
The friend who had introduced me to don Juan explained later that the old man was not a native of Arizona, where we met, but was a Yaqui Indian from Sonora, Mexico.Becoming a man of knowledge was a task that could not be fully achieved rather, it was an unceasing process comprising (1) the idea that one had to renew the quest of becoming a man of knowledge (2) the idea of one's impermanency and (3) the idea that one had to follow the path with heart. To become a man of knowledge was an unceasing process. has, without rushing or without faltering, gone as far as he can in unravelling the secrets of power and knowledge. It purports to document the events that took place during an apprenticeship with a self-proclaimed Yaqui Indian Sorcerer, don Juan Matus from Sonora, Mexico between 19.Ī man of knowledge is one who. The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge was published in 1968, written by Carlos Castaneda and submitted as his Master's thesis in the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) Department of Anthropology.
