false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170927637m/78250.jpg 78250 40 Thirty years ago the University of California Press published an unusual manuscript by an anthropology student named Carlos Castaneda. The Teachings of Don Juan initiated a generation of seekers dissatisfied with the limitations of the Western worldview. Castaneda's now classic book remains controversial for the alternative way of seeing that it presents and the revolution in cognition it demands. In a series of fascinating dialogues, Castaneda sets forth his partial initiation with don Juan Matus, a Yaqui Indian shaman from the state of Sonora, Mexico. He describes don Juan's perception and mastery of the "non-ordinary reality" and how peyote along with other plants sacred to the Mexican Indians were used as gateways to the mysteries of "dread," "clarity," and "power." The Teachings of Don Juan is the story of a remarkable journey that has left an indelible impression on the life of more than a million readers around the world. "For me there is only the traveling on paths that have heart, on any path that may have heart. There I travel, and the only worthwhile challenge is to traverse its full length. And there I travel, looking, looking breathlessly."--Don Juan "Carlos Castaneda, under the tutelage of don Juan, takes us through the moment of twilight, through the crack in the universe between daylight and dark into a world not merely other than our own, but of an entirely different order of reality." --Walter Goldschmidt, from the Foreword 2029104 book 1968 The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge (Touchstone) total:2223|5:613|4:789|3:591|2:160|1:70| 2223 8384 2880 224 5 3 false false Sat Sep 15 06:33:34 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 15 06:33:47 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 3 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jun 05 16:09:33 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 23:12:17 -0700 2009
There is ONE core idea in the book that makes the price tag disappear. You can...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Nov 01 11:50:04 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 04 07:39:57 -0800 2008
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In this case, the perception of reality that old tribe Yaqui perceives. It is really shocked how a...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Jul 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 18:00:19 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 12:11:06 -0700 2009
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while not always readable (I left a couple other of his books unfinished), Castaneda tapped into something beyond himself here ]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1968 Sat Dec 27 16:04:41 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 16:04:41 -0800 2008
I suspect that a lot of people who enjoyed these books in the '60s (which of course was really the decade from about 1965-75) felt the way I did: intellectually I kne...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Feb 25 17:08:34 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 17:17:53 -0800 2009 Carlos Castaneda, this anthropologist character, hooks up with wild native american medicine man, Don Juan. supposedly non-fiction, but nonbelievers criticize its legitimacy. anyhow, he eats a bunch of those crazy cacti and fungi and whatnot and turns into birds and whatnot......more...]]> 1 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri May 22 15:13:10 -0700 2009 Fri May 22 15:18:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 20 12:44:20 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 18:37:20 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Sat Jan 26 13:38:37 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 26 13:40:41 -0800 2008 3 1 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1992 Sun Mar 15 10:14:58 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 10:20:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 06 21:11:31 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 06 22:23:39 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 25 12:21:49 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 17:55:19 -0700 2008
I think a lot of critics...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=78250