The Path: A Practical Approach to Sorcery

by Esmeralda Arana

Recovery, astral projection, sorcery, and The Matrix come to play in the most unusual self-help book one will ever read. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0974519804
• ISBN13: 9780974519807
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: True Mind
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

WORTH EVERY STAR!

When I read a book I want it to tell me something about the human experience. This book shares a perspective that brings into focus a greater awareness of our requirements as spirits on Earth 101. I believe that "when you are ready, teachers appear," and in these few pages there is wisdom imparted for those who are ready. It is not about magick and spells, but about something far more noble. It is about being a Warrior for our souls!

Incredible book!

I expect to see many negative reviews of this book "The Path: A Practical approach to Sorcery"; because many people will read the title, and incorrectly assume this book is full of spells, incantations, and curses. Well those people simply do not understand what magick (or sorcery in Ms. Arana's nomenclature) is all about. Many people think magick is chanting an incantation and a $100 bill falls to the ground in front of you. Most people have the similar misconception of what Alchemy was about (transmuting base metals like brass and lead into gold); that was only a tiny part of what alchemy was about. True alchemy was about transmuting (purifying) the soul in order to escape the cycle of reincarnations.Now with that out of the way; this book is a wonderful essay of one woman's long pilgrimage from darkness into the light, and I recommend it to you HIGHLY!One part of this book disturbs me greatly. Ms. Arana repeatedly talks of one of her mentors (the books of Carlos Castaneda). On page 119 Ms. Arana states "Those people who thought that his books were about the use of psychotropic drugs missed the boat entirely." I read many of Dr. Castaneda's books, and freely admit that I missed the boat. I am NOT in favor of people taking psychotropic drugs at all. The drugs WILL allow you to perceive and interact with other realms; but you will lose any control over the experience, and I can tell you from first hand experience that not all of those beings are sweetness and light!This book is NOT a complete path to mastery; but will greatly assist you in taking your first stumbling steps towards mastery. I am fond of saying "The more one works toward self mastery; the more inner work s/he sees that needs to be done" Two Bears.Please be patient while I point out a few things in the book.Page 2. "I began to have lucid dreams or what people commonly refer to as out of body experiences." Lucid dreamimg is not a full out of body experience where the astral body seperates from the physical body. According to Stephen LaBerg (the man that coined that coined the term "Lucid dreaming" if memory serves.) states that lucid dreaming is one of many gateways to out of body experiences.Page 3. "I do not pretend to be a guru of any sort." I could NOT agree more! There are NO shortcuts to self mastery. You MUST do the HARD work yourself. So prepare to do a lot of internal work!Page 28. "I have asked the Elemental Force to help to help mr change something about myself," Just in order for you to understand her nomenclature; this energy has been called by countless names (Akasha, Ch'i, Itaki, Ki, Mana, Nuwati, Prana, etc.)Page 34. "If one stops the internal dialogue, one "stops the world"." It is VERY important to visit the silence; because in the silence you can re-program what is allowed to pass through your filter, then release negative emotions such as anger, hatred, bigotry, tendencies to commit violence, etc. I can verify this from first hand experience.Page 49. "During REM s

Fresh New Insights Into Sorcery, Addiction & Perception

Esmeralda Arana's educational and entertaining book, THE PATH, is packed with amazing revelations about the similarities between the Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) Twelve Step Program, Carlos Castaneda's Warrior's Way, Robert Monroe's Out of Body Experiences (OBEs), and Gurdjieff's concept of hypnotic sleep. What do recovering alcoholics have in common with sorcerers? According to Arana, quite a lot. The key to transforming your life is in transforming your perception of reality -- and it is essential to request assistance from both the elemental force (also known as God, or Spirit) as well as a human support group -- and then to start acting in accordance with the behavior appropriate to your new place of perception. You can change channels in your life from one reality to another just like changing channels on TV, by tuning in to a different perceptual station with sufficient energy and intent.Arana clearly elucidates the striking similarities between AA's 12 step program and Toltec sorcery techniques taught by Carlos Castaneda by sharing intimate revelations about her own experiences with overcoming alcoholism. Arana also describes her fascinating experiences with lucid dreaming as she describes how difficult it could be at times to detach her energetic "double" from her physical body, and some of the side-effects of lucid dreaming (such as hearing voices, and knowing intimate and seemingly unknowable details about others).I highly recommend this book for its excellent down-to-Earth writing, original ideas, and fascinating insights into how you can make small shifts in perception in order to make big changes in your life. THE PATH is an intensely practical and transformative book which I'm sure I will still be thinking about months and years later, telling all my friends about at every opportunity!

Pleasant Surprise

This book was recommended by a friend who knew that I had a history of lucid dreaming; otherwise, I never would have read a book with such a title. If you have ever been fortunate/unfortunate enough to share in the experience of lucid dreams, then you owe it to yourself to read this book. Although I am not a believer in Sorcery, nor a fan of Castaneda, I found this book to be very insightful, and actually helpful in many ways. The author clearly is a gifted communicator. Anyone who overcomes great adversity in life, and makes the effort (and takes the risk) to share this experience for the benefit of others, receives my full support and my appreciation.

The Consciousness of Western Medicine Is Rising

Being trained in both conventional western medicine and an ancient healing tradition from Peru ( the Inka Medicine Wheel), I feel I have a unique perspective on this brave and personal book by Arana. Though closely tied to the legends of Carlos Castaneda, the author makes the concepts accessible without indulging in the fantastic. Likewise, this is not fanciful popular fiction like Harry Potter. There is magic all around us and within us, if only we could see it. Arana shows us the way to deeper insights if not understandings from which we may emerge changed in a profound and meaningful way. This book is a "must read" for students of alternative healing and/or shamanism as well as western trained physicians.