Ancestral Movement is his project, his “big idea” that has come from more than twenty years of practice and research across a wide range of fields. Simon Thakur is based in New South Wales, Australia. Natalie Mylonas join us for this episode on shapeshifting, conjunctive knowing, and the sensate body. Support the show
Simon Thakur of Ancestral Movement and Biblical Scholar Dr. In a world that has turned its back on the sensate animal body, shapeshifting is more important than ever, as it offers a way back to a deep relationship with the living world. Shapeshifting, accomplished through the animal dance, through the assumption of the animal form in states of ecstasy, formed the foundation of how we learned, communicated, and cultivated empathy for the world. Understanding and connecting to this permeable, malleable self was key for our ancestors for many thousands of years, as we learned about things primarily by becoming them in states of conjunctive trance. We contain multitudes of beings within us - we are at once fish, bird, mammal, reptile, and more. Yet even from the scientific view, we are shapeshifters. The prevalence of shapeshifting in myth challenges our assumptions about the static nature of selfhood. The myths of the world feature shapeshifting gods, shapeshifting animals, shapeshifting spirits, and, of course, shapeshifting people who assume the forms of tigers, bears, wolves, eagles, and more. Shapeshifting is nearly universal to global mythic tradition.
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