Matthew J Pallamary

PICAFLOR is the sequel to SPIRIT MATTERS, a San Diego Book Award winner and an Award-Winning Finalist in the National Best Book Awards. PICAFLOR chronicles the two decades since of Matthew (Mateo) J. Pallamary's adventures in SPIRIT MATTERS through the mountains, deserts, and jungles of North, Central, and South America pursuing his studies of shamanism and visionary experience working with plant medicines and shamanic plant diets, among them Ayahuasca, Peyote, San Pedro cactus, and many more. PICAFLOR is also a road map of Mateo's lifelong search for truth, healing, and transformation that further explores the way Spirit touches us in every moment of our existence, and of how most of us are caught up in the dramas that we have created in our lives that blind us to a reality far greater than anything we can imagine with our rational minds, and how this is all simply a matter of awareness. Awareness through mindfulness is presence, which means being fully present, in the present, right here, right now, in this moment, standing in the light of truth, which is the greatest present anyone can receive in the form of inner peace, nonattachment, and ultimately freedom. We often feel lost and abandoned in a cold and uncaring world, but in truth we live in an illusion of our own self-created exile, away from the Source of our being which has never stopped loving us -- unconditionally. Now more than ever the time has come to awaken and pass through the darkness of our fear induced slumber to embrace the light of truth and find our way back to the infinite light of love that comes to us from the Source of all creation.

*DEATH: (A Love Story) is an Award Winning Finalist in the 2020 International Book Awards.*You might think that Death prefers first place, but truth be told, Death revels in being THE FINALIST WARNING YOU COULD DIE READING THIS BOOK When's the last time you had an intimate heart to heart chat with your death? Have you ever? Now is your chance. Hi, I am your Death and I am here for you. No wait, don't go Aside from the fact that you can't get away, I'm not here for you in that way, at least not now, although to be honest with you we do have a date and I am always with you whether you acknowledge me or not. If you want to know the truth I'm not your death, but you are mine. Now don't freak out on me. It's only a visit. I want to spend some quality time with you before the "big event" and seeing as you took the time to stop by and I have you as a captive audience I thought it would be nice to have a little visit and get acquainted.I have friends in more places than you can imagine and my eyes and ears are everywhere including all knowledge in every cell of your neurons, dendrites, mitochondria, organs, and anything else you can imagine.I'm here to tell you stories and share some science, history, and myths, all of which are your creations that I want to share to help you understand me more. You have seen me as Satan, Anubis, Mot, Thanatos, God, the Devil, loving, punitive, dark, light - the list goes on and on It is my sincerest hope that our friendly reintroduction here will change the way you think of me, and maybe in some small way reflect the depth of the love I have for you.

What really happens when someone drinks alcohol to the point of blacking out? What forces are at work when someone loses their self control, acts out of character, and wakes up the next day with no memory of their actions?AfterLife: The Adventures of a Lost Soul, is inspired by real life events, William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist, and the dynamics of demonic possession. In this supernatural occult thriller, Steve Hanson confronts satanic worshipers who contribute to his death in a grisly motorcycle accident. When he wakes up outside his body in spirit form he is met by other spirits, among them his deceased girlfriend who teach him how to "borrow" the bodies of mortals so he can re-experience physical sensations to learn how to reincarnate into the physical world to complete his karma.Freed from the three dimensional limitations of space and time, Steve travels through the ethereal worlds of spirit, dreaming, and other fluid states of consciousness to discover that things are never what they appear to be on the surface.

*INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARD**AWARD WINNING FINALIST*Based on a lifetime of research into shamanism, visionary states, the evolution of written communication and the roots of storytelling, award-winning author, editor, and shamanic explorer Matthew J. Pallamary takes those with open minds courageous enough to question the illusions that most of us think of as real on an expansive journey that pierces the veil of reality itself.Pallamary's in-depth analysis of human perception, shamanism, visionary states, cognitive neuroscience, plant and animal consciousness, and sacred geometry, as well as the prehistoric roots of our deepest cultural myths not only lay bare the illusory roots of what we have built our failing society on, it provides a detailed map that points the way through the non-sense hall of mirrors that we currently find ourselves trapped in.The Center Of The Universe Is Right Between Your Eyes, But Home Is Where the Heart Is, is Pallamary's thirteenth book, and in it he weaves a convincing tapestry that alternates threads of ancient philosophies and preserved indigenous wisdom with recent discoveries in quantum physics, psychology, and the timeless, persistent archetypes of our subconscious.

Erik Simpson es un zo logo destacado en su campo que trabaja en el zoo de la Universidad de San Diego en California y no recuerda nada de su vida hasta los diecis is a os. Erik sufre pesadillas recurrentes probablemente relacionadas con su propia historia olvidada.Cuando se aproxima a los treinta a os, Erik tiene un sue o en el que va dando tumbos por la selva amaz nica, huyendo de un jaguar negro cuando, de repente, se funde con su depredador. Desde el interior del jaguar, acecha a una pareja de campistas y los ataca con un furor salvaje.Todo habr a quedado ah si no fuese porque pocos d as despu s recibe una llamada del Servicio de Parques Nacionales de Sierra Nevada solicitando su ayuda para investigar el ataque extra o de un animal. Cuando llega al campamento, lo reconoce por su sue o, por lo que comunica a las autoridades que el autor fue un jaguar y les muestra exactamente c mo sucedi , lo que lleva a que su reputaci n aumente aun m s.Sin embargo, Erik est convencido de que es un asesino que mata mientras duerme transformado en un depredador, por lo que solicitar que lo trate una psiquiatra de su misma universidad. Conseguir hacerle recordar su pasado y descubrir por qu se siente tan unido a los animales?Int rnate con Erik en la b squeda de la verdad que lo trasladar a un mundo oscuro de plantas m gicas y rituales cham nicos ancestrales que lo har n enfrentarse, en ltimo t rmino, al enigm tico misterio de su pasado.

Nick Powers es un joven en paro que vive en un barrio bajo de la periferia de la ciudad de Boston con su madre y su padrastro, con el que discute muy a menudo, ya que le disgusta como la trata.Un d a, mientras reflexiona lo extra o de que un vagabundo amigo suyo hubiese abandonado su inseparable carrito de supermercado con sus escasas posesiones, Nick se sube a un coche robado que conduce un amigo suyo, y se encuentra en medio de una persecuci n policial que termina en accidente y lo deja inconsciente durante un tiempo breve.Esa noche, Nick sufre una pesadilla en la que ve a un hombre saliendo de un armario de una habitaci n cuando la joven se queda dormida. La decapita justo cuando se despierta mientras una voz dentro de la cabeza del hombre le ordena que la mate.A partir de ese momento, Nick intentar librarse de la voz que est permanentemente en su cerebro hablando con alguien ajeno a l mientras busca su procedencia, al reconocer en las noticias a la muchacha de su pesadilla cuando informan de su asesinato. Seguir n las pesadillas de Nick? Y los asesinatos de mujeres j venes? Descubrir el origen de la voz que oye permanentemente? Conseguir librarse de ella?El terror no siempre procede del exterior, sino que puede encontrarse dentro de uno mismo. Ad ntrate con Nick en el horror que acecha en las calles de Boston en esta emocionante novela negra.

If You Find Yourself Fascinated And Terrified By Zombies, Vampires, And Other Denizens Of The Night, You Still May Not Be Prepared For The Horror That Lurks On The Streets Of Boston...Nick Powers climbs into a stolen car without knowing it and gets chased by the cops on a wild ride that ends in a crash that knocks him unconscious. When he comes to he hears whispering voices, but the cops are in hot pursuit so he stumbles out of the car and runs. After escaping he sees a homeless man arguing with himself and realizes that the whispers he hears in his head are the other side of the argument. Perplexed, Nick follows the man to a homeless shelter.Max Broderick is the sole member of the U.S. Justice Department's Occult Crime Unit who the Boston Police have asked assistance from after a number of bodies have been dug up and found decapitated. Working with Lieutenant Colleen O'Grady of the Boston Police, they operate out of Dorchester's District Eleven Station investigating the bizarre aspects of their case until a series of macabre murders points toward a druid cult that appears to be connected to the same homeless shelter that Nick has been led to. While the police are investigating the high profile murders, homeless people are disappearing, but no one seems to care - except Nick.

*Winner - International Book Award*Matthew J. Pallamary's popular Phantastic Fiction Workshop has been a staple of the Santa Barbara Writers Conference and the Southern California Writer's Conference for over twenty five years. He has also lectured at numerous other venues and led his own weekend intensive workshops.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. 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.His memoir Spirit Matters, which details his journeys to Peru, working with shamanic plant medicines took first place in the San Diego Book Awards Spiritual Book Category, and was an Award-Winning Finalist in the National Best Book Awards. Spirit Matters is available as an audio book.His historical novel of first contact between shamans and Jesuits in 18th century South America, titled, Land Without Evil, was published by Charles Publishing and received rave reviews along with a San Diego Book Award. It was also adapted into a full-length stage and sky show, co-written by Agent Red with Matt Pallamary, directed by Agent Red, and performed by Sky Candy, an Austin Texas aerial group. The making of the show was the subject of a PBS series, Arts in Context episode, which garnered an EMMY nomination. WWW.MATTPALLAMARY.COM

Ashley Butler, a prize winning journalist at the San Diego Times receives an email from a man who claims to have discovered immortality by turning off the aging gene in a 15 year old boy with an aging disorder. The email has pictures showing a reversal of the aging process and the names of a scientist and a company to investigate. Thinking it a hoax, she forwards the email to friends. Though skeptical, she calls to investigate and gets a no longer in service message. When she leaves her office she overhears a news story about the death of the scientist mentioned in the email. Ashley checks out the company mentioned in the email and discovers a gutted building. At the deceased scientist's address she has a confrontation with an unfriendly federal investigator. Returning to her office she finds him, subpoena in hand, confiscating her computer. He tells her that the scientist who sent the email is a killer that they need help catching. When her own investigators do more checking, none of them return. The forwarded email becomes the basis for an online church built around the boy, calling him the CyberChrist. The church claims that the Internet is the physical manifestation of the group mind of humanity and the boy is the second coming of Christ online. The federal government tries to shut down the church, but its website replicates faster than they can stop it. While church and state battle over religious freedom online, the media and the state battle over freedom of speech.Ashley battles to stay alive.

Fueled by breakthroughs in technology and neuroscience, the terminally ill, while in an induced slumber, in a pain-free, medically supervised environment, can literally dream their lives away in preprogrammed situations of their choosing, controlled by a super computer.The well-meaning creators of computer generated dreaming plan to conquer the stigma of death by making its wonders available to all, so people can die in vivid, pre-programmed dream surroundings, reliving blissful moments from their past. All goes according to plan until the dream of DreamLand is shattered by the profit-seeking backer of the project who plans to make the miracle of programmed dreaming into the ultimate theme park. For the price of admission, anyone can participate in great moments from sports or history, or enjoy recreated fantasies of their choosing. Children can become a part of their favorite fairy tale.

*Award Winning Finalist - San Diego Book Awards**Award Winning Finalist - International Book Awards*"Bravo More " from Ray Bradbury for Matthew J. Pallamary's short stories. A Short Walk to the Other Side is a second short story collection of supernatural, metaphysical, science fiction, and horror stories following "The Small Dark Room of the Soul" by multiple award winning author Matthew J. Pallamary, which examines the shadow side of human nature. *Award Winning Finalist - International Book Awards *Who are we really?What or where are the boundaries between what we believe to be real and what we imagine? Ancient tribal cultures gave equal credence to dreams, visions, and their waking worlds, treating them all as different degrees of one and the same all-encompassing reality. Do we in fact know ourselves or our true nature? How many times have we reacted impulsively, only to regret our actions later, often with the apology, "I'm sorry, I'm not myself today," or "I don't know what got into me." In these moments of intense feeling, if we are not ourselves, then who or what are we? Where do we really live? The fact that the question arises makes the "other" implicit within ourselves. What is this "other"? Duality? Plurality? Divided self? Are we possessed by something other than ourselves or are we in denial of our other selves because we find their behavior unacceptable? Do we possess them or do they possess us? This quandary became the theme of an old time radio show that started with: "Who knows what lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows." How well do we know our shadows as individuals and collectively? Better still, how well do our shadows know us? Regardless of who is "running the show" at any point in space and time, every choice we make can change our life forever, along with the lives and destinies of others. A momentary lapse of attention while driving can cripple, maim, or bring swift and sudden death. One moment of careless passion can leave you responsible for another life or bring the imminent end of your own from any number of ghastly diseases. A brief moment of passionate anger can land you in prison for the rest of your time on this earthly plane. What doors do we pass through when we choose and what are the consequences of our actions? Better still, where do they leave us? Coincidences, synergistic moments, timing, attitude, emotion, and attention can all change in the span of a single breath. What really goes on in the human heart and mind? We cringe when we hear of, or witness heinous behavior and inhuman cruelty, yet human beings murder each other with endless and ingenious weapons of death, often in the name of a higher power. Such disregard for life is difficult to comprehend, yet humans kill each other more than any other species. We are all human, so all of us are capable of making that one life altering choice that brings us someplace alien and unexpected. Most people stay deeply entrenched in the cultural mainstream. Feeling safe and sane in their routines, they avoid those living on the fringes, believing that they could never sink so low and never think or act in such odd and terrifying ways, but we are all human, living within the same realm of possibilities. We all have our shadow selves. How much does it take to send us over the edge? The truth is that it is a lot shorter walk to the other side than we like to think.