This Journey to Ixtlan
This Journey to Ixtlan
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Sumi ink, watercolor, acrylic ink and gold leaf on watercolor paper.
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Limited edition print signed and numbered. Printed on Epson Velvet Fine Art Paper with archival inks. Printed on 19x13" paper, 17x6.5" image size. Click on third thumbnail and then click on that image to see how it looks printed. Edition of 150.
Print comes with a backing board in a plastic sleeve, no mat. Ships flat. $125. Free shipping within the U.S.
Card comes with an envelope in a plastic sleeve. $7. Poem 8.5x6" comes framed in plexiglass. $40. (Poem is included with purchase of the original painting.)
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THIS JOURNEY TO IXTLAN
They say it never happened,
this journey to Ixtlan.
That this knowledge of ancient peoples
existed only in Carlos Castenada’s mind.
That my whole belief system —
wisdom of the unknown,
this opening to the wonders of the world,
places beyond what I can conceive
and want to touch —
they say he made it all up.
They say that Indian natives
don’t have this culture,
that you can’t “stop the world,”
that knowing the difference between
hunter, warrior and sorcerer
doesn’t lead to a life of knowledge.
But all my spiritual growth began here,
when Paul gave me this book
and worlds opened up.
For others it was Herman Hesse,
for me it was the teachings of Don Juan.
And while drugs and
going back to the land
didn’t have the same resonance,
I knew sacred wisdom was out there
for me to discover
at some point in my life —
the ways of indigenous people,
the life that cannot be
logically explained.
They say what he taught
isn’t true
but something inside me
knows that it is.
© 2022 Sherrie Lovler