Journey To Ixtlan: The Lessons of Don Juan - Softcover

"It is impossible to view the world in quite the same way."--Chicago Tribune "Excquisite... Stunning... Fresh, unexpected visions with the logic of dreams."--Detroit Free Press "An unparalleled breakthrough... Remarkable--Los Angeles Times "Hypnotic reading."--Chigago tribune "Taken together [Castaneda's books] form a work among the best that the science of anthropology has produce."--The New York Times Book Review "Staggeringly beautiful reading. Itself timeless, Journey to IXtlan is one of the important statements of our time."--Book World Praise for the groundbreaking work of bestselling author Carlos Castaneda "Extraordinary in every sense of the word."--The New York Times

In Journey to Ixtlan, Carlos Castaneda introduces readers to this new approach for the first time and explores, as he comes to experience it himself, his own final voyage into the teachings of don Juan, sharing with us what it is like to truly "stop the world" and perceive reality on his own terms. Originally drawn to Yaqui Indian spiritual leader don Juan Matus for his knowledge of mind-altering plants, bestselling author Carlos Castaneda immersed himself in the sorcerer's magical world entirely. Ten years after his first encounter with the shaman, Castaneda examines his field notes and comes to understand what don Juan knew all along--that these plants are merely a means to understanding the alternative realities that one cannot fully embrace on one's own.