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The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge
by Carlos Castaneda
from Washington Square Press

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• personal fav
  These books are just classics! Takes you on a journey of your own I first starting reading the series when I was 16...now 34 but I often get the urge to pick them back up I get something new out of it every time. Inspires me to see things in a new light.

• Merely A First Step Towards Being a Man of Knowledge
  I first read this book a few months ago before reading the rest of the series, and it was a mind-blowing read.
  "Teachings of Don Juan" is the first of many books by anthropologist Carlos Castaneda to which he revealed his teacher-student relationship and experiences with Yaqui Sorcerer by the name of Don Juan. The dialogues and experiences lay within this book are rather insightful read.
  This book is merely a starting point where readers begin to understand the warrior's way and how one would... more info

• Great reading, but Castaneda is not what he claimed to be!
  Great reading, no doubt. I read the first 4 of his books and loved them all. However, this is 20 years ago and i have studied many more paths of mysticism in the meantime. I can only warn anybody thinking in following the footsteps described in the book, as without a true spiritual master you will only succeed in screwing up your brain using hallucinogenics. There is also serious doubt that he ever actually experienced some/much of what he claims to have done.
  Furthermore, Carlos turned out to be NOT... more info

• An excuse for a drug trip
  Carlos Castaneda creates an interesting scenario and has appealing characters in this, his first book, yet the title is deceptive. Castaneda meets Don Juan, a Yaqui sorceror, and is in some mysterious way drawn to him. Don Juan agrees to allow Castaneda to be his apprentice, and learn the ancient ways to become "A Man of Knowledge." Oddly, the way that Don Juan sees the path to becoming "a man of Knowledge" is through hallucinogenic drugs including Peyote, Datura and Mushrooms. Castaneda uses these drugs in... more info

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