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Carlos Castaneda
was a Peruvian-born American author who graduated from the University of California with a PhD in Anthropology. Starting with The Teachings of Don Juan
in 1968, he wrote a series of books that described his training and awareness expanding experiences, sometimes inaccurately described as traditional Mesoamerican shamanism
. Initially his books were considered works of anthropology, but five years after the first book was published, critics such as Joyce Carol Oates
began to consider them fiction.
Castaneda was very protective of his privacy and until recently little was known about him outside what was learned from his twelve books. He rarely spoke in public except toward the end of his life, and gave very few interviews.
Carlos Castaneda
Carlos Castaneda was a Peruvian-born American anthropologist and author....
was a Peruvian-born American author who graduated from the University of California with a PhD in Anthropology. Starting with The Teachings of Don Juan
The Teachings of Don Juan
The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge was published by the University of California Press in 1968 as a work of anthropology. It was written by Carlos Castaneda and submitted as his master’s thesis in the school of anthropology...
in 1968, he wrote a series of books that described his training and awareness expanding experiences, sometimes inaccurately described as traditional Mesoamerican shamanism
Shamanism
Shamanism is an anthropological term referencing a range of beliefs and practices regarding communication with the spiritual world. To quote Eliade: "A first definition of this complex phenomenon, and perhaps the least hazardous, will be: shamanism = technique of ecstasy." Shamanism encompasses the...
. Initially his books were considered works of anthropology, but five years after the first book was published, critics such as Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates is an American author. Oates published her first book in 1963 and has since published over fifty novels, as well as many volumes of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction...
began to consider them fiction.
Castaneda was very protective of his privacy and until recently little was known about him outside what was learned from his twelve books. He rarely spoke in public except toward the end of his life, and gave very few interviews.
Books
- The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of KnowledgeThe Teachings of Don JuanThe Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge was published by the University of California Press in 1968 as a work of anthropology. It was written by Carlos Castaneda and submitted as his master’s thesis in the school of anthropology...
(1968) ISBN 0-520-21757-8. (Summer 1960 to October 1965.) - A Separate RealityA Separate Realityis an allegedly non-fictional book written by anthropologist/author Carlos Castaneda in 1971 concerning the events that took place during an apprenticeship he claimed to have served with a self-proclaimed Yaqui Indian Sorcerer, Don Juan Matus, between 1968 and 1971...
: Further Conversations with Don Juan (1971) ISBN 0-671-73249-8. (April 1968 to October 1970.) - Journey to IxtlanJourney to Ixtlanis the third book by Carlos Castaneda. It was published as a work of non-fiction by Simon & Schuster in 1972.The title of this book is taken from an allegory that is recounted to Castaneda by his "benefactor" who is known to Carlos as Don Genaro , a close friend of his teacher don Juan Matus...
: The Lessons of Don Juan (1972) ISBN 0-671-73246-3. (Summer 1960 to May 1971.) - Tales of Power (1974) ISBN 0-671-73252-8. (Autumn 1971 to the 'Final Meeting' with don Juan Matus in 1973.)
- The Second Ring of Power (1977) ISBN 0-671-73247-1. (Meeting his fellow apprentices after the 'Final Meeting'.)
- The Eagle's Gift (1981) ISBN 0-671-73251-X. (Continuing with his fellow apprentices; and then alone with La Gorda.)
- The Fire From Within (1984) ISBN 0-671-73250-1. (Don Juan's 'Second Attention' teachings through to the 'Final Meeting' in 1973.)
- The Power of Silence: Further Lessons of Don Juan (1987) ISBN 0-671-73248-X. (The 'Abstract Cores' of don Juan's lessons.)
- The Art of DreamingThe Art of DreamingThe Art of Dreaming is an allegedly non-fictional book written by author/anthropologist Carlos Castaneda and published in 1993. The book reportedly describes the events that took place during an apprenticeship he claimed to have served with a self-proclaimed Yaqui Indian Sorcerer, don Juan Matus,...
(1993) ISBN 0-06-092554-X. (Review of don Juan's lessons in dreaming.) - Magical Passes: The Practical Wisdom of the Shamans of Ancient Mexico (1998) ISBN 0-06-017584-2. (Body movements for breaking the barriers of normal perception.)
- The Wheel of Time: Shamans of Ancient Mexico, Their Thoughts About Life, Death and the Universe (1998) ISBN 0-96-641160-9. (Selected quotations from the first eight books.)
- The Active Side of Infinity (1999) ISBN 0-06-019220-8. (Memorable events of his life.)
Interviews
- Corvalan, Graciela, Magical Blend #14, "A conversation with the elusive Carlos Castaneda".
- Corvalan, Graciela, Magical Blend #15, "Carlos Castaneda, part II".
- Burton, Sandra, Time Magazine, "Magic and Reality". 1973.
- Corvalan, Graciela, "Der Weg der Tolteken - Ein Gespräch mit Carlos Castaneda", Fischer, 1987, ca. 100p., ISBN 3-596-23864-1
- Fort, Carmina, "Conversationes con Carlos Castaneda". Madrid (Spain), 1991.
- Keen, Sam, Psychology Today, "Sorcerer's Apprentice". 1975.
- Leviton, Richard, Yoga Journal, March/April 1994 #115, "The Art of Dreaming".
- Wagner, Bruce, Details, March 1994, "The Secret Life of Carlos Castaneda: You Only Live Twice".
Biographical works
- Amy Wallace. The Sorcerer's Apprentice: My Life with Carlos Castaneda (2003)
- Filming Castaneda: The Hunt for Magic and Reason by Gaby Geuter (2004) ISBN 1-4140-4612-X
Critical works
- Ash, Lee. [Review of A Separate Reality.] Library Journal, 1971 (1 May)
- Barthelme, Donald. The Teachings Of Don B.: A Yankee Way Of Knowledge. New York Times Magazine, 1973 (11 February), 14-15, 66-67. Reproduced in D. Barthelme, Guilty Pleasures. Dell, 1974.
- Castaneda, Margaret Runyan, as told to Wanda Sue Parrott. My Husband Carlos Castaneda. Fate, 1975 (February).
- Castaneda, Margaret Runyan. A Magical Journey with Carlos Castaneda. Victoria: Press 1996 ISBN 978-0969696018
- Cook, Bruce. Is Carlos Castaneda for Real? National Observer, 1973 (24 February).
- De Holmes, Rebecca B. Shabono: Scandal or Superb Social Science? American Anthropology [Vol. 85, p. 664]
- de Mille, RichardRichard de MilleRichard De Mille was an author, investigative journalist, and psychologist. His 19th century Dutch American ancestors; Thomas Arnold Demill , Henrietta Elizabeth Demill , William Edward Demill , and Richard Mead Demill owned and operated a Commission Merchant company, Demill & Co...
. Castaneda's Journey: The Power and the Allegory. Santa Barbara: Capra Press. 1976. ISBN 0884960676 - de Mille, RichardRichard de MilleRichard De Mille was an author, investigative journalist, and psychologist. His 19th century Dutch American ancestors; Thomas Arnold Demill , Henrietta Elizabeth Demill , William Edward Demill , and Richard Mead Demill owned and operated a Commission Merchant company, Demill & Co...
. The Don Juan Papers: Further Castaneda Controversies. Belmont, California: Wadsworth Publishing Company. 1990. ISBN 0534121500 / Santa Barbara, California: Ross-Erikson. 1980 ISBN 0915520257 - Fikes, Jay Courtney. Carlos Castaneda, Academic Opportunism and the Psychedelic Sixties. Press (1993).
- Freilicher, Lila. The Carlos Castaneda Trilogy. Publishers Weekly, 1972 (20 November).
- Gill, Jerry H. The World Of Don Juan: Some Reflections. Soundings, 1974.
- Globus, Gordon G. Will The Real 'Don Juan' Please Stand Up. The Academy, 1975 (December).
- Holmes, Rebecca. 1983 Shabono: Scandal or Superb Social Science? American Anthropologist [85]
- Kennedy, William. Fiction or Fact. New Republic, 1974 (16 November).
- Mandell, Arnold J. Don Juan In The Mind. Human Behavior, 1975 (January).
- Margolis, Joseph. Don Juan As Philosopher. In Noel (228-242), 1976.
- Noel, Daniel. Seeing Castaneda: Reactions to the Don Juan Writings of Carlos Castaneda, Perigee Books (1976)
- Oates, Joyce CarolJoyce Carol OatesJoyce Carol Oates is an American author. Oates published her first book in 1963 and has since published over fifty novels, as well as many volumes of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction...
. Anthropology-or fiction? [Letter] New York Times Book Review, 1972 (26 November) - Oates, Joyce CarolJoyce Carol OatesJoyce Carol Oates is an American author. Oates published her first book in 1963 and has since published over fifty novels, as well as many volumes of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction...
. Don Juan's Last Laugh. Psychology Today, 1974 (September). - Oates, Joyce CarolJoyce Carol OatesJoyce Carol Oates is an American author. Oates published her first book in 1963 and has since published over fifty novels, as well as many volumes of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction...
. Letter to Daniel C. Noel. (In Noel (69), 1976—op.cit.) - Parrott, Wanda Sue. I Remember Castaneda. Fate, 1975 (Feb).
- Pulvino, Charles J. & Lee, James L. Counseling According to Don Juan. Counseling and Values: Volume 19, pages 125-130, February 1975.
- Roszak, Theodore. A Sorcerer's Apprentice. Nation, 1969 (10 February)
- Silverman, David. Reading Castaneda. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1975.
- Spicer, Edward H. [Review of The Teachings of Don Juan] American Anthropologist, 1969 (April)
- Sukenick, Ronald. Upward and Juanward: The Possible Dream. In Noel (110-120), 1976. (op.cit.) First published in Village Voice, 1973 (25 January).
- Tomkins, Calvin. The Teachings Of Joe Pye: (Field notes for Carlos Castaneda's next epiphany). New Yorker, 1973 (3 February).
- Wallace, John. The Sorcerer's Apprentice: Conversations with Carlos Castaneda. Penthouse, 1972 (December).
- Wilk, Stan. [Review of A Separate Reality]. American Anthropologist. 1972 (August)
Associated authors
- Florinda Donner-GrauFlorinda DonnerFlorinda Donner is an American author and anthropologist. She disappeared in 1998....
. Shabono: A Visit to a Remote and Magical World in the South American Rain Forest by (1982,1992) ISBN 0-06-250242-5 - Florinda Donner-Grau. The Witch's Dream. 1st edition 1985 ISBN 0-671-55198-1; current re-print (1997) ISBN 0-14-019531-9
- Florinda Donner-Grau. Being-In-Dreaming: An Initiation into the Sorcerers' World (1992) ISBN 0-06-250192-5
- Taisha AbelarTaisha AbelarTaisha Abelar, born Maryann Simko, is an American author and anthropologist who was a close associate of Carlos Castaneda. She disappeared shortly after Castaneda's death in 1998...
. The Sorcerer's Crossing. 1st hardback edition 1992. 1993 edition ISBN 0-14-019366-9
Related works
- Victor Sanchez. The Teachings of Don Carlos ISBN 1-879181-23-1
- Kelley, Jane Holden. YAQUI WOMEN: Contemporary Life Histories (1997)
- Edward Plotkin The Four Yogas Of Enlightenment: Guide To Don Juan's Nagualism & Esoteric Buddhism (2002) ISBN 0-9720879-0-7
- Armando Torres Encounters with the Nagual: Conversations with Carlos Castaneda (2002) Spanish (2004) English ISBN 968-5671-04-4
- Neville GoddardNeville GoddardNeville Lancelot Goddard was an influential Metaphysics teacher and New Thought author.-Biography:Neville Goddard was born on 19 February 1905 in St. Michael, Barbados in the British West Indies, to Joseph Nathaniel Goddard, a merchant, and Wilhelmina Nee Hinkinson...
. "Awakened Imagination" heavily influenced by the work of Castaneda. - Alice Kehoe, Shamans and Religion: An Anthropological Exploration in Critical Thinking. 2000. London: Waveland Press. ISBN 1-57766-162-1
- Graham Kane: Toltec Dreamer: A Collection of Memorable Events from the life of a Man-of-Action (2002 UK) Little Big Press. ISBN 0-9543630-0-0
- Martin GoodmanMartin GoodmanMartin Goodman may refer to:*Martin Goodman , American publisher of pulp magazines, paperback books and comic books*Martin Goodman , British historian*Martin J. Goodman, British author and journalist...
: I was Carlos Castaneda: The Afterlife Dialogues (2001 New York) Three Rivers Press. ISBN 0-609-80763-3 www.randomhouse.com - Jon Whale: The Catalyst of Power: The Assemblage Point of Man (Paperback) ISBN 1-873483-21-X DragonRising Publishing (3rd Edition, 2009)
- Merilyn Tunneshende: Don Juan and the art of sexual energy; The rainbow serpent of the Toltecs (2001, Rochester, Canada, ISBN 187918163-0)
- William Patrick PattersonWilliam Patrick PattersonWilliam Patrick Patterson is a spiritual teacher of The Fourth Way, an ancient, esoteric teaching of self-development brought to the West by G. I. Gurdjieff...
: The Life & Teachings of Carlos Castaneda (2007, Arete Communications, ISBN 978-1-879514-97-3)
See also
- TensegrityTensegrity (Castaneda)Tensegrity was a term used by Carlos Castaneda to refer to some movements called magical passes that he said were developed by Native American shamans who lived in Mexico in times prior to the Spanish conquest.-Cleargreen Inc and Tensegrity:Castaneda and the other students of Don Juan created...
- Carol TiggsCarol TiggsCarol Tiggs, Elizabeth Austin, or Muni Alexander, born Kathleen Adair Pohlman , is one of the three women in the inner circle of guru Carlos Castaneda whom he referred to as "the Witches" and said were apprentices of Don Juan.Tiggs was the first child born to Harriet Witbeck Pohlman and Max Edward...
- Patricia PartinPatricia PartinPatricia Partin, also known as Nury Alexander, was born Patricia Lee Partin on September 4, 1957. She was a member of the inner circle that formed the core of the group to which Carlos Castaneda was the leader...
- Amalia MarquezAmalia MarquezAmalia Marquez, was born Amalia Monserrate Marquez Marin on April 4, 1955in San Juan, Puerto Rico. After reading Carlos Castaneda's books she moved to California where she became part of his inner circle of close associates...
Sources
- Carlos Castaneda Bibliography Retrieved 8 March 2008
- Carlos Castaneda Biography and List of Works Retrieved from LitWeb 8 March 2008
- A Critical Bibliography of Carlos Castaneda Retrieved from Sustained Reaction 8 March 2008