![]() ![]() Castaneda explains that Don Juan’s view, and eventually his own view, was that psychotropics merely offer windows into alternate realities. Don Juan quickly diverted Castaneda from his carefully formulated research plans, instead, declaring that Castaneda should become his apprentice in order to see from his own experience how psychotropics are used. ![]() ![]() Journey to Ixtlan begins with Castaneda’s endeavor to find Don Juan to learn more about the Yaqui Indians’ usage of plants for their psychotropic effects. In this book, he attempts to convince readers that alternative realities do exist, validating the methods of knowledge-making utilized by the shamanic cultures with which he has been in contact. ![]() Initially reluctant to have Don Juan as his mentor, Castaneda came to adopt and espouse many of the sorcerer’s views. Don Juan also tried to help Castaneda access what he believed to be a parallel reality using a Yaqui psychotropic hallucinogen known as peyote. Castaneda remained Don Juan’s apprentice from 1960 to 1971, an interval during which the shaman tried to enlighten Castaneda to his shamanic tradition and perspectives. The book explores the teachings of Yaqui Indian shaman Don Juan Matus, with whom Castaneda began an intense, philosophical apprenticeship while on assignment for an anthropological study. Journey to Ixtlan: The Lessons of Don Juan is a memoir by American author and shamanic intellectual Carlos Castaneda. ![]()
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