![]() He moves forward with the help of don Juan, whose shamanic wisdom enlightens and guides Carlos along his spiritual path. Carlos goes through a restless stage and breaks ties with his studies and professors at school. Throughout Casteneda’s stories you can see the “Heroic Journey Archetype”. ![]() The “Heroic Journey Archetype” and shamanistic ideologies, and also the general moral, explainative, and philosophical content of his writings indicate that these stories can be viewed as “modern myth”. I interpret his books as modern mythological stories for several reasons. Don Juan, a Yaqui “brujo” or shaman, decides to teach Carlos the “Yaqui way of knowledge.” It is not known if these stories are fiction or non- fiction and many critics still debate over his writings. ![]() His name was don Juan Mateus, but I will refer to him as don Juan. While at a bus station, he met an extraordinary man. ![]() In the summer of 1960, Carlos Casteneda, a UCLA anthropology student traveled to the southwest to do research on medicinal plants. ![]()
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