The Teachings of Don Juan; A Yaqui Way of Knowledge

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1973. Second Paperback Printing. Octavo in black pictorial wraps with white/pink/blue/yellow printing; viii, 196 pages; 24 cm A very good (-) copy with a wee bit of shelfwear, chipping at front crease of spine, clean, age-toned pages and sturdy binding with glue visible at front hinge. Paperback. ISBN: 0520022580

A very crisp paperback copy with a beautiful cover. Presents selections from the field notes the author kept while under the influence of hallucinogenic plants given to him as part of his apprenticeship into the ways of sorcery by Yaqui Indian Don Juan Matus, and includes an analysis of Don Juan's belief system. The New York Times called it "an extraordinary spiritual and psychological document". // Chamanisme, Don Juan Yaqui-Indianer, Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience, Hallucinogènes et expérience religieuse, Halluzinogen, Indians of Mexico Religion, Juan, Don, 1891-, Juan, Don, 1891-1973, Magie, Shamanism, Tovenarij, Wereldbeeld, Yaqui, Yaqui Indians Religion, Yaqui Religion, Yaqui Religion et mythologie, shamanism