Shamanic Approach To Story, Ayahuasca & The Evolution of Language | Matthew J. Pallamary (2020)

Matthew J. Pallamary joins us on Season 1 (2020) of Birdsong.

Matthew is an award winning writer, musician, and sound healer who has been studying shamanism all of his life. Matt has spent extended time in the jungles, mountains, and deserts of North, Central, and South America pursuing his studies of shamanism and ancient cultures, who incorporates shamanic practices into his daily life as well as into his writing and teaching.

Through his research into both the written word and the ancient beliefs of shamanism, he has uncovered the heart of what a story really is and integrated it into core dramatic concepts that also have their basis in shamanism.

He has fifteen books in print that cover several genres, many of which have been translated into foreign languages. He has also lectured about writing and shamanism at numerous venues throughout the United States. 

 

TIMESTAMPS:

[4:56] Matthew’s response to honouring the sacred

[5:52] The journey from the head to the heart

[6:50] Egypt and esoteric heart wisdom

[7:50] We are all aspects and mirror reflections of divinity

[8:27] The Holographic Universe

[11:42] The acceleration of learning and morphogenetic fields

[12:55] Shamanism is all about energy

[16:05] What are the key pillars of shamanism at a universal level?

[17:37] Jesus was a shaman?

[18:35] Shamanism is based on direct experience

[19:56] Left brain and Right brain magic

[23:40] Traveling to the shadow realms

[25:39] Witness consciousness

[26:40] Matthew’s specialty is South American Indian shamanism

[27:14] Shapeshifting as a shamanic practice

[28:37] Archetypes are massively dense symbols of knowledge

[29:16] Sacred geometry as a universal language

[33:07] The evolution of shamanism and new-age traditions

[37:52] The more you expand your consciousness, the greater the responsibility

[39:14] Everybody is a shaman, only most of us don’t know it

[41:22] The one primary wound we all have…

[43:28] The heart is the compass

[46:00] The evolution of language and the path of literacy

[50:55] Australian Aboriginal walkabouts and songlines with an American twist

[54:04] Digital tech vs Jungle tech

[57:03] Musing on the two letter word: “it”

[59:44] The shamanic approach to story structure and journeying to the underworld

[1:03:05] Shamanism is all about transformation

[1:05:22] We’re four dimensional beings getting ready to embrace the fifth dimension

[1:05:55] Death: A Love Story

[1:14:30] Time goes in the blink of an eye

[1:17:17] What makes for a good day of writing?

[1:21:47] Distancing yourself from your writing

[1:22:50] Postpartum depression after finishing bookwriting

[1:26:10] Coffee + Cannabis + Writing

[1:28:47] Musing on the editing process

[1:32:15] Final remarks on the path of shamanism