About this title: In THE TEACHINGS OF DON JUAN, Carlos Castaneda, an anthropologist with an interest in peyote and psychedelics, introduces Don Juan Matus, the Yaqui Indian shaman who became Castaneda's teacher and passed on to him the wisdom of a long line of sorcerers. Under the tutelage of Don Juan, the author embarked on a quest to transcend the boundaries of ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780140030617ISBN:0140030611
Description: Very Good. Creasing & wear to covers. Scribbles and stamps inside front cover and to ffep. Pages tanned but clean. No major defects-unabridged, clean, complete, not falling apart; some light wear. A perfectly good reading or reference copy. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780140030617ISBN:0140030611
Description: Good. Book cover-The cover of this book is creased or has markings in accordance with the book's age. Spine-Slightly worn in accordance with age and use. **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Arkana
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780140192384ISBN:0140192387
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Arkana
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780140192384ISBN:0140192387
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date Published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780140030617ISBN:0140030611
Description: Paperback in average condition, pages browned, cover creased but very readable. 1976 Penguin books. ladylisabooks-used books, secondhand books, out of print books, hard to find books, for sale, second-hand books, college books, student books, nonfiction, first edition, signed copies, non-fiction books delivered world wide. Excess postage may be required for books over 1 kg in weight outside the EU. ISBN 0-14-003061-1 0140030611. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780140030617ISBN:0140030611
Description: Published by Penguin Books Ltd in 1970. Paperback. Number of pages: 256. Condition: Good. Used book but in Good Condition for sensible price. #8306036 Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780140030617ISBN:0140030611
Description: Published by Penguin Books Ltd in 1970. Paperback. Number of pages: 256. Condition: Good. Used book but in Good Condition for sensible price. #8295624 Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780140030617ISBN:0140030611
Description: Published by Penguin Books Ltd in 1970. Paperback. Number of pages: 256. Condition: Very Good. May show some slight signs of wear. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Arkana
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780140192384ISBN:0140192387
Description: Paperback in good condition internally but some creasing to cover. 1990 Arkana edition. Our cover different to one shown. ladylisabooks. Roger Jellinek, The New York Times-"We are incredibly fortunate to have Carlos Castaneda's books....One can't exaggerate the significance of what he has done. " read more
Description: Good. 0671787489 Condition: GOOD. (Book may have one or a combination of the following characteristics: former library book, dust jacket missing, cover wear, name written inside cover, considerable underlining/highlighting, remainder mark, binding loose, binding slants, pages tanning / curling, etc. Overall, the book is in decent shape. This is a blanket description. Please e us if you require a specific, detailed description of the book condition. We will typically respond within one week of ... read more
Description: Good. 0671804987 GOOD LOOKING mass market paperback book! ! Some creasing of the spine & minor signs of wear from reading--nothing major. SMOKE FREE HOME! Do not settle for worn, torn, throwaways. Pay a few pennies more for a nice copy of a good book! read more
"I liked the first half of the book, but then it just seemed to be more of the same, so I stopped about 3/4 of the way through. Maybe I'm just impatient, or maybe the story was going nowhere. I understand why don Juan was annoyed with the narrator, he got on my nerves at times, too.
There were good parts, though, I liked where they were out in the desert ingesting peyote, and he wandered off talking to the embodiment of peyote, or "Mescalito", who told him to eat some more, but he didn't have a knife, so he just chewed off the tops of some plants. Heh.
Recently I had a dream where Mescalito told me to take my sheet and wrap it around me like a toga, which I did. Then I was supposed to go somewhere, to a meeting of people like myself, but I stopped because I didn't know where it was. Then Mescalito told me to look on the sheet for writing to appear giving me directions to the meeting. I unwrapped myself and looked for the writing but it didn't appear. Also, I couldn't figure out how to unlock the door out of my apartment so I went back to bed. (Note: this wasn't the result of mescaline, I was just sleepwalking)"
"You may find this book has a lot of chaff on how they prepare peyote and other drugs, mundane descriptions in diary... yet when you less expect it, they hit you with a boulder of wisdom that leaves you freezed.
There is ONE core idea in the book that makes the price tag disappear. You cannot pay for it. It goes like this:
"Anything is one of a million paths. Therefore you must always keep in mind that a path is only a path; if you feel you should not follow it, you must not stay with it under any conditions. To have such clarity you must lead a disciplined life. Only then will you know that any path is only a path and there is no affront, to oneself or to others, in dropping it if that is what your heart tells you to do. But your decision to keep on the path or to leave it must be free of fear or ambition. I warn you. Look at every path closely and deliberately. Try it as many times as you think necessary.
This question is one that only a very old man asks. Does this path have a heart? All paths are the same: they lead nowhere. They are paths going through the bush, or into the bush. In my own life I could say I have traversed long long paths, but I am not anywhere. Does this path have a heart? If it does, the path is good; if it doesn't, it is of no use. Both paths lead nowhere; but one has a heart, the other doesn't. One makes for a joyful journey; as long as you follow it, you are one with it. The other will make you curse your life. One makes you strong; the other weakens you.
Before you embark on any path ask the question: Does this path have a heart? If the answer is no, you will know it, and then you must choose another path. The trouble is nobody asks the question; and when a man finally realizes that he has taken a path without a heart, the path is ready to kill him. At that point very few men can stop to deliberate, and leave the path. A path without a heart is never enjoyable. You have to work hard even to take it. On the other hand, a path with heart is easy; it does not make you work at liking it."
Ever since I read the book I have followed that advice. Life blossoms with a feeling of realness."
"Was given this book to read by a shamanistically inclined friend and I wanted to see what the whole fuss was about with Castaneda. I didn't feel sympathy with any of the characters, the master-apprentice relationship between Casteneda and Don Juan was really getting on my nerves and I just didn't get what I was expecting to get from this book. Maybe I came across it too late in my life, a sentiment inforced especially after reading the bit about "path of the heart" which I felt resonated with me, since the ideas felt like "yeah, been there done that", so I guess this is best read alongside Hesse and other high school must-reads. Oh and I felt that my (wannabe) shaman friend took the book too seriously..."
"Great book with a lot of hallucinating passages. This makes me realize on the different perception of the world that each person conceives, about the life, the power, the knowledge and death.
In this case, the perception of reality that old tribe Yaqui perceives. It is really shocked how an occident's mind (Castaneda) is captured by old yaqui way of thinking.
This is not a book about hard delirious caused by do drugs, but it is a book where the power of the plants take a very important place in searching for experiences that led to get non-ordinary reality. Non-ordinary reality let Castaneda to see in a different way the world he did know. Don Juan explains that world is more than his eyes can see or his mind can imagine, there is a world beyond and Don Juan helps Castaneda to find out what the other reality is about.
Book is highly recommended if you are interested in learning about ancient mexican culture."
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