num_pages: 272
description: Some twenty years ago, the anthropologist Carlos Castaneda electrified millions of readers by describing his initiation - under the tutelage of the Yaqui brujo Don Juan - into an alternate reality. Now Taisha Abelar, who was taught by the female members of Don Juan's group, recounts her own ''crossing'' in a book whose page-turning narrative and matter-of-fact detail make it all the more arresting.The experiences recounted in this book are mind-expanding but not mood-altering: Abelar became an initiate without using psychoactive drugs. Instead, The Sorcerer's Crossing describes the stringent physical and mental exercises that enabled Abelar to breach the limits of ordinary perception. We also get a highly practical sense of the practicalities and perils that face a woman sorcerer and the changes in perception of everyday events that heightened awareness brings about. Invaluable as a virtual ''sorcerer's manual,'' as anthropology, and as a work of women's spirituality, this enthralling book is bound to guide a new generation of searchers after heightened states of awareness.TAISHA ABELAR is a member of the same informal society of sorcerers that includes Carlos Castaneda.
language: English
title: The Sorcerer's Crossing
titlecomplete: The Sorcerer's Crossing
genres: Anthropology, Spirituality, New Age, Philosophy, Magic, Religion, Womens, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 1001
publisher: Viking Adult