<DIV>Some twenty years ago, anthropologist <b>Carlos Castaneda</b> electrified millions of readers by describing his initiation--under the Yaqui Indian <i>brujo</i> <b>Don Juan</b>--into an alternate reality. Now <b>Taisha Abelar</b>, who was taught by the female members of Don Juan's group, recounts her own "crossing" in this arresting book.<br><p> While traveling in Mexico, Abelar became involved with a group of sorcerers and began a rigorous physical and mental training process designed to enable her to breach the limits of ordinary perception. <b>The Sorcerers Crossing</b> details that process, giving us a highly practical sense of the responsibilities and perils that face a woman sorcerer. Abelar's enthralling story is invaluable as a virtual "sorcerers manual", as anthropology, and as a provocative work of women's spirituality.</div>