Author: Taisha Abelar
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0140193669
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Some twenty years ago, anthropologist Carlos Castaneda electrified millions of readers by describing his initiation--under the Yaqui Indian brujo Don Juan--into an alternate reality. Now Taisha Abelar, who was taught by the female members of Don Juan's group, recounts her own "crossing" in this arresting book. While traveling in Mexico, Abelar became involved with a group of sorcerers and began a rigorous physical and mental training process designed to enable her to breach the limits of ordinary perception. The Sorcerers Crossing details that process, giving us a highly practical sense of the responsibilities and perils that face a woman sorcerer. Abelar's enthralling story is invaluable as a virtual "sorcerers manual", as anthropology, and as a provocative work of women's spirituality.
The Sorcerer's Crossing
Author: Taisha Abelar
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0140193669
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Some twenty years ago, anthropologist Carlos Castaneda electrified millions of readers by describing his initiation--under the Yaqui Indian brujo Don Juan--into an alternate reality. Now Taisha Abelar, who was taught by the female members of Don Juan's group, recounts her own "crossing" in this arresting book. While traveling in Mexico, Abelar became involved with a group of sorcerers and began a rigorous physical and mental training process designed to enable her to breach the limits of ordinary perception. The Sorcerers Crossing details that process, giving us a highly practical sense of the responsibilities and perils that face a woman sorcerer. Abelar's enthralling story is invaluable as a virtual "sorcerers manual", as anthropology, and as a provocative work of women's spirituality.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0140193669
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Some twenty years ago, anthropologist Carlos Castaneda electrified millions of readers by describing his initiation--under the Yaqui Indian brujo Don Juan--into an alternate reality. Now Taisha Abelar, who was taught by the female members of Don Juan's group, recounts her own "crossing" in this arresting book. While traveling in Mexico, Abelar became involved with a group of sorcerers and began a rigorous physical and mental training process designed to enable her to breach the limits of ordinary perception. The Sorcerers Crossing details that process, giving us a highly practical sense of the responsibilities and perils that face a woman sorcerer. Abelar's enthralling story is invaluable as a virtual "sorcerers manual", as anthropology, and as a provocative work of women's spirituality.
The Sorcerers' Crossing
Author: Taisha Abelar
Publisher: Penguin Mass Market
ISBN: 9780670842735
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher: Penguin Mass Market
ISBN: 9780670842735
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Shamanism
Author: Andrei A. Znamenski
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415332491
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415332491
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Making Sense of the Life and Works of Carlos Castaneda
Author: F. Fleming
Publisher: F Lawrence Fleming
ISBN: 1724656848
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge, purportedly a legitimate work of anthropology describing author Carlos Castaneda's apprenticeship to a Mexican Indian sorcerer, was first published in 1968, and was followed by eleven more books by this author. All of his books achieved a very wide readership. To the dismay of many of his devoted readers, however, Castaneda has been shown to have been a charlatan, arguably the most infamous charlatan of the twentieth century. But what if the Mexican sorcerer, Juan Matus, with whom Castaneda claimed he had studied, were shown to have been a real person? I believe the circumstantial evidence strongly suggests that he was. Might these books not be read or reread with replenished interest and purpose?
Publisher: F Lawrence Fleming
ISBN: 1724656848
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge, purportedly a legitimate work of anthropology describing author Carlos Castaneda's apprenticeship to a Mexican Indian sorcerer, was first published in 1968, and was followed by eleven more books by this author. All of his books achieved a very wide readership. To the dismay of many of his devoted readers, however, Castaneda has been shown to have been a charlatan, arguably the most infamous charlatan of the twentieth century. But what if the Mexican sorcerer, Juan Matus, with whom Castaneda claimed he had studied, were shown to have been a real person? I believe the circumstantial evidence strongly suggests that he was. Might these books not be read or reread with replenished interest and purpose?
The Beauty of the Primitive
Author: Andrei A. Znamenski
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199883793
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 453
Book Description
For the past forty years shamanism has drawn increasing attention among the general public and academics. There is an enormous literature on shamanism, but no one has tried to understand why and how Western intellectual and popular culture became so fascinated with the topic. Behind fictional and non-fictional works on shamanism, Andrei A. Znamenski uncovers an exciting story that mirrors changing Western attitudes toward the primitive. The Beauty of the Primitive explores how shamanism, an obscure word introduced by the eighteenth-century German explorers of Siberia, entered Western humanities and social sciences, and has now become a powerful idiom used by nature and pagan communities to situate their spiritual quests and anti-modernity sentiments. The major characters of The Beauty of the Primitive are past and present Western scholars, writers, explorers, and spiritual seekers with a variety of views on shamanism. Moving from Enlightenment and Romantic writers and Russian exile ethnographers to the anthropology of Franz Boas to Mircea Eliade and Carlos Castaneda, Znamenski details how the shamanism idiom was gradually transplanted from Siberia to the Native American scene and beyond. He also looks into the circumstances that prompted scholars and writers at first to marginalize shamanism as a mental disorder and then to recast it as high spiritual wisdom in the 1960s and the 1970s. Linking the growing interest in shamanism to the rise of anti-modernism in Western culture and intellectual life, Znamenski examines the role that anthropology, psychology, environmentalism, and Native Americana have played in the emergence of neo-shamanism. He discusses the sources that inspire Western neo-shamans and seeks to explain why lately many of these spiritual seekers have increasingly moved away from non-Western tradition to European folklore. A work of intellectual discovery, The Beauty of the Primitive shows how scholars, writers, and spiritual seekers shape their writings and experiences to suit contemporary cultural, ideological, and spiritual needs. With its interdisciplinary approach and engaging style, it promises to be the definitive account of this neglected strand of intellectual history.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199883793
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 453
Book Description
For the past forty years shamanism has drawn increasing attention among the general public and academics. There is an enormous literature on shamanism, but no one has tried to understand why and how Western intellectual and popular culture became so fascinated with the topic. Behind fictional and non-fictional works on shamanism, Andrei A. Znamenski uncovers an exciting story that mirrors changing Western attitudes toward the primitive. The Beauty of the Primitive explores how shamanism, an obscure word introduced by the eighteenth-century German explorers of Siberia, entered Western humanities and social sciences, and has now become a powerful idiom used by nature and pagan communities to situate their spiritual quests and anti-modernity sentiments. The major characters of The Beauty of the Primitive are past and present Western scholars, writers, explorers, and spiritual seekers with a variety of views on shamanism. Moving from Enlightenment and Romantic writers and Russian exile ethnographers to the anthropology of Franz Boas to Mircea Eliade and Carlos Castaneda, Znamenski details how the shamanism idiom was gradually transplanted from Siberia to the Native American scene and beyond. He also looks into the circumstances that prompted scholars and writers at first to marginalize shamanism as a mental disorder and then to recast it as high spiritual wisdom in the 1960s and the 1970s. Linking the growing interest in shamanism to the rise of anti-modernism in Western culture and intellectual life, Znamenski examines the role that anthropology, psychology, environmentalism, and Native Americana have played in the emergence of neo-shamanism. He discusses the sources that inspire Western neo-shamans and seeks to explain why lately many of these spiritual seekers have increasingly moved away from non-Western tradition to European folklore. A work of intellectual discovery, The Beauty of the Primitive shows how scholars, writers, and spiritual seekers shape their writings and experiences to suit contemporary cultural, ideological, and spiritual needs. With its interdisciplinary approach and engaging style, it promises to be the definitive account of this neglected strand of intellectual history.
The Lucid View
Author: Aeolus Kephas
Publisher: SCB Distributors
ISBN: 1935487469
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
The first acceptance of paranoid awareness is that nothing is as it seems. This is the key to understanding the conspiracy of nature, the "matrix" that constitutes the foundation of paranoid awareness, and the forerunner to the lucid view. Paranoid awareness asks the question: Supposing the Truth happens to more or less coincide with what has been hitherto designated as impossible? Supposing what we call Reason has been a plot to systematically cut off all phenomena and thoughts that refuse to submit to its own arbitrary model of reality? Supposing ninety five percent of what is really going on in the world has been suppressed and damned, in order to maintain the current illusion of Consensus "Reality"? Supposing, in a word, that REALITY IS ELSEWHERE? This is the premise of The Lucid View. Consensus Reality is the ultimate secret society. It is so secret that even its members are unaware of its existence. Consensus Reality is a conspiracy to uphold the world. It is the means by which we communicate and agree upon the way things are, and the way they must be. So far as it is a functioning model, such a Consensus is valid. Insofar as it is not a functioning model, and is, as in our present case, on the verge of total breakdown, then such a Consensus is by definition invalid. At this point, it therefore becomes the right and responsibility of every thinking member of society to cancel his membership, and to option a new, higher or broader concept of "reality." This is The Lucid View. The Lucid View: Investigations in Eschatology and Paranoid Awareness An unorthodox analysis of conspiracy theory, ufology, extraterrestrialism, and occultism, The Lucid View takes us on an impartial journey through secret history, from the Gnostics and Templars, Crowley and Hitler1s occult alliance, the sorcery wars of Freemasonry and the Illuminati, "Alternative Three" covert space colonization, the JFK assassination, the Manson murders, Jonestown, 9/11, into Ufos and alien abductions, their relations to mind control technology and sorcery practices, with reference to inorganic beings and Kundalini energy. The book offers a balanced overview on religious, magical and paranoid beliefs as pertaining to the 21st century, and their social, psychological, and spiritual implications for humanity, the leading game player in the grand mythic drama of Armageddon.
Publisher: SCB Distributors
ISBN: 1935487469
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
The first acceptance of paranoid awareness is that nothing is as it seems. This is the key to understanding the conspiracy of nature, the "matrix" that constitutes the foundation of paranoid awareness, and the forerunner to the lucid view. Paranoid awareness asks the question: Supposing the Truth happens to more or less coincide with what has been hitherto designated as impossible? Supposing what we call Reason has been a plot to systematically cut off all phenomena and thoughts that refuse to submit to its own arbitrary model of reality? Supposing ninety five percent of what is really going on in the world has been suppressed and damned, in order to maintain the current illusion of Consensus "Reality"? Supposing, in a word, that REALITY IS ELSEWHERE? This is the premise of The Lucid View. Consensus Reality is the ultimate secret society. It is so secret that even its members are unaware of its existence. Consensus Reality is a conspiracy to uphold the world. It is the means by which we communicate and agree upon the way things are, and the way they must be. So far as it is a functioning model, such a Consensus is valid. Insofar as it is not a functioning model, and is, as in our present case, on the verge of total breakdown, then such a Consensus is by definition invalid. At this point, it therefore becomes the right and responsibility of every thinking member of society to cancel his membership, and to option a new, higher or broader concept of "reality." This is The Lucid View. The Lucid View: Investigations in Eschatology and Paranoid Awareness An unorthodox analysis of conspiracy theory, ufology, extraterrestrialism, and occultism, The Lucid View takes us on an impartial journey through secret history, from the Gnostics and Templars, Crowley and Hitler1s occult alliance, the sorcery wars of Freemasonry and the Illuminati, "Alternative Three" covert space colonization, the JFK assassination, the Manson murders, Jonestown, 9/11, into Ufos and alien abductions, their relations to mind control technology and sorcery practices, with reference to inorganic beings and Kundalini energy. The book offers a balanced overview on religious, magical and paranoid beliefs as pertaining to the 21st century, and their social, psychological, and spiritual implications for humanity, the leading game player in the grand mythic drama of Armageddon.
Yoga Journal
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
For more than 30 years, Yoga Journal has been helping readers achieve the balance and well-being they seek in their everyday lives. With every issue,Yoga Journal strives to inform and empower readers to make lifestyle choices that are healthy for their bodies and minds. We are dedicated to providing in-depth, thoughtful editorial on topics such as yoga, food, nutrition, fitness, wellness, travel, and fashion and beauty.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
For more than 30 years, Yoga Journal has been helping readers achieve the balance and well-being they seek in their everyday lives. With every issue,Yoga Journal strives to inform and empower readers to make lifestyle choices that are healthy for their bodies and minds. We are dedicated to providing in-depth, thoughtful editorial on topics such as yoga, food, nutrition, fitness, wellness, travel, and fashion and beauty.
On the Toltec Path
Author: Ken Eagle Feather
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1591438837
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
An exploration of the teachings made popular by Carlos Castaneda • Offers accessible instructions for Toltec spiritual and mystical practices • Represents the conclusion of an 18-year learning task assigned by don Juan Matus • Includes a new preface for this 10th anniversary edition On the Toltec Path is an overview of the theory, discipline, and practice of the Toltec Way, a philosophy and heightened way of perceiving the world taught by the Indian seer don Juan Matus. As a philosophy, it is a method of inquiry using the Toltec three Rs: re-examination, re-interpretation, and re-formulation. As a way of perceiving the world, it offers sophisticated processes of managing perception through dreaming, visions, and learning to see the world as both ordinary and non-ordinary reality. By contrasting and balancing these two realities we are able to stand apart from both and pick and choose the best each has to offer. Learning how to become a true seer enables us to realize the purpose and meaning of our life. The works of Carlos Castaneda have long been among the best-known introductions for those who wish to study the Toltec Way. However, many who want to learn the practical and technical aspects of this path have found it difficult to discern the details of the techniques buried in Castaneda’s narrative. In this book Ken Eagle Feather provides a complete and accessible explanation of all the technical aspects of the Toltec spiritual and mystical practices. He offers a thorough exploration of Castaneda’s works and a verification of don Juan Matus’s teachings through his own 30 years of personal experiences and observations of the Toltec Way. On the Toltec Path serves as a practical guide to the Toltec Way and offers a valuable complement to the narrative works of Castaneda and other Toltec authors.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1591438837
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
An exploration of the teachings made popular by Carlos Castaneda • Offers accessible instructions for Toltec spiritual and mystical practices • Represents the conclusion of an 18-year learning task assigned by don Juan Matus • Includes a new preface for this 10th anniversary edition On the Toltec Path is an overview of the theory, discipline, and practice of the Toltec Way, a philosophy and heightened way of perceiving the world taught by the Indian seer don Juan Matus. As a philosophy, it is a method of inquiry using the Toltec three Rs: re-examination, re-interpretation, and re-formulation. As a way of perceiving the world, it offers sophisticated processes of managing perception through dreaming, visions, and learning to see the world as both ordinary and non-ordinary reality. By contrasting and balancing these two realities we are able to stand apart from both and pick and choose the best each has to offer. Learning how to become a true seer enables us to realize the purpose and meaning of our life. The works of Carlos Castaneda have long been among the best-known introductions for those who wish to study the Toltec Way. However, many who want to learn the practical and technical aspects of this path have found it difficult to discern the details of the techniques buried in Castaneda’s narrative. In this book Ken Eagle Feather provides a complete and accessible explanation of all the technical aspects of the Toltec spiritual and mystical practices. He offers a thorough exploration of Castaneda’s works and a verification of don Juan Matus’s teachings through his own 30 years of personal experiences and observations of the Toltec Way. On the Toltec Path serves as a practical guide to the Toltec Way and offers a valuable complement to the narrative works of Castaneda and other Toltec authors.
The Rough Guide to Mexico
Author: Rough Guides
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0241279550
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 1207
Book Description
The Rough Guide to Mexico is the ultimate travel guide to this fascinating nation. Discover Mexico's highlights with stunning photography and information on everything from Baja California's beaches and the silver towns of the Bajío to the jungle-smothered ruins of Oaxaca and Yucatán. Find detailed practical advice on what to see and do in Mexico City, relying on up-to-date descriptions of the best hotels, bars, clubs, shops, and restaurants for all budgets. The Rough Guide to Mexico also includes detailed itineraries covering the best of the country, as well as things not to miss and regional highlights detailing the most unforgettable experiences. Make the most of your time with The Rough Guide to Mexico.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0241279550
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 1207
Book Description
The Rough Guide to Mexico is the ultimate travel guide to this fascinating nation. Discover Mexico's highlights with stunning photography and information on everything from Baja California's beaches and the silver towns of the Bajío to the jungle-smothered ruins of Oaxaca and Yucatán. Find detailed practical advice on what to see and do in Mexico City, relying on up-to-date descriptions of the best hotels, bars, clubs, shops, and restaurants for all budgets. The Rough Guide to Mexico also includes detailed itineraries covering the best of the country, as well as things not to miss and regional highlights detailing the most unforgettable experiences. Make the most of your time with The Rough Guide to Mexico.
The Rough Guide to Mexico
Author: Daniel Jacobs
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1405387572
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 1313
Book Description
The Rough Guide to Mexico is the essential travel guide to this vast, extraordinarily varied country. From the deserts of the north to the tropical jungles of Chaipas; from ancient pyramids to Mexico City's sophisticated club scene; from colonial cathedrals to spring break in Cancún; the Rough Guide provides comprehensive coverage of it all. The guide offers detailed and practical advice on the best places to stay, where to sample some of Mexico's tastiest food and where to go to order the finest margarita for all budgets. The guide is packed with informed description of Mexico's archeological sites and museums and their fascinating historical and cultural background. Readers will find the coverage of hundreds of beaches, excursions and activities indispensable, while richly illustrated colour sections explore the wonders of Mexican cuisine and the country's dynamic festivals. Informative and inspirational, with dozens of maps, handy languages tips and site plans, The Rough Guide to Mexico is your essential companion to this vibrant, unforgettable country. Make the most of your holiday with The Rough Guide to Mexico
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1405387572
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 1313
Book Description
The Rough Guide to Mexico is the essential travel guide to this vast, extraordinarily varied country. From the deserts of the north to the tropical jungles of Chaipas; from ancient pyramids to Mexico City's sophisticated club scene; from colonial cathedrals to spring break in Cancún; the Rough Guide provides comprehensive coverage of it all. The guide offers detailed and practical advice on the best places to stay, where to sample some of Mexico's tastiest food and where to go to order the finest margarita for all budgets. The guide is packed with informed description of Mexico's archeological sites and museums and their fascinating historical and cultural background. Readers will find the coverage of hundreds of beaches, excursions and activities indispensable, while richly illustrated colour sections explore the wonders of Mexican cuisine and the country's dynamic festivals. Informative and inspirational, with dozens of maps, handy languages tips and site plans, The Rough Guide to Mexico is your essential companion to this vibrant, unforgettable country. Make the most of your holiday with The Rough Guide to Mexico