10-10-2011, 12:00 AM
Yes agree in that Don Juan indeed set the bar for all of us/me/ those to come. The books were profound and as you say after "hours and hours of evaluations", they changed me. I believe we all see something in the tales we grab hold of. For me it was at last an answer to what I have seen and felt all my childhood and young teenage years when I first picked up "Tales of Power" and later was to find Separate Reality and Journey to Ixtlan. Others I assume read the books and do not believe a word and firmly deny existence of Don's Juan and Genaro. Still others read and believe portions and then read the other accounts such as Florinda's and Sustained Reaction's essays and believe Castaneda was a fraud or worse. However the depth and sheer descriptions of the works of Castaneda can be denied by no one and if one reads with a open mind and heart, they will go on a journey that will invoke laughter, fear, sadness, loss and the knowledge that there is more to this world then what we are taught or perceive as ordinary men.