Carlos Castañeda
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| Original Title: | Journey to Ixtlan: The Lessons of Don Juan |
| ISBN: | 0671732463 (ISBN13: 9780671732462) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Teachings of Don Juan #3 |
| Characters: | Don Juan Matus |
| Setting: | Mexico |
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In Journey to Ixtlan, Carlos Castaneda introduces readers to this new approach for the first time and explores, as he comes to experience it himself, his own final voyage into the teachings of don Juan, sharing with us what it is like to truly “stop the world” and perceive reality on his own terms.Originally drawn to Yaqui Indian spiritual leader don Juan Matus for his knowledge of mind-altering plants, bestselling author Carlos Castaneda immersed himself in the sorcerer’s magical world entirely. Ten years after his first encounter with the shaman, Castaneda examines his field notes and comes to understand what don Juan knew all along—that these plants are merely a means to understanding the alternative realities that one cannot fully embrace on one’s own.
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| Title | : | Journey to Ixtlan (The Teachings of Don Juan #3) |
| Author | : | Carlos Castañeda |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 272 pages |
| Published | : | February 1st 1991 by Washington Square Press (first published 1972) |
| Categories | : | Philosophy. Spirituality. Fiction |
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Ratings: 4.12 From 10154 Users | 347 ReviewsWrite-Up Containing Books Journey to Ixtlan (The Teachings of Don Juan #3)
"When one does not have a person history," he explained, "nothing that one says can be taken for a lie. Your trouble is that you have to explain everything to everybody, compulsively, and at the same time you want to keep the fresh newness of what you do. Well, since you can't be excited after explaining everything you have done, you lie in order to keep going.""From now on," he said," you must simply show people whatever you care to show them, but without ever telling exactly how you've doneIt is books like this that I really enjoy finding. I am not sure why I held off reading Castaneda's works for so long, perhaps I just wasn't at a place to enjoy them, who knows. This is the third book in the series but if you want to know the truth it is the first book that should be read. The previous two were more concerned with hallucinogenic plants and his experiences with them which he thought was the right track for him to write on. When he realized all the real information that he had
This book moved me. Much rather, I should say, the very last chapter moved me and nearly had me expressing tears. This is my first book of the Don Juan series of philosophy and shaman ways, but I am told it is the most accessible, which I would agree with so far: the book was very engaging, and did not seem bogged down with philosophy. Although, I was, as I am sure many readers would be, torn as to how much of this story to believe actually happened. It is classified as a book of nonfiction, and
Never really connected with Castaneda - however, more than forty years later, I increasingly savor this quote: "One must assume responsibility for being in a weird world: we are in a weird world ... Touch the world sparingly."***For vivid images of Yaqui fate seek a copy of the novel about dreaming of centaurs.Dreams of the Centaur
Ok, I'm a boomer and I went through my own period of reading and living with Carlos Castaneda, his teacher Don Juan, and their world of indigenous Mexican shamanism. This and its follow-up book Tales of Power changed my life when I read them in my mid-20s... they helped me forge a new identity as an adult, as a warrior with an awareness of personal power, and taught me lessons for a lifetime that are still with me. If you are open to the teachings in these books, they can truly be powerful and
Journey to Ixtlan is presented as though it's a factual work, when it is a fictional one. Furthermore, Carlos Castaneda consistently claimed this set of books to be true. That dishonesty, and the consequent inaccuracies added to the body of anthropological work, and to the subject of metaphysics, has to be considered when reviewing Journey to Ixtlan (or Castaenda's other works in the series). If you are looking for anthropology about Yaqui indians, Toltec shamans, Mexican brujos, etc., then
Journey to xtlan (The Teachings of Don Juan #3), Carlos CastanedaJourney to Ixtlan is the third book by Carlos Castaneda, published as a work of non-fiction by Simon & Schuster in 1972. It is about an alleged apprenticeship to the Yaqui "shaman," Don Juan.The title of this book is taken from an allegory that is recounted to Castaneda by his "benefactor" who is known to Carlos as Don Genaro ( Genaro Flores ), a close friend of his teacher don Juan Matus. "Ixtlan" turns out to be a
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