Chief Trickster-Debra Jonsson

In every culture that has a 'Coyote' mythic figure, the trickster is responsible for change.  He is the embodiment of ambiguity, ambivalence, contradiction, and paradox. Through Coyote's transformative nature, she enlarges the sphere of human possibility

Coyote Medicine, found in these cards, teaches us to look at the trickster in all of us - particularly the personal 'self-sabotage' we can all create when we lose sight of the tremendous power, strength and courage we have inside.  The 'trickster hero' represents all those possibilities of life that your mind hasn't decided it wants to deal with.

Steve Chandler, author, public speaker and life coach, refers to the work of 'coyote' in his introduction to "17 lies that are holding you back and the truth that sets you free." www.stevechandler.com

Chandler suggests that 'the trickster'  helps us uncover a racket - the racket of conning ourselves into believing that we are helpless - "that talks us into believing in our defects instead of our energy. This con-job (or trickster mentality) can become a life-long stratagem of self deceit."

Helen Lock, an associate professor at the University of Louisiana who teaches American, African American, and ethnic literature, writes in 'Transformations of the Trickster' - the trickster performs fundamental cultural work.  "In understanding the trickster better, we better understand ourselves, and the perhaps subconscious aspects of ourselves that respond t the trickster's unsettling and transformative behavior."

Lock goes on to add "the trickster is the consummate mover of goalposts, constantly redrawing the boundaries of the possible."