Dedicated to my mother, Tamara Petrovna, and also to all the mothers of sons who are overly passionate about life. Moms, forgive us for giving you criminally little attention, care, warmth, love, life. We invite our readers to the fascinating world of travel, initiations, secrets, to a mysterious land of adventure, where ancient knowledge and modern discoveries will be your companions. Vitaly Sundakov is the first foreigner to undergo the “Win Life” initiation in the Huichol tribe and become the “grandson” of the leader Don Apolonio Carillo, the prototype of Don Juan. The author of the book reveals, as an eyewitness and initiate, what Castaneda only guessed about, synthesizing, as an ethnologist and researcher, ancient rites and rituals in the life of modern Indian tribes. You will also meet primitive tribes lost in the jungles of the Amazon and in the mountains of Irian Jaya, visit lifeless deserts and the mysterious Himalayas, monasteries and temples of Burma, Bhutan, Egypt, the Philippines, etc. Together with the author, you will be able to look inside the world, its diversity and subtle secrets. The book is illustrated with drawings and photographs from the personal archive of V. Sundakov, and is intended for a wide range of readers.