11-26-2011, 12:00 AM
songbird wrote:Becoming so stuck on the idea that Carlos was a fraud when it really doesn't matter, is a gigantic waste of energy.
I've spent years just assuming Castaneda was telling the truth, I have only recently been exploring the idea seriously that he could have fabricated the whole thing. Its not an issue to be so lightly dismissed if you care at all about the essence and true nature of the 'teachings of don Juan', imo.
A follower of the teachings can consider it as an exercise in the 'art of stalking' or 'controlled folly'.
I've spent years just assuming Castaneda was telling the truth, I have only recently been exploring the idea seriously that he could have fabricated the whole thing. Its not an issue to be so lightly dismissed if you care at all about the essence and true nature of the 'teachings of don Juan', imo.
A follower of the teachings can consider it as an exercise in the 'art of stalking' or 'controlled folly'.