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Sergio@slrpnk.net 1 month agoYeah I haven’t read his books, I just read a couple articles about the guy after seeing him mentioned in a meme post here on lemmy. Here are a couple of the more interesting articles:
imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Ima just transcribe that second link here.
Here his ex-wife recalls a pivotal point in Castaneda’s career: the day he met two other counterculture icons, Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert (who later became known as Ram Dass).
From A Magical Journey with Carlos Castaneda by Margaret Runyan Castaneda.
Fascinating anecdote. Quite a bleak portrayal of the counterculture movement of the 1960s, but sadly seems quite believable.
Sergio@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
There’s another relevant article here (with really bad formatting):