The Sorcerer's Apprentice: My Life with Carlos Castaneda
by Amy Wallace
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This book about one woman’s intimate involvement with Carlos Castaneda and members of his inner circle affected me on a very personal level, as one of the spiritual groups I was involved with borrowed heavily from the teachings of Carlos and his female colleagues. Reading Amy’s account of the dysfunction and cruelty within that group, as well as discovering information that discredited many things that I had believed as fact, caused a crumbling of a large chunk of my world view that felt a l...more
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Read in January, 2006
Amy Wallace, one of Carlos Castenada's many lovers, exposes the dark side in this kiss-and-tell about the spiritual con-man and his manipulative followers. A real eye-opener for anyone who loved Castenada's books, as I did, and found them captivating. In the end, Castenada's addictions to power, deception, and womanizing got the better of him and he died a bitter, raging, ugly creature, betraying the beauty and insights of his shamanic novels.
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Read in November, 2006
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Anyone interested in a dissenting view on Castaneda
Not a bad book, and one far less shocking than the title and cover matter suggest. While this is definitely an account of working with one of the most famous gurus of the 20th century, above all else it's decent biography -- you learn more about the author's personal relationship with (and sometimes weird dependency on) Castaneda and his "witches" than anything else, but that's still an interesting story.
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