The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge – Deluxe Edition Author: Visit Amazon's Carlos Castaneda Page | Language: English | ISBN:
0520256468 | Format: EPUB
The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge – Deluxe Edition Description
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Original publisher University of California Press here offers a 30th-anniversary edition of Castenada's Teachings. Along with the original text, this sports a new introduction by the author, who, it was revealed recently, died earlier this year. Though this is reasonably priced for a hardcover, libraries needing multiples copies may opt for the paperback.
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Praise for the groundbreaking work of bestselling author Carlos Castaneda
"Extraordinary in every sense of the word." (
The New York Times)
"An unparalleled breakthrough... Remarkable (
Los Angeles Times)
"Hypnotic reading." (
Chigago tribune)
"It is impossible to view the world in quite the same way." (
Chicago Tribune)
"Excquisite... Stunning... Fresh, unexpected visions with the logic of dreams." (
Detroit Free Press)
"Taken together [Castaneda's books] form a work among the best that the science of anthropology has produced." (
The New York Times Book Review)
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- Hardcover: 240 pages
- Publisher: University of California Press; First Edition, 40th Anniversary Edition edition (May 9, 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0520256468
- ISBN-13: 978-0520256460
- Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.8 x 0.9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
"The Teachings of Don Juan" is the first in a series of about 15 books by Carlos Casaneda describing the author's experiences with Yaqui Indian shamanism in Northern Mexico. As a studier of religion for many years (although not as knowledgeable as some scholars) I find these books to be utterly unique in their scope and subject matter. They are not like other New Age books. The journey that Castaneda takes his readers is mind-boggling, and his experiences are simply beyond what most people have even remotely encountered.
Castaneda first met Don Juan in the early 60's, before the hippy movement, before psychodelic drugs became popular. He was studying anthropology in Los Angeles, and Don Juan served as a field source for some fading knowledge of tribal and shamanistic rituals in Northern Mexico. Castaneda was specifically interested in peyote, a plant that gives its users hallicinations and mixes the senses in strange ways, and which LSD was meant to be a chemical reproduction of. Castaneda's first book presents a very detailed scholastic interpretation of his experiences. All books after the first simply focus on Castaneda's experiences with Don Juan.
Castaneda's drug experiences are different from other accounts I have read, because they are intimately tied with the Yaqui philosophy and mythology. The drugs only serve as a means to an end, not as the end in themselves. The first 2 books in the series describe Castaneda's drugs experiences with Don Juan, but from the 3rd book on, the drugs disappear forever and Carlos' experiences are actually more fantastic, more amazing, more unbelieveable as he slowly becomes a practicing sorceror, traveling to alternate dimensions and battling other sorcerors.
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