The Power of Shamanic Vision Quests

Why would people want to put themselves thru this "little death"? The purpose is to quiet the mind and take inner journeys---very possibly the greatest inner journeys one can take. When you spend extended time in nature, your everyday mind (the beta mind state), starts to quiet down. As it quiets down, the higher mind emerges. As you access this higher mind, you connect to a higher force, to your inner power.