I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, there is nothing wrong with enriching the intellect. Cultivating reason is actually part of the Sorcery of Castaneda’s lineage, aiding in recovery from assembling truly alien realities utterly devoid of human reason. But until you are sure that you are personally experienced enough, i.e. full of enough alternate A.P. positions you can actually reach and solid in your inner silence, reading too much from “me-too Naguals” will do you no favors.
You owe them nothing, just because they say they are part of a “different lineage” or “I knew don Juan too,” and have some extra special knowledge that Castaneda never told us about. Who the fuck cares if they understand Castaneda. Lots of people do. Do they actually practice what he wrote about? So do lots of people. DO YOU? Good. Then you don’t need them.
If one can’t even reliably employ the “basics” of Castaneda’s own knowledge, which basically take a lifetime to master; then why the hell do you need to load yourself up with even more alternate “basics.” We are all so continually distracted in this century, and life is altogether too short. More and more and more opinions is the last damn thing we need. Action is what’s needed. On sooo many levels.
Edit: saying that, Michael Harner and Aldous Huxley are pretty good 
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