Carlos Castaneda books

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 22 Nov 2002, and now archived in the Forum Library.

StargazerLily	22 Nov 2002
I don't know if this is the right place for this post (or if there is a right place), but if not the moddies can move it. ;) I also don't know if I'm spelling the name right!! I thought it was "eida" but apparently not. Anyway, I want to read his books and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions as to what order I should read them in. Or what order they were written in?

AmounrA	22 Nov 2002
Do you know Casdanada was revealed as a fraud? He made the stuff up in his books...but sadly made out they where non-fiction. They are still good books though, just a shame about that little detail:-) I have a couple, but I have no idea what order they where written in.

DeLani	22 Nov 2002
Hi Stargazer, I remember that I believe "The Teaching of Don Juan" was the first, and I can't remember the others. If you can jog my memory with their titles, I believe I can put them in chronological order.

AmounrA	22 Nov 2002
Was there one called 'road to ixatl?an' forgive the attempt at spelling:-)

zorya	22 Nov 2002
i have 'the teachings of don juan', 'a separate reality' and 'journey to ixtlan'. these were his first 3 books in that order. as i understand it, don juan was made up, and was inspired by several different shaman. i've also read 'magical passes', but this came much later, and is about a kind of spiritual excersize, not too disimilar to tai chi.

StargazerLily	22 Nov 2002
AmounRa, I didn't know that :( How sad. I do think they'll still be interesting, though. I knew that the Don Juan book was the first, but I don't know about the others. I don't even know all of the titles. I suppose I'll look on Yahoo, hoping that's the right way to spell his name! Thank you for your replies. :D

zorya	22 Nov 2002
you've got the spelling right stargazerlily :)

StargazerLily	22 Nov 2002
Thank you zorya! DeLani, these are the books that are listed on the official website: The Active Side of Infinity The Wheel of Time Magical Passes The Art Of Dreaming The Teachings of Don Juan Being-in-Dreaming The Sorcerers' Crossing The Witch’s Dream I don't think those are all of his books, are they? Isn't there something about a Yaki (sp?)?

zorya	22 Nov 2002
the full name of his first book is; 'the teachings of don juan: a yaqui way of knowledge'

StargazerLily	22 Nov 2002
I thought the Don Juan was the yaqui one (sorry about the spelling on last post!). I was confused because it only said "The Teachings of Don Juan". It's so obvious I haven't looked much into this! :/

DeLani	22 Nov 2002
Quote: Originally posted by StargazerLily Thank you zorya! DeLani, these are the books that are listed on the official website: The Active Side of Infinity The Wheel of Time Magical Passes The Art Of Dreaming The Teachings of Don Juan Being-in-Dreaming The Sorcerers' Crossing The Witch’s Dream I don't think those are all of his books, are they? Isn't there something about a Yaki (sp?)? I think some of those books are from other authors - The Witch's Dream is by Florinda Donner, I believe. And the others aren't ringing a bell...sorry! But go with the first three books, anyway.

StargazerLily	22 Nov 2002
You're right! I just assumed they were all by Castaneda, but most of them aren't. Phooey. I think I'm going to read the 3 books zorya mentiond and then just read whatever I can find in the library.

zorya	22 Nov 2002
stargazer lily, may i ask why the interest in castaneda? yeah, castaneda is a good read. his books popularized shamanism. makes shamanism interesting. but..... if you are really interested in learning about shamanism for yourself, the MUST read book is 'the way of the shaman' by michael harner. the other major "classic" writer would be mircea eliade (hope i spelled that correctly), but eliade is rather dry reading. for fun and entertaining novels, try anything by lynn andrews.

StargazerLily	22 Nov 2002
I'm too embarrassed and afraid to talk about my spirituality (lack of it--I'm a mess). I don't really want to go into it because I don't want people telling me I'm going about it the wrong way--it would just discourage me. My boyfriend recommended Castaneda forever ago. Plus, "desert buttons" are mentioned in Third Eye by Tool and I don't remember how I figured out the connection to Castaneda. But Tool is a big inspiration to me (I'm also afraid of people ripping on my for saying that--to each his own!?). My boyfriend also recommended I read about shamanism--he thinks that would fit me, so thank you for your suggestions.

zander770	23 Nov 2002
Quote: Originally posted by zorya i have 'the teachings of don juan', 'a separate reality' and 'journey to ixtlan'. these were his first 3 books in that order. these three are available in one collected volumn, now. the last book i read by catenada was _the art of dreaming_, that i didn't particularily like (i couldn't "get into" it). ~Z~770 :T2P

zander770	23 Nov 2002
Quote: Originally posted by AmounrA Do you know Casdanada was revealed as a fraud? He made the stuff up in his books...but sadly made out they where non-fiction. i DO recall hearing "something" about this (his "sorces," or "journalistic integrity..."). anyone have any direct url's regarding this? (i suppose, if i was THAT interested, i'd serch, myself, huh?!? No Time...) ~Z~770 })

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