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Shapeshifting

Techniques for Global and Personal Transformation
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Shapeshifting by John Perkins reveals the ancient shamanic art of transforming energy and reality, drawn from indigenous traditions worldwide. The author shares his personal journey from economic hit man to healer, narrating how shapeshifting encompasses cellular, personal, and institutional transformations. Drawing on teachings from master shamans in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and the Americas since 1968, Perkins integrates ancient wisdom with modern science to offer readers practical methods to foster profound healing and change.
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This book is ideal for readers interested in self-help, personal development, indigenous cultures, and alternative healing practices, as well as those seeking to understand transformative techniques that blend ancient shamanic wisdom with contemporary lifestyle changes.

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Reveals the mental techniques that enable an individual not only to merge with another living creature, but to transform personal life, health, career, and community.

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The New York Times bestseller Confessions of an Economic Hit Man documents John Perkins' extraordinary career as a globe-trotting economic hit man. Perkins' insider's view leads him to a crisis of conscience—realising that he must devote himself to work which will foster a worldwide awareness of the sanctity of indigenous peoples, their cultures, and their environments.

Perkins' books demonstrate how the age-old shamanic techniques of some of the world's most primitive peoples have sparked a revolution in modern concepts about healing, the subconscious, and the powers each of us has to alter individual and communal reality.

Many indigenous cultures practice shapeshifting. Native American hunters take on the spirit of their prey to ensure a successful hunt; Asian medicine men "ingest" a sickness to heal the one afflicted; Amazon warriors become jaguars to soundlessly travel the jungle. Those who shapeshift understand that all of life is energy and that by focusing your intent you can change energetic patterns, rendering a new form.

Shapeshifting can occur on three levels: cellular—transforming from human to plant or animal; personal—becoming a new self or leaving an addiction behind; and institutional—creating a new business or cultural identity. Since 1968, master shamans in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and the Americas have been training John Perkins to teach the industrial world about the powerful techniques involved in shapeshifting.

His groundbreaking book Shapeshifting takes you to deserts and jungles, mountains and oceans, medical research centres and corporate board rooms to learn the step-by-step methods of this practice that integrates ancient and modern techniques to bring about profound healing.

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Praised for its captivating storytelling, Shapeshifting is recognised as a bridge between indigenous wisdom and modern industrial society. Experts such as Stephan Rechtschaffen, M.D., and Edgar Mitchell, Apollo astronaut and founder of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, commend the book's insight into healing and sustainable transformation. Michael Balick calls it an engaging saga of personal transformation, while Kenny Ausubel highlights its power to inspire shifts in individual and collective consciousness.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780892816637

Publisher: Inner Traditions Bear and Company

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 September 1997

Country: United States

Imprint: Destiny Books,U.S.

Illustration: 13 b&w photographs

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 13.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 240g

Pages: 184

About the Author

John Perkins is the author of the bestselling Confessions of an Economic Hit Man. Shapeshifting and his other books follow his life and adventures after Hit Man. John has applied shapeshifting techniques to his successful career as a management consultant, president of a U.S. energy company, and as founder of The Dream Change Coalition, an organization that inspires executives to clean up pollution, reshape corporate goals, and form Earth-honoring partnerships with indigenous cultures. He is also the author of The Stress-Free Habit, Psychonavigation, and The World Is As You Dream It.

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