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JAWBONE with Martin Shaw

JAWBONE with Martin Shaw

Martin Shaw 19 Episodes Jun 18, 2025

Acclaimed storyteller and author Martin Shaw invites us into his study where he freewheels his ferocious imagination into everything he's learnt about life over half a century. He asks: how do we become a real human being? Using myth, storytelling and his own unique form of philosophizing, Shaw reveals what he calls 'archaic technologies' and shows how we can use them today.

Episodes

WILD CHRIST | The Man of No Shelter Jun 18, 2025 15:11 Support the Show on PayPal | (https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/PYR6HWRK8BRYA) Jesus speaks to the ancient in us. He is talking to the mud in us. He is talking to the Holy breath in us. He reminds us of a garden we almost remember. He tells us we are the salt of the earth, but we risk losing our essential tastiness. He tells us we are the light of the world. But do we want to hear what he has to
SO, YOU WANT TO BE A STORYTELLER? Jun 18, 2025 17:53 Support the Show on PayPal | (https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/PYR6HWRK8BRYA) So, you want to be a storyteller? In this episode, Martin gives some practical tips for those wishing to enter the wild world of storytelling and he also tells a story. Like, subscribe and comment to submit questions for our monthly Q&A!  CREDITS  Written and performed by Martin Shaw  Produced by Isaiah Smallman Edited
WE HAVE A HEALING CRISIS | An Initiatory Moment For the Church Jun 18, 2025 13:25 Support the Show on PayPal Martin Online | (https://martinshaw.substack.com)/ & (https://DrMartinShaw.com)  If we won't allow ourselves to be wholly swallowed by the whale, we will never see the world in its fullness. Like, subscribe and comment to submit questions for our monthly Q&A! CREDITS Written and performed by Martin Shaw Produced and Edited by Isaiah Smallman Intro music written and pe
SHE MARRIED A BEAR | The Raw and the Cooked Jun 18, 2025 20:17 Support the Show on PayPal  This week Martin tells the story of a girl who married a bear (a rather common experience in the old world, it seems).  Like, subscribe and comment to submit questions for our monthly Q&A!  Martin Online | https://martinshaw.substack.com/ & (https://DrMartinShaw.com)  CREDITS Written and performed by Martin Shaw Produced and Edited by Isaiah Smallman Intro music written
ANGELS IN LIMOUSINES May 8, 2025 18:18 This week Martin's recounting the time he met an angel, reciting some poetry and encouraging us to behold, rather than to see. Like, subscribe and comment to submit questions for our monthly Q&A!  Support the Show on PayPal | https://bit.ly/JAWBONE_PayPal  CREDITS  Written and performed by Martin Shaw  Produced and Edited by Isaiah Smallman Intro music written and performed by Abe Houck |  @AbeHou
THIS IS WHAT WE WERE BORN FOR | Iain McGilchrist & Martin Shaw Apr 25, 2025 58:15 Psychiatrist, literary scholar, philosopher and neuroscientist Iain McGilchrist joins Martin for something new. Like, subscribe and comment to submit questions for our monthly Q&A!  Support the Show on PayPal  CREDITS  Written and performed by Martin Shaw  Produced and Edited by Isaiah Smallman Intro music written and performed by Abe Houck |  @AbeHouck   Original Artwork by Sam Ragland  Martin On
DISORDER IS NOT INITIATION | Moving From the Little "I" to the Big "We" Apr 25, 2025 15:57 Thoughts on form and the way that structure creates space for us to become who we really are. Like, subscribe and comment to submit questions for our monthly Q&A!  Support the Show on PayPal CREDITS  Written and performed by Martin Shaw  Produced and Edited by Isaiah Smallman Intro music written and performed by Abe Houck |  @AbeHouck   Additional music by Vinicius Barbosa | https://www.themusicgi
THE TROUBLE WITH BEAUTY | What Do We Really Love? Apr 25, 2025 29:41 What are the things that we really love? What actually claims us? What are not just sophisticated pleasures we develop? What are the things that innately call to our own soul? Support the Show on PayPal Like, subscribe and comment to submit questions for our monthly Q&A!  CREDITS  Written and performed by Martin Shaw  Produced by Isaiah Smallman  Edited by Paul Smallman Intro music written and per
THE DREAMING BELL | St Kieran & St Brendan Apr 25, 2025 20:10 Saint stories of Hidden Countries, Animal Disciples & God's Disclosures. Like, subscribe and comment to submit questions for our monthly Q&A!  Support the Show on PayPal  CREDITS  Written and performed by Martin Shaw  Produced and Edited by Isaiah Smallman  Intro music written and performed by Abe Houck |  @AbeHouck   Additional music by Vinicius Barbosa | https://www.themusicgiant.com/ Additional
SHAVIANISMS (2) with MARTIN SHAW Apr 24, 2025 27:10 Martin responds to questions.
AND WHERE THE DESERT? Mar 4, 2025 20:58 "There are many who live in the mountains and behave as if they were in the town; they are wasting their time. It is possible to be a solitary in one's mind while living in a crowd; and it is possible for those who are solitaries to live in the crowd of their own thoughts." – Amma Syncletica Link to the PDF: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NaZ7IjV3rFynIKCsaIuQ7dGUCKj8fYRO/view?usp=sharing Like,
SPIRITUAL EXPOSURE | The Woman At the Well Mar 4, 2025 20:45 From the Woman at the Well to a Mongolian folktale. Encountering divine ground and its consequences. Like, subscribe and comment to submit questions for our monthly Q&A!  Support the Show on PayPal | https://bit.ly/JAWBONE_PayPal  CREDITS  Written and performed by Martin Shaw  Produced and Edited by Isaiah Smallman  Intro music written and performed by Abe Houck |  @AbeHouck  Additional music by A

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