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""Sorcerer's Apprentice"" opens with Amy Wallace's first meeting with Carlos Castaneda, the world-renowned anthropologist turned-shaman, whose books described meetings with Yaqui Indian teacher don Juan. These propelled him to fame in the late 60s and early 70s, and inspired wide-eyed experimentation with psychedelics. The media dubbed Castaneda ""the godfather of the New Age"", he appeared on the cover of ""Time"" magazine, and appealed to a generation of spiritual seekers who scoured the Sonora desert in search of him. His enormous audience was enthralled by his continuing tales of wonder, and in particular by his secretive lifestyle. The debate over fact versus fiction made Castaneda all the more alluring and sought after. He was so well-known that when John Lennon said ""Yoko Ono is my don Juan"", no explanation was needed.As the daughter of best-selling novelist Irving Wallace, Amy grew up around Hollywood celebrities and literary icons and she was rarely shy around famous people. When her father insisted she meet Castaneda, she at first demurred. Little did she know that a delightful first meeting would begin a 20-year friendship, eventually leading to an electrifying love affair. ""Sorcerer's Apprentice"" is a captivating and cautionary tale about the dangers of giving up one's power to an inappropriate and dubious authority figure. As the story unwinds, the reader is swept along in Amy's tale of confusion, sorcery, love, and broken promises.

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Amy Wallace expertly maps the territory where mysticism merges into insanity, or perhaps the unmarked land between screwball comedy and terrifying tragedy. I can't recall a stranger, sadder narrative than this. <br>--Carolyn See, author of Making a Literary Life <br> Truth hurts ... and so does Sorcerer's Apprentice. Amy Wallace's harrowing account of her years as Carlos Castaneda's lover and disciple is a cautionary tale for our times, the story of a woman whose search for meaning took her to the brink, and damned near cost her everything. In this painfully honest memoir, she takes us deep inside the Castaneda cult and shows us the mind games, ego trips, and petty cruelties that wore the guise of wisdom. 'Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!' the Wizard once tried to tell Dorothy. Amy Wallace has ripped the curtain down, and laid the wizard bare for all to see. <br>--George R.R. Martin, author of A Game of Thrones <br> Sorcerer's Apprentice is a haunting and brutally honest memoir that reads like a tender love story and, at the same time, a taut psychological thriller. Amy Wallace writes with wisdom, grace, courage, and candor about one of the most charismatic figures of all our times, and she allows us to witness both the splendor and the danger of entrusting one's fate to a powerful man or woman. <br>--Jonathan Kirsch, author of The Harlot by the Side of the Road and The Woman Who Laughed at God <br> I simply could not put this book down. Amy Wallace's relationship with Carlos Castaneda was transformative, exciting, abusive, and painful. This is a cautionary tale, containing essential insights for all of us. Thank you, Amy, for having the courage to tell yourstory so that others may learn from it, and from the redemptive powers of your own healing. <br>--Susan Piver, author of The Hard Questions

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Amy Wallace has published twelve books, including The Psychic Healing Book with Bill Henkin, and with her family co-authored the #1 New York Times bestselling Book of Lists series, which sold millions of copies world-wide. Her solo works include the highly acclaimed erotic novel, Desire, and the best-selling biography The Prodigy: The Life of William James Sidis. She lives in Los Angeles, California.

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