The Beachcomber

by John Millen

This is a story about John Millen’s spiritual awakening. The tale begins with his powerful teenage vision to build an innovative 35-foot trimaran sailboat and take up his life on the high seas and the wild beaches of the world. During his two-year sailing adventure, he discovered resources and sensibilities deep within himself that allowed him to begin to see his life in a different way.

After returning home, his story turns inward toward the mysteries of the mind, where he meets his Daimon, a spirit from a higher vibration, who teaches him how to live from his soul and introduces him to the world of universal consciousness.

In the last part of the book, Millen sets before the reader a selection of his journeys into alternate realities that follow his initiation into shamanic consciousness and tell of ecstatic experiences of the Divine.

"Reflected in the expressive words of this book is the adventuresome, courageous unfolding of a unique human life, filled with musical rhythms, skilled craftsmanship and openness to deciphering the mysterious depths of human consciousness. Enjoy!" – William A. Richards, Ph.D., Author of Sacred Psychedelics & Religious Experiences

218 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 6, 2026

About the author

John Millen is the author of the acclaimed Kanji Power and Japanese in a Flash Vol I. He graduated from Australian National University with a degree in Japanese and Indonesian and taught Japanese for several years in Australia, contributing to the Japanese-language curriculum development for Australian high schools. For the past 20 years, he has been giving private tutorial classes in Japanese to exchange students living in Japan.