Tales of Power

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Few events can equal in excitement and surprise the publication of Carlos Castaneda's new book—the culmination of his extraordinary initiation into the mysteries of sorcery.
Castaneda's triumphant and daring journey into the unknown has previously been recorded in his three books, The Teachings of Don Juan, A Separate Reality and Journey to Ixtlan. In this astonishing, luminous and terrifying work, Carlos Castaneda at last completes the long journey into the world of sorcery that began with his now-legendary meeting with don Juan.
Drawn back by the knowledge that the sorcerer's task has not been completed, Castaneda returns to plumb the final, awesome secrets of the sorcerer's explanation of the world—to learn, in don Juan's world and his own, the last lesson of a unique and arduous apprenticeship. For until now don Juan has performed his acts of power in his world, the dry, barren deserts and mesas of his birth, a world in which he seems to exist as naturally as the chaparral... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Few events can equal in excitement and surprise the publication of Carlos Castaneda's new book—the culmination of his extraordinary initiation into the mysteries of sorcery.
Castaneda's triumphant and daring journey into the unknown has previously been recorded in his three books, The Teachings of Don Juan, A Separate Reality and Journey to Ixtlan. In this astonishing, luminous and terrifying work, Carlos Castaneda at last completes the long journey into the world of sorcery that began with his now-legendary meeting with don Juan.
Drawn back by the knowledge that the sorcerer's task has not been completed, Castaneda returns to plumb the final, awesome secrets of the sorcerer's explanation of the world—to learn, in don Juan's world and his own, the last lesson of a unique and arduous apprenticeship. For until now don Juan has performed his acts of power in his world, the dry, barren deserts and mesas of his birth, a world in which he seems to exist as naturally as the chaparral and the rocks. Now, in an unexpected encounter, don Juan appears in Castaneda's modern urban world, at ease in a
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well-tailored suit, demonstrating his lessons of power in the crowded, busy streets, using the city scene, as he uses everything, to unfold the wings of Carlos Castaneda's perception.
In a sense, Castaneda's three earlier books have been merely the long preparation for Tales of Power, in which don Juan's task of educating Castaneda, of making him "a man of knowledge" and "a man of power", is brought to an unexpected conclusion in a series of dazzling tricks, visions and lessons, ending in an explanation which is at once an initiation and a deeply moving farewell.'
As surprising, mysterious and powerful as Castaneda's previous books have been, Tales of Power goes far beyond them. It is don Juan's final statement, the fulfilment of Castaneda's marvellous and unique opportunity to open 4'the door to the unknown".
Jacket painting Peter Schaumann Vissza