Downright Ellisonian. Given what we know know about the manipulative practices Castaneda used within his small cult, I have no problem seeing those observation

Downright Ellisonian. Given what we know know about the manipulative practices Castaneda used within his small cult, I have no problem seeing those observations as reflections of his inner psyche through the lens of shamanic ritual and intoxicants, possibly amplified for artistic purposes. >> I have not observed these myself and I don’t think there’s instrumentation to confirm or rebutt these observations. The only instrumentation one has to confirm or rebut the experience of shamanic mystics is the practice of shamanic mysticism.