Word: ixtlan
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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JOURNEY TO IXTLAN by CARLOS CASTANEDA 315 pages. Simon & Schuster...
Indefatigably, and to the vast amusement of his old mentor, Castaneda scribbled down nearly every transaction and experience he had with Don Juan. The notes have resulted in three books: The Teachings of Don Juan (1968), A Separate Reality (1971), and now Journey to Ixtlan. As anthropological documents, they are already classics; no explorer has worked more lucidly at the very edge than Castaneda, describing a system of power and magic terrifyingly alien to his own culture. It is a world in which men can change into crows. Power objects and spirit allies operate inconsistently. There are iridescent talking coyotes...