The author is Carlos Castaneda, a UCLA anthropology professor who lived with a Yaqui Indian holy man, or Socerer, called Don Juan. Considered the "Godfather of the New Age Movement"
2006-06-22 14:08:31 · 6 answers · asked by digilook 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I thought you might have. You are constantly surprising me with your answers. Peace and Love
2006-06-22 14:12:39 · update #1
I read them then also 30 years ago, you have no idea what you are capable of. I know they are not fiction, but non-fiction
2006-06-22 14:21:30 · update #2
I read them. Carlos was entertaining and made folks turn their heads 90 degrees to everything else. Lots of Coyote in those tales, lots!
If you would find the Red Road yourself, a more authentic path might be found in Michael Harner's books. He offers sage advice. I have studied with a graduate of his courses, a Lakota.
2006-06-23 15:29:17 · answer #1 · answered by NeoArt 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was actually warned against this author by my own Anthropology professor who was trained as a Shaman with a tribe in Mexico, so I have not read any of his work, though I know people who like him quite a bit, so I might read him in the future, but I don't expect to find anything brilliant in there. I am told that he is rather fluffy and somewhat ethnocentric and that his experiences were quite different from those of any other ethnographer in that area. The Anthropological community does not consider him credible.
2006-06-26 02:23:34 · answer #2 · answered by kaplah 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The geographical descriptions do not match where he claims to have been. The anthropological data does not correspond to what other anthropologists found. The general consensus by anthropologists is that the training he describes is either very atypical, or a complete fabrication.
Will following his method work? Maybe. But then, reciting "On Greenland's Icy Hills", has also been known to invoke Goetic entities.
2006-06-22 17:03:10 · answer #3 · answered by jblake80856 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I've never heard of them. Of course, I suppose if you read them 30 years ago then they're probably out of print, and it's often very difficult to find the GOOD used books on these subjects. Do you have any recommendations on where to find them?
2006-06-22 16:57:36 · answer #4 · answered by Ally 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah read all that 30 years ago, journey to Ixtlan, Gift of the eagle, etc.
Bah. you have no idea what fiction those books are.
2006-06-22 14:15:07 · answer #5 · answered by Greg 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, I have read some of his work.
2006-06-22 14:10:54 · answer #6 · answered by Epona Willow 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋