The Wheel Of Time : The Shamans Of Mexico Their Thoughts About Life Death And The Universe

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Summary: Brilliant!!!
Review: 'The Wheel of Time' is simply beautiful! As a collection of excerpts from Castaneda's previous works, it does well in preserving the power and force of the philosophy and way of living Castaneda presents to us. It is an excellent and appealing introduction to the Way of the Warrior, and I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a unique, uplifting, and refreshing read.

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Summary: A book of quotations from C's stupendous works
Review: A must for any Castaneda follower. Each set off on a page of it's own, powerful quotations from each of his eight previous works. The Cream of the Cream.

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Summary: An Excellent Abstraction of Castaneda's Warrior's Way
Review: Castaneda is one of the most fascinating occultists of the past 100 years. Like Blavatsky, McGregor Mathers and Gurdjieff it is always hard to tell what is fact, what is fiction and what is visionary. I read the first book, Don Juan, while still in college and looked forward to every book thereafter. Every book had the strange ability to "zonk" me - to dump me into a sleepy somnolent state that was a cross between some trance state and a deep sleep. I think Carlos was the closest we have in the West to a mythmaker, a dreamweaver. Starting in 1993 Casteneda and other members of his party became slightly more public - Abelar and Donner gave bookstore lectures, later they and others (and even CC, on a couple of occasions) gave workshops on CC's "Tensegrity" system of body movements. Although CC kept referring to Don Juan, it seemed more and more as though he was speaking for himself as well; the student had become the teacher. In that sense the "Don Juan Mythos" embodied in the various books (Ixtlan, Power of Silence, Art of Dreaming etc.) is finally and elegantly replaced by this final work of Carlos', the Wheel of Time, which is spare and abstract. This book has been criticized for largely being made up of select quotes and paraphrases from the "Mythos" but that is not true; each selection from the books has a lucid, poetical introduction in the best Castaneda tradition of spare but beautiful language, followed by a critical commentary or additional observations at the end of each selection. Carlos wanted to go out with a bang, and in this book he has, by creating, without any effort or intent to do so, a book as compelling for modern westerners as the Tao Teh Ching must have been for Chinese when Lao Tse first recorded his thoughts.

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Summary: Excellent Compilation
Review: Excellent compilation for introducing you to the writings of Carlos Castaneda.

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Summary: Inspirational Excerpts From Past Books
Review: For those who like Casteneda, this is a good addition to your library. It's unfortunate for us that Casteneda has past on. For those of you who long for the next generation of Casteneda, you may want to check out Regan's The Evolution of a Warrior - a great new novelist in the spirit of Casteneda.

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Summary: Inspirational Excerpts From Past Books
Review: For those who like Casteneda, this is a good addition to your library. It's unfortunate for us that Casteneda has past on. For those of you who long for the next generation of Casteneda, you may want to check out Regan's The Evolution of a Warrior - a great new novelist in the spirit of Casteneda.

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Summary: A Collection of Excerpts
Review: I was disappointed to see that this wasn't a new book, but only a collection of sayings from Castaneda's previous works - with a saying on each page. Nothing here that isn't in the previous books, only taken out of the dramatic narrative. Definintely not for those looking for the latest in the tales. Now I understand Carlos has "passed on" to where ever the heck he may have been headed, so we will not be hearing from him again except, I guess, from these post-mortem compilations.

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Summary: Excellent Compilation
Review: If you're looking to get right the heart of Carlos Castaneda, here it is! Here are the gems! So many wise sayings! So much stirring of the thought. This book was particularly helpful for me in writing my own book about the warrior archetype. I am very grateful.

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Summary: The Gems Are Here
Review: If you're looking to get right the heart of Carlos Castaneda, here it is! Here are the gems! So many wise sayings! So much stirring of the thought. This book was particularly helpful for me in writing my own book about the warrior archetype. I am very grateful.

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Summary: Is it fact or fiction ?
Review: Is it fact or fiction ?. Alot of paper has been wasted in trying to answer this question. Personally, I think Castaneda's books should be read as fiction, because only then are they effective in planting a seed of doubt in the mind of the reader. A doubt that may be, just may be, there is more to life than what we experience through the five senses. Erasing personal history, losing self importance, using death as an adviser and other relevant terms are just empty words to the casual reader, but to someone treading a path with a heart they mean alot. What they mean cannot be articulated, but can only be experienced. Castaneda has written beautiful books and this one is my favourite.