The Active Side of Infinity: Carlos Castaneda's Final Work on Don Juan's Teachings and Life After Death

Castaneda, Carlos

ISBN 10: 006092960X / ISBN 13: 9780060929602

Published by Harper Perennial, USA, 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Active Side of Infinity: Carlos Castaneda's Final Work on Don Juan's Teachings and Life After Death
• Publisher: Harper Perennial, USA
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 006092960X
• ISBN 13: 9780060929602
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Issued
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Synopsis

"Carlos Castaneda was one of the most profound and influential thinkers of this century. His insights paved the way for the future evolution of human consciousness. We are all deeply indebted to him."  — Deepak Chopra

In this book written immediately before his death, anthropologist and shaman Carlos Castaneda gives us his most autobiographical and intimately revealing work ever, the fruit of a lifetime of experience and perhaps the most moving volume in his oeuvre.

"Ordinarily, events that change our path are impersonal affairs, and yet extremely personal. My teacher, don Juan Matsus, said this in guiding me as his apprentice to collect what I considered to be the memorable events of my life…. Don Juan described the total goal of the shamanistic knowledge that he handled as the preparation for facing the definitive journey: the journey that every human being has to take at the end of his life. He said that what modern man referred to vaguely as life after death was, for those shamans, a concrete region filled to capacity with practical affairs of a different order than the practical affairs of daily life, yet bearing a similar functional practicality. Don Juan considered that to collect the memorable events in their lives was, for shamans, the preparation for their entrance into that concrete region, which they called the active side of infinity."

About the Author

Carlos Castaneda was the author of the bestselling books, including the acknowledged classic The Teaching of Don Juan and most recently The Art of Dreaming and Magical Passes. He departed on his definitive journey in 1998.