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Carlos Castaneda (December 25, 1925 [nb 1] – April 27, 1998) was an American anthropologist and writer. Starting in 1968, Castaneda published a series of books that describe a training in shamanism that he received under the tutelage of a Yaqui "Man of Knowledge" named don Juan Matus.
The name is believed to be created by the fact that the bourgeois House of Castañeda was situated in a valley of chestnuts, thus meaning "Castle of the Chestnuts." In non-Hispanic countries, the name is usually spelled Castaneda (without the tilde). In Portuguese, this name is spelled Castanheda.
The second, A Structural Analysis, is an attempt, Castaneda says, at "disclos[ing] the internal cohesion and the cogency of don Juan’s Teachings." [3] The 30th-anniversary edition, published by the University of California Press in 1998, contains commentary by Castaneda not present in the original edition.
Carlos Eduardo Castañeda (11 November 1896 – 3 April 1958) was a historian, specializing in the history of Texas, and a leader in the push for civil rights for Mexican-Americans. [ 1 ] Born in Mexico, Castañeda immigrated to the United States with his family in 1908.
The title of this book is taken from an allegory that is recounted to Castaneda by his "benefactor" who is known to Carlos as Don Genaro (Genaro Flores), a close friend of his teacher don Juan Matus. "Ixtlan" turns out to be a metaphorical hometown (or 'place', 'position of being') to which the "sorcerer" or warrior or man of knowledge is drawn ...
The origin of neoshamanic movements has been traced to the second half of the twentieth century, especially to counterculture movements and post-modernism. [1] Three writers in particular are seen as promoting and spreading ideas related to shamanism and neoshamanism: Mircea Eliade, Carlos Castaneda, and Michael Harner. [1]
The Art of Dreaming is a 1993 book by the anthropologist Carlos Castaneda. [1] It details events and techniques during a period of the author's apprenticeship with the Yaqui Indian sorcerer, don Juan Matus , between 1960 and 1973.
Carlos is a masculine given name, ... prominent figure in the history of tango music; Carlos Montoya ... Carlos Castaneda (1925–1998), ...