- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Harper Perennial (1 Jan 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 006092960X
- ISBN-13: 978-0060929602
- Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 13.4 x 1.7 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
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- #71 in Books > Mind, Body & Spirit > Earth Based Religions > Native American
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Depending on whom you talk to, Carlos Castaneda is either one of the very greatest thinkers of the last century, or one of its most accomplished charlatans. Ever since The Teachings Of Don Juan, the author's "true story" of his encounter with a Yaqui Indian sorcerer who led him on a mesmerising, magical and highly disturbing journey into another world, Castenada has fascinated readers with his extraordinary narratives. Hovering tantalisingly between anthropology and fiction, they offer visions of spiritual universes, worlds within our own that are accessible to anyone bold enough to undertake the psychic and spiritual challenges necessary to reach them.
Now, in his last book before he died, Castaneda offers this "collection of the memorable events in my life", at the suggestion, he says, of the shamanic teacher who started it all. This is no random memoir, says Castaneda, but itself a shamanic ritual--the "putting together [of] the sum total of one's emotions and realizations, without sparing anything", in preparation for "the definitive journey" into life after death, or what shamans call "the active side of infinity".
What we get is a kind of Castaneda reader or primer, a posthumous overview of the episodes that first brought him to our attention. As always both riveting and bewildering, Castaneda offers a behind-the-scenes gloss on the extraordinary events that inform his best-known books. It will surely have the effect of turning readers back to those first mind-bending volumes. --Dan Fielder --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
New York Times
"We are incredibly fortunate to have Carlos Castaneda's books. One can't exaggerate the significance of what he has done."
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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I had read all of Castaneda's other work and was an avid fan when I came across this belatedly, but even I had not expected something like this. It surpassed my wildest dreams and was simply beyond imagination or expectation. Awesome, stupendous yet elegant & beautifully written. Cannot be compared to anything that I can think of.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book is some what in the way of a goodbye to us all. I found the book funny, exciting and scary there are stories that stand out above the others especially the story of him and his friend visiting the Undertaker to say goodbye to a school friend also the one about his experiences as a child whilst learning to hunt and of course he breaks the news to the world in this book about "Los Volodores" this bit is scary not because you might think he lost it but because this is something that has been confirmed through other peoples books and is now becoming a worldwide if differing view all I can say is I strongly recommend purchasing this book it alone will allow you a glimpse of the world through another set of eyes and this alone could be all you need to set upon the path of being a warrior of knowledge.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book has the unique quality of being a great introduction to Carlos's series of books or as a summary for those that have read them. The book is very well written and has a certain clarity which is rare. For anyone exploring a 'warriors' way of life a 'must' read, you just need to find your own Don Juan!
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This could be a dangerous book in the wrong hands!!
At the end of his life Carlos Castaneda must have been scraping the barrel of his meagre memories searching for stuff to put in yet another book that he could sell and in so doing... Read more
Published on 22 May 2010 by K2
The Active side of Infinity by Carlos Castaneda
If you have read all the Castaneda books and realised what works of genius they all are then this one is a must. He unravels his own journey with astonishing clarity. Read more
Published on 14 Jan 2010 by C. E. Anns
Long On Stories, Short on Infinity
There are a few passages in this book that turn the mind away from society and towards the possibility of conscious evolution. Read more
Published on 11 Jun 2008 by Eyrie
Powerful
It is not possible to view the world the same way after reading this book. If your views have not been altered at the slightest then you have wasted your time.
Published on 20 April 2008 by Silvester Drake
Our own predator's Mind
What a great book!. My heart started thumping in horror when it came to the point of predator and flyers. Read more
Published on 4 Nov 2007 by P. Rao
A warning for humanity
The Active Side Of Infinity is probably the best book Castaneda ever wrote next to Journey to Ixlan. Read more
Published on 18 Jun 2007 by Ken
A START!!
An excellent book that ends the series, but also a great one to start the adventures of Carlos Casteneda. Will definatly want to make you read the whole series. Read more
Published on 19 Nov 2003
An un-missable journey.
If there ever was a book that could make the reader re-evaluate his idea of the world then this is it. Read more
Published on 31 Jan 2002
Carlos Castaneda's most valuable book...
I have read all the books of C.C. I learned many thinks of dreaming, I understood that something out there waits for our final exodus, but nothing reaches the teachers perspective... Read more
Published on 7 April 2001
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