The Teachings of Don Juan

About “The Teachings of Don Juan”

The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge was published in 1968 by the University of California Press. It was written by Carlos Castaneda and presented as his master's thesis in anthropology. The book claims to describe events from Castaneda's time as an apprentice to don Juan Matus, a self-proclaimed Yaqui Indian sorcerer from Sonora, Mexico, between 1960 and 1965. Initially published as an anthropological work, it is now often regarded as a work of fiction. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)