regarding Castaneda
while anon enjoyed a lot
of what he had to say
was proven to be fake
false profit - just fyi
in the vid r da cult 'exercises'
but here is sum sauce 4 ya
https://www.salon.com/2007/04/12/castaneda/
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Carlos_Castaneda
"His entire body of work, including his thesis, is now generally considered to be a hoax."