"Castaneda, Carlos - Don Juan 05 - The Second Ring of Power" - читать интересную книгу автора (Castaneda Carlos)of power." Castaneda's combat with her, his
gradual realization that she not only derives her power from don Juan but is fulfilling his plans, is all a prelude to an astonishing discovery. For Castaneda unfolds for the reader a sorcerer's family, in which dona Soledad, her "girls," Lidia, Elena ("la Gorda"), Josefina and Rosa, themselves changed and transformed by don Juan, are part of a small closed society in which the teachings of don Juan have become a way of life, touching and explaining every aspect of the world, altering the relationships between them so that they are no longer mother and children, man and wife, sisters and brothers, friends and enemies, but disciples, witnesses, accomplices in don Juan's grand design. Extraordinary as all Castaneda's books have been. The Second Ring of Power goes far beyond anything he has written before: it is a vision of a more somber, frightening and compelling world than that of Castaneda's years of apprentice- ship-the world of a full-fledged sorcerer, in which dangers lie in wait on the journey to impec- cability and freedom, and in which the message Jacket Painting and Design by Robert Giusti (C) 1977 Simon and Schuster Contents PREFACE 1 The Transformation of Dona Soledad 2 The Little Sisters 3 La Gorda 4 The Genaros 5 The Art of Dreaming |
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