Nouveau Shamanic Cinema

The 2024 version of Nosferatu had a transformative effect on Joost when he went to see it last year at the cinema. We watched it together and discuss how getting in touch with your darkest desires can be a transformative shadow work process.

For the second episode of Imaginal Gaming, we played some of the game Animal Well and talked about living in an alive Universe and Awakening as a giant interactive puzzle game. If you haven’t played the game you can watch this short review video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfuAd0fjZvo] to get a flavour of it. If you want to learn more about Rosa’s approach to awakening (that resonates with Animal Well), you can find out more here [https://rosalewis.co.uk/awakening-course/].

In this double header we discuss the richness of connecting with sovereign energy and how this relates to time and non-self. We spend most of the time talking about the famous scenes from each of the movies. If you haven't seen the movies, or you haven't seen them for a while, it's worth watching these two scenes beforehand to get the context and the vibes. ⁠Avengers: Endgame Portal Scene⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pFUP0HZwWM] ⁠Interstellar Black Hole Scene [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMxJnoPOFkg]

We watched Rosa's favourite film – the ever-magical, soul explosion Moulin Rouge! We discuss the power of love and sincerity, romantic love as an opening force and falling in love with the whole of experience through the imaginal realm.

Once again we are joined by guest David Lassiter, this time to discuss the short film that he wrote and directed – The Opportunist. You can watch it here: https://vimeo.com/74296226 We also discuss Tár and the common themes that both films portray, of psychopathy and predatory behaviour. I mention an imaginal meditation exercise from this retreat, by Ken Mcleod: https://unfetteredmind.org/the-warriors-solution-passivity-and-freedom-4/