The Teachings of Don Juan
1968·224 pages
An anthropology student apprentices with a Yaqui shaman, using sacred plants to enter non-ordinary reality and pursue a path of knowledge.
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An anthropology student apprentices with a Yaqui shaman, using sacred plants to enter non-ordinary reality and pursue a path of knowledge.
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Thirty years ago the University of California Press published a remarkable 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 Jua...
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Frightening visionary peril and dread during shamanic experiences
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Central vivid ritual use of peyote and other psychoactive plants
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Central Yaqui shamanic spirituality and path to sacred knowledge
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Central shamanic sorcery, spirit allies, and non-ordinary reality
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Recurring challenge to Western worldview and conventional reality
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