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After 'Hit Man'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 crisis of conscience--to the realization that he must devote himself to work which will foster a world-wide 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.
This groundbreaking book is John Perkins’s firsthand account of his experiences with the shamanic technique of psychonavigation--a method of traveling outside the body by means of visions and dream wanderings--and his encounters with the Shuar of the Amazon, the Quechua of the Andes, and the Bugis of Indonesia. Shuar shamans psychonavigate for the purposes of hunting and healing, while the Bugis, among the most renowned sailors of the world, use these techniques to navigate without the aid of charts and compasses. Perkins explains how these techniques work and how the people of these indigenous cultures psychonavigate to both distant physical destinations and sources of inner wisdom.
Throughout history, psychonavigation has been practiced by highly creative minds such as Beethoven, Jung, and Einstein. Perkins’s riveting narrative takes us on a journey of personal discovery as he learns the great value of these techniques and their relevance not only to individual well-being, but to the health of the environment and of the world at large. He reveals how by attuning to the positive forces in nature and communicating with our inner guides we all can become psychonavigators, finding our way to wise decisions and developing innovative approaches to the challenges we face as individuals and a world community.
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"The book challenges you to think about using this technique in your decision making life, and is helpful as a guide on incorporating an ancient and well-tried natural attunement technique into all you do."
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"From the Amazon rain forests to North American boardrooms, John Perkins has used shamanic wisdom to spark cultural changes around the world."
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"The book challenges you to think about using this technique in your decision making life, and is helpful as a guide on incorporating an ancient and well-tried natural attunement technique into all you do." < i=""> What's on the Planet <>
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"From the Amazon rain forests to North American boardrooms, John Perkins has used shamanic wisdom to spark cultural changes around the world." < i=""> Intuition <>
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Reveals the secret teachings from the Judeo-Christian traditions that promote the use of psychedelic substances to enhance religious transcendence. x Explains how special meditations were designed to be performed while partaking of the "psychedelic sacrament". x By the author of The Mystery of Manna, Powers Which We Do Not Know, Gnosis, and The Ecstatic Imagination. In The Mystery of Manna, religious historian Dan Merkur provided compelling evidence that the miraculous bread that God fed the Israelites in the wilderness was psychedelic, made from bread containing ergot--the psychoactive fungus containing the same chemicals from which LSD is made. Many religious authorities over the centuries have secretly known the identity and experience of manna and have left a rich record of their involvement with this sacred substance. In The Psychedelic Sacrament, a companion work to The Mystery of Manna, Dan Merkur elucidates a body of Jewish and Christian writings especially devoted to this tradition of visionary mysticism. He discusses the specific teachings of Philo of Alexandria, Rabbi Moses Maimonides, and St. Bernard of Clairvaux that refer to special meditations designed to be performed while partaking of the "psychedelic sacrament." These meditations combine the revelatory power of psychedelics with the rational exercise of the mind, enabling the seeker to achieve a qualitatively enhanced state of religious transcendence. The Psychedelic Sacrament sheds new light on the use of psychedelics in the Western mystery tradition and deepens our understanding of the human desire for divine union.
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•Revised and expanded edition of the pioneering book that explores the shamanic techniques used for astral travel.
•Clearly explains how shamans from different cultures use psychonavigation, or astral travel, to reach both physical destinations and sources of inner wisdom.
•Describes how to attune with the forces of nature and apply these techniques to improve all areas of life.
This groundbreaking book is the author's firsthand account of his encounters with the Shuar of the Amazon, the Quechua of the Andes, and the Bugis of Indonesia, all of whom use the shamanic technique of psychonavigation--a means of traveling outside the body. Shuar shamans psychonavigate for the purposes of hunting and healing, while the Bugis, among the most renowned sailors in the world, use these techniques to navigate without the aid of charts and compasses. The author explains how these techniques work and how the people of these indigenous cultures psychonavigate to both physical destinations and sources of inner wisdom.
Psychonavigationhas been practiced throughout history by highly creative minds such as Beethoven, Jung, and Einstein, and the author describes ways that readers can apply the same techniques to attune with the forces in nature and to attract the inner guidance they seek. Once that guidance is established, psychonavigation can be used for making wise decisions and developing innovative approaches to challenges in all areas of life.
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< body=""> Psychonavigation, still practiced by tribal cultures, can help you access your own inner guidance to find direction in life decisions. From firsthand experience with native cultures, John Perkins shows you how.
Synopsis
After 'Hit Man'The New York Times bestseller Confessions of an Economic Hit Man documents John Perkins extraordinary career as a globe-trotting economic hit man. Perkins insiders view leads him to crisis of conscience--to the realization that he must devote himself to work which will foster a world-wide 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 worlds 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.
This groundbreaking book is John Perkinss firsthand account of his experiences with the shamanic technique of psychonavigation--a method of traveling outside the body by means of visions and dream wanderings--and his encounters with the Shuar of the Amazon, the Quechua of the Andes, and the Bugis of Indonesia. Shuar shamans psychonavigate for the purposes of hunting and healing, while the Bugis, among the most renowned sailors of the world, use these techniques to navigate without the aid of charts and compasses. Perkins explains how these techniques work and how the people of these indigenous cultures psychonavigate to both distant physical destinations and sources of inner wisdom.
Throughout history, psychonavigation has been practiced by highly creative minds such as Beethoven, Jung, and Einstein. Perkinss riveting narrative takes us on a journey of personal discovery as he learns the great value of these techniques and their relevance not only to individual well-being, but to the health of the environment and of the world at large. He reveals how by attuning to the positive forces in nature and communicating with our inner guides we all can become psychonavigators, finding our way to wise decisions and developing innovative approaches to the challenges we face as individuals and a world community.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-120) and index.
About the Author
John Perkins is the author of the bestselling Confessions of an Economic Hit Man. Psychonavigation and his other books follow his life and adventures after Hit Man. John has used the knowledge he gained from master shamans around the world in 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, Shapeshifting, and The World Is As You Dream It.
Table of Contents
Preface
Prologue
1. The Road to El Milagro
2. Headhunters and the Jaguar-God of the Amazon
3. Don Quischpe, Incas, and the Kon-Tiki Voyage
4. Birdmen of the Andes
5. The Bugis: Soul-Wandering among Pirates
6. Pichincha: Exploring a Theory
7. The Straits of Yucatan
8. Roof of the World
9. Alpha
10. Posiguides
11. Manolo's Moon
Bibliography
Index