Case file · Non-fiction & research literature
Castaneda, 'The Teachings of Don Juan'
Carlos Castaneda's account, presented as anthropology, of his training under a Yaqui sorcerer named Don Juan Matus.
1968 CE · 29.30, -110.30 · status: hoax
The account
For: Castaneda earned a doctorate from UCLA partly based on the work, and his books shaped the New Age movement and neoshamanism.
The sceptical view
Against: Don Juan and the teachings are now generally considered fabricated, with little relation to Yaqui practice.
Connections in the atlas
- Carlos Castaneda