pSome say he was a breakthrough academic and visionary shaman. Others say he was a sham. Either way, Carlos Castaneda shaped a generation of mystical thinkers and magic mushroom eaters.ppbrppIn 1968, at the height of the psychedelic age, Castaneda published emThe Teachings of Don Juan A Yaqui Way of Knowledgeem, the first of twelve books describing his apprenticeship to an Indian shaman, and his journeys to the separate reality of the sorcerers' worlds.ppbrppLike Herman Hesse's emSteppenwolf emand Aldous Huxley's emThe Doors of Perceptionem, emThe Teachings of Don Juan emand its sequels became essential reading for legions of truth seekers. Castaneda himself became a cult figure-seldom seen, nearly mythological, a cross between Timothy Leary and L. Ron Hubbard a short, dapper, Buddha-with-an-attitude who likened his own appearance to that of a Mexican bellhop.ppbrppThough Castaneda had more than ten million books in print in seventeen languages, he lived in wily anonymity for nearly th