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“A Shaman’s Tale is a profound book that offers the reader both the opportunity to experience the author’s personal journey and insights and provides a doorway to their own transcendent awakening.” — Martin Fiebert, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, California State University, Long Beach “Richard Alaniz, in sharing his life journeys with us, including experiences with his Apache teachers, opens up a fascinating landscape where each of us can let go of the erroneous beliefs that keep us small and separate, connect with the powers of the spiritual world, and walk this same path ourselves. Our fears of death have become our fears of life. In recognizing the continuity that links the worlds together, we learn to let go of them both, and find the spirit walker within.” — Kiara Windrider, Author, Year Zero: Time of the Great Shift, and Ilahinoor: Awakening the Divine Human “Inspiring and life-changing wisdom, A Shaman’s Tale provides the reader with a unique perspective in fulfilling their spiritual consciousness. Over the years, Richard has shared his insights with many, which enabled them to move forward in life. In gratitude, thank you Richard for sharing all that you know. ..creating a world for the best and highest good of all.” — Al Diaz, Author, The Titus Concept: Money for My Best and Highest Good, Being the Titus Concept, and Confirmations 2 “In Richard Alaniz’s book A Shaman’s Tale, the author and spiritual counselor poses a Psychospiritual Psychology, a synthesis of science and mysticism. Useful tools are given to discover spirit as a guide in walking our individual paths. Alaniz’s own humanity inhabits his writing as he shares a visitation from his departed father. He tells us that it was this encounter from the other side that inspired his book. It is indeed refreshing to read such a book written not as academic theory but as life experience from one who has himself walked the path. In this way, the world is healed one individual, one tribe at a time.” — Catherine Ann Jones, Author, Heal Your Self with Writing and The Way of Story “Mr. Alaniz does an outstanding job of presenting some very difficult material in his book A Shaman’s Tale. He takes his readers along with him through his self-discovery of spirituality by way of his profound supernatural experiences. In following his journey readers will learn valuable tools to connect to their own spirit consciousness within their own lives.” — Wanda Chavez, Spiritualist “Well worth reading as I could identify with his experiences. Kudos to the author for telling his tale in a way that embraces the reader so that we feel we are on the journey with him.” — Kaleo Paik, Traditional Hawaiian Cultural Practitioner 3 “Incredible, refreshing — a must-read that contrasts various beliefs and builds compelling arguments that leave the reader in total awe!” — Karyn Reece, Psychic Medium, www.karynreece.com “From Hollywood stuntman to shaman, Richard Alaniz crosses borders and blurs boundaries, taking the reader on a personal and compelling quest for greater wisdom. By stripping away the need for and dependence upon organized religions, he frees the individual to explore and be open to moving to a higher turn of the spiral of their own awareness. He continually assures that ‘love vs. fear’ is the best way to go, for everything. Billions of people believe in ghosts, exoplanet visitors, demons, vampires, etc., and lots of fear surrounds those concepts. His countering perspective can go a long way to bringing about more critical thinking.” — Pamela Jaye Smith, Mythologist, International Speaker-Consultant, Award-winning Producer-Director. Author of Inner Drives, Power of the Dark Side, Symbols.Images.Codes, Beyond the Hero’s Journey, and Show Me the Love! 4 A SHAMAN’S TALE PATH TO SPIRIT CONSCIOUSNESS RICHARD L. ALANIZ 5 Published by DIVINE ARTS DivineArtsMedia.com An imprint of Michael Wiese Productions 12400 Ventura Blvd. #1111 Studio City, CA 91604 (818) 379-8799, (818) 986-3408 (FAX) Cover Design: Johnny Ink. www.johnnyink.com Book Layout: William Morosi Copyeditor: Gary Sunshine Printed by McNaughton & Gunn, Inc., Saline, Michigan Manufactured in the United States of America Copyright 2013 by Richard L. Alaniz All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the author, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Alaniz, Richard L., 1951- A shaman’s tale : path to spirit consciousness / Richard L. Alaniz. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-61125-019-0 6 1. Parapsychology. 2. Occultism. 3. Spirituality. 4. Psychology. I. Title. BF1999.A585 2013 131--dc23 2013015291 Printed on Recycled Stock Publisher plants 10 trees for every one tree used to produce this book. 7 In memory of my father, Gilbert Z. Alaniz, who gave me my greatest gift in life, by appearing to me two months after his passing, effecting a life-changing experience; and to my mother, Margie Alaniz, for without her nurturing guidance and unconditional love I would not have survived the traumas of war. 8 Contents Preface Introduction PART I PSYCHOSPIRITUAL PSYCHOLOGY: PATH OF PERSONAL DISCOVERY ONE Spirit Manifestation — First Glimpse of Light/ The Awakening TWO The Five Ways of Knowing — Exploring Perception and Interpretation THREE Induced Knowledge — How the Wisdom Arrives/Training the Brain to Recognize Wisdom FOUR Psychospiritual Psychology — Introduction to an Applied Theory PART II KARMONIC EXPERIENCE: PERSONAL LIFE PLAN FOR SPIRITUAL CONSCIOUSNESS 9 FIVE Karmonic Experience — Life Plan/Guided by Divine Intervention SIX Don Pablo Alvarez — The Wise Helper Along the Path SEVEN Spiritual Webbing — Instantaneous Interconnectivity with Others EIGHT Spirit Riders of the Wind — Ancestral Spirit Helpers NINE Where Is God During War? — Traumas and Lessons of War TEN X-Ops — A Heightened Experience with the Paranormal PART III THE PROBLEM WITH BELIEF SYSTEMS — AND HOW TO MOVE BEYOND ELEVEN Religion vs. Spirituality TWELVE Ghosts, Angels, and Spirits THIRTEEN Innocent Spirits 10