Good Book Recommendations?

[NY3V]

Has anyone here ever read books written by Carlos Castaneda?

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Carlos Castaneda


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Carlos Castaneda 1962


Born
Carlos César Salvador Arana Castañeda
(1925-12-25)December 25, 1925
Cajamarca (https://forums.hamisland.net/wiki/Cajamarca), Perú (https://forums.hamisland.net/wiki/Per%C3%BA)


Died
April 27, 1998(1998-04-27) (aged 72)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.


Occupation
Anthropologist (https://forums.hamisland.net/wiki/Anthropologist), author


Nationality
American


Period
20th-century


Subjects
Shamanism (https://forums.hamisland.net/wiki/Shamanism)


"Carlos Arana Castaneda[1] (https://forums.hamisland.net/#cite_note-EarlyYears-0) (December 25, 1925 – April 27, 1998) was a Peruvian-American anthropologist (https://forums.hamisland.net/wiki/Anthropology) and author.
Starting with The Teachings of Don Juan in 1968, Castaneda wrote a series of books that describe his alleged training in shamanism (https://forums.hamisland.net/wiki/Shamanism). The books, narrated in the first person (https://forums.hamisland.net/wiki/First-person_narrative), relate his supposed experiences under the tutelage of a Yaqui (https://forums.hamisland.net/wiki/Yaqui_people) "Man of Knowledge" named Don (https://forums.hamisland.net/wiki/Don_(honorific)) Juan Matus (https://forums.hamisland.net/wiki/Don_Juan_Matus). His 12 books have sold more than 8 million copies in 17 languages. Critics have suggested that they are works of fiction; supporters claim the books are either true or at least valuable works of philosophy and descriptions of practices which enable an increased awareness.
Castaneda withdrew from public view in 1973 to work further on his inner development, living in a large house with three women ("Fellow Travellers of Awareness") who were ready to cut their ties to family and changed their names. He founded Cleargreen, an organization that promoted tensegrity (https://forums.hamisland.net/wiki/Tensegrity_(Castaneda)), purportedly a traditional Toltec (https://forums.hamisland.net/wiki/Toltec) regimen of spiritually powerful exercises.[2] (https://forums.hamisland.net/#cite_note-Dark_Legacy-1)"


http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/8088.Carlos_Castaneda

[NQ6U]

Yeah, I read all his "Don Juan" books back in the early Seventies. I enjoyed them but it was the Seventies, in San Francisco, so of course I was using a lot of experience-enhancing substances at the time. Now, I think they were mostly, but not entirely, fiction. As I recall, Castaneda admitted as much some time ago. Whatever the case, they have some interesting insights in them and are fun to read.

[WØTKX]

Yea, I read that way back when too. It was interesting. So was Beavis & Buttheads "trip" in the desert, eh?

This book is very interesting. It's a big one, but each chapter stands on it's own quite well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del,_Escher,_Bach


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[KG4CGC]

We are living Fahrenheit 451.

[HUGH]

"The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" by Stig Larsson. This is one of a sort of trilogy, recently made into a thought-provoking film.

I think Wikipedia has something on Stig Larsson which would explain why he has written a somewhat chilling novel.

[WØTKX]

If you wanna go the fiction route, Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.
And all the sequel/prequel books it spawned.