Nag Champa sticker — Los Angeles by Folkert Gorter

Often covers become fused with a book’s content due to a reader’s affection. But there are times when art and content are perfectly matched, as is the case with the six Castaneda titles collected here.

The method used to achieve the near-surrealist scenes is so simple and ring quite true for psychedelic endeavors undertaken in the desert: the perception of scale is a matter of one’s perspective. As well, in each, there is a clarity regarding that stark but ravishing beauty one encounters in those environs.