The Magic of Shapeshifting

by Rosalyn Greene

Book Overview

Shapeshifters are people with animal medicine, people who can connect with and use their animal powers. Those with access to this magical power can shift mentally, astrally, or even physically into their power animal or totem. Rosalyn Greene's ability to shift, both mentally and astrally, combined with her extensive study of the secret shapeshifting folklore, has resulted in this fascinating examination of all aspects and forms of shifting.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1578631718
• ISBN13: 9781578631711
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Weiser Books
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Pick it up

Not too wordy, which is amazing when you concider the complexity fo the subject. The tone is soft. Plenty fo information. Being that physical shapeshifting is rare, this book touched on it with appropriate depth. Facinating information. Will buy from this author again.

Strange, but good

This is a unique and strange book. Like another reviewer, I first picked this up and got the "if you're not an hereditary shifter forget it" message. A month later, I read it, and feel fuller and more deeply satisfied as a human being. I think it is very difficult to establish legitimacy in the New Age/ paranormal/alternative genre, and this seem to be an introductory work. I think the author is very serious and has a lot more to say. I think even those who didn't rate this highly were disturbed and found the book provocative. Therefore, good.

Halfway There

I've always had an interest in animal totemism, the idea that people can share a bond with animals on a mystical, spiritual level. Like many others, it's pained me that part of this practice (namely, shapeshifting) has been ignored or misrepresented in so many New Age books. In contrast with what has been written on this subject before, "The Magic of Shapeshifting" is a breath of fresh air. It is totally fascinating and draws you into the world of "shifters" so that you can almost feel and see what it is like to actually be a shapeshifter. The main problem is that the author seems to cover only half of this topic. It is packed with information about how to practice this lifestyle, but the book seems to assume that most readers are already practicing the magic of shapeshifting. If you are starting from square one, it gives you only the roughest sketch of how to proceed. Everything in the middle is covered in great detail, and then the same problem is reached at the highest levels of shapeshifting skill: the author just offers us alot of hints and rumors about true physical transforming, but nothing solid. It just seems like it was written by someone who knew an awful lot about the magic of shapeshifting, yet was in the middle of her education when she wrote this book. What she does know is VERY fascinating, but the reader is simply left with the feeling that half of the book is missing.

Strange, but Interesting Book

This book is about animal symbolism, but it's not like most books on this topic. It is about how some people personally identify with animals so much that they want to become animals, or feel like they already are animals on the inside. This is called shifting. This book tells about an entire underground movement of people who have these feelings. These people have banded together and have developed a series of belief systems. This book talks about these beliefs systems in detail, without actually buying into these beliefs as absolute, literal truth.

Excellent book.

If you are a shifter/were/therianthrope or think you might be one, then this book is for you. After reading part way through this book I had the deepest mental shift of my life. If you're looking for a way to increase your shifter abilities, then this is a great book which I highly recommend.