Shamanic Transformations: True Stories of the Moment of Awakening

by Itzhak Beery (editor)

Inspiring accounts from renowned contemporary working shamans about their first moments of spiritual epiphany • With contributions by Sandra Ingerman, Hank Wesselman, John Perkins, Alberto Villoldo, Lewis Mehl-Madrona, Tom Cowan, Lynn Andrews, Linda Star Wolf, and others • Also includes shamanic awakening experiences from those with unique shamanic paths--teachers, mothers, social workers, academics, and even rappers How does one receive the “call” to enter onto the shamanic path? What causes some people to change their safe, uneventful, and ordinary lives and start on a spiritual search? For many it is a singular instant, a flash when the mystical reveals itself and the person is drawn into the world of shamanic power. For a few, it is a more gradual awakening, filled with numinous events that build upon one another until the calling of the shamanic path can no longer be ignored. In this book of remarkable stories, we learn firsthand about the many different forms of the “aha” moment of shamanic awakening, whether they arise from ceremony, near-death experiences, dream messages, or entheogenic substances. We travel alongside Sandra Ingerman, Hank Wesselman, John Perkins, Alberto Villoldo, Lewis Mehl-Madrona, Tom Cowan, Lynn Andrews, Linda Star Wolf, and other well-known shamanic practitioners as they begin their transformations into the prominent shamans we know them as. We experience the real-life shamanic epiphanies of those with unique shamanic paths--teachers, mothers, social workers, academics, healers, and even rappers who have all experienced a moment in time in which they were awakened and the shamanic path showed itself to them. As each of these unique and beautiful stories of unexpected realization, insight, and inspiration unfolds, we see how these single moments--usually entirely unexpected--are able to transform the individual’s life, clearing their vision and allowing a new consciousness to emerge. As a whole, this collection paints a breathtaking portrait of the intricacies of the shamanic path and the paradigm shift of which we all are part.

Genres: Spirituality

324 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 17, 2015

About the author

Itzhak Beery, the Amazon bestseller author of:
-The Gift of Shamanism: Visionary Power, Ayahuasca Dreams, and Journeys to the Other Realms
-Shamanic Transformations: True Stories of the Moment of Awakening
-Shamanic Healing: Traditional Medicine for the Modern World

Itzhak contributed to other books:
- The Way of Abundance and Joy: The Shamanic Teachings of Don Alberto Taxo, by Shirley Blancke
- What Is The Meaning Of Life?: A journey into the wisdom of life, by Nicolai Tanase;
- Siberian Shamanism, by Virlana Tkacz
- Shamanism: Spiritual Growth, Healing, Consciousness, by Christa Mackinnon

He is a leading shamanic teacher, speaker, and community activist. He bridges the indigenous shamanic traditions his teachers entrusted with a contemporary shamanic approach relevant to modern life.

Born in Israel, he is a New York-based practitioner who conducts shamanic healing ceremonies, teaches seminars internationally, and co-lead trips to Ecuador and Brazil's Amazon.

Itzhak apprenticed intensively and initiated by don Jose Joaquin Diaz Pineda, an Ecuadorian Quechua Yachak from Iluman, into his family tradition and the Sacred 24 Yachaks Circle of Imbabura. He was also was initiated by Shoré a Kanamarie -North Amazonian Pajé in Brazil. He studied with and assisted Ipupiara Makunaiman, a Brazilian Amazonian Pagé from the Uru-eu-wau-wau tribe for 12 years until his passing and with his wife, a Peruvian Curandera, and also with other indigenous and contemporary elders and shamans from around the world.

He is on faculty at the Kripalu Center, NY Open Center, The Shift Network, Faiths Seminary International, The College of Psychic Studies, -London, and a staff teacher at the Omega Institute, where he was a Hermitage Program honorary guest.

He is a co-founder of the NY Shamanic Circle (NYSC) in 1997. He is a member of the Society of Shamanic Practitioners (SSP), The Foundations for Shamanic Studies. (FSS). He's the publisher of www.shamanportal.org, the most comprehensive global shamanic resource website today. Itzhak received the 'Ambassador for Peace Award’ from The Universal Peace Federation and the UN.

Itzhak's work has been featured in various worldwide publications, including the NY Times, radio and video interviews, and he is often invited to speak on panel discussions, press conferences, and festivals and to host and participate in Shamanic Webinars.

He was featured in the feature film "The Hindenburg Omen" and Parashakti's "Dance of Liberation" documentary. He is also the featured shaman in the upcoming TV show "Soul Search."

Itzhak also developed and facilitated a special program geared to high school students called The Bridge.

Reviews

[Brandon Wicke · Rating 3 out of 5]

A really interesting view into the subjective experience of the shared phenomena of ecstatic experience and shamanic awakening. Also a great compendium of people doing shamanic work for anyone interested in pursuing workshops or training, as I might be after giving this a read.

[Kristi Duarte · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is great for anyone interested in shamanism. I was more interested in people who have actually awakened and how it felt for the, and some of the stories in this book more about people on the verge of awakening, not fully awakened. But nevertheless, an interesting read about spiritual paths and the many forms awakening can take, seen from various different perspectives.

[Mrs.Lady · Rating 2 out of 5]

Gosh it must be great to be able to fly to Peru to have sessions with your shaman or to attend those retreats and conferences etc. I guess it is only for those who have the means ....

[Erik Steevens · Rating 5 out of 5]

a gathering of remarkable stories