mellissa Lucia, The Oracle of Initiation divination deck is a hand-held Mystery School illuminating the gifts hidden within your shadows. Filled with a glowing wisdom council of ancient cross-cultural guardians, these transcendent spirits are your devoted allies as you …

The Oracle of Initiation is Trademarked-20% Five Day Flash Sale

It will be ten-years in April from it’s enchanted beginnings, and I wanted to celebrate it’s deep mystery and magic with a five-day Flash Sale with 20% off decks and Oracle readings. Flash Sale ends Sunday, February 7th, 2016. The deck comes in two formats, the Deluxe, limited edition, signed and numbered option and the …

Desert waterfall baptism from melting snow

Yesterday I was gifted with a Water Spirit initiation. New beginning are in the works for me, becoming a rover again, heading off for more sun. I went out to my favorite jaunt along Highway 10 between Ellensburg and Cle Elum, and as I walked along the train tracks in the blazing sun I saw …

The Painted in the Desert movie is released: Watch it NOW!

This a very special day for the manifestation of dreams. Exactly a year and five days ago MK Barr and my life changed dramatically. We could not have anticipate how much committing to the Painted in the Desert documentary film would impact both of us then, but today we joyfully release it to the world. …

Image Highlights from the Painted in the Desert filming

First promo video for the movie, boy has the project grown since this!!     http://vimeo.com/26590741 Blog for the film: http://www.PaintedintheDesert.wordpress.com

New Mexico return to the graffiti tunnels of my heart

You have NO IDEA how happy I am to be back in New Mexico. It truly is one of the places of my heart, and I am glowing from the return home. There is something about the vastness of the sky and the pinion baking on the earth that satisfies me like no other place. …

Back HOME to New Mexico to film for Painted in the Desert-A Travel Essay

I have not been home to the southwest in six months. New Mexico is one of the most enchanting places I have ever been; I fell in love with the land three years ago, and have not been gone for more than a month since that time. I tend to start sobbing and shaking when …

Flying Turtle Ecstatic Dance for the Painted in the Desert movie

Dance is one of my greatest joys. There is a fountain of happiness that opens within when I am rhythmically moving that I have not found anywhere else. I have been extremely blessed to have found tribes of other folks who also feel this way, entering the dance with a loving dedication to their own …

Painted in the Desert-A Travel Essay and my NEW Name

This is so exciting, a NEW blog! My initial MelissaWeissSteele.Wordpress.com blog was a big commitment and surprising joy, and I met its call for a couple of years. In the last nine months I have left New Mexico, written my first book, The Oracle of Initiation-Rainbows in the Dark, and traveled to Central America. I …