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The Teachings of Don Juan A Yaqui Way of Knowledge

Carlos Castaneda

In 1968 University of California Press published an unusual manuscript by an anthropology student named Carlos Castaneda.

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Stuff You Should Know

It was mentioned as one of a series of books based on supposed ethnographic studies about Don Juan Matis, but was later exposed as fabricated.

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Did you ever read any of Castaneda's books?

— Episode: How Peyote Works

Episode: How Peyote Works

It was mentioned as one of a series of books based on supposed ethnographic studies about Don Juan Matis, but was later exposed as fabricated.

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Did you ever read any of Castaneda's books?

And he wrote these books that were supposedly ethnographic studies about Don Juan Matis.

And it was him being indoctrinated into the peyote way of life by a peyote magician, a Yaqui Indian named Don Juan Matis.

And he basically lied and made all this stuff up and was exposed later on by some colleagues who really went to great trouble to expose him and undermine him.

Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast

It was discussed that the author's first books were phenomenal but he later became erratic and convinced people to harm themselves.

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Carlos Castaneda rules although that guy turned out to kind of freak out, convince people to kill themselves.

— Episode: Ep 362 - McCusker Fambly Podcast

Episode: Ep 362 - McCusker Fambly Podcast

It was discussed that the author's first books were phenomenal but he later became erratic and convinced people to harm themselves.

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Carlos Castaneda rules although that guy turned out to kind of freak out, convince people to kill themselves.

Dude, it happens. True. Sometimes that's the answer.

I jumped off a cliff and disappeared and then like meanwhile he's like died of liver failure something crazy happened where like the three closest people to him got their heads cut off or something.

Something his first books phenomenal, first talking about that shit with maybe all Colts didn't end like that.

I'm not gonna lie officer, I had about I would say five hits of aminita muscaria, I was about a one-to-one-to-one of Blue Otis, dude, just some like buzzed head cop being like I'm lunch caps right now.

Behind the Bastards

The speaker discussed this book, published in the 1960s, as one of the books that inspired Marion Petty and his ideas of futurism and the occult. The speaker went on to say that Castaneda's books were based on a fraudulent claim of apprenticeship under a shaman.

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Now, a lot of people are probably familiar with Carla, the Don Juan books.

— Episode: Part One: The Finders: CIA Child Traffic...

Episode: Part One: The Finders: CIA Child Trafficking Cult...

The speaker discussed this book, published in the 1960s, as one of the books that inspired Marion Petty and his ideas of futurism and the occult. The speaker went on to say that Castaneda's books were based on a fraudulent claim of apprenticeship under a shaman.

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Now, a lot of people are probably familiar with Carla, the Don Juan books.

He actually writes these as part of his doctoral program at the University of California.

I hate that I knew where he went to school.

Do you see? Yeah, he sure did, baby.

Yeah, he absolutely did.

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

It was briefly mentioned as a possible influence on a college friend's experience with a dark figure, but no further details were provided about the book itself.

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He was reading a book, uh, the teachings of Don Juan...

— Episode: The Exorcist Files, with Ryan Bethea

Episode: The Exorcist Files, with Ryan Bethea

It was briefly mentioned as a possible influence on a college friend's experience with a dark figure, but no further details were provided about the book itself.

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He was reading a book, uh, the teachings of Don Juan...

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