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  • Rated 5 stars

  “I believe this was his last book. Very moving and mystical.”

  Mary Ellen M wrote this review Monday, May 18 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
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  “Don't attempt reading this book unless you have a reading knowledge of Carlos Castaneda's work. If you like Castaneda, you can get through this, his last book before his death. If you love his work, you cannot miss this one.
  
  I won't attempt to summarize the contents except to say to the unwary reader that Castenada began his career as a UCLA graduate student in anthropology, researching the native shamans of the Yaqui Indians of Mexico and southern Arizona. After meeting a practicing shaman, he was initiated into the shaman's own order and there became an aprentice shaman himself. Castaneda narrated his experience and analyzed it for his doctoratal dissertation, which was published as an addendum to his first book. Subsequently, he wrote more deeply about the shamanist world. His writing is of excellent quality: terse, dramatic, unforgettable.”

  Evan D wrote this review Friday, November 7 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No