HIGH HEART: A Lucid Tale of Love and Discovery

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Read by the author John Selby, this High Heart novel podcast takes us on a transformative adventure and love story, exploring new hi-tech mind-manipulation research as it runs head-long into shamanic mind-over-matter possibilities. In the breakthrough spi


    • Jan 1, 1970 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 23m AVG DURATION
    • 28 EPISODES


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    Author Bio

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 10:27


    John Selby's life has strongly inspired the plot and characters of High Heart. John's in-depth biographical exposé clarifies the overlapping links between the author's life experience and High Heart's themes, plots and characters. Plus – more info at www.johnselby.com.

    Episode 1: Jade Phallus Heist

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 18:15


    Jack catches Mahalena cleverly stealing an ancient Mayan ceremonial carving – and gets swept off into her dangerous but enticing struggle to block her brother's psych-tech mind-manipulation plot.

    Episode 2: High Heart Tangle

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 23:27


    Jack and Mahalena, feeling mysteriously entangled, barely escape her brother Bernardo's attack to gain the jade phallus for nefarious shaman/scientist employment.

    Episode 3: Science Versus Shaman

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 28:15


    Taking off south on their fast-moving odyssey, Mahalena and Jack struggle to merge Jack's quantum worldview with Mahee's deeper revolutionary intent.

    Episode 4: Skin To Skin Encounter

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 36:53


    Jack is challenged by Mahee's grandfather – then tries to be utterly honest as they open up to risky realms of intimacy new to both of them.

    Episode 5: Disaster In Oaxaca

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 29:02


    Driving on his own down through western Mexico, Jack encounters a remarkable young man, and then helps Mahalena who is in terrible condition after her Mexico City fiasco.

    Episode 6: Chiapas Revolution

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 23:25


    Recovering her spirit, Mahalena reveals the violent tragedy of her revolutionary lover Daniel's death as they drive deep into the Chiapas mountains.

    Episode 7: River Romance

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 24:42


    Surviving a near-death watery plunge, Mahee and Jack explore intense love and looming conflict as he learns more details about the jade phallus and Mahee's commitment to her higher cause of male-female integration.

    Episode 8: Border Patrol

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 29:17


    Mahee escapes a border ambush while Jack gets banged around by border guards, interrogated by a Guatemalan tough named Quemado, and seemingly saved by an Embassy official named Nate Wingster.

    Episode 9: Lago Atitlan

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 18:00


    Driving alone down to the magnificent Lago Atitlan in highland Guatemala, Jack locates Mahee's father Michael Bernhardt (El Maestro) and gets pulled into the man's lucid but bizarre private scene.

    Episode 10: Encountering El Maestro

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 27:52


    Jack fights against Michael's shaman/therapist dominance and ceremonies while urgently awaiting Mahalena's arrival at the lake.

    Episode 11: The Master's Demise

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 39:35


    Jack tries to helps El Maestro access the ancient power and wisdom of the jade phallus – and witnesses Michael's traditional male approach to the phallus explode into confusion and disaster.

    Episode 12: Hot Springs Woman

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 24:22


    Escaping El Maestro's compound, Jack has an intense mystic encounter in the local church, and ends up mysteriously welcomed by El Maestro's old lover – and taken to her seemingly-safe hot springs resort.

    Episode 13: A Scientist's Sexy Lure

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 22:23


    With Mahee still missing, Jack wakes up in seeming paradise and meets a seductive young scientist named Ursula who lures him over to Bernardo's secret research lab.

    Episode 14: Sudden Kundalini

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 20:16


    Jack agrees to participates in Ursula's holographic chakra experiment – and is shocked when he taps into the mythic Mayan Nokalito presence that Mahee had mentioned.

    Episode 15: Meet The Master Mind

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 26:49


    Mahalena's dangerous twin brother Bernardo arrives by helicopter, and the two men battle verbally – until Jack experiences directly the scary power of Bernardo's psych-tech inventions.

    Episode 16: Trauma And Temptation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 20:23


    Realizing just how dangerously real Bernardo's psych-tech takeover plot is, Jack tries to talk sense into Ursula – then gets roughed up by the weird CIA/embassy guy, Nate Wingster, and Quemado, the government cop.

    Episode 17: Mahee Reappears

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 17:29


    Escaping back to the hot springs, Jack encounters an ancient hermit. Then Michael comes and throws the jade phallus into the lake for Mahee to find – then she appears and she and Jack finally consummate their passion.

    Episode 18: Post-Coitus Revelation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 22:31


    Mahee again disappears, leaving Jack to contemplate the very real danger they're both facing. He phones his mom and ex-wife, then slips into an essential realization.

    Episode 19: Encountering Abierta

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 32:47


    Wearing a local native disguise, Jack bravely but nervously takes the mailboat over to native Santiago Atitlan – where he's grabbed by threatening locals, then plunged into a deep cavern and an overwhelming encounter with Mahee's grandmother and spiritual teacher – Abierta.

    Episode 20: Mahee Must Act

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 22:24


    In dangerous circumstances, Abierta refuses to tap into the power of the jade phallus. Instead she transfers this ultimate challenge to Mahalena – who feels dumbfounded and temporarily powerless.

    Episode 21: Battling Alehandro

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 23:38


    Again forced to separate from Mahalena, Jack finds himself confronting Bernardo's shamanic master Alehandro, the dominant old-order brujo of the lake who is intending to sacrifice Jack and perform the ultimate jade ceremony with Mahalena.

    Episode 22: Jade Ceremony Bust

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 20:43


    Mahalena and Jack try to perform the required jade ceremony – but they're suddenly captured by her brother's henchman Quemado – and flown in his private helicopter over to the secret lab compound.

    Episode 23: Twins In Psychic Combat

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 22:02


    Bernardo fights with Mahalena and Jack as the deadline approaches to try and tap the ancient power of the jade artifact, and merge this mysterious Mayan dimension into Bernardo's psych-tech mood-manipulation system.

    Episode 24: Bernardo's Brain Fry

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 28:07


    When Ursula hooks Bernardo's brain electrodes to the jade piece through her computer system, the input nearly kills Bernardo – and he orders the execution of Jack and Mahee.

    Episode 25: Hot Springs Transformation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 32:11


    In a jolting climax, we're surprised both by Mahee's subtle ‘a la nueva' moves and also Ursula's final tech twist, resolving the higher-order drama and revealing the ‘a la nueva' vision's power to transform traditional male/female conflict.

    Final Note

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 5:53


    The author shares background information and insights regarding various dimensions of the High Heart story, encouraging readers to look deeper through the provided URLs and challenges.

    Questions For Discussion

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 12:19


    A number of deep cultural, political, scientific and spiritual questions were raised in High Heart. These 16 questions will help guide reflection and open discussion on the themes.

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