Category: Reads and Reviews
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What makes a Warrior? Lessons from Journey to Ixtlan by Carlos Castaneda (2/2)
This is part two of my book review on Carlos Castaneda’s Journey to Ixtlan: Lessons from Don Juan. You can read part 1 “What Makes a Hunter” here. Journey to Ixtlan is Carlos’ third book in his 4 book series. Though widely regarded as anthropological fiction, the books were published as non-fiction memoirs that detailed…
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What Makes a Hunter – Lessons from Journey to Ixtlan by Carlos Castaneda (1/2)
There are many ways of knowing the world, interacting with it, and participating in it. On his way to understanding sorcery and “separate realities”, Castaneda learns to understand the ways of the hunter and warrior. This book and its lessons are for anyone interacting with the hidden realities and forces of nature; the people who listen…
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The Symbolic World of Wonderland: Alice’s Journey of Initiation and Individuation – An Esoteric Analysis of Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”
Alice’s journey through Wonderland is an ancient rite of initiation and the Jungian process of individuation—complete with symbolic death, descent into chaos, confrontation with the shadow, and ultimate rebirth. Through a symbolic lens, Wonderland reveals itself as an initiatory underground forest, preparing its novice for the reclamation of Self and Psyche.
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Book Review: Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés
⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑ This book seems to find itself in the laps of women at times they need it most. Times where the war between her culture and her spirit force her raising of a white flag. She is defeated and disparaged. The catch trap has no intention of releasing his jaws. Exhausted into a numbed state,…
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