by Carlos Castaneda · Fondo de Cultura Economica USA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9786071618030
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The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge is a book written by Carlos Castaneda, which narrates his apprenticeship as a "man of knowledge" under the guidance of a Yaqui sorcerer named Don Juan. Through various experiences, Don Juan introduces Castaneda to an extraordinary reality, challenging his thought patterns and transmitting ancestral wisdom. The book explores themes of anthropology, fiction, and religious experiences.
Carlos Castaneda was a Peruvian-American writer, trained as an anthropologist. Starting in 1968, Castaneda published a series of books that describe alleged training in shamanism that he received under the tutelage of a Yaqui "Man of Knowledge" named Don Juan Matus. While Castaneda's work was accepted as factual by many when the books were first published, the character of Don Juan and the training he described is now generally considered to be fabricated and to have little relation to the actual cultural practices of the Yaqui. Castaneda's early writings featuring Don Juan were bestsellers with the general public, and are considered to be a significant influence on neoshamanism and the New Age movement more broadly.
