Just Curious

Yes, his books are very different from other books about the shamans of America. That is one of the primary reasons why people think he wrote fiction. Some argue that only the first three books are genuine accounts, while the following ones are more imagined. Either way, they form a remarkably tight and self-consistent system, with no visible inconsistencies, as far as I can tell. I find his books deeply captivating.

That is very interesting. Did you add tobacco? How did you smoke it? Thanks!

Thats true. Its only a book. But I am courius if anyone tried smoking powdered mushrooms. And in what way. On the topic of Don Juan, he was very ritualistic and would say again and again how dangerous these substances were and how easy it was to not come back from a trip. It makes one respect these substances.

In the first book of the series, titled "The Teachings of Don Juan", Carlos is introduced by Don Juan to smoking a mixture of 3 parts mushrooms and 1 part of floweres and leaves. Has anyone tried something similar? I have read that heat destroys psilocybin, but nevertheless in the book it worked. Here is the book. You can see the entry of Saturday, 27 January 1962 for some context https://selfdefinition.org/shaman/Carlos-Castaneda-Teachings-of-Don-Juan.pdf