Don Miguel Ruiz | |
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Born | Mexico | August 27, 1952
Pen name | Don Miguel Ruiz |
Genre | Personal growth, self help |
Subject | Motivational |
Notable works | The Four Agreements, The Mastery of Love, The Voice of Knowledge, The Fifth Agreement |
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Miguel Ángel Ruiz Macías (born August 27, 1952), better known as Don Miguel Ruiz, is a Mexican author of Toltec spiritual and neoshamanistic texts.
His work is best-received among members of the New Thought movement that focuses on ancient teachings as a means to achieve spiritual enlightenment. Ruiz is listed as one of the Watkins 100 Most Spiritually Influential Living People in 2018.[1] Some have associated Ruiz's work with Carlos Castaneda, author of The Teachings of Don Juan.[2]
Don Miguel Ruiz was born in rural Mexico, the youngest of 13 children. He attended medical school, and became a surgeon.[3]
The Four Agreements, published in 1997; was a New York Times bestseller for more than a decade. Other books have followed: The Mastery of Love, The Voice of Knowledge, The Circle of Fire, The Four Agreements Companion Book and The Fifth Agreement, a collaboration with his son Don José. His The Toltec Art of Life and Death was published in late 2015.[4]