Synopses & Reviews
In his third book on native spirituality and ecology, John Perkins takes fellow travelers deep into the jungles of Ecuador, to the home of the Shuar and their healing shamans, or
curanderos. Hoping to help the Shuar, who face Western encroachment and the destruction of native forests, Perkins comes to realize that it is the mind and soul of the Western, "developed" cultures that are most in need of help and healing. The Shuar believe that the perceptions of a people, their "dream," creates individual and communal reality. Our distorted vision of the human being at the top of nature's pyramid contrasts vividly with the native dream of an intricate, intimate relationship among all participants in the web of life. Through their music, myth, herbal medicine, and the sacred ceremony of the hallucinogenic plant
ayahuasca, the Shuar invite us into a dream that they have made reality--one that is nourishing and life-sustaining and in which the great privilege of being human is in embracing our role as caretakers of Mother Earth.
• Offers both personal transformation and cultural awakening, since the curanderos of the Shuar-like shamans the world over are catalysts for profound change.
• Explains the life-sustaining world view of an endangered indigenous culture, affirming the U.N. Year of Indigenous People.
Review
"The World Is As You Dream It is one of those rare books that tells a riveting story at the same time as it provides deep insights into what makes us who we are and the world what it is. I was so riveted to this book that I couldn’t put it down for a second until I finished reading it."
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"A magnificent book! It has a place of honor in my personal library. Perkins' The World Is As You Dream It is a masterly and understanding exploration of shamanic inner thinking. It is thought-provokingly written, a most valuable contribution."
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"The dream not only drives the action, it also guides the action. Through John Perkins we learn this truth as it is taught with special vividness by indigenous people."
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"The World Is As You Dream It is one of those rare books that tells a riveting story at the same time as it provides deep insights into what makes us who we are and the world what it is. I was so riveted to this book that I couldn’t put it down for a second until I finished reading it."
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"A magnificent book! It has a place of honor in my personal library. Perkins' The World Is As You Dream It is a masterly and understanding exploration of shamanic inner thinking. It is thought-provokingly written, a most valuable contribution." < b=""> Richard Evans Schultes, Ph.D. <> , Harvard Jeffrey Professor of Biology, Director of Harvard Botanical Museum, author of < i=""> Plants of the Gods <>
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"The dream not only drives the action, it also guides the action. Through John Perkins we learn this truth as it is taught with special vividness by indigenous people." < b=""> Thomas Berry <> , author of < i=""> The Dream of the Earth <> and < i=""> The Universe Story <> (with < b=""> Brian Swimme <> )
Synopsis
En las profundidades de los espesos bosques y en las alturas de los Andes ecuatorianos, los chamanes ense an la t cnica ancestral de cambiar los sue os, una tradici n que ha mantenido vivas y vigentes culturas como las de los otavalanos, salasacanes y shuaras, a pesar de los siglos de conquista. Ahora estos chamanes enfocan su sabidur a y poder en sanar una nueva enfermedad: la creada por los sue os del mundo industrializado, sue os que pretenden dominar y modificar la naturaleza.
En ste su tercer libro, sobre la espiritualidad y ecolog a nativas, John Perkins narra la historia de esos otables chamanes y de los m dicos, psic logos y cient ficos norteamericanos que han viajado con l para aprender las t cnicas del cambio de sue os. Las ense anzas de los chamanes han provocado una revoluci n en los conceptos modernos de curaci n, del subconsciente, y del poder de cada uno para alterar la realidad individual y colectiva.
Synopsis
EL MUNDO ES COMO UNO LO SUEÑ A ENSEÑ ANZAS CHAMÁ NICASDEL AMAZONAS Y LOS ANDESEn las profundidades de los espesos bosques y en las alturas de los Andes ecuatorianos, los chamanes enseñ an la té cnica ancestral de cambiar los sueñ os, una tradició n que ha mantenido vivas y vigentes culturas como las de los otavalanos, salasacanes y shuaras, a pesar de los siglos de conquista. Ahora estos chamanes enfocan su sabidurí a y poder en sanar una nueva enfermedad: la creada por los sueñ os del mundo industrializado, sueñ os que pretenden dominar y modificar la naturaleza.En é ste su tercer libro, sobre la espiritualidad y ecologí a nativas, John Perkins narra la historia de esos otables chamanes y de los mé dicos, psicó logos y cientí ficos norteamericanos que han viajado con é l para aprender las té cnicas del cambio de sueñ os. Las enseñ anzas de los chamanes han provocado una revolució n en los conceptos modernos de curació n, del subconsciente, y del poder de cada uno para alterar la realidad individual y colectiva. John Perkins, autor internacionalmente aclamado, estudioso y activista defensor del medio ambiente, ha viajado y vivido en Sudamé rica desde 1968, primero como voluntario de los Cuerpos de Paz y má s tarde como consejero de las Naciones Unidas. Es tambié n autor de The Stress-Free Habit y Psiconavegació n (Lasser Press, 1995).
About the Author
Nationally acclaimed environmentalist, teacher, and activist, John Perkins has traveled widely in pursuit of native wisdom, writing and lecturing on the importance of indigenous cultures to the survival of the planet. He is a founding member of Dream Change Coalition, a non-profit organization devoted to protecting rain forests worldwide and to preserving indigenous cultures. John Perkins is also the author of Shapeshifting, The Stress-Free Habit and Psychonavigation as well as the audiocassette Dream Change.
Table of Contents
Author's Note
Prologue
Part 1 Quipu Camayoc
1. Entering the Dream
2. The Shuar
3. "Bring People"
Part 2 Manco
4. Preparation
5. Into Ecuador
6. Ayahuasca
7. A Personal Journey
Part 3 The Old Shaman
8. The Healing
9. Learning from Manco
10. Passing On the Dream
11. Dream Change
Epilogue
Glossary
Bibliography