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...Journey to Ixtlan, Castaneda...
...latest book, Journey to Ixtlan, shows how far an anthropology student from Los Angeles can come in eleven years. Although written in the same plodding, comically earnest style, it indicates that Castaneda has graduated from academic reporter to spiritual disciple and has planted himself in the supernatural world of Don Juan. The miracles he witnesses are more spectacular than ever. Yet Castaneda uses no drugs in Journey to Ixtlan; indeed, the climactic scene occurs in the absence of Don Juan...
...Journey to Ixtlan," the final and most crucial section, serves as a challenge. It is very short and consists mainly of a story by Don Genaro, Don Juan's fellow sorcerer, about winning his ally. After being spun like a top by the ally, but triumphing, Don Genaro tried to return to Ixtlan where he had a home, family and friends, but he could not reach his destination. He has still not reached it. Human beings, with the exception of Don Juan, are phantoms to Don Genaro now. Don Juan tells Castaneda that when he gains an ally, he will...
Journey to Ixtlan is the conclusion of a series, a phase, but it will not be Castaneda's last book. Unless Castaneda abandons the path of knowledge, there will be a book about taming his ally and confronting La Catalina. It's difficult to imagine that Don Juan will not also reappear--at strategic moments, no doubt. Perhaps Don Genaro, who is even more awesome than Don Juan, will become Castaneda's benefactor. Perhaps Castaneda will become a man of knowledge, take on an apprentice himself (in an urban setting?), and someday we'll have The Teachings of Carlos Castaneda...
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