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Re: Carlos Castaneda. [Re: extreme]
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I always have trouble answering this.  The first four books have the meat of the teachings.  Number three and four are mind blowing.  Number one sets the stage and is fairly uninteresting compared to the rest but IMO you need that background to understand fully what is happening.  I'll say this.  In the books CC fell into this adventure ass backwards. He thought something was happening when it was really something quite different. This begins to dawn on him by the second book.


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"Don't believe everything you think". -Anom.

" All that lives was born to die"-Anom.

With much wisdom comes much sorrow,
The more knowledge, the more grief.
Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC

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Re: Carlos Castaneda. [Re: Icelander]
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stopping the world is interesting.
suspension
it is a lot like being stoned

stopping time


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Re: Carlos Castaneda. [Re: redgreenvines]
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redgreenvines said:
stopping the world is interesting.
suspension
it is a lot like being stoned

stopping time


not necessarily stoned
but beautiful


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Re: Carlos Castaneda. [Re: redgreenvines]
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redgreenvines said:
stopping the world is interesting.
suspension
it is a lot like being stoned

stopping time


Zactly,  Some of this can be used as a metaphor for important aspects of your personal journey.  I always connected it also to realizing that I am controlled by culture.


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"Don't believe everything you think". -Anom.

" All that lives was born to die"-Anom.

With much wisdom comes much sorrow,
The more knowledge, the more grief.
Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC

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Re: Carlos Castaneda. [Re: Icelander]
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Re: Carlos Castaneda. [Re: extreme]
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extreme said:
If I were to start with a Castaneda book, which one should I read first?  Which one is the best?  Is there an "order" to them?


Read them in order.  I believe the first one is A Separate Reality; a Yaqui Way of Knowledge.  And don't get put off by the first 50 pages or so which I seem to recall being boring as fuck.


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Re: Carlos Castaneda. [Re: zappaisgod]
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The first one is "The Teachings of Don Juan.  Then A Separate Reality.  Then Journey to Ixtlan. Then Tales of Power.


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"Don't believe everything you think". -Anom.

" All that lives was born to die"-Anom.

With much wisdom comes much sorrow,
The more knowledge, the more grief.
Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC

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Re: Carlos Castaneda. [Re: Icelander]
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It's been a long time.  Do you agree that they should be read in order?


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Re: Carlos Castaneda. [Re: Icelander]
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You guys would probably like Don Miguel Ruiz. It's "Toltec" wizdoms without all the mumbo jumbo. I love Peter Coyote's readings of both authors.

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Re: Carlos Castaneda. [Re: zappaisgod]
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zappaisgod said:
It's been a long time.  Do you agree that they should be read in order?


Yeah, I said so earlier.


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"Don't believe everything you think". -Anom.

" All that lives was born to die"-Anom.

With much wisdom comes much sorrow,
The more knowledge, the more grief.
Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC

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Re: Carlos Castaneda. [Re: Middleman]
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Rev. Morton said:
You guys would probably like Don Miguel Ruiz. It's "Toltec" wizdoms without all the mumbo jumbo. I love Peter Coyote's readings of both authors.



I read it.  I'll always stick with CC.


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"Don't believe everything you think". -Anom.

" All that lives was born to die"-Anom.

With much wisdom comes much sorrow,
The more knowledge, the more grief.
Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC

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Re: Carlos Castaneda. [Re: Icelander]
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I'll always stick with OC.


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