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       The Way of the Actor: A Path to Knowledge and Power by Brian Bat
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       By: Alfred Raeburne Date: October 27, 2014, 12:19 pm
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       "For thousands of years, in traditional societies around the
       world, actors were seen as the guardians of intuitive wisdom,
       and the way of the actor was a path to knowledge and power.
       Brian Bates believes that this is still the case
       today—that actors and actresses fulfill an important
       function in our culture as modern-day seers and shamans. He
       portrays the actor as a creator of visions who transports
       spectators out of their habitual ways of being and leads them on
       a journey of self-discovery. Personal magnetism and charisma,
       intense body awareness, and psychic sensitivity are among the
       special powers that contribute to the actor's mystique.
       Citing the observations and experiences of more than thirty
       famous performers—including Meryl Streep, Marlon
       Brando, Glenda Jackson, Liv Ullmann, Jack Nicholson, and Shirley
       MacLaine—the author also draws on extensive research
       in science, psychology, parapsychology, and Eastern and Western
       mysticism to explore the significance of the dramatic art. He
       not only shows how the magical world of stage and screen mirrors
       our lives, but also reveals how actors and actresses point the
       way to self-transformation for everyone. For, as he writes, "the
       way of the actor is not an esoteric discipline divorced from
       everyday life."
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