Astral Talks
Project Focus:
Author, screenwriter, art director, 2D animator and sound designer
Year:
2022 - 2024
Location :
Bogotá DC
Astral Talks is an animated anthology series composed of seven standalone episodes, each spiritually interconnected. Every chapter reveals a mystical portal between the human and the cosmic, exploring themes such as consciousness, ritual, instinct, and universal vibration. Inspired by Hermeticism, shamanism, and the liberal arts, the project blends sacred geometry, psychedelic aesthetics, and immersive sound design to evoke a contemplative and transformative audiovisual experience.
This sneak peek showcases highlights from the most developed episodes so far.
Matasanos
In a cyberpunk city corroded by the astral plague, a biomechanical being—once a doctor and priest—becomes obsessed with attaining humanity. Guided by his spirit animals, he undergoes a ritual during an eclipse to replace his mechanical eyes with human ones. The portal known as “Eye of Meduz” opens, revealing a dimension where violence feeds cosmic entities. In the end, the doctor believes he has gained a soul, but he has merely exchanged one prison for another. This episode explores the boundary between power, faith, flesh, and delirium.
Jungle, the shaman's digital interface
In the pre-Columbian jungle, a young shaman-in-training drinks a sacred potion and enters a deep trance where the forest unveils its inner code—a living geometric interface. In this expanded state of consciousness, he learns to read the secret language of the plants, discerning what is food, what is poison, and what is medicine. The vision culminates as he speaks his first word—an act that alters the fabric of reality. In that moment, the ancestral becomes the future, and the body turns into a code of consciousness.
The Last Trick
At the peak of their spiritual, scientific, and astronomical evolution, the sages of Atlantis activate an astral collider in hopes of unlocking the fundamental structure of the universe. But by opening a portal beyond their understanding, they trigger an irreversible dimensional catastrophe.
Temiscira—an Amazon adopted by the Atlanteans and last heir to ancestral knowledge—is away on a mission when the tragedy strikes. From a distance, she watches helplessly as her world collapses. What was once a vision of the future becomes ruin—and she, the last living flame guarding the memory of her civilization.
Day or Rest
Between hidden dimensions and interplanetary energy nodes, there exists a temple suspended in the mountains once known as El Cocuy.
There lives a solitary Guardian, whose thoughts sustain the balance of multiple realities. His presence is required to prevent cosmic collapse—his attention alone can stop time. But today… today is a day of rest.
The remaining chapters of Astral Talks—including episodes devoted to cosmic love, music as universal vibration, and the shadow of desire—are currently in early stages of narrative and visual development. Each will unveil a new dimension of the bond between the human and the astral.
This project evolves like a spiral—chapter by chapter—in a dance between writing, design, sound, and contemplation.
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Original project developed by Engrama as an ongoing authorial work. Inspired by ancestral knowledge, Hermetic principles, and multidimensional narrative structures.
The portal has been opened.
Will you dare to cross?
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