{"product_id":"shaman-the-mysterious-life-and-impeccable-death-of-carlos-castaneda-paperback","title":"Shaman: The Mysterious Life and Impeccable Death of Carlos Castaneda - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMike Sager\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome say he was a breakthrough academic and visionary shaman. Others say he was a sham. Either way, Carlos Castaneda shaped a generation of mystical thinkers and magic mushroom eaters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1968, at the height of the psychedelic age, Castaneda published \u003cem\u003eThe Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge\u003c\/em\u003e, the first of twelve books describing his apprenticeship to an Indian shaman, and his journeys to the \"separate reality\" of the sorcerers' worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike Herman Hesse's \u003cem\u003eSteppenwolf \u003c\/em\u003eand Aldous Huxley's \u003cem\u003eThe Doors of Perception\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Teachings of Don Juan \u003c\/em\u003eand its sequels became essential reading for legions of truth seekers. Castaneda himself became a cult figure-seldom seen, nearly mythological, a cross between Timothy Leary and L. Ron Hubbard: a short, dapper, Buddha-with-an-attitude who likened his own appearance to that of a \"Mexican bellhop.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThough Castaneda had more than ten million books in print in seventeen languages, he lived in wily anonymity for nearly thirty years, doing his best, in his own words, to become \"as inaccessible as possible.\" Most people figured he had a house somewhere in the Sonoran Desert, where he'd studied with his own teacher, a leathery old Indian brujo named Don Juan Matus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn truth, Castaneda lived and wrote for most of that time in Westwood Village, a neighborhood of students and professors in Los Angeles, not far from UCLA and Beverly Hills. Upon his death in 1998, things became even more murky.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA year-long investigation into the mysterious life and impeccable death of Carlos Castaneda, as told by his wife, his adopted son, his mistresses, and his followers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.19 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 04, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61842899730802,"sku":"9781950154197","price":17.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/6485\/2594\/files\/SFlTZmFybGZ3TGd3NEtkYnlVaTJ0Zz09.webp?v=1778437403","url":"https:\/\/shop.tecolotebookstore.com\/products\/shaman-the-mysterious-life-and-impeccable-death-of-carlos-castaneda-paperback","provider":"Tecolote","version":"1.0","type":"link"}