With the Help of Electroencephalography INTRODUCTION: “Our house was a meeting place for Yaquis in Hermosillo [Mexico], just as it had been in Colorada and as it was in later years in Arizona. Almost every day Yaqui men and Yaqui families came to talk. Mama Grande served coffee to the guests and tomales when there… Continue reading Stopping the Internal Dialogue
Month: June 2023
17 August 1961, A Pivotal Day in the Field: Becoming Don Juan’s Chosen Man.
A scene script adapted from Chapter Ten of the book Journey to Ixtlan by Carlos Castaneda. (The scene script that follows has been previously presented in my book The Curious Case of Dr. Castaneda’s Twelve Pages of Field Notes.) 23. EXT. DON JUAN’S HOUSE — DAY The date is 17 August 1961. The time is… Continue reading 17 August 1961, A Pivotal Day in the Field: Becoming Don Juan’s Chosen Man.
The “don Juan” character from the books by Carlos Castaneda:
Was he a real person or an entirely fictional character? The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge was first published by the University of California Press in 1968. The book was, to all appearances, a legitimate work of anthropology, an account of the apprenticeship of a postgraduate student of anthropology, Carlos Castaneda,… Continue reading The “don Juan” character from the books by Carlos Castaneda: