Journey Ixtlan

Originally drawn to Yaqui Indian spiritual leader don Juan Matus for his knowledge of psychotropic plants, bestselling author Carlos Castaneda immersed himself in the sorcerers magical world. Ten years after his first encounter with the shaman, Castaneda examines his field notes and comes to understand what don Juan knew all alongpsychotropic plants are merely a means to understanding alternative realities that one cannot fully embrace on ones own. Journey to Ixtlan introduces these clear new ideasomitted from Castanedas classic volumes The Teachings of Don Juan and A Separate Reality to the reader for the first time. Castaneda explores, as he comes to experience it himself, his own final voyage into the teachings of don Juan, and shares with us what it is like to truly "stop the world" and perceive reality on his own terms.