Similarities With Eastern Religions Richard de Mille, in The Don Juan Papers, put together a collection of scholarly essays which argue that Castaneda is one of “the world’s great hoaxers” (DJP 10).14 They claim Castaneda’s Yaqui (Mexican) sorcerer don Juan is not only unfindable, but his “teachings bore no resemblance to a Yaqui way of knowledge” (DJP 259). Furthermore, authorities on Yaqui culture say that “don Juan’s teachings contradicted what was known of Yaqui ways” (DJP 260). Agehananda Bharati,
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