Shapeshifting: Techniques for Global and Personal Transformation (Paperback)

by John Perkins (Author)

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Only a handful of visionaries have recognized that indigenous wisdom can aid the transition to a sustainable world. John Perkins' wonderful shapeshifting brings great insight for an industrial civilization consuming and polluting itself toward catastrophe. (Edgar Mitchell, ScD., Apollo astronaut, author of The Way of the Explorer)

John's wonderful storytelling creates a journey so captivating it shifted me beyond time and space - a compelling book for anyone. (Stephan Rechtschaffen, M.D., President, Omega Institute, author of Time Shifting)

Shapeshifting is an engaging sage of one individual's transformation from global businessman to on-the-ground conservationist and healer. (Michael Balick, Ph.D., author of Plants, People and Culture)

John Perkins eloquently portrays how changing our dream can propel us into shapeshifting not only ourselves but also the reality of the world around us. Perkins is a bridge. -- Kenny Ausubel, Founder, Collective Heritage Institute, author of Restoring the Earth and Seeds of Change.

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"John's wonderful storytelling creates a journey so captivating it shifted me beyond time and space--a compelling book for anyone."
(Stephan Rechtschaffen, M.D., President, Omega Institute, author of Time Shifting )

"Only a handful of visionaries have recognized that indigenous wisdom can aid the transition to a sustainable world. John Perkins' wonderful story of life among the shamans brings great insight for an industrial civilization consuming and polluting itself toward catastrophe."
(Edgar Mitchell, ScD., Apollo astronaut, founder of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, and author of Raising Lazurus and The Way of the Explorer )

"Shapeshifting is an engaging saga of one individual's transformation from global businessman to on-the-ground conservationist and healer."
(Michael Balick, Ph.D., author of Plants, People and Culture )

"John Perkins eloquently portrays how changing our dream can propel us into shapeshifting not only ourselves but also the reality of the world around us. Perkins is a bridge."
(Kenny Ausubel, Founder, Collective Heritage Institute, author of Restoring the Earth and Seeds of Change )

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Product Details

• Paperback: 184 pages
• Publisher: Destiny Books; First Printing edition (September 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0892816635
• ISBN-13: 978-0892816637
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #119,096 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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101 of 111 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Shamanic techniques to transform the world, March 16, 2003

By	Lleu Christopher "www.liminalworlds.com" (Hudson Valley, NY) - See all my reviews

John Perkins has studied with shamans from around the world, leads workshops on shapeshifting and shamanism and has written several books. His approach is to use ancient shapeshifting techniques as a tool for societal as well as personal transformation....offer many practical exercises for learning shapeshifting techniques. Of course, this is a difficult and lifelong process and not something you can learn from simply reading a book about it. Traditional shamans are raised with a magical and holistic worldview that is very different from our modern technological, materialistic one. Shapeshifting is, however, an excellent introduction to this path and may motivate you to delve deeper into the subject. Shapeshifting is usually thought of in terms of transforming the physical body; shamans can supposedly (I believe it, but I realize many don't) literally shapeshift into plants, animals or spheres of pure energy (the latter is described in the book). As fascinating as this prospect is, the possibility that social institutions can shapeshift may be even more important. It has become almost a platitude to say that our present political and economic system is seriously damaging the environment. As tired as we may be of hearing this, and as much as we'd like to believe that it's all hyperbole, it seems hard to deny at this point. In addition to teaching shamanic techniques, John Perkins' Dream Change Coaltion works to preserve the rainforests and influence the thinking of large corporations. Projects of this kind are crucial today.

64 of 70 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Anything is Possible, March 1, 2001

By	Cynthia Sue Larson "www.realityshifters.com" (San Francisco bay area, CA USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

SHAPESHIFTING is a real gem! Author John Perkins takes us with him on an amazing journey to comprehend the methods used by shamen around the world to vanish and reappear, transform into plants and animals, heal seemingly inoperable medical conditions, and travel through space and time. He tells fascinating stories of how he overcame his initial skepticism and doubt to became one with a chair, transform herbs into a newspaper, and travel through time and space as a blue ball of light. Perkins describes a method for discerning between creating something of lasting value (dream), and creating something of transitory relevance (fantasy). SHAPESHIFTING also details a powerful technique for taking a dream that you wish to manifest, focusing on it with your mind and heart, energizing it, and releasing it. Perkins explains that with energy, belief, and intent... anything is possible.

22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Enchanting, September 26, 2005

By	P. Agatstein (NYC) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

For those with a metaphysical bent this is a wonderful book. It not only explains shapeshifting it also provides directions on how to change what you perceive. Excellent book, well written and all in all a good read.