New-Age-Center » Carlos Castaneda http://www.new-age-center.com all about spirituality and personal development Sun, 28 Aug 2011 02:48:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Arkana Publishing – Authorshttp://www.new-age-center.com/article/arkana-publishing-authors http://www.new-age-center.com/article/arkana-publishing-authors#comments Sun, 19 Jun 2011 14:50:00 +0000 http://www.new-age-center.com/article/arkana-publishing-authors Carlos Castaneda* Carlos Castaneda * Alfred Douglas * Karlfried Graf Dürckheim * P. D. Ouspensky * Melanie Reinhart * Robin Skelton * Robert John Stewart * Richard Wilhelm * Joseph Campbell * G.I. Gurdjieff * Arthur Koestler * Idries Shah Adapted from the Wikipedia article Arkana Publishing, under the G. N. U. Free Documentation License. Please [...]No related posts.]]>

* Carlos Castaneda

* Alfred Douglas

* Karlfried Graf Dürckheim

* P. D. Ouspensky

* Melanie Reinhart

* Robin Skelton

* Robert John Stewart

* Richard Wilhelm

* Joseph Campbell

* G.I. Gurdjieff

* Arthur Koestler

* Idries Shah

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]]> http://www.new-age-center.com/article/arkana-publishing-authors/feed 0 Florinda Donner – Introductionhttp://www.new-age-center.com/article/florinda-donner-introduction http://www.new-age-center.com/article/florinda-donner-introduction#comments Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:48:05 +0000 http://www.new-age-center.com/article/florinda-donner-introduction Carlos CastanedaFlorinda Donner (originally Regine Margarita Thal, later Florinda Donner-Grau) was born February 15, 1944 in Amberg, Germany to German parents Rudolph Thal and Katarina Claussnitzer. She is an American author and anthropologist. She disappeared in 1998. In her childhood she emigrated with her parents to Venezuela where she probably lived as a school-aged child. Her [...]No related posts.]]>

Florinda Donner (originally Regine Margarita Thal, later Florinda Donner-Grau) was born February 15, 1944 in Amberg, Germany to German parents Rudolph Thal and Katarina Claussnitzer. She is an American author and anthropologist. She disappeared in 1998.

In her childhood she emigrated with her parents to Venezuela where she probably lived as a school-aged child. Her personality and background are very controversial. She sometimes claimed she was born in 1954 in Venezuela and that her parents were both either German or Swedish. Sometimes she called her mother Carolina Claussnitzer, but in an official document from the marriage with Carlos Castaneda in 1993 her mother’s name is Katarina Claussnitzer and her father’s name is spelled Rudolf rather than Rudolph.

She was nicknamed “Hummingbird” because of her ceaseless energy. She was said to have similar intelligence and charisma as her later husband Carlos Castaneda. Florinda tells in her books that she was an apprentice of Castaneda. She was also called one of “the witches” in Castaneda’s books. The type of shamanism that Castaneda and his followers practiced led the followers through a process known as recapitulation, which is a rehashing of one’s entire life’s memories. This process “rebirthed” the sorcerers by causing them to erase their personal history.

In 1982 Florinda Donner published a best selling book, ”[http://aquakeys.com/toltec/index.html#fd01 Shabono]” after the Yanomami word for shelter, with contradictory pseudo-anthropological stories

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in which she claims to have lived among the Yanomami Indians in the Amazonas. Among critics the book is called “anthropologically inspired fiction”. She lived in Westwood Los Angeles and traveled often to her old hometown Caracas.

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]]> http://www.new-age-center.com/article/florinda-donner-introduction/feed 0 A Separate Reality – Introductionhttp://www.new-age-center.com/article/a-separate-reality-introduction http://www.new-age-center.com/article/a-separate-reality-introduction#comments Sun, 05 Jun 2011 03:06:15 +0000 http://www.new-age-center.com/article/a-separate-reality-introduction Carlos Castaneda”[http://aquakeys.com/toltec/index.html#cc02 A Separate Reality: Further Conversations With Don Juan]” is an allegedly non-fictional book written by anthropologist/author Carlos Castaneda in 1971 concerning the events that took place during an apprenticeship he claimed to have served with a self-proclaimed Yaqui Indian Sorcerer, Don Juan Matus, between 1968 and 1971. The authenticity of the book, along with [...]No related posts.]]>

”[http://aquakeys.com/toltec/index.html#cc02 A Separate Reality: Further Conversations With Don Juan]” is an allegedly non-fictional book written by anthropologist/author Carlos Castaneda in 1971 concerning the events that took place during an apprenticeship he claimed to have served with a self-proclaimed Yaqui Indian Sorcerer, Don Juan Matus, between 1968 and 1971. The authenticity of the book, along with the rest of Castaneda’s series, has been a topic of debate since they were published.

In the book Castaneda continues his description of his apprenticeship under the tutelage of Don Juan, from which he had withdrawn in 1965. As in his previous book, ”The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge”, Castaneda describes the experiences he has with Don Juan while under the influence of the psychotropic plants that Don Juan offered him, peyote ”(Lophophora williamsii)” and a smokable mixture of what Castaneda believed to be, among other plants, dried mushroom of the genus ”Psilocybe”. The main focus of the book centered around Don Juan’s attempts at getting Carlos to ”See”, a practice best described as, in Castaneda’s own words, “perceiving energy directly as it flows through the universe”.

The book contains an introduction, an epilogue and two separate parts. Part One, “The Preliminaries of ‘Seeing’”, describes his re-initiation into the apprenticeship from which he withdrew in late 1965, and also describes his introduction to another ”brujo” (sorcerer

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) named Don Genaro. Part Two, “The Task of ‘Seeing’”, elaborates on the mental processes involved with ”Seeing”, and begins with Castaneda realizing that the plants are a necessary tool to arrive at ”Seeing”.

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]]> http://www.new-age-center.com/article/a-separate-reality-introduction/feed 0 The Art of Dreaming – Introductionhttp://www.new-age-center.com/article/the-art-of-dreaming-introduction http://www.new-age-center.com/article/the-art-of-dreaming-introduction#comments Sat, 04 Jun 2011 03:06:01 +0000 http://www.new-age-center.com/article/the-art-of-dreaming-introduction Carlos Castaneda”The Art of Dreaming” is an allegedly non-fictional book written by author/anthropologist Carlos Castaneda and published in 1993. The book reportedly describes the events that took place during an apprenticeship he claimed to have served with a self-proclaimed Yaqui Indian Sorcerer, don Juan Matus, between 1960 and 1973. The authenticity of ”The Art of Dreaming”, [...]No related posts.]]>

”The Art of Dreaming” is an allegedly non-fictional book written by author/anthropologist Carlos Castaneda and published in 1993. The book reportedly describes the events that took place during an apprenticeship he claimed to have served with a self-proclaimed Yaqui Indian Sorcerer, don Juan Matus, between 1960 and 1973. The authenticity of ”The Art of Dreaming”, as with the rest of his books, has been a topic of debate since they were originally published.

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* Castaneda, Carlos. The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge, 30th Anniversary Edition. New York: Washington Square Press, 1998

* Castaneda, Carlos. A Separate Reality. New York: Pocket Books, 1971

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]]> http://www.new-age-center.com/article/a-separate-reality-sources/feed 0 Patricia Partin – Introductionhttp://www.new-age-center.com/article/patricia-partin-introduction http://www.new-age-center.com/article/patricia-partin-introduction#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:57:19 +0000 http://www.new-age-center.com/article/patricia-partin-introduction Carlos CastanedaPatricia Partin, also known as Nury Alexander, was born Patricia Lee Partin on September 4, 1957. She was a member of the inner circle that formed the core of the group to which Carlos Castaneda was the guru. She was said to be the Blue Scout who is featured in Castaneda’s book ”The Art of [...]No related posts.]]>

Patricia Partin, also known as Nury Alexander, was born Patricia Lee Partin on September 4, 1957. She was a member of the inner circle that formed the core of the group to which Carlos Castaneda was the guru. She was said to be the Blue Scout who is featured in Castaneda’s book ”The Art of Dreaming” published by HarperCollins.

She was last seen alive in late April 1998, having disappeared shortly after Castaneda’s death on April 27, 1998. Her whereabouts were not known for certain until her remains were discovered in Death Valley National Park in 2003 and positively identified by DNA testing in 2006. The cause of death could not be determined.

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]]> http://www.new-age-center.com/article/patricia-partin-introduction/feed 0 Amalia Marquez – Life with Castanedahttp://www.new-age-center.com/article/amalia-marquez-life-with-castaneda http://www.new-age-center.com/article/amalia-marquez-life-with-castaneda#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 03:02:15 +0000 http://www.new-age-center.com/article/amalia-marquez-life-with-castaneda

When Amalia was still a young businesswoman, she moved from Puerto Rico to Los Angeles in order to follow Carlos Castaneda.

How she actually met Castaneda is unknown. What is known is that she became one of his closest associates. The followers of Castaneda were encouraged to undergo the process of what he called “erasing personal history,” which often involved cutting all ties to their families and taking on new names. Amalia began going by the name of Talia Bey. When Castaneda started giving workshops on Tensegrity, Amalia became a workshop organizer. In 1995, when Castaneda founded Cleargreen Incorporated, Amalia, as Talia Bey, was made both a corporate director and president of the corporation. During a December 1995 interview for the Los Angeles Times, Castaneda was asked if he and Talia Bey were a couple, which provides some indication of how close the two of them had become.

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]]> http://www.new-age-center.com/article/amalia-marquez-life-with-castaneda/feed 0 Michael Harner – Careerhttp://www.new-age-center.com/article/michael-harner-career http://www.new-age-center.com/article/michael-harner-career#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 02:57:35 +0000 http://www.new-age-center.com/article/michael-harner-career Carlos CastanedaHarner received his Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of California at Berkeley in 1963. In 2003 he received an honorary doctorate in shamanic studies from the California Institute of Integral Studies. In 2009 two sessions on shamanism were given in his honor at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association. According to author [...]No related posts.]]>

Harner received his Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of California at Berkeley in 1963. In 2003 he received an honorary doctorate in shamanic studies from the California Institute of Integral Studies. In 2009 two sessions on shamanism were given in his honor at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association.

According to author Daniel Noel, while at UC Berkeley Harner sat on Carlos Castaneda’s dissertation committee; Castaneda’s dissertation was “Sorcery: A Description of the World,” which he later published with few changes as ”Journey to Ixtlan”. Susan Grimaldi wrote an article for ”Shaman’s Drum” magazine in response to Noel’s book. Grimaldi notes that Harner never taught at UCLA where Castaneda was a graduate student.

In a 1977 article for the official journal of the American Ethnological Society, Harner noted that it was well recognized that the Aztecs were unique in the world regarding the unparalleled scale of their human sacrifices. He also observed that their nutritional situation was similarly unparalleled for a major civilization, resulting in protein and fat scarcity. He proposed that widespread cannibalism, ritually presented as placation of the gods, explained the large-scale capture and sacrifice of war prisoners. Harner’s theory was endorsed and supported by Marvin Harris, but criticized by Ortiz de Montellano who suggested that the Aztec diet did not require cannibalism. (The subject of Aztec human sacrifice and cannibalism remains controversial as evidence continues to accu

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mulate.)

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]]> http://www.new-age-center.com/article/michael-harner-career/feed 0 Castañeda – Peoplehttp://www.new-age-center.com/article/castaeda-people http://www.new-age-center.com/article/castaeda-people#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:56:07 +0000 http://www.new-age-center.com/article/castaeda-people Carlos Castaneda*Cacho Castaneda (b. 1942 as Humberto Vicente Castagna), Argentine singer and actor *Carlos Castaneda (1925–1998), Peruvian author on Mesoamerican shamanism *Christian Castañeda (b. 1968), Chilean football player *Germán Villa Castañeda (contemporary), Mexican football player *Hector-Neri Castañeda (1924–1991), Guatemalan philosopher and author *Jorge Castañeda (b. 1953), Mexican politician and academic, Secretary of Foreign Affairs 2000–2003 *Jorge [...]No related posts.]]>

*Cacho Castaneda (b. 1942 as Humberto Vicente Castagna), Argentine singer and actor

*Carlos Castaneda (1925–1998), Peruvian author on Mesoamerican shamanism

*Christian Castañeda (b. 1968), Chilean football player

*Germán Villa Castañeda (contemporary), Mexican football player

*Hector-Neri Castañeda (1924–1991), Guatemalan philosopher and author

*Jorge Castañeda (b. 1953), Mexican politician and academic, Secretary of Foreign Affairs 2000–2003

*Jorge Ubico y Castañeda (1878–1946), President of Guatemala 1931–1944

*Joseph A. Castaneda(b. 1965), American Baseball Player

Juan Castaneda (b. 1980), Spanish championship fencer

*Justiniano Borgoño Castañeda (1836–1921), Peruvian soldier and politician, President of Peru briefly in 1894

*Luis Castañeda Lossio (contemporary), Peruvian politician, mayor of Lima

*Maureen Castaneda (contemporary), American businesswoman, former officer of Enron Corporation

*Maria “Movita” Castaneda (b. 1917), American actress, second wife of Marlon Brando

*Oliverio Castañeda (1955–1978), Guatemalan student civil-rights activist; assassinated

*Patricia Castañeda (b. 1976), Colombian actress and writer

*Salvador Castaneda Castro (1888–1965), Salvadoran politician, President of El Salvador, 1945–1948

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]]> http://www.new-age-center.com/article/castaeda-people/feed 0 Tensegrity (Castaneda) – Introductionhttp://www.new-age-center.com/article/tensegrity-castaneda-introduction http://www.new-age-center.com/article/tensegrity-castaneda-introduction#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 02:54:04 +0000 http://www.new-age-center.com/article/tensegrity-castaneda-introduction Carlos CastanedaTensegrity was a term used by Carlos Castaneda to refer to some movements called ”magical passes” (a series of meditative stretches, stances and movements) that he said were developed by Native American shamans who lived in Mexico in times prior to the Spanish conquest. Adapted from the Wikipedia article Tensegrity (Castaneda), under the G. N. [...]No related posts.]]>

Tensegrity was a term used by Carlos Castaneda to refer to some movements called ”magical passes” (a series of meditative stretches, stances and movements) that he said were developed by Native American shamans who lived in Mexico in times prior to the Spanish conquest.

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