Matt Pallamary is an award winning writer, musician, and sound healer who has been studying shamanism all of his life and incorporates shamanic practices into his daily life as well as into his writing and teaching. His historical novel of first contact between shamans and Jesuits in 18th century South America, titled, Land Without Evil received rave reviews along with a San Diego Book Award. It was also adapted into a stage show, the making of which was the subject of a PBS series that garnered an EMMY nomination.
Matt has spent thirty years studying Ayahuasca, its rituals and traditions and its “helper plants”, and has done extended shamanic plant dietas in the Peruvian Amazon for the last twenty years. He has also studied and worked with numerous other visionary and healing plants found worldwide.
Spirit Matters
His memoir Spirit Matters detailing 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 autobiography/memoir category of the National Best Book Awards and is available as an ebook, tree book, and as an audio book.
PICAFLOR
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 available as an ebook, tree book, and as an audio book.
the center of the universe is right between your eyes but home is where the heart is
Matt’s critically acclaimed award winning nonfiction book The Center Of The Universe Is Right Between Your Eyes But Home Is Where the Heart Is is an in-depth study and analysis of subjectivity, perception, cognitive psychology, and shamanism and is available as an ebook, tree book, and as an audio book.
Phantastic Fiction
His book on writing, Phantastic Fiction: A Shamanic Approach to Story took First Place in the International Book Awards Writing and Editing Category, and his 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. Aside from lecturing at numerous venues throughout the United States and appearing on numerous radio shows, podcasts, and television shows, 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.
Interested visitors are welcome to click on the menus and sub-menus above to learn more about Matt and his books and articles, and to learn more about his lifelong studies of shamanism, visionary experience, and altered states of consciousness.
Listen to the Prelude from the Award Winning Spirit Matters Audio Book.
Listen to an excerpt from the PICAFLOR Audio Book.