A separate reality
Yaqui (folk)Religion and mythologyYaqui IndiansHallucinogenic drugs and religious experienceHallucinogènes et expérience religieuse
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In A Separate Reality, Castaneda resumes his apprenticeship, determined to go deeper still into Don Juan's world of mystical sensation and perception, to learn to see beyond the surface realities of life, partly with the aid of drugs but finally and essentially through a supremely difficult and demanding effort of will.
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Yaqui (folk)Religion and mythologyYaqui IndiansHallucinogenic drugs and religious experienceHallucinogènes et expérience religieuseDrug effects
About the author
Carlos Castaneda
1925 – 1998
Carlos Castaneda was an American author with a Ph.D. in anthropology. Starting with The Teachings of Don Juan in 1968, Castaneda wrote a series of books that describe his training in shamanism, particularly with a group whose lineage descended from the Toltecs. The books, narrated in the first person, relate his experiences under the tutelage of a Yaqui "Man of Knowledge" named don Juan Matus. His 12 books have sold more than 28 million copies in 17 languages. Critics have suggested that they are works of fiction; supporters claim the books are either true or at least valuable works of philosophy and descriptions of practices which enable an increased awareness. Castaneda withdrew from…
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