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Carlos Castaneda, Anthropology and the Construction of a Magical Mexico
No full textIn this filmed lecture, Dr. Ageeth Sluis (associate professor of Latin American history at Butler University) discusses her research on American author Carlos Castaneda. In 1960, Castaneda found himself eye to eye with Juan Matus, a Yaqui shaman, in a bus station in the border town of Nogales, Arizona. Castaneda, then a graduate student in anthropology at the University of California-Los Angeles, met Don Juan because he sought an informant on the indigenous use of psychotropic plants. Castaneda supposedly got more than he bargained for when he became the shaman\u27s apprentice. Describing the separate realities of a secret indigenous world, Castaneda\u27s first three books (beginning with The Teachings of Don Juan) became international bestsellers and propelled Castaneda into the world of fame and notoriety.
Sluis explores how Castaneda\u27s work provides a unique window on a series of related phenomena: the rise of a New Left, counterculture spirituality, a politicization of anthropology, new understandings of indigenous identity, and the creation of a magical Mexico
Castaneda\u27s Mesoamerican inspiration : the Tonal/Nagual, the cardinal points and the birth of contemporary Toltec spirituality
No full textOn the basis of his most celebrated bestsellers, Carlos Castaneda has usually been analyzed as a precursor of the emerging pre-Harnerian Neo-Shamanism, one that was chiefly inspired by the cultures of the so-called Oasisamerica and the spirituality of the Great Plains. Nevertheless, in his transitional period (the 1970s and the early 1980s), Castaneda also explored ancient Mesoamerican symbolism. The fruit of this new inspiration mainly consists of three concepts – the Tonal/Nagual, the symbolism of the cardinal points, and the Toltec. The term "Nagual" as well as "Toltec" persisted long after Castaneda\u27s death and proved to be one of the most popular traits of the author\u27s doctrine. Such contemporary celebrity authors as Miguel Ruiz owe their idea of the Toltec to Castaneda
The Castaneda Phenomenon and the Creation of the Toltec Movement or Damn ... I Want the Money
No full textIn the latter part of the twentieth century the bestselling author and supposed anthropologist, Carlos Castaneda, created his own secret new religious movement. This thesis chronicles this movement along with the various other kinds of cults he created
Hammatoferina Cadena-Castaneda
No full textSubtribe Hammatoferina Cadena-Castañeda n. subtr. Hammatofera Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878Published as part of Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J., Braun, Holger & García, Alexander García, 2022, The tribe Dysoniini part VI: Phylogeny, biogeography and evolutionary trends of the lichen katydid genera (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae). Eleventh contribution to the suprageneric organization of Neotropical phaneropterines, pp. 1-93 in Zootaxa 5166 (1) on page 20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5166.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/687620
Markiina Cadena-Castaneda
No full textSubtribe Markiina Cadena-Castañeda n. subtr. Markia White, 1862 Machima Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 Machimoides Rehn, 1950 Apolinaria Rehn, 1950 Lichenodraculus Braun, 2011Published as part of Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J., Braun, Holger & García, Alexander García, 2022, The tribe Dysoniini part VI: Phylogeny, biogeography and evolutionary trends of the lichen katydid genera (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae). Eleventh contribution to the suprageneric organization of Neotropical phaneropterines, pp. 1-93 in Zootaxa 5166 (1) on page 20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5166.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/687620
Conditions of a solitary bird : (an analysis of the works of Carlos Castaneda)
No full textThe following is a “total critical” examination of four of the works of Carlos Castaneda; The Teachings of Don Juan, A Separate Reality, Journey to Ixtlan, and Tales of Power. This mode of analysis is based on Professor Robert Reid III's Ph.D. dissertation contention that works of literature, instead of being analyzed from a single perspective should be examined from several perspectives to insure a more encompassing evaluation of a work's literary merits. I have taken Professor Reid's thesis and used it as a starting point for this study, and have, therefore, divided this paper into chapter sections with each section dealing with a separate aspect of the Castaneda works. Within this framework I have strived to interrelate the individual sections not only to one another but each section to three overriding assumptions that I have made about the works in question. The first assumption is that the Castaneda books are literature (whether they are factual accounts, as the author contends or fictional works as many believe). The second assumption is that these books are worthy of study from all the perspectives, including the total critical perspective. And third, I have assumed that the four books, although enjoyable as units each unto themselves, should be read together as a total unit to grasp these works' full impact. The conclusions I have arrived at in this study are that these three assumptions are facts and the importance of this study therefore is derived as much from the process itself (the total critical analytic process) as from the results from the inquiry.California State University, Northridge. Department of English.Includes bibliographical references (pages 94-97
Carlos Castaneda: Evisited from a Post Materialistic Perspective
No full textA partir de una relectura de textos clásicos del antropólogo Carlos Castaneda, en este artículo se aborda el tema de las convergencias conceptuales entre la cosmovisión originaria de América en particular, la concepción chamánica que presenta este autor acerca de la realidad, la energía, la consciencia y el mundo de los espíritus,- y algunos de los principales aportes de la ciencia post-materialista. Se introduce sintéticamente esta nueva perspectiva epistemológica, junto a dos temas claves: la noción de que el universo es esencialmente energía y no materia física; y la aún más controvertida idea de que la consciencia se expande más allá del cerebro humano. Esta comparación permite, como conclusión, resumir los puntos de coincidencia entre la nueva ciencia holística y la visión chamánica de la espiritualidad.Based on a re-reading of the anthropologist Carlos Castaneda´s classical texts, this article breaches the subject of conceptual convergences between the original worldview of America, in particular, the shamanic understanding that this author presents about reality, energy, consciousness and the world of spirits, and some of the main contributions of post-materialistic science. This new epistemological perspective is introduced synthetically, together with two key subjects: the notion that the universe is not physical matter but essentially energy, and the even more controversial idea that consciousness expands beyond the human brain. This comparison allows, as a conclusion, to summarize the coinciding points between the new holistic science and the shamanic vision of the spirituality.Fil: Llamazares, Ana María. Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentin
Conditions of a solitary bird : (an analysis of the works of Carlos Castaneda)
No full textIncludes bibliographical references (pages 94-97)The following is a ???total critical??? examination of four of the works of Carlos Castaneda; The Teachings of Don Juan, A Separate Reality, Journey to Ixtlan, and Tales of Power. This mode of analysis is based on Professor Robert Reid III's Ph.D. dissertation contention that works of literature, instead of being analyzed from a single perspective should be examined from several perspectives to insure a more encompassing evaluation of a work's literary merits.\ud
I have taken Professor Reid's thesis and used it as a starting point for this study, and have, therefore, divided this paper into chapter sections with each section dealing with a separate aspect of the Castaneda works. Within this framework I have strived to interrelate the individual sections not only to one another but each section to three overriding assumptions that I have made about the works in question. The first assumption is that the Castaneda books are literature (whether they are factual accounts, as the author contends or fictional works as many believe). The second assumption is that these books are worthy of study from all the perspectives, including the total critical perspective. And third, I have assumed that the four books, although enjoyable as units each unto themselves, should be read together as a total unit to grasp these works' full impact.\ud
The conclusions I have arrived at in this study are that these three assumptions are facts and the importance of this study therefore is derived as much from the process itself (the total critical analytic process) as from the results from the inquiry
Lichenodentix Cadena-Castaneda 2011
No full textLichenodentix Cadena-Castañeda, 2011 Diagnosis. Coloration white with black spots, frons, and thorax ventrally black (Fig. 36); base of fore femur brown. Head elongate with elevated fastigium, undulate margins, wide in both lateral and frontal view (Fig. 36A, C). Vertex with a granule or evagination at the margin of each eye. Antennae nodose. Pronotum elevated at rear end, with denticulations on rear margin and lateral edges of metazona (Fig. 36D). Tegmina apically broadened at the anal margin, costal margin curved (Fig. 36B). Spines on hind femora moderately broadened and flattened. Male cerci robust, with inner and outer branches similar in size and curving inward (Fig. 36E). Male subgenital plate shorter than length of cerci (Fig. 36F). Type species. Dysonia dentatithorax Piza, 1951, by monotypy and original designation. Distribution. Southeast of Brazil (Map 19).Published as part of Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J., Braun, Holger & García, Alexander García, 2022, The tribe Dysoniini part VI: Phylogeny, biogeography and evolutionary trends of the lichen katydid genera (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae). Eleventh contribution to the suprageneric organization of Neotropical phaneropterines, pp. 1-93 in Zootaxa 5166 (1) on page 62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5166.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/687620
Unconfined Compressive Strength and Mohr–Coulomb properties of cement stabilized soils: experimental data
No full textThe data presented here encompass the experimental preparation and results of Unconfined Compressive Strength (UCS) tests and Direct Shear (DS) tests on two Cement Stabilized Soils (CSS). Both materials were treated with variable cement contents and degrees of compaction around a reference mixture. They were tested after several curing times. Preparation followed the French guideline for soil treatment. Cement type is CEM II/A-LL 42.5 R.The data presented here encompass the experimental preparation and results of Unconfined Compressive Strength (UCS) tests and Direct Shear (DS) tests on two Cement Stabilized Soils (CSS). Both materials were treated with variable cement contents and degrees of compaction around a reference mixture. They were tested after several curing times. Preparation followed the French guideline for soil treatment. Cement type is CEM II/A-LL 42.5 R
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