06-19-2011, 02:44 AM
No.
Actually, the first book is interesting and can read as factual if you ascribe any seeming "miracles" to peyote-think. But the philosophy can be found in other places, and more legitimate places, like Sufism.
he should have stopped with one book, but the more he wrote the less real his story became. in itself this is not a bad thing—when you read Sufis you see a lot of stuff that seems weird but isn't, in the context of their philosophy. however, Casteneda ended up living with three women who forsook family contact and who disappeared after his death. Sounds like a cult tome.
Actually, the first book is interesting and can read as factual if you ascribe any seeming "miracles" to peyote-think. But the philosophy can be found in other places, and more legitimate places, like Sufism.
he should have stopped with one book, but the more he wrote the less real his story became. in itself this is not a bad thing—when you read Sufis you see a lot of stuff that seems weird but isn't, in the context of their philosophy. however, Casteneda ended up living with three women who forsook family contact and who disappeared after his death. Sounds like a cult tome.