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Ranked #2 in Shamanism, Ranked #9 in Esoteric — see more rankings.
Decades ago the University of California Press published a remarkable manuscript by an anthropology student named Carlos Castaneda. 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 & the revolution in cognition it demands. In a series of fascinating dialogs, Castaneda sets forth his partial initiation with don Juan Matus, a Yaqui Indian shaman from the state of Sonora, Mexico. He describes Don Juan's perception &... more
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- #53 in Anthropology
- #41 in Drugs
- #90 in Ghost
- #27 in Metaphysics
- #36 in Mexico
- #57 in Mystical
- #13 in Mysticism
- #40 in Spirit
- #63 in Spiritual
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- #93 in Supernatural
- #28 in Tribal