To Appropriate or not to Appropriate — that is a question

by Jun 10, 2024

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Itzhak Beery

Itzhak Beery

Itzhak Beery is an international leading shamanic teacher, healer, speaker, community activist, and author of three Amazon bestseller books. Born in an Israeli Kibbutz, he had a fine art career and owned an award-winning boutique Ad agency in New York City. A midlife crisis led to his shift from a skeptical atheist and business executive into a passionate believer, aligned with his life purpose.  Since 1995, Itzhak has bridged the spiritual and practical wisdom his indigenous and Western teachers entrusted to him. He was initiated into the "Circle of 24 Yachaks of Imbabura" by his Quechua teacher in Ecuador and Amazonian Kanamari Pajè in Brazil. Additionally, Itzhak studied with elders and shamans in North and South America, Greenland, Siberia, and Africa. Some of his contemporary teachers are Michael Harner, John Perkins, Hank Wesselman, Lewis Mehl-Madrona, and Tom Cowan. ​Itzhak is the founder of ShamanPortal.org, The Andes Summit, and co-founder of the New York Shamanic Circle. He is on major global spiritual centers faculties. Itzhak received the "Ambassador for Peace Award" from The Universal Peace Federation and the UN. Itzhakbeery.com
Itzhak Beery is an international leading shamanic teacher, healer, speaker, community activist, and author of three Amazon bestseller books. Born in an Israeli Kibbutz, he had a fine art career and owned an award-winning boutique Ad agency in New York City. A midlife crisis led to his shift from a skeptical atheist and business executive into a passionate believer, aligned with his life purpose.  Since 1995, Itzhak has bridged the spiritual and practical wisdom his indigenous and Western teachers entrusted to him. He was initiated into the "Circle of 24 Yachaks of Imbabura" by his Quechua teacher in Ecuador and Amazonian Kanamari Pajè in Brazil. Additionally, Itzhak studied with elders and shamans in North and South America, Greenland, Siberia, and Africa. Some of his contemporary teachers are Michael Harner, John Perkins, Hank Wesselman, Lewis Mehl-Madrona, and Tom Cowan. ​Itzhak is the founder of ShamanPortal.org, The Andes Summit, and co-founder of the New York Shamanic Circle. He is on major global spiritual centers faculties. Itzhak received the "Ambassador for Peace Award" from The Universal Peace Federation and the UN. Itzhakbeery.com
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3 Comments

  1. Forrest itche iichiile Hudson
    Forrest itche iichiile Hudson on June 10, 2024 at 2:01 pm

    …the question whether “To Appropriate or Not to Appropriate” will be answered not by anyones’ choosing but rather out of global desperation for survival as a result of scarcity. Not until such a time exists will populations be forced to surrender their addictive thirst for materialism in exchange for personal survival.

    The “old guard” dies hard in the west.

    With the advent of the Internet the globalization of “information” in all of its forms now proliferates the overwhelming majority of cultures. This has exposed these cultures to the world of never before seen “bling”. Compounding the challenge to encourage populations to embrace ancestral wisdom and abandon the unsustainable “current norm”.

    While all peoples are indigenous to Gaia and therefore inherently rely on her for daily “nourishment”, this fundamental reality has become dangerously obscured from our awareness and only serves to perpetuate our current trajectory.

    BUCKLE UP!

  2. Nathaniel Putnam
    Nathaniel Putnam on June 11, 2024 at 12:53 pm

    Thank you, Itzhak for holding the dichotomy so eloquently.
    The cultural overlaps and exchange of ideas is a necessary step to not shy away from for not only envisioning but creating a better future for ourselves, the planet and future home planets.

  3. Apollo Moonfire
    Apollo Moonfire on June 12, 2024 at 9:33 am

    Thank you for your well-stated thoughts. What you say resonates deeply with and within me.

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