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08-18-2002, 02:30 PM
>>DW: During Christmas of my senior year in HS, I was given the entire series
>>of Castenada books at that time, from yÃÂà ƒÂƒÃ‚‚‚ÂàƒÃ‚ƒÃ‚‚´Teachings of Don JuanyÃÃÂà ‚‚‚à‚´ all the way
>>through until yÃÂà ƒÂƒÃ‚‚‚ÂàƒÃ‚ƒÃ‚‚´The Power of Silence.yÃÃà ƒÂ‚‚‚ÃÂà‚‚´ They definitely had an impact on me
>>and helped to open my mind to higher realities and possibilities.
>>
>>Now, with the amount of exposure that I have had to others via such a
>>popular website and public outreach, I have gotten a more complete picture
>>of what happened. Essentially, part of Castenada's own distortions was that
>>right from the beginning he had anonymized his real teachers into one single
>>identity - and it is true that one teacher formed the bulk of that
>>personality. His real name is Kachora and he is still alive, and there is a
>>very strong bedrock of people who try to catch him wherever he speaks. The
>>last time I was aware that he was going to speak somewhere, negative
>>interference caused his flight to be cancelled and he never was able to make
>>it.
>>
>>As you may know from reading the later books, Castenada decided to practice
>>yÃÂà ƒÂƒÃ‚‚‚ÂàƒÃ‚ƒÃ‚‚´not-doingyÃà‚‚Ã ‚´ by taking a very menial restaurant job to totally divest himself
>>of any ego or self-pride... especially since only a small number of people
>>are actually aware of his physical appearance. This advice was given to him
>>by a woman he was working with, one of a few Americans who are mentioned in
>>the later books.
>>
>>Although no book discusses this, per se, the woman he worked with has
>>apparently told others the truth that he confessed to her about some of what
>>was going on in the books. The single biggest lie that he told was at the
>>end of yÃÂà ƒÂƒÃ‚‚‚ÂàƒÃ‚ƒÃ‚‚´Tales of Power.yÃÃà‚‚‚ÃÂÂà ‚‚´ They did NOT jump off of a cliff and teleport
>>somewhere else, and yÃÂà ƒÂƒÃ‚‚‚ÂàƒÃ‚ƒÃ‚‚´Don JuanyÃÃÂà ‚‚‚à‚´ did NOT go through a dark slit in the sky to
>>permanently enter into the yÃÂà ƒÂƒÃ‚‚‚ÂàƒÃ‚ƒÃ‚‚´second attention.yÃàƒÃƒÂ‚‚‚ÃÂà ƒÂ‚‚´ This distortion was inspired
>>in part by the publishing company, who wanted something totally sensational
>>to catapult the sales of the book series even further than it already was
>>going - and it worked.
>>
>>After this, since he had written Don Juan out of the script, he was forced
>>to write entire books of Don Juan's teachings with the fake idea that he had
>>received them while in the yÃÂà ƒÂƒÃ‚‚‚ÂàƒÃ‚ƒÃ‚‚´second attentionyÃà ‚‚ÃÂà ‚‚´ back when Don Juan was still
>>around. In fact, if you read the books you can see that he was continuing to
>>do what he had already done; take notes while in the presence of Kachora and
>>his teachings. I would also be very, very skeptical about the goings-on in
>>yÃÂà ƒÂƒÃ‚‚‚ÂàƒÃ‚ƒÃ‚‚´The Second Ring of PoweryÃà‚‚Ã ‚´ as well.
>>
>>However, in his later books such as yÃÂà ƒÂƒÃ‚‚‚ÂàƒÃ‚ƒÃ‚‚´The Art of DreamingyÃÃà ƒÂ‚‚‚ÃÂà‚‚´ he seems to
>>dispense with the more transient material and hone in on what is more
>>important - the work of the adept. I've written before in this group about
>>his last book where he goes through a very candid and enlightening process
>>of life review, soon before his death.
>>
>>Peace be with you -
>>
>>- David
>
>Hi David,
>
>A late reply I know. I am currently reading my way through the Casteneda books
and am thoroughly fascinated by them; as much as when I read the first book of
the Ra material. I am curious about your sources to the behind the scenes
information you write about above, and if you could possibly provide me with any
avenues I may persue to research this information further...
>
>A very curius adventurer.
>
>
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>>of Castenada books at that time, from yÃÂà ƒÂƒÃ‚‚‚ÂàƒÃ‚ƒÃ‚‚´Teachings of Don JuanyÃÃÂà ‚‚‚à‚´ all the way
>>through until yÃÂà ƒÂƒÃ‚‚‚ÂàƒÃ‚ƒÃ‚‚´The Power of Silence.yÃÃà ƒÂ‚‚‚ÃÂà‚‚´ They definitely had an impact on me
>>and helped to open my mind to higher realities and possibilities.
>>
>>Now, with the amount of exposure that I have had to others via such a
>>popular website and public outreach, I have gotten a more complete picture
>>of what happened. Essentially, part of Castenada's own distortions was that
>>right from the beginning he had anonymized his real teachers into one single
>>identity - and it is true that one teacher formed the bulk of that
>>personality. His real name is Kachora and he is still alive, and there is a
>>very strong bedrock of people who try to catch him wherever he speaks. The
>>last time I was aware that he was going to speak somewhere, negative
>>interference caused his flight to be cancelled and he never was able to make
>>it.
>>
>>As you may know from reading the later books, Castenada decided to practice
>>yÃÂà ƒÂƒÃ‚‚‚ÂàƒÃ‚ƒÃ‚‚´not-doingyÃà‚‚Ã ‚´ by taking a very menial restaurant job to totally divest himself
>>of any ego or self-pride... especially since only a small number of people
>>are actually aware of his physical appearance. This advice was given to him
>>by a woman he was working with, one of a few Americans who are mentioned in
>>the later books.
>>
>>Although no book discusses this, per se, the woman he worked with has
>>apparently told others the truth that he confessed to her about some of what
>>was going on in the books. The single biggest lie that he told was at the
>>end of yÃÂà ƒÂƒÃ‚‚‚ÂàƒÃ‚ƒÃ‚‚´Tales of Power.yÃÃà‚‚‚ÃÂÂà ‚‚´ They did NOT jump off of a cliff and teleport
>>somewhere else, and yÃÂà ƒÂƒÃ‚‚‚ÂàƒÃ‚ƒÃ‚‚´Don JuanyÃÃÂà ‚‚‚à‚´ did NOT go through a dark slit in the sky to
>>permanently enter into the yÃÂà ƒÂƒÃ‚‚‚ÂàƒÃ‚ƒÃ‚‚´second attention.yÃàƒÃƒÂ‚‚‚ÃÂà ƒÂ‚‚´ This distortion was inspired
>>in part by the publishing company, who wanted something totally sensational
>>to catapult the sales of the book series even further than it already was
>>going - and it worked.
>>
>>After this, since he had written Don Juan out of the script, he was forced
>>to write entire books of Don Juan's teachings with the fake idea that he had
>>received them while in the yÃÂà ƒÂƒÃ‚‚‚ÂàƒÃ‚ƒÃ‚‚´second attentionyÃà ‚‚ÃÂà ‚‚´ back when Don Juan was still
>>around. In fact, if you read the books you can see that he was continuing to
>>do what he had already done; take notes while in the presence of Kachora and
>>his teachings. I would also be very, very skeptical about the goings-on in
>>yÃÂà ƒÂƒÃ‚‚‚ÂàƒÃ‚ƒÃ‚‚´The Second Ring of PoweryÃà‚‚Ã ‚´ as well.
>>
>>However, in his later books such as yÃÂà ƒÂƒÃ‚‚‚ÂàƒÃ‚ƒÃ‚‚´The Art of DreamingyÃÃà ƒÂ‚‚‚ÃÂà‚‚´ he seems to
>>dispense with the more transient material and hone in on what is more
>>important - the work of the adept. I've written before in this group about
>>his last book where he goes through a very candid and enlightening process
>>of life review, soon before his death.
>>
>>Peace be with you -
>>
>>- David
>
>Hi David,
>
>A late reply I know. I am currently reading my way through the Casteneda books
and am thoroughly fascinated by them; as much as when I read the first book of
the Ra material. I am curious about your sources to the behind the scenes
information you write about above, and if you could possibly provide me with any
avenues I may persue to research this information further...
>
>A very curius adventurer.
>
>
>--
>Personalised email by http://another.com
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