The Cosmic Codex ARCHIVE #05 — Remembering the Egalitarian Soul: Indigenous Wisdom and the Sacred with Bruce Parry
In this rich and soul-stirring conversation, I’m joined by Bruce Parry—explorer, filmmaker, and former Royal Marines officer—best known for his groundbreaking BBC series Tribe and Amazon, in which he immersed himself in the lives of indigenous peoples across some of the most remote and ecologically fragile regions of the Earth.
What begins as a conversation about his lived experiences among egalitarian tribal societies quickly becomes a profound meditation on ancestral memory, animism, and the architecture of the sacred. We speak about how the dominant Western paradigm—patriarchal, hierarchical, extractive—is not the only way humans have ever lived, nor the most evolved. Bruce shares how his encounters with indigenous worldviews led him from devout Christianity into a spiritual awakening rooted in what he calls Rational Animism—a reverence for the mystery of Being that is both grounded and ecstatic.
Together we explore the ancient memory of egalitarianism, the spiritual intelligence embedded in pre-modern societies, and the urgent need for reconnection to our deep-time wisdom—not as nostalgia, but as navigational compass.
This episode is an invocation to re-indigenize the soul, to remember what it means to live in relationality—with Earth, with spirit, and with each other.
This episode was originally released under the podcast title Sacred Wisdom, the precursor to The Cosmic Codex. It now resides within The Sacred Wisdom Archives.