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don Jose Ruiz

don Jose Ruiz was born in Mexico City and raised in Tijuana, Mexico. When he was 21, he came to live in the United States with his father, don Miguel Ruiz. He lectures and gives workshops around the world and dedicates his life to sharing the ancient Toltec wisdom by translating it into practical, everyday life concepts that promote transformation through truth, love, and common sense. He is the author of The Wisdom of the Shamans, and the coauthor, with his father, of The Fifth Agreement.

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Senior Editor at Hierophant Publishing. Writes from an off-grid homestead in the Hawaiian rainforest.

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