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I was a big fan of Castaneda when his first books came out. I was in college then. Two years ago, I set out to read all of his books, first to last, in order. I highly recommend that exercise.

This was one of the better Castaneda books. It's always dicey to write about Castaneda and the "r" word: did this really happen?

I am inclined to say yes, but not in the usual way. I know that some might see this as a cop out, but I do believe that we all live in our heads and in a world that we create in there. No one else really has access to our experience except us. What we perceive is what we imagine to be the world out side of us, and our thoughts and feelings inside of us. Castaneda's experiences are as real as anyone's.

Did he make it all up? I don't know, nor can I ever know. If he did make it all up, he was a genius. Who knows? Maybe Plato made up Socrates. Sure, the was a person named Socrates, and maybe there was a don Juan Matus. In the time of Plato and Aristotle, it was quite common to write dialogs about famous thinkers and write what they should have said, or write what they might of said, what was characteristic of their thinking. If the original never actually said that was not a problem. This wasn't our sense of history and truth that we have today.

Ultimately, there is being, what is, and what is not. Truth, falsity, right, wrong, good, and evil are all of the mind. If you stick to facts, what is, you won't find any of the above. "There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so." Shakespeare.

For me, Castaneda, don Juan, and don Genaro are great beings. I enjoy their mystery a great deal.


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The Eagle Gift Carlos Castaneda 9780671732516 Books Reviews

If you loved his time with don Juan and Genaro, it gets even more exciting after they are gone.
Just what I expected when I select to buy this book I’m almost done reading it and if I have to get more of Castaneda’s books I won’t hesitate buying it again
Great book from an amazing enlightened shaman
To write this series off as merely fiction is a sad act of ignorance. There is no way of writing a review that could possibly come close to encompassing the soul shattering effects that truly attempting to grasp this knowledge has had on my life. I have been tumbling down this rabbit hole for over a decade, and I can tell you there have been moments I have deeply questioned my own sanity because of this author. Start at the beginning and read through to the end. A simpl google search will give you the chronological order of the books. This is not the place to start AT ALL.
amazing series that will change your reality fundamentally if. Book was shipped quickly and received as stated in ad.
It is difficult to think of this book by itself; The Eagle's Gift is the sixth of Castaneda's series of eight books on his apprenticeship as a sorcerer. I suggest that the books be read in the order written; each refers to events which have been described earlier, but each book contains Castaneda's heightened awareness of those events. This book is special for two reasons first, it is largely about Castaneda's interactions with other apprentices, and gives us readers further insight as Castaneda's actions and thoughts are as seen by the others. Previously related events take on new meaning as the others, some more advanced than Carlos, some not, reflect on his thoughts, personality and progress into sorcery. Also, it has been pointed out many times, that the sorcery of the ancient seers was quite different from that of the modern seers. Modern seers seek -total freedom- don Juan tells Carlos that "Freedom is the Eagle's gift to man". To understand just what this means, you will have read the book. It is a 'must have' .
Whether Carlos was in touch with Don Juan for an extended period of time or whether he simply used the Datura techniques of the first book to have these kind of experiences is unclear. Having had experiences remarkably similar to those descrived by him I do think that he probably continued his association with Don Juan for quite some time. The difeences between the books are comprehensible when you understand the changes Carlos went through in his understanding. At first he thought Don Juan was a quaint cook who he went to so he could learn about peyote and become a distinguished anthropologist... Which worked marvelously for him. Then he realized something very strange was going on and his very concepts of reality had to be abandoned in the wake of his experiences. Then the barriers between what is considered waking states of consciousness and dreaming came apart and all he could do is tell the story of what took place. At any rate this is a very entertaining book and a very fun experience.
I was a big fan of Castaneda when his first books came out. I was in college then. Two years ago, I set out to read all of his books, first to last, in order. I highly recommend that exercise.

This was one of the better Castaneda books. It's always dicey to write about Castaneda and the "r" word did this really happen?

I am inclined to say yes, but not in the usual way. I know that some might see this as a cop out, but I do believe that we all live in our heads and in a world that we create in there. No one else really has access to our experience except us. What we perceive is what we imagine to be the world out side of us, and our thoughts and feelings inside of us. Castaneda's experiences are as real as anyone's.

Did he make it all up? I don't know, nor can I ever know. If he did make it all up, he was a genius. Who knows? Maybe Plato made up Socrates. Sure, the was a person named Socrates, and maybe there was a don Juan Matus. In the time of Plato and Aristotle, it was quite common to write dialogs about famous thinkers and write what they should have said, or write what they might of said, what was characteristic of their thinking. If the original never actually said that was not a problem. This wasn't our sense of history and truth that we have today.

Ultimately, there is being, what is, and what is not. Truth, falsity, right, wrong, good, and evil are all of the mind. If you stick to facts, what is, you won't find any of the above. "There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so." Shakespeare.

For me, Castaneda, don Juan, and don Genaro are great beings. I enjoy their mystery a great deal.