"Journey to Ixtlan" - the third book about the discipleship of Carlos Castaneda in a mysterious Indian shaman from the Yak tribe. In it, Castaneda returns to don Juan to realize that "stopping the world" was not just a metaphor, but the key to the journey to Ixtlan. Everyone's Ixtlan is a home that we leave to find ourselves and, having experienced enlightenment, go on a journey home as a warrior.
Don Juan teaches Carlos Castaneda to choose the best place to rest, to notice the signs and consents of the world - because without the consent of the world a person can not comprehend anything; teaches to get rid of personal history and treat animals and plants as equals; the art of hunting and the way of the warrior, to accumulate strength, to find his "place of strength" and "worthy opponent" - because only a worthy opponent is able to mobilize all our knowledge and skills necessary to "stop the world".