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Summary: Somethings just can't Be explained...
Review: From Reading all The reviews on this book ive noticed this was a highly intense subject. Note to the readers! Before you judge the book before buying have this in mind "Carlos Castaneda" Disapeared as of Last year... there was no funeral , no body and his family did not mourn his "death" or "disapearence" ... before i analyze this book let me say that in a book of the series he recalls that "one day he will go to where he belongs and never come back" reffering to jumping off a mountain the very same that his mentor "Don Juan" did and don juans body has never been found either. Jumping into an Abyss...
Carlos jumped the mountain too along with them but survived Trying to convince himself that he didnt jump the mountain and survive cause it was IMPOSSIBLE, but he did and had to realize the power. So BAsically Carlos VAnished into a Abyss.. For the skeptics, Forget Modern Science! because Modern Science only tells you "fact" not truth, Fact is very different from truth. Fact is what's Correct at that paticular moment, Which means with any discovery that fact can be turned into False within the wink of an eye. So you cannot Rely on Science as a legit Answer for life, Questions on Religion because science is not entirely true. Now no one knows how Advance The human Psychic Is! From Paranormal to Mystical... Somethings just can't be explained... Like voodoo, WitchCraft, Aliens. Personally I was a MAJOR skeptic about subjects of these, but in age , you start to see things... How our goverment Covers Up Many things to "Protect us" Deja Vu's. How in some households you see glasses of water on the floor a clear distinction in witchcraft. Voodoo in haiti. Paranormal activities such as Body possession. Some would say that humans are just animals we have no spirit just a slab of meat... One theory breaks this and science can not prove it false. The brain holds the essence of the spirit. what makes the brain work? the spirit. Like a robot that feeds on electricity to work.Think! the essence of electricty The essence of Spirit! Now the Human Brain has been a mystery since the beginning of time? Don't you think with some knowlege and faith You can do anything? I was once Saw magicican David Blain Levitate in Midair in the middle of the street where no strings could be possibly there? it may not be magic or parranormal But what im saying is. Once you have the knowlege to do something you can do that all the time. So in reference to the book. you want to learn witchcraft? get a book of spells And (yes there are many in the underground market) And find out the rituals to be a witch. Grab the KNowlege! So for a college student To go down to Mexico And get KNOWLEGE from a enigma known as Don juan! who knows what knowlege don juan Knows of. See the Key is Knowlege and wisdom . Once you know how to do something and know the steps nothing makes it impossible to do it? Because nothing is impossible! a Man Can't Vanish into thin Air! WRONG! once a man knows the knowlege How to Vanish, HE CAN! and that is with anything! YOu can Disagree with this But it is the way of the world! When you were younger you didnt know how to do long division but you aprehended the Knowlege to do so!
now on to the Review This Book is justs the stepping stone to the series of the teachings of Don Juan. Carlos Goes through a journey At first just trying to find out the effect of hallucigenic Plants and the mystery plant "Peyote" . Instead what he got was Intellect spanding teachings from an enigma people think was a bum!. This a great book but you must look into with an open mind! these are the kind of books you have to read over and over to understand completeley. The series Basically States that a college student who wanted to be a athropoligist doing his thesis on hallucigenic plants Got more then he bargained for and became a sorceror. Outlandish maybe? You decide!
Remember KNOWLEGE IS KING!
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Summary: from an athropologist...
Review: another one star review because this book's rating NEEDS to come down (too bad they did not have half a star available). Before you buy and / or read this book please take into consideration a few things:
in anthropological circles this book, as well as it's author, is not taken seriously (for further reference you can check out Marvin Harris' critique in the last chap. of "Cows, Pigs, witches..." ). This is not because of some snobbish attitude towards alternative points of view or towards people practicing anthropology even though they don't have an "prestigious" background.
First off, the author had no athropoligical training to begin with, AT ALL. To make things worse, he never travelled to/through Mexico. This is were the real problem begins. If you want to read it, take it like regular fiction, since it all came from the imagination of the author (or maybe from a very bad trip). But do not take it as representative of anthropological studies, or memoirs of a true investigation. This is where the greatest misconception arrises: even though he became famous due to this book (he even got an honorary degree i beleive), the book was only lucky enough to come out while the interest in the drug culture, as well as in indigenous culture, was starting to peak.
When choosing what to read, who to read, it's always good to find out a little about the author and his/her background, the fact that he has become popular does not mean that he should be taken as seriouly as he is (it would be kind of like reading Illusions by R. Bach and thinking that bach actually met a traveling messiah who used to be a mechanic :D ).
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Summary: I'm sorry, but I do need to lower the overall rating score
Review: Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge
by Carlos Castaneda is a complete hoax. I feel that I need to make my score--that of one star--count twice because 'Dr.' (if I may correctly call him that) Castaneda has made this and other books out of pure fabrications. Please DO NOT buy this book. Just check out all the other 'one star' scores to read what has been said by other people who know this.
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Summary: Read this book first
Review: It is the first of the famous Castaneda series of books (fiction, non-fiction, or something in-between) that have sold millions and started a following. For me, "Teachings of don Juan" was executed well - it was believable. But what makes this book entertaining and highly addictive is the excitement of hidden, untapped knowledge. Everyone wants to believe, no matter how logical or sensable that person may be, that there are magnificent forces lurking about. Though most are not convinced by Castaneda's recorded experience, that fascination makes the pages fly-by. It is fantasy that shows itself as truth; it's a clever game of guessing what is true, what is possible, and what is real. Although I enjoyed "A Separate Reality" more, read this one first. If you like it, please check out the others in the series.
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Summary: Fiction
Review: Please remember that these books are fiction and are not based on a real Yaqui.
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Summary: Good but just the beginning
Review: You cannot just read this book and not finish the series. It is very good and someone who is interested in everything related to the series from magic to mysticism to just plain out there. However, it all ties in and really you can see ideas from other old world religions tied into what Don Juan is trying to teach. Weather it is true or not, he keeps you interested and definately will blow your mind. You must finish the series though or this book will not serve it's true purpose.
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Summary: I never put the book down- until it was finished.
Review: This is a book of transformation. The hardest part is beleiving it; I always maintained some doubt. I realize that the journey has meaning whether it was 'real' or not- it was certainly real enough. If you are reading this review than you most likely have the interest to appreciate and possibly gain from this book.
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Summary: What is the teaching?
Review: I read the whole Don Juan series and concluded that it has to be a pretty poor system of teaching/learning that results in needing 5 people to make one integrated person.
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Summary: Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge
Review: I have read a lot of metephysical books, and by far are this series is the best. It based on things you can notice in your own life. Teaches a new perception of our world and our lives. Through the experiences of the author you can relate to common question and answer senerio's. The books can open new doors and ways of seening, If you can let go of thoughts and perceptions of our world. This series only gets better the more you work on yourself to apply these teachings.
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Summary: Better than "the dog ate my homework"
Review: Here's what I imagine Mr. Casteneda said to his academic advisor after, say, a week and a half of school: "Hey, man, I couldn't do my homework this weekend [because I was stoned out of my gourd the entire time] but would you believe I met a real sorcerer? You would? Cool!" Now don't get me wrong--I happen to believe wholeheartedly in shamans. Just not this one. Yeah, right, getting [wet] on by a dog is most surely a sign from above that you are chosen. By the dog, at any rate. I also noticed that while Mr. C had many problems with the concept that he should stay on Don Juan's porch until he found "his spot" (he got tired, he got scared, it wasn't easy, he was physically uncomfortable, it made no sense to him), he had no problem whatsoever ingeting any and all concoctions, whether they made him retch for hours, gave him tunnel vision, or simply knocked him unconscious for days. Actually, now that I think about it, except for the coma, I had pretty much the same reactions the last time I visited Mexico. Although I think mine was from a quesadilla I got from a street vendor.
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