One day, while we were strolling in the plaza of the city of Oaxaca, Don Juan gave me the most understandable definition of the art of dreaming from a sorcerer's perspective: Sorcerers view the dreaming process as a very subtle art he said. It is the art of shifting, at will, the point of concentration from its usual position in order to increase and broaden the field of what can be perceived.

The sorcerers of antiquity envisioned and developed the principles related to the art of dreaming. These are the key to the interpretation and understanding of the dreaming process as a whole, and they are recorded in one of the most fascinating books by the New Age leader Carlos Castaneda.

[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]