A review by gllnmk
The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge by Carlos Castaneda

3.0

first, I think it's hilarious that this guy earned his MA with these stories. perhaps it's a precedent thesis. after this, no more fiction please! I think it'd do well rebranded (and perhaps enjoyed more) as a psychological thriller in which a deeply lonely man is manipulated into letting himself be spiritually tortured by strangers for four years.

that being said, I didn't love don Juan. every time he spoke I thought, "just answer the question, okay? please don't play with me right now..." I'd like to (baselessly) theorize that Castaneda really did do all of those drugs and don Juan was the result of a bad trip.