He died in 2009. Says he started out as an ardent Scientologist, rather early in it's development. No wonder he became so disillusioned, taking it out on Castaneda!
On Hubbard and deMille:
'I thought he was a great man who had made a great discovery, and whatever his shortcomings they must be discounted because he had the answer."[1] On February 24, 1951, De Mille assisted Hubbard in kidnapping the latter's wife, Sara, from her apartment in Los Angeles in an unsuccessful bid to have her declared insane by a psychiatrist. They eventually released her in Yuma, Arizona. The two men had already taken Hubbard's daughter Alexis and a few days later flew together with Alexis to Havana, Cuba."
It's like a militant atheist attacking all religion, based on the very bad experiences they had within a particularly egregious one.
I also have a copy of Exemplars, by Rodney Needham, published in 1985, pending inclusion in the Wiki. The book contains a 30 page chapter, dedicated to defending Castaneda against his academic critics.
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u/Repulsive_Ad7301
1 points2022-01-20 22:06
Ah, I missed that it was already linked, apologies for the redundancy. I'd love to read the Needham article.
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u/adanipse
3 points2021-08-10 21:21
The spirit is moving. Just read about a political pundits use the words “petty tyrant”, then immediately after, this…
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Some old school cool, just disregard the tagline on the upper right (it's what sells magazines).
Is this amazing! Thank you for sharing this with all of us!
Thank you for sharing
That’s awesome thanks for sharing
Too cool, I almost want to buy one. Anyone have the link for the article?
You'd have to buy a physical copy. I highly doubt anyone ever digitized it:
https://www.amazon.com/HIGH-TIMES-20-April-1977/dp/B000SMYZL0
https://www.ebay.com/b/High-Times-Magazines-1940-1979/280/bn_42417683
I was wrong, they did. And shoot, it was written by DeMille, that skulking rat!
https://archive.hightimes.com/article/1977/4/1/carlos-castaneda-fact-or-fiction
Thank you
https://web.archive.org/web/20210809174340/https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Richard_de_Mille
He died in 2009. Says he started out as an ardent Scientologist, rather early in it's development. No wonder he became so disillusioned, taking it out on Castaneda!
On Hubbard and deMille:
'I thought he was a great man who had made a great discovery, and whatever his shortcomings they must be discounted because he had the answer."[1] On February 24, 1951, De Mille assisted Hubbard in kidnapping the latter's wife, Sara, from her apartment in Los Angeles in an unsuccessful bid to have her declared insane by a psychiatrist. They eventually released her in Yuma, Arizona. The two men had already taken Hubbard's daughter Alexis and a few days later flew together with Alexis to Havana, Cuba."
It's like a militant atheist attacking all religion, based on the very bad experiences they had within a particularly egregious one.
It blinds your vision.
Edit: https://ia600308.us.archive.org/19/items/Castaneda-DebunkingDeMille/Castaneda-DebunkingDeMille.pdf
There's another great article debunking Demille here, called A Critical Look at Castaneda's Critics
https://www.jstor.org/stable/43853017
It's liked here.
https://www.reddit.com/r/castaneda/wiki/magazine_interviews
Scroll down to the academics section.
I also have a copy of Exemplars, by Rodney Needham, published in 1985, pending inclusion in the Wiki. The book contains a 30 page chapter, dedicated to defending Castaneda against his academic critics.
Ah, I missed that it was already linked, apologies for the redundancy. I'd love to read the Needham article.
The spirit is moving. Just read about a political pundits use the words “petty tyrant”, then immediately after, this…
Better pay attention.