"The Gift of Shamanism"

Itzhak Beery is an internationally recognized shamanic healer, teacher, and founder of ShamanPortal.org. In his newly released book, The Gift of Shamanism: Visionary Power, Ayahuasca Dreams, and Journeys to Other Realms, Beery recounts his journey from a skeptical New York advertising executive to a gifted shamanic practitioner and teacher. Through engaging stories from his own shamanic experiences, Beery connects emotionally with the reader and guides them indirectly into the shamanic ways of "seeing" (our sixth sense or intuition), which he believes is an important part of our ability to survive.

As Beery explains it, "I'm now convinced that we human beings are truly living in multidimensional realities and that as humans we have the ability to perceive knowledge, images, and information otherwise hidden from our ordinary senses by shifting from the earthly plane into a shamanic state of higher vibrational consciousness. I believe that this is the key to humans' survival for hundreds of thousands of years."

Distilling years of experience as a shamanic practitioner, Beery details his shamanic way of seeing to diagnose spiritual, emotional, and physical ailments. According to Beery, seeing is not linear or logical. It communicates to us in symbols, through poetry and idioms, and in body language, colors, shapes, smells, and bodily sensations. Deep within each and every one of us lie dormant visionary powers waiting to be realized and freed from the confines of our fears, habits, and cultural taboos. Being in touch with our seeing can help us also chart new paths not only for our own life, but for society as a whole. Seeing helps us sustain and preserve the soul of humanity, shapeshifting us, from fear-based attitudes to a life-affirming sense of hope.

Through his riveting stories of visions that manifested in reality, Beery reveals that we all have dormant visionary powers waiting to be realized. This capacity to bring knowledge and healing from alternative realities and parallel dimensions is "the gift of shamanism." It is a gift that all we humans share and oddly enough it is what makes us good survivors on this planet. By embracing this gift, we can actualize our shamanic potential to change ourselves and the world around us. All you have to do is open a portal, trust your intuition, and trust the spirits to guide you. I highly recommend that you read this insightful book and apply its teachings to your life. Beery's forthcoming book, Shamanic Transformations, featuring stories (including my own story) by notable contemporary shamanic practitioners, will be released in September 2015.