Book · 1968 · Drogas alucinógenas
The Teachings of Don Juan
The Teachings of Don Juan by Carlos Castaneda has been mentioned in 5 episodes across 4 podcasts (1 episode recommends it and 4 episodes discuss it), through . Most frequently brought up by Tim Ferriss (1 episode), Dennis McKenna (2 episodes) and Robert Evans (1 episode) on The Tim Ferriss Show (2 episodes), Behind the Bastards (1 episode) and Stuff They Don't Want You To Know (1 episode).
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That was one of the first books I read. That was a great book.
Tim Ferriss · The Tim Ferriss Show · Oct 2025 Listen at 1:17:36 Questions about The Teachings of Don Juan by Carlos Castaneda
Who recommends The Teachings of Don Juan by Carlos Castaneda on podcasts?
Tim Ferriss (1 episode) has recommended The Teachings of Don Juan by Carlos Castaneda on podcasts. In all, 4 people brought it up across 4 podcasts (1 person recommended it).
Which podcasts mention The Teachings of Don Juan the most?
The Tim Ferriss Show (2 episodes), Behind the Bastards (1 episode), Stuff They Don't Want You To Know (1 episode) and The Joe Rogan Experience (1 episode).
Is The Teachings of Don Juan recommended, or only discussed?
The Teachings of Don Juan by Carlos Castaneda was recommended in 1 episode and discussed without a recommendation in 4 episodes, as of 2025-10-29.
What do people say about The Teachings of Don Juan?
Tim Ferriss on The Tim Ferriss Show (2025-10-29): "That was one of the first books I read. That was a great book."
When was The Teachings of Don Juan last mentioned on a podcast?
The Teachings of Don Juan by Carlos Castaneda was last recommended on The Tim Ferriss Show by Tim Ferriss on 2025-10-29.
What they say about it
- Discusses origins and background“chronicle of mystical self-exploration”2
The best things said about it
These are like 1960s; they come out chronicle of mystical self-exploration that are kind of one of the inciting incidents of the New Age movement.
Castaneda was this Peruvian writer who comes to the United States and gets a doctorate in anthropology from the University of California, and he writes three books starting with the teachings of Don Juan, which he claims are a faithful representation of his apprenticeship of a traditional shaman of the Yaqui people in northern Mexico.
Where and when it comes up
Most episodes, by podcast
4 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
The Teachings of Don Juan is a book by Carlos Castaneda that chronicles his claimed apprenticeship under a Yaqui shaman, which became a foundational text for the New Age movement. The book was discussed extensively across multiple podcast episodes. Tim Ferriss mentioned the work on his show as one of the first books he ever read, acknowledging the later controversies surrounding the author's authenticity. Robert Evans discussed the book on Behind the Bastards, explaining how the Peruvian author presented the text as a faithful record of mystical self-exploration that helped spark the 1960s counterculture movement. Ryan Bethea shared a personal anecdote on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know about a college friend who was reading the book right around the time he experienced a terrifying nocturnal encounter with a shadow figure. Dennis McKenna also discussed the book on both The Tim Ferriss Show and The Joe Rogan Experience, noting that receiving a copy for his eighteenth birthday helped frame his early interests in ethnopharmacology and psychoactive substances. The book remains a fascinating and heavily debated cultural artifact of the era.
Every mention
Tim Ferriss Also, for people who might be wagging a finger at me, I know that Carlos Castonado was not a shaman, but it… 1
“Also, for people who might be wagging a finger at me, I know that Carlos Castonado was not a shaman, but it was the teachings of Don Juan. I think a Yaki way of knowledge. That was the book that I was thinking of. That was one of the first books I read. That was a great book.”
Dennis McKenna and about the same time I discovered the teachings of Don Juan which my my brother gave to me for my 18th b… 2
“and then the ethnopharmacologic search for psychoactive drugs which i am not even sure i don't even remember where i originally got the first edition but that had come across my radar a few months earlier and these two books were very important for me in terms of framing my interests”
“and about the same time I discovered the teachings of Don Juan which my my brother gave to me for my 18th birthday”
Robert Evans Now, a lot of people are probably familiar with the Don Juan books, right? So Carlos Castaneda, these are l… 1
“Now, a lot of people are probably familiar with the Don Juan books, right? So Carlos Castaneda, these are like 1960s; they come out chronicle of mystical self-exploration that are kind of one of the inciting incidents of the New Age movement.”
“Castaneda was this Peruvian writer who comes to the United States and gets a doctorate in anthropology from the University of California, and he writes three books starting with the teachings of Don Juan, which he claims are a faithful representation of his apprenticeship of a traditional shaman of the Yaqui people in northern Mexico.”
Ryan Bethea it's like man you know too much drink that night or whatever right but like one of them actually said that… 1
“it's like man you know too much drink that night or whatever right but like one of them actually said that he was reading a book the teachings of Don Juan and had which you know that definitely is probably the you know if you're gonna point to a book that could be maybe the beginning”
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“but like um one of them actually said that he was reading a book uh the teachings of Don Juan um and had uh which you know that definitely is probably the you know if you're gonna point to a book that could be maybe the beginning and um he said he he was awake he was sleeping at night”