02-20-2008, 12:00 AM
Castaneda was not a fraud.
He was a Nagual with a serious lack of impecabillity. Don Juan knew this and that is why he predicted (and it's mentioned in the books) that his particular lineage ended with Carlos.
Instead of being a Nagual with a private party of should-be Naguals he began an open party of wannabe-naguals, something that came from his tonal (ego) rather than his Nagual.
His books are great and very helpful, but he himself failed as a Nagual... I think.
He was a Nagual with a serious lack of impecabillity. Don Juan knew this and that is why he predicted (and it's mentioned in the books) that his particular lineage ended with Carlos.
Instead of being a Nagual with a private party of should-be Naguals he began an open party of wannabe-naguals, something that came from his tonal (ego) rather than his Nagual.
His books are great and very helpful, but he himself failed as a Nagual... I think.