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Book 5 of 8: The Teachings of Don Juan

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Carlos Castaneda takes the reader into the very heart of sorcery, challenging both imagination and reason, shaking the very foundations of our belief in what is "natural" and "logical."

His landscape is full of terrors and mysterious forces, as sharply etched as a flash of lightning on the deserts and mountains where don Juan takes him to pursue the sorcerer’s knowledge—the knowledge that it is the Eagle that gives us, at our births, a spark of awareness, that it expects to reclaim at the end of our lives and which the sorcerer, through his discipline, fights to retain. Castaneda describes how don Juan and his party, left thisworld—"the warriors of don Juan’s party had caught me for an eternal instant, before they vanished into the total light, before the Eagle let them go through"—and how he, himself, upon witnessing such a sight, jumped into the abyss.

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Praise for the groundbreaking work of bestselling author Carlos Castaneda

"Extraordinary in every sense of the word." ― The New York Times

"An unparalleled breakthrough... Remarkable ― Los Angeles Times

"Hypnotic reading." ― Chigago tribune

"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

"Taken together [Castaneda's books] form a work among the best that the science of anthropology has produce." ― The New York Times Book Review

About the Author

Born in 1925 in Peru, anthropologist Carlos Castaneda wrote a total of fifteen books, which sold eight million copies worldwide and were published in seventeen different languages. In his writing, Castaneda describes the teaching of don Juan, a Yaqui sorcerer and shaman. His works helped define the 1960's and usher in the New Age movement. Even after his death in 1998, his books continue to inspire and influence his many devoted fans.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Washington Square Press; Reprint edition (December 1, 1991)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 067173251X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0671732516
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.31 x 0.9 x 8.25 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #98,455 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #52 in Native American Religion
- #125 in Supernaturalism (Books)
- #133 in Native American Demographic Studies

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Born in 1925 in Peru, anthropologist Carlos Castaneda wrote a total of 15 books, which sold 8 million copies worldwide and were published in 17 different languages. In his writing, Castaneda describes the teaching of Don Juan, a Yaqui sorcerer and shaman. His works helped define the 1960's and usher in the New Age movement. Even after his mysterious death in California in1998, his books continue to inspire and influence his many devoted fans.

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Blue Dog

The Scary Eagle

Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2014

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I was a big fan of Castaneda when his first books came out. I was in college then. Two years ago, I set out to read all of his books, first to last, in order. I highly recommend that exercise.

This was one of the better Castaneda books. It's always dicey to write about Castaneda and the "r" word: did this really happen?

I am inclined to say yes, but not in the usual way. I know that some might see this as a cop out, but I do believe that we all live in our heads and in a world that we create in there. No one else really has access to our experience except us. What we perceive is what we imagine to be the world out side of us, and our thoughts and feelings inside of us. Castaneda's experiences are as real as anyone's.

Did he make it all up? I don't know, nor can I ever know. If he did make it all up, he was a genius. Who knows? Maybe Plato made up Socrates. Sure, the was a person named Socrates, and maybe there was a don Juan Matus. In the time of Plato and Aristotle, it was quite common to write dialogs about famous thinkers and write what they should have said, or write what they might of said, what was characteristic of their thinking. If the original never actually said that was not a problem. This wasn't our sense of history and truth that we have today.

Ultimately, there is being, what is, and what is not. Truth, falsity, right, wrong, good, and evil are all of the mind. If you stick to facts, what is, you won't find any of the above. "There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so." Shakespeare.

For me, Castaneda, don Juan, and don Genaro are great beings. I enjoy their mystery a great deal.

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kookie womblat

the Amazing Mexican Toltecs

Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2013

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It is difficult to think of this book by itself; The Eagle's Gift is the sixth of Castaneda's series of eight books on his apprenticeship as a sorcerer. I suggest that the books be read in the order written; each refers to events which have been described earlier, but each book contains Castaneda's heightened awareness of those events. This book is special for two reasons: first, it is largely about Castaneda's interactions with other apprentices, and gives us readers further insight as Castaneda's actions and thoughts are as seen by the others. Previously related events take on new meaning as the others, some more advanced than Carlos, some not, reflect on his thoughts, personality and progress into sorcery. Also, it has been pointed out many times, that the sorcery of the ancient seers was quite different from that of the modern seers. Modern seers seek -total freedom- don Juan tells Carlos that "Freedom is the Eagle's gift to man". To understand just what this means, you will have read the book. It is a 'must have' .

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Sam Rosenthal

Do NOT read this book first, if ever

Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2010

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I am 214 pages into this book, and I still have hope that Castaneda will pull it together in the last 100 pages. I suggest that if you are curious about Castaneda: DO NOT READ THIS BOOK FIRST. I have been reading them all in sequential order - this is book #6. I have found very little actual worthwhile content in here. In the earlier novels, he took the best bits from his field notes and weaved them into a compelling story. This book seems to be everything that happened, but it's just a lot of rambling, and people bickering, and stuff that really doesn't provide much enlightenment. Honestly, start at the beginning: THE TEACHING OF DON JUAN. Or if you are only going to read one book, most of my friends recommend JOURNEY TO IXTLAN (the 3rd book), thought I personally prefer A SEPARATE REALITY (the 2nd book). As somebody who is quite a fan of Castaneda (and could care less about the "is it true?" argument), I haven't yet found any reason to be reading this book, except as a completist. Skip this one!

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James

It’s a book soo..

Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2019

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It’s not very comfortable to sleep on, and doesn’t taste very good. But it’s a great book.

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Decent paper and print just what I needed to keep reading Carlo’s books

Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2018

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Just what I expected when I select to buy this book I’m almost done reading it and if I have to get more of Castaneda’s books I won’t hesitate buying it again

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Edward John Stiffen

... write this series off as merely fiction is a sad act of ignorance

Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2015

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To write this series off as merely fiction is a sad act of ignorance. There is no way of writing a review that could possibly come close to encompassing the soul shattering effects that truly attempting to grasp this knowledge has had on my life. I have been tumbling down this rabbit hole for over a decade, and I can tell you there have been moments I have deeply questioned my own sanity because of this author. Start at the beginning and read through to the end. A simpl google search will give you the chronological order of the books. This is not the place to start AT ALL.

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Thomas

Drug fugue state

Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2019

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I am not a fan of Castaneda or his style. The teachings seem to be very self centered without any greater spiritual meanings. The only point seems to be to accrue personal power.

Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2013

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As always, Carlos writing is exciting, eloquent , amazing and you can't put it down once you start.
For those of you new to Carlos Castaneda's works, start with The Teachings of Don Juan - all books in his series are worthwhile reading and comptemplation. Highly recommended.

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Poor in every way compared with Cataneda's other novels

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 28, 2019

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This Castaneda book was poor in every way, compared with Cataneda's other Don Juan novels. The plot was poor, the language dull, simple and witless. Throughout the novel, I wondered if someone other than Castaneda had written this! Perhaps Cataneda was going through an uninspired stage of his life when he wrote this? However, his final Don Juan novel, "The Power Of Silence" is of the same high standard as his earlier works.

ezape

Good descriptions, tying up loose ends of the other books?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 21, 2018

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I have read a number of books in this series of Carlos' tutelage with Don Juan and the others. I find his descriptions of events and people fascinating, while also threading a good story. As others have mentioned - I am not entirely sure if all is true, however, that in some ways is the message of the books - to have belief. I became a little confused while reading this book as to the continuity of events, but nevertheless it was still an interesting read. I felt the Eagle could have been delved into more - although that may come in a later publication.

mills

Excellent read 10 out of 10

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 13, 2013

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Very insightful into how one should live their life, it gives a different view of the world and challenges the ideas and beliefs that we have be taught whilst also providing simple methods to changing your thinking and behaviours with how we interact with the world on a day to day basis.
I really enjoy reading these series of books, they go far deeper to answering the questions about our purpose than anything else that I have ever read.

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Good

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 19, 2020

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Good presentation. Story itself not so good

another consumer

another great book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 17, 2013

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i am collecting all of these books, fact or fiction they are brilliant tales, i cant help but wonder why a film has never been made about this guy..