The Sorcerer's Crossing A Woman's Journey [Paperback]

Some twenty years ago, anthropologistCarlos Castanedaelectrified millions of readers by describing his initiation--under the Yaqui IndianbrujoDon Juan--into an alternate reality. NowTaisha Abelar, who was taught by the female members of Don Juan's group, recounts her own crossing in this arresting book.

While traveling in Mexico, Abelar became involved with a group of sorcerers and began a rigorous physical and mental training process designed to enable her to breach the limits of ordinary perception.The Sorcerers Crossingdetails that process, giving us a highly practical sense of the responsibilities and perils that face a woman sorcerer. Abelar's enthralling story is invaluable as a virtual sorcerers manual , as anthropology, and as a provocative work of women's spirituality.

Taisha Abelaris an American writer and anthropologist, and a former associate of the shaman and author Carlos Castaneda, also known as Don Juan. She wrote about her experiences inThe Sorcerer’s Crossing: A Woman’s Journey.

Carlos Castanedawas a graduate student in anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles, gathering information on various medicinal herbs used by the Indians in Sonora, Mexico, when he met the old Yaqui Indian Don Juan. His first book,The Teachings of Don Juan, was the story of the first period the two men spent together as master and pupil. This was followed by the other volumes in the series,A Separate Reality,Journey to Ixtlan,Tales of Power,The Second Ring of Power, andThe Eagle's Gift, all of which are published by Penguin. He also wrote theArt of Dreaming(1993).US