The Actor: How to Live an Authen3c Life 
                       THE ACTOR 
                BY DON MIGUEL RUIZ AND BARBARA EMRYS 
        First 9tle of the Collec9on “School of Mysteries”, a series of books that will make us 
            reconsider our way of thinking to achieve a conscious and full life. 
        The book is published simultaneously in Spanish and English in Spain, La9n America 
                     and the United States. 
         Don Miguel Ruiz, author of the best seller The Four Agreements, an interna9onal 
        reference for spiritual and personal development, whose books have been translated 
         into more than 40 different languages and has sold more than 12 million copies 
                     throughout the world.  
        “School of Mysteries” is a collec2on of books that encompasses all the wisdom and 
        knowledge of Don Miguel Ruiz and will touch on different topics that will teach us to 
        rethink  our  way  of  life.  Each  book  will  help  us  become  aware  of  the  accumulated 
        experience, in order to achieve a more harmonious life and in peace with ourselves, 
        others, and with the planet. 
        The first 2tle, The Actor: How to Live an Authen3c Life, explores human drama, as well 
        as the role each of us plays in it. This book will give the reader the opportunity to see 
        this world as a theater in which we are all actors. We are ac2ng all the 2me; we believe 
        in  the  roles  we  play  and  the  roles  that  other  people  play.  But  we  can  claim  our 
        authen2city. 
        Throughout its pages the reader will learn to see life as a great representa2on and will 
        begin to understand the role one plays in it. Through this process, the reader will 
        discover that we generally just recite a script learned from childhood. Yet it is a role 
        that from now on we can change to our liking and even improvise. We will probably 
        decide to modify our ac2ons accordingly and more op2ons will open up before us than 
        we could have ever imagined. 
        As Don Miguel Ruiz has pointed out, “all human beings are ar2sts, and as ar2sts we 
        create  a  masterpiece  that  is  the  story  of  our  life.  In  that  story,  we  are  the  main 
        character,  the  one  who  interprets  what  we  are  pursuing  and  controlling  every 
        movement and expecta2on. If you don't like the story of your life, as you are the 
        author, you can change it. And that is exactly the challenge; to take control of our 
        crea2on. ” 
        With this book, Don Miguel Ruiz invites us to act with conscience and gives us the 
        opportunity to modify our behavior using our talents and making authen2city our way 
        of life. 
        Designed as a course for students, we will have different learning tools: theory, tasks 
        and imagina2ve exercises that we can apply in our day to day life. Following each 
        lesson, we will begin to see more clearly aspects that previously concerned or confused 
        us. We will make peace with the past and our rela2onship with the present will be 
        transformed. 
        Eros will be the next 2tle in the collec2on, and it will talk about love. Other books in 
        the series that will be published in 2021 are The Myth and The Duel. 
        THE AUTHORS 
        Don Miguel Ruiz 
        He is a renowned spiritual teacher and interna2onally bestselling author of the “Toltec 
        Wisdom” Series, which has sold more than 12 million copies and has been published in 
        46 languages worldwide, including the books  including “The Four Agreements,” “The 
        Mastery of Love,” “The Voice of Knowledge,” “The Four Agreements Companion Book,” 
        “The Circle of Fire,” and “The Fi\h Agreement.”  
        Don Miguel Ruiz, the youngest of thirteen children, was born in rural Mexico to healers 
        and prac22oners of ancient Toltec tradi2ons. He graduated from medical school in 
        Mexico City and prac2ced neurosurgery with his older brother in Tijuana. However, a 
        near-fatal car accident forever changed the direc2on of his life, promp2ng him to give 
        up medicine and examine the essen2al truth about life and humanity. With the help of 
        his  mother,  and  through  her  ancient  teachings,  he  discovered  his  own  path  to 
        awareness, which evolved into a deep understanding of the physical universe and the 
        virtual world of the mind. 
        Combining Toltec mythology and scien2fic perspec2ves, Don Miguel has been able to 
        fuse ancient wisdom with modern physics and prac2cal common-sense, forging a new 
        philosophy for seekers of truth and personal authen2city. Today he is a revered Nagual 
        teacher who teaches transforma2on workshops with the goal of touching people's 
        spirits to help them understand that they have a choice. 
        More informa9on about Don Miguel Ruiz 
        Don Miguel Ruiz is also a renowned writer and essayist. he is an interna2onal point of 
        reference of the spiritual and personal development literature. Author of the “Toltec 
        Wisdom Series,” including “The Four Agreements,” “The Mastery of Love,” “The Voice 
        of Knowledge,” “The Four Agreements Companion Book,” “The Circle of Fire,” and “The 
        Fi\h Agreement.” The Toltec Wisdom books have sold over 12 million copies, and have 
        been published in 46 languages worldwide. 
        Over the past three decades Don Miguel Ruiz has taught a mul2tude of workshops, 
        dedica2ng much of his 2me to guiding students towards personal freedom through his 
        profound knowledge of the reality of human nature. Currently, Don Miguel Ruiz shares 
        his  knowledge  in  workshops,  conferences,  and  guided  seminars  in  Teo2huacán, 
        Mexico, the ancient city known to the Toltecs as "The place where man becomes God." 
        Miguel Ruiz, born into a family of healers and raised in rural Mexico by a curandera 
        (healer) mother and a Nagual grandfather, he seemed des2ned to maintain the family 
        tradi2on and con2nue to transmit Toltec knowledge. However, acracted by modern 
        life,  he preferred to study medicine and became a surgeon un2l the early 1970s. A 
        near-death experience opened a stage of introspec2on in his life that led him back to 
        ancient ancestral knowledge.  
        Combining Toltec mythology and scien2fic perspec2ves, Miguel Ruiz has been able to 
        merge ancient wisdom with modern physics and prac2cal common-sense, forging a 
        new philosophy for seekers of truth and personal authen2city. His landmark bestselling 
        book,  The  Four  Agreements,  contains  prac2cal  steps  for  long-term,  personal 
        transforma2on and has been read by millions around the world. 
        First published in 1997, “The Four Agreements” has sold more than eight and a half 
        million  copies  in  the  United  States  and  seven  million  worldwide.  It  has  been 
        translated into 46 languages, and for nearly ten years it was on the New York Times 
        best-seller list. It was the 36th best-selling book of the decade. Don Miguel Ruiz is 
        also the author of “The Mastery of Love,” “The Voice of Knowledge,” “Prayers,” and 
        the New York Times best seller “The Fi^h Agreement,” a collabora9on with his son 
        Don José Ruiz. Each of his books has become an interna9onal best seller. 
        The wisdom that Don Miguel has transmiced thanks to his books, talks and workshops 
        has earned him respect throughout the world. He has dedicated his life to sharing his 
        message through prac2cal concepts in order to promote transforma2on and ul2mately 
        change lives  for  the  becer.  Don  Miguel  is  the  recipient  of  numerous  recogni2ons, 
        including a U.S. Air Force ‘challenge coin’ engraved with “The Four Agreements.” He is 
        the  recipient  of  an  Honorary  Degree  in  Cultural  and  Social  Educa2on  from  the 
        American Cultural Ins2tute of Mexico and referenced as a “na2onal treasure” in his 
        na2ve country. He currently lives in Nevada. 
        About Barbara Emrys  
        Barbara Emrys was born in France to an American diplomat. She grew up in Europe, 
        Africa and the West Indies. She met Don Miguel Ruiz twenty-five years ago and began 
        her  appren2ceship on shamanic training. She is currently a teacher of the ancient 
        Toltec arts, as well as one of the closest collaborators of the mythical Mexican shaman, 
        with whom she has co-authored several books.