Comments on: The Teachings of Don Juan http://www.popocculture.com/43/the-teachings-of-don-juan Transcend Trends Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:40:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Krishna Hermes http://www.popocculture.com/43/the-teachings-of-don-juan#comment-5404 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 05:25:24 +0000 http://www.popocculture.com/43/the-teachings-of-don-juan#comment-5404 Well, it started out as a PHD thesis, so its not a very literary read, it still has the academic feel. However some of the teachings in there are invaluable, like finding power spots, the "sitio," the really simple stuff is the most important. Well, it started out as a PHD thesis, so its not a very literary read, it still has the academic feel.

However some of the teachings in there are invaluable, like finding power spots, the “sitio,” the really simple stuff is the most important.

]]> by: monster http://www.popocculture.com/43/the-teachings-of-don-juan#comment-875 Thu, 04 Jan 2007 08:47:02 +0000 http://www.popocculture.com/43/the-teachings-of-don-juan#comment-875 I think this book is only a classic because it's the first of his books, the rest of which are totally sweet, I swear. "the rest of the books can be safely ignored…." I agree, except for Tales of Power. The rest of the books are good, but they're not must-reads like Journey and Tales. I think this book is only a classic because it’s the first of his books, the rest of which are totally sweet, I swear.

“the rest of the books can be safely ignored….”

I agree, except for Tales of Power. The rest of the books are good, but they’re not must-reads like Journey and Tales.

]]> by: Pop Occulture http://www.popocculture.com/43/the-teachings-of-don-juan#comment-810 Fri, 22 Dec 2006 05:44:57 +0000 http://www.popocculture.com/43/the-teachings-of-don-juan#comment-810 what? of course i realize this came out before the internet. im just saying i found it boring! what? of course i realize this came out before the internet. im just saying i found it boring!

]]> by: khephret http://www.popocculture.com/43/the-teachings-of-don-juan#comment-805 Fri, 22 Dec 2006 01:47:11 +0000 http://www.popocculture.com/43/the-teachings-of-don-juan#comment-805 er....don't take this personally but... you're making the classic mistake of forgetting that there are 45 years of eye-opening history, PRE-INTERNET, between the time the book was written and now. remember, when don juan and carlos castaneda were having the discussions castneda outlines in the book, virtually nobody in the US academic community (outside of a very few people who had access to books written by people who had studied the yaqui people) had heard of the toltecs. if they had, they were at best known only as a dead culture--it is unlikely that there was much knowledge of the toltecs as a living tradition, for if you read on in castaneda's works, you find discussions that he has with don juan where don juan outlines the violent repression the toltecs suffered at the hands of the spaniards when mexico was invaded. there's a point to be made that the internet has opened things up TOO much. i see all too often people forgetting about its influence; it has made information SO available that it's easy to lose sight of the fact that it wasn't always this way; you couldn't always sit at your living room table and read grimoires from four centuries previous that happened to be physically located a continent and two seas away.... intellectual chauvinism anyone? (this is meant to be a gentle jibe, not a rant or insult; take from my words what you will) -k er….don’t take this personally but…
you’re making the classic mistake of forgetting that there are 45 years of eye-opening history, PRE-INTERNET, between the time the book was written and now.
remember, when don juan and carlos castaneda were having the discussions castneda outlines in the book, virtually nobody in the US academic community (outside of a very few people who had access to books written by people who had studied the yaqui people) had heard of the toltecs. if they had, they were at best known only as a dead culture–it is unlikely that there was much knowledge of the toltecs as a living tradition, for if you read on in castaneda’s works, you find discussions that he has with don juan where don juan outlines the violent repression the toltecs suffered at the hands of the spaniards when mexico was invaded.

there’s a point to be made that the internet has opened things up TOO much. i see all too often people forgetting about its influence; it has made information SO available that it’s easy to lose sight of the fact that it wasn’t always this way; you couldn’t always sit at your living room table and read grimoires from four centuries previous that happened to be physically located a continent and two seas away….

intellectual chauvinism anyone?
(this is meant to be a gentle jibe, not a rant or insult; take from my words what you will)

-k

]]> by: jp http://www.popocculture.com/43/the-teachings-of-don-juan#comment-493 Fri, 10 Nov 2006 19:22:28 +0000 http://www.popocculture.com/43/the-teachings-of-don-juan#comment-493 you should totally read the second two-- they're light-years better than the first. i'd argue, in fact that 'journey to ixtlan' is worth reading all on its lonesome and the rest of the books can be safely ignored.... you should totally read the second two– they’re light-years better than the first. i’d argue, in fact that ‘journey to ixtlan’ is worth reading all on its lonesome and the rest of the books can be safely ignored….

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