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Carlos Castaneda
custodian:
I would like to examine whatever data, evidence and opinions that might exist here among the NAFPS patrons and records regarding the writings of Carlos Castaneda and the teachings of Juan Matus.
If there is exsiting materials, please direct me to it.
debbieredbear:
You can tryn the search feature and come up with some stuff that people have posted on Castaneda. As for me, I read his first book and gagged. I thought it ws the phoniest thing I ever read. Apparently UCLA agreed with me since they yanked his PHD because they belive it was all a fabrication.
custodian:
--- Quote from: debbieredbear on April 09, 2007, 04:43:05 am ---You can tryn the search feature and come up with some stuff that people have posted on Castaneda. As for me, I read his first book and gagged. I thought it ws the phoniest thing I ever read. Apparently UCLA agreed with me since they yanked his PHD because they belive it was all a fabrication.
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Thank you for your reply Debbie Red Bear.
I am unaware the authorities at UCLA decided the writings of Carlos Castaneda were fabrications.
I am also unaware they reclaimed or revoked the PHD they previously granted to Castaneda.
For the sake of integrity and honesty, please offer up whatever supporting materials you have regarding these claims by you.
In the mean time, I will be contacting the authorities at UCLA to have them either confirm or clarify your claims here.
I will publish the response from UCLA here when I get it.
debbieredbear:
http://www.biblio.com/authors/652/Carlos_Castaneda_Biography.html
"He wrote that he was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil on Christmas Day in 1931, but immigration records show that he was born 6 years earlier in Cajamarca, Peru. He moved to the United States in the early 1950s and became a naturalized citizen in 1957. He was educated at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) (B.A. 1962; Ph.D. 1970). Castaneda was later stripped of the Ph.D. on the grounds that he presented fiction in the place of proper ethnographic research."
If you want more, I suggest you do the research yourself. I have many other things to do at this time then to try and prove to you that castaneda wasn't full of crap. I have never met any Indian people who believed his bs, either. I am sure there are some. I just never met them.
custodian:
--- Quote from: debbieredbear on April 09, 2007, 04:30:52 pm ---http://www.biblio.com/authors/652/Carlos_Castaneda_Biography.html
"He wrote that he was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil on Christmas Day in 1931, but immigration records show that he was born 6 years earlier in Cajamarca, Peru. He moved to the United States in the early 1950s and became a naturalized citizen in 1957. He was educated at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) (B.A. 1962; Ph.D. 1970). Castaneda was later stripped of the Ph.D. on the grounds that he presented fiction in the place of proper ethnographic research."
If you want more, I suggest you do the research yourself. I have many other things to do at this time then to try and prove to you that castaneda wasn't full of crap. I have never met any Indian people who believed his bs, either. I am sure there are some. I just never met them.
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How interesting. No doubt I will have little trouble getting confirmation of this from UCLA. Thank you for your precious time Debbie. I guess I should feel honoured?
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