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Carlos Castaneda
Journey to Ixtlan
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Carlos Castaneda1926 - 1998
Argentine. Born in Brazil. Lives and works in San Francisco. Passes a ph.D of ethnology on the uses of psychoactive plants in indian cultures.
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“Castaneda’s books haveno presence in anthropology.”
-Clifford Geertz, anthropologist
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“They seem to me remarkableworks of art. The dialogue is faultless. There is a novelistic momentum.”
-Joyce Carol Oates
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The Peyote:
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(Lophophora williamsii)
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•Don Juan Matus: a mysterious Yaqui wizard
•Don Juan’s apprentices
•Don Genaro:
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•La Catalina:
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THE SONORAN DESERT
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Castaneda learns: hunting,
Saguaro Cactus
Cougar
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Castaneda learns:
DreamingHunting
Stopping the worldFar-Seeing
Not-Doing
Burying
Staring in the mists
Gazing in the sun
WALKING In COMPLETE DARK
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“You must cast a fog around you until nothing
has any certainty, any reality anymore”
“The world around usis incredibly mysterious.
It doesn’t give easily its secrets.”
“I cannot always wait for you,like if you were a kid”
“How can one be so impatient when death is always stalking us? Every time everything is bad, turn to your death and ask her for her advice.
She will tell you that nothing matters but her touch. And she will say:
“I haven’t touched you yet”.”
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“There are people who pay extreme attention to the nature of their actions.”
“At dusk there is no wind. There is only power”
-“The only bad about you is thatyou believe in eternal life.”
-“No, I don’t!”-“So, why do you hesitate to change?”
“A good hunter must know the habits of his preys. The best hunter knows his own routines and learns that there are forces which guide
animals and men.”
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