Carlos Castañeda: Academic Opportunism and the Psychedelic Sixties

He slayeth Carlos Castañeda, wrote one critic about this serious study by an American anthropologist which reveals how Castañeda’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