Active Side of Infinity: The definitive and revealing overview of Carlos Castaneda’s experiences with don Juan - Softcover

Castaneda, Carlos

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0722539371 ISBN 13: 9780722539378

Publisher: Thorsons, 2000

Synopsis

This book is an astounding overview of Castaneda’s work of the last 30 years. He goes back through the most memorable events in his life, having been told that he should this by don Juan Matus, a Yacqui Indian Shaman who became his teacher for 13 years.

He has learned that these events, when collected together, form a device that powerfully stirs energy inside the self that has lain dormant. Our daily lives push these cachets of energy outside our reach. This method shows us how to redeploy our unused energy.

The aim is to put together the sum total of one’s emotions and realizations. For the Shaman’s of ancient Mexico this energy is preparation for facing the definitive journey, after death. Don Juan taught that through this training, Shamans were capable of retaining their individual awareness and purpose after death, which they needed to undertake the affairs of daily life that occur in a region that don Juan called ‘The Active Side of Infinity’.

This book is a fascinating collection of Castaneda’s key experiences organised in a very accessible way. They provide a unique insight into this tradition and elucidate ideas that occur in Castaneda’s previous books.

About this title

About the Author

Carlos Castaneda was the author of eight international bestsellers describing his work with don Juan Matus.

From the Back Cover

'The Active Side of Infinity' is the last book that Carlos Castaneda, the renowned and controversial New Age Pioneer, wrote before he died.

Written on the advice of his shaman teacher Don Juan, it is an overview of the significant events of his life, an intimate and privileged look behind the scenes of his classic works 'the Teachings of Don Juan, Journey to Ixtlan' And 'The Art of Dreaming.'

Don Juan taught that the shaman's preparation for their entrance into the regions that they called the 'active side of infinity' – life after death – was to collect the memorable events in their lives. So, on his final quest, Carlos Castaneda goes on to journey to the past and reveals new perspective and wisdom.

This book is essential reading for anyone who has enjoyed Castaneda's previous work and makes an ideal introduction for the first time reader.

"We are incredibly fortunate to have Carlos Castaneda's books. One can't exaggerate the significance of what he has done." 'New York Times'

"Carlos Castaneda was one of the most profound thinkers of this century. We are deeply indebted to him." Deepak Chopra

Edition details

• Publisher: Thorsons
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0722539371
• ISBN 13: 9780722539378
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288