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Die Lehren Des Don Juan. Ein YaquiWeg Des Wissens by Carlos Castaneda

macyashby's review against another edition

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2.0

I like the idea of this book, but it's just hard to get through. The writing just feels so stilted.

lazcas's review against another edition

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3.0

Loved the first half of the book that focuses on the experiences and ceremonies with Don Juan. However, I wasn't very keen on the second half of the book. It suddenly starts reading like a scientific paper and was tough to get through.

jul0se's review against another edition

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2.0

2 - für mich leider total langweilig, nach 60 seiten aufgehört. sorry f.

juulisbad's review against another edition

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4.0

Amazingly interesting. Especially the first half with all the experiences of Carlos Castaneda and Don Juan from his point of view. This is not what I usually read and maybe that's why it took me only 3 days allthough I'm having my exams in a few days. I would totally recommend it. The second half was very dry and quite difficult to understand. I still didn't got everything and skimmed a few parts because I already understood the most of it from the first half.

gllnmk's review against another edition

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3.0

first, I think it's hilarious that this guy earned his MA with these stories. perhaps it's a precedent thesis. after this, no more fiction please! I think it'd do well rebranded (and perhaps enjoyed more) as a psychological thriller in which a deeply lonely man is manipulated into letting himself be spiritually tortured by strangers for four years.

that being said, I didn't love don Juan. every time he spoke I thought, "just answer the question, okay? please don't play with me right now..." I'd like to (baselessly) theorize that Castaneda really did do all of those drugs and don Juan was the result of a bad trip.

abril_saldana's review against another edition

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4.0

Juan Castaneda describe minuciosamente el viaje de aprendizaje que “sin intención” emprendió junto a uno de los brujos más experimentados en el uso y manejo de aliados psicotrópicos.
No deja de ser complejo, principalmente para quien no se ha aventurado en ello, pero comparte todo sobre su experiencia… leer cada una de sus vivencias, las enseñanzas de don Juan y cómo lo fueron transformando… te transporta, te lleva en su viaje y te mantiene en curiosidad sin soltar la intención de realmente estudiarlo a seriedad.
Un tema reservado para los originarios que cada vez está más de vuelta y abierto nuevamente a exploración.

Reseña completa en https://www.instagram.com/p/CjO5TSJOU5r/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

greta123's review against another edition

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adventurous funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

jurga's review against another edition

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adventurous reflective

2.75

saurabh's review against another edition

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4.0

4.5/⅝5
love reading about psy plants.
This one covers a lot about peyote and datura. The way don juan described them , the procedure to plant and pluck them, the experiences when one takes them for the first time was jarring

virtualmima's review against another edition

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3.0

Probably all fake, but entertaining nonetheless.