58 SECRETS OF SHAMANISM
stant reminders of their humbling relationship with the great
power of the spirit world, the source of their lives.BECOMING TRANSPARENTA particularly effective shamanic technique for protecting
yourself in difficult situations is the use of transparency or
shape changing. Shamans often change their appearance or
disguise themselves in order to go undetected or avoid un-
wanted attention. This may seem like a very mysterious feat
but in fact it is quite a simple technique. There are many
reasons why you might desire to avoid detection in everyday
life. Perhaps you have a problematic ex-spouse who is always
trying to find or see you. You may have annoying, gossipy
neighbors who, whenever they see you, snare you and then
eat up your time with drivel. You may want to appear unde-
tectable while walking through a dangerous part of town at
night. Perhaps you would rather not run into your clients
while you are shopping for lingerie or food items. Maybe you
simply want some privacy after a long hard day. This is espe-
cially a problem if you are a public personality like a televi-
sion newscaster who is frequently recognized.
Shamanically speaking, people do not simply recognize
you by seeing your flesh and blood or your clothes. You are
recognizable because of the particular vibratory rate of your
spirit body. If it weren't for your spirit body, you would sim-
ply be dead flesh and not very interesting to look at. So if
you disguise your spirit body, your physical body suddenly
becomes easy to miss or pass right by.
People can sense your spirit body in close proximity to
themselves or they can sense it at a greater distance. They
can spot you in your physical form at the market, in the hall,
or walking down the street. On the other hand, they can
sense your presence even if you are out of sight, perhaps
next door or across town. Have you ever noticed that people
start calling you even when you return from an out-of-town
trip three days early? People know you are home because
they see, sense, or feel that your spirit body has arrived. You
are like a beacon of light to those who are interested in you.
Those coincidental or synchronistic meetings where you
run into someone you know at an unlikely place are not acci-
dental. They are inevitable when you realize how visible you
really are.
Shamans know that all spirits are highly visible when
looking at them with shamanic sight. That is how they locate