The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge - Softcover

Castaneda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0520022580 ISBN 13: 9780520022584

Publisher: University of California Press, 1992

Synopsis

Published in 1968 when Carlos Castaneda was still a graduate student in anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles, "The Teachings of Don Juan" experienced extraordinary success and generated intense controversy. Read by over a million readers worldwide, the book introduced many to shamanic traditions and the use of hallucinogenic drugs. The authenticity of the text was questioned by scholars when Castaneda refused to reveal the identity of his teacher, Don Juan Matus. Whether read as ethnographic fact or creative fiction, "The Teachings of Don Juan " remains an important document in late-twentieth-century American culture. "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."

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Review:

"It's impossible to view the world in quite the same way after reading him. . . . If Castaneda is correct, there is another world, a sometimes beautiful and sometimes frightening world, right before our eyes at this moment--if only we could see."--"Chicago Tribune

About the Author:

Carlos Castaneda (d. 1998) authored many bestselling books on shamanism including Magical Passes, The Art of Dreaming, Fire from Within, Journey to Ixtlan, and A Separate Reality.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0520022580
• ISBN 13: 9780520022584
• Binding: Paperback