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Chogyam Trungpa Gyatso,
Tibetan Monk
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But this is performed only after due refinement of consciousness or, as it is called in don Juan's school, after the radiance of the "cocoon" is cleansed.
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Athena Mondale,
Spiritual Consultant
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Anything is possible, from bending spoons with the power of the mind to the phantasmagoric events experienced by Castaneda during his encounters with the Yaqui brujo don Juan, for magic is our birthright, no more or less miraculous than our ability to compute the reality we want when we are in our dreams.
00 Don Juan concludes the instruction of Castaneda with his most powerful and mysterious lessons in the sorcerer's art - a series of visions that at once an initiation and a deeply moving farewell.
Once don Juan clapped Castaneda on the back with his palm (he often used this technique so that to shift the "assemblage point", that is the zone of consciousness distribution of disciples) - and Castaneda, prepared for this by preceding exercises entered the static variant of Nirvana.
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Pete Trengle,
Bass Player
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Don Juan's improvisations grew hotter with each song, his sons challenged to toss the master a set of chords that he couldn't dispatch in a dizzying flurry of sixteenth notes.
While the listener is immediately struck by don Juan's genius, it soon becomes clear that Neyo and Javier are truly exceptional musicians as well, laying down stellar backup on music that is often quite difficult.
During these lessons he both recorded and transcribed close to twenty of the most intriguing tunes from don Juan's vast repertoire.
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Adam Findley,
Professional Motivator
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These notes alternately seem to deny or to affirm the validity of don Juan and the rest of Castaneda’s enterprise, which makes for a disconcertingly unstable point of view.
Don Juan also reveals how he tricked Castaneda into impeccability by putting his irresponsibility on the left and his self-importance on the right, therby cutting them off from the reason and will that empower them.
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Todd Porter,
Gym Attendent
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Swollen females often accommadate the desires of these little Don Juans, who solicit them in the species-typical manner with spread legs and erect penis.
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Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist
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NEWSERVICE: It's almost like Carlos Castaneda and Don Juan in the sense that they point out the relativity of experience and that all we know about the world is a description of the world.
We spoke already of don Juan's wise ability to clearly explain most complicated philosophical principles using natural examples from everyday life.
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