DESPIERTA AL CHAMAN INTERIOR

by José Luis Stevens

Dentro de ti hay un yo de talentos y sabiduría extraordinarios que no está coartado por tus miedos, tus preocupaciones ni por tu concepción limitada de la vida. El doctor José Luis Stevens lo llama el Chamán Interior, es esa parte de ti que está conectada con la verdadera fuente del universo. "Despierta al Chamán Interior" es una guía práctica y clara para que abras los ojos a las dimensiones espirituales que normalmente escapan a nuestra mirada y accedas al poder que todos tenemos para moldear nuestro mundo y servir a la humanidad. Un libro apasionado y desafiante en el que descubrirás: Qué es el Chamán Interior. Cómo todas las tradiciones místicas y científicas demuestran haber comprendido el gran potencial espiritual que entraña el ser humano. Por qué el corazón nos ofrece el camino más inmediato para acceder al Chamán Interior. Ocho maneras prácticas de fortalecer la conexión con el Chamán Interior, y mucho más.

Genres: Spirituality

228 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 1, 2014

Reviews

[Katie]

This book was on the recommended reading list for a meditation teacher training I recently attended. It's the stupidest book I've read in my entire life combing cultural appropriation, racism, and shitty pseudoscience.
The chapter on quantum physics has NO basis an actual science whatsoever. The universe and atoms are torus-shaped? The center of the universe is portable? WTF kind of quackery is this?
Then the section on DNA. You know what happens if you "activate your junk DNA" if you just randomly turn genes on? CANCER AND DEATH.
To top of the terrible misrepresentation of multiple fields of science, the entire book exudes racism, first appropriating indigenous traditions and spiritual practices and twisting them to something barely recognizable all the while projecting a "noble savage" view of North American Indigenous People.

I would give this book zero stars if I could.

[Tara]

Books keep crossing my path that I hadn’t intended to read, but once I start reading them it’s immediately apparent why it’s so relevant and necessary. This book was no exception. Dr. Stevens is clearly one of the most educated and learned people around about shamanism, and I found his explanations made this topic easy to understand and follow. I also thought it was helpful to have the exercises built into the chapters, and appreciate the cultural connections from his experiences with his travels and studies. Definitely will be coming back to reference info from this great book!

[Nick]

Stevens has been all over the world and studied all the ancient wisdom he could find. The result is a Shamanistic practice that is pretty impressive. It seems like something that would be worth trying, for developing your inner strength and sense of self, and then for eliminating road blocks that get in your way. Let me know how it goess; I'll meet you on the other side!

[Antonia Lyons]

Practical tools to awaken our inner healer and live in harmony with the world around.

[Tina]

This is the first book I have read on shamanism. Since I have read many metaphysical books, a lot of what is explained in this book I am already familiar with. To me the inner shaman is the higher self. I want to learn about shamanism, specifically about the rituals, but I don't want to spent 10 years in the south American mountains to learn it. this is a good beginners book but I am ready to delve deeper.

[Kestrel]

The writing in this book was fine but I found it made too many assumptions about the reader's perspective. I was hoping for more background on shamanism. Not being religious myself (though spiritual), the lack of background or the 'why' behind the exercises in the book made it read much more like a self-help book.

[Maria]

I thought the exercises/meditations were useful.