Castaneda's 12 books on his apprenticeship with the Yaqui sorcerer Juan Matus contain fabulous stories but most of all an abundance of shamanic wisdom. According to Jörgen I Eriksson, who has worked in the Nordic shamanic tradition for 40 years, Castaneda?s works represent deep shamanism from which present-day students of shamanism has much to learn. But it is necessary to keep Castaneda at arm?s length. In this book Eriksson tries to extract the very best of Castaneda and in a way liberate Castaneda from Castaneda.Although Castaneda himself always refused to be described as a shaman I don?t hesitate about categorizing him in that way, especially when considering the impact that his books have had and still have. He was not working as a healer but he fulfilled and developed other aspects of the shaman?s traditional role, foremost as a spiritual inspirer and wisdom keeper. Furthermore he...
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