Journey To Ixtlan

Forty years on, what are we to think of Carlos Castaneda? The Don Juan series, of which Journey to Ixtlan is the central volume, were initially acclaimed as a breakthrough in anthropological field research. Castaneda, as the researcher, placed himself at the center of his book, writing it from the p......more

This is the first in a series of books which Castaneda wrote after he realized that his prior emphasis on psychotropic drugs was a misleading and "erroneous" means of conveying the lessons he gained from his apprenticeship with don Juan. I began reading with few expectations and progressed with delig......more

This is the third volume of the trilogy including 'The Teachings of Don Juan' and 'A Separate Reality'. I read all three, one after the other, while working at the Chicago Women's Athletic Club during the summer between college and seminary. Although it appears to be the case that Castaneda, the auth......more