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Carlos Castaneda burst onto the academic and cultural scene in 1968 when he published the first of four books detailing his supposed apprenticeship with a Yaqui Indian sorcerer named Don Juan. While academic critics contend Castaneda invented Don Juan, believers say the fog surrounding his existence express the very ideals that Castaneda attributed to his apprenticeship. Little is known of the Peruvian claiming to be Don Juan's apprentice, but in addition to leading a generation into a mystical otherworld, Carlos Castaneda was also a man. Married to him for thirteen years was Margaret Runyan Castaneda. A Magical Journey with Carlos Castaneda reads partly like a love story, partly like a tell-all account of a celebrity writer. Margaret Castaneda concentrates on the years leading up to her marriage in 1960. It was then Margaret and Carlos explored many of the ideas -- from controlling dreams to using hallucinogenic mushrooms -- that he claims to have learned from Don Juan. Nevertheless, Margaret Castenada believes her husband was indeed a sorcerer, and she still loves him. She insists Castaneda's academic critics miss the point. "I'm willing to accept Don Juan as a spiritual teacher, and it really doesn't matter if he's not real." But the role she claims -- in developing the ideas Carlos purports to be Don Juan's -- ought to be recognized, she says, so she wrote this book.

He slayeth Carlos Castaneda, wrote one critic about this serious study by an American anthropologist which reveals how Castaneda's account of his apprenticeship to Don Juan advanced the psychedelic drug movement of the 60s and 70s. Fikes also makes a strong case for legalizing peyote, the hallucinogenic drug so vital in ancient ceremonies still practiced by more than a quarter of a million Native Americans. A penetrating expose of anthropology gone AWOL, and the book is still raising hell, according to one reviewer. ...one of the most valuable books in modern history on fake religious practitioners. -- National Coalition for Indian Education

MARGARET RUNYAN CASTANEDA cree que hay momentos épocas para todo en la vida, y está convencida e que ha llegado el momento de compartir los marvillosos recuerdos que alberga del hombre al quesiempre amó, con la esperanza de responder a algnas de las preguntas del público interesado. En ste libro se reflejan por primera vez las ideas e una mujer cuya influencia en la vida de CARLOSCASTANEDA pudo llevar a éste al sendero en dondeencontró una señal indicadora que decía: Don Jua. Este relato, de fácil lectura, incluye unaamplia gama de experiencias de primera mano que a autora tuvo con un enigmático "aprendiz de bruo", e interpreta los años más cruciales de la carera de Castaneda como escritor. Este entretenid libro deleitará tanto a los seguidores de Castaeda como a sus detractores." Jay C. Fikes, auora de Carlos Castaneda, el Oportunismo Académic y Los Psicodélicos Sesenta. "Para millones d lectores que anhelaban conocer al autor de Las nseñanzas de Don Juan, el retrato íntimo que ha echo Margaret Castaneda de este famoso escritor s una recompensa largamente esperada. Un Viaje Mgico con Carlos Castaneda nos pone detrás de la asi legendaria imagen de alguien que en contadísmas ocasiones accedió a aparecer en público, y rvela a un hombre fascinante y deliberadamente miterioso bajo una luz ante la cual nunca antes haíamos tenido ocasión de verlo." Bernard Shir liff, ex vicepresidente y editor jefe de Ballantne Books y Warner Books."

Carlos Castaneda burst onto the academic and cultural scene in 1968 when he published the first of four books detailing his supposed apprenticeship with a Yaqui Indian sorcerer named Don Juan. While academic critics contend Castaneda invented Don Juan, believers say the fog surrounding his existence express the very ideals that Castaneda attributed to his apprenticeship. Little is known of the Peruvian claiming to be Don Juan's apprentice, but in addition to leading a generation into a mystical otherworld, Carlos Castaneda was also a man. Married to him for thirteen years was Margaret Runyan Castaneda. A Magical Journey with Carlos Castaneda reads partly like a love story, partly like a tell-all account of a celebrity writer. Margaret Castaneda concentrates on the years leading up to her marriage in 1960. It was then Margaret and Carlos explored many of the ideas -- from controlling dreams to using hallucinogenic mushrooms -- that he claims to have learned from Don Juan. Nevertheless, Margaret Castenada believes her husband was indeed a sorcerer, and she still loves him. She insists Castaneda's academic critics miss the point. "I'm willing to accept Don Juan as a spiritual teacher, and it really doesn't matter if he's not real." But the role she claims -- in developing the ideas Carlos purports to be Don Juan's -- ought to be recognized, she says, so she wrote this book.