... the IT man in LibraryLand It, and a couple of others in the series, were handed to me by Shirl when they were withdrawn(1) from the library just prior to my winter visit to Svetlanaland - which shows that I am only two years behind on following up on reading recommended to me.
It was a reasonably well written exploration of a shamanistic apprenticeship in the desert. It reminded me somewhat of parts of the Illuminatus trilogy and/or the books about the writing of the Illuminatus trilogy and also the classic Jonathan Livingston Seagull. Like those it explores heightened states of awareness that allow the truly open minded to see the other worlds all around us.
One of the amusing things about the Castaneda books is that he presented them as anthropological study and was apparently awarded his degree based upon his first couple of books (this one is the third) despite contradictions between them.
Some have even gone as far as checking his library book stack requests and found that at the time he claims he was undergoing peyote experiences he had in fact requested a book about peyote experiences by someone else and was reading it in the comfort of the university library.
So there you go the library is not only a great place to research, it can also be an accomplice to your religious/philosophy based fraud.
All things to all people indeed.
(1) amusingly I made a typo of sithdrawn for withdrawn when I initially hammered out this sentence. It conjures up wonderful images of Darth Vader prowling the library shelves selecting unused books to be removed by slashing out with his lightsaber. (if you don't get it then read about the Sith)
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