Lucid dreams

The mysteries of witchcraft explored by anthropologist Carlos Castaneda, seen from a feminine perspective. This is the importance of Lucid Dreams for the study of the esotericism present in the culture of the Yaqui Indians, inhabitants of the Mexican desert. Florinda Donner offers an autobiographical account of her initiation into the world of lucid dreams. Hesitation, perplexity, and reluctance were some of the feelings she experienced upon realizing that, after her first contact with the pre-Columbian traditions of the Mexican Indians in the realm of witchcraft, the reality she knew would never be the same again. On a trip to northern Mexico, Donner, then a university student, found herself immersed in "another world that coexists with ours." Castaneda, embodied in various identities and orchestrating "fortuitous" encounters with the young anthropologist, is the nagual who initiates her into this strange reality, deconstructing all her conceptions of time, space, and existence itself. Questioning her entire understanding of femininity and the role of women in society, the author embarks on a journey through the fantastical universe of wizards and witches—a cosmos in which dreams and reality often blend into a whole of complex simplicity. "A tale as captivating and mysterious as the subject it describes: the traditional training of sorcerers in the world of Juan Matus." - Carlos Castaneda "The sorcerers who raised me told me that it doesn't matter what is said, as long as one has the power to say it. And the way to acquire that power is through dreaming." - Florinda Donner "A woman narrates a thrilling story that blends sorcery and self-revelation in the Mexico of Hoe. It takes us back to the world of Don Juan from a magical-feminine perspective." - Oliver Stone