![]() Nobody knew, but we bought the books by the millions - 10 titles in 17 languages.Ĭastaneda was on the cover of Time magazine on March 5, 1973, but his death on April 27, 1998, went uncovered by the news media. But was it true? Was it fiction? Was it symbolic? Or was it the hallucinogenic fantasy of a Latino con man? His early books, especially "Journey to Ixtlan," were full of vivid descriptions of the barren beauty of the Mexican desert and the American Southwest. On his way to shamanic enlightenment, Castaneda learned how to fly, talked to a bilingual coyote and encountered amazing columns of singing light. The Indian "brujo" who took Castaneda under his wing was Juan Matus, but Carlos called him "Don Juan." ![]() ![]() His magical mystery tour through the "Yaqui Way of Knowledge" was published in 1968, and by the early '70s Castaneda was a best-selling author and worldwide spiritual celebrity. He first wrote it up as "field notes" and turned it in as his master's thesis. ![]() Carlos Castaneda, peyote and the Teachings of Don Juanīack in the crazed days of psychedelia, it was hard to find a bookshelf in Berkeley that didn't have a beat-up copy of the "Teachings of Don Juan" or "A Separate Reality" tucked between the cinder blocks.Ĭarlos Castaneda, an anthropology student at UCLA, had an incredible story to tell about his peyote-fueled adventures with an old Indian sorcerer he met at a bus depot on the Mexican border. ![]()
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