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The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge
by Castaneda, Carlos
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Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Stated second printing, signed and inscribed by Castaneda to Mary Lou Wilcox, former president of the Mycological Society of San Francisco, and her husband George, on the ffep. 8vo, [6], viii, [4], 196pp. Publisher's gray cloth with sliver lettering to spine in green printed jacket. Very good with some rubbing to cloth at spine ends. Jacket good with wear and rubbing to edges and along folds, with some loss along flaps and at spine ends. Toning and rubbing to front and rear panels with some moisture staining to underside. Wonderful association copy of this controversial work, originally published as an anthropology thesis by Castaneda, but later dubbed by critics to be mainly a work of fiction. The book describes Castaneda's lessons with a Yaqui Indian Sorcerer, Don Juan, and their use of various hallucinogens such as Jimson weed and peyote. This copy from the library of ethnobotanist Mary Lou Wilcox, who served as the president of the Mycological Society of San Francisco from 1970-71, shortly after the book was published. Signed copies of this seminal work from Castaneda are uncommon.
Synopsis
The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge was published by the University of California Press in 1968 as a work of anthropology. It was written by Carlos Castaneda and submitted as his master’s thesis in the school of anthropology. It reportedly documents the events that took place during an apprenticeship he claimed to have served with a self-proclaimed Yaqui Indian Sorcerer, don Juan Matus, between 1960 and 1965.
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- Title
- The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge
- Author
- Castaneda, Carlos
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley and Los Angeles
- Date Published
- 1968
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