trainedobserver
Paranormally Disenchanted
Carlos Castaneda perpetuated a colossal fraud that spanned a lifetime.
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Since then, I found out that his research was very dubious, much or most of it invented or otherwise confabulated. And his later career as a sort of New Age guru I found pretty repulsive -- it went against how he described the world of shamanism and sorcery in his books.
I find John Keel, for instance, to be very entertaining, and his books get at things about the UFO phenomena that are unique. I think, though, that Keel made stuff up, or at least exaggerated and confabulated.
Anyway, how do you give Castaneda any credibility either? This is just one of many reasons that I tell people to stay away from Gurus.
Castaneda's books -- especially the early ones -- are still fascinating to me. I think there must be some sort of truth or wisdom to them, no matter where Castaneda got his inspiration.
Not being an ass here but I have to ask. First though I will say this. I perused these books at a young age but didn't get into them. But, my question is this. If everything Phil Ibrogono says is now suspect . I do agree by the way that it is suspect and I'll be deleting two books from my Kindle that I had already purchased. Anyway, how do you give Castaneda any credibility either? This is just one of many reasons that I tell people to stay away from Gurus.