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	• The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge, The Original Teachings in a Deluxe 30th Anniversary ... Carlos Castaneda University of California Press, 1998 - 215 pages average customer review:based on 20 reviews view larger image
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Carlos Castaneda shows us that there is an entire world right before our eyes, yet we have mastered the art of looking only at what is easily tangible, and easy to accept. However, he shows anyone who reads it that whatever one doesn't have to squint to see, is indeed meaningless compared to the deeper truths that we must dig for. All in all, a fascinating, great book, which has whetted my appetite for his books. Currently I am reading The Fire from Within.

Carlos's First Description

This, Carlos's first book in his series dealing with the unreal world of Don Juan, was actually his doctorate thesis in anthropology. Carlos reveals to us his absolute confusion and apparent loss of reason here. Only many volumes later does Carlos come to understand what was actually happening to him. As the factual circumstances of this volume are repeated again in his future works, it would seem that this work is unimportant. However, this is not the case. By reading the volumes as Carlos experienced and believed what was happening to him, one can see that Carlos was speaking the truth as he understood it.

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Don Juan

Don Juan is more than a transcultural religous book. And it is more than just a retelling of a Yaqui belief system. Don Juan represents deep insight into the human experience. Don Juan is a profound exposition of generally known truths that has been put into a rich and vivid cultural setting. My family has been touched by his magic.

Groundbreaking and informative

This book is excellent as a practical guide to realities beyond the one of everyday experience. It provides exact methods by which a person might achieve this. The typical reader might feel distanced by symbologies specific to Yaqui culture, but evenso, the overall value of this work is not deminished, since the general theme is universal. Another fascinating book along these lines is 'The Pharaoh's Son' by Michael J. Dahl. Here, the storytelling is made vivid in terms of something closer to mainstream American culture and plausible even from a scientific point of view. It seems to pick up at a level where Don Juan leaves off. I find the two books taken together a powerful combination.

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