Carlos Castaneda (December 25, 1925– April 27, 1998) was a Peruvian-American writer, trained as an anthropologist. Starting in 1968, Castaneda published a series of books that describe alleged training in shamanism that he received under the...
Castañeda or Castaneda is a Spanish surname. The name's meaning is habitational, from any of various places in Santander, Asturias, and Salamanca, derived from castañeda, a collective of castaña "chestnut". The name is believed to be created by the...
Carlos Eduardo Castañeda (November 11, 1896 – April 3, 1958) was a historian, specializing in the history of Texas, and a leader in the push for civil rights for Mexican-Americans. Born in Mexico, Castañeda immigrated to the United States with his...
Richard de Mille (February 12, 1922 – April 8, 2009) was an American author. He was the son of screenwriters Lorna Moon and William C. deMille and the adopted son of director Cecil B. DeMille. He was briefly a member of the Scientology movement...
Carlos Castañeda Borreguero (1901 – 11 September 1948) was a Spanish footballer who played as a defender for Real Betis in the 1920s. He also briefly coached the team in 1925.
The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge was published by the University of California Press in 1968 as a work of anthropology, though it is now widely considered a work of fiction. It was written by Carlos Castaneda and submitted as his...
A Separate Reality: Further Conversations With Don Juan is a book written by author/anthropologist Carlos Castaneda, published in 1971, concerning the events that took place during his apprenticeship with a Yaqui Indian Sorcerer, Don Juan Matus,...
Neville Lancelot Goddard (February 19, 1905 – October 1, 1972) was a Barbadian writer, speaker and mystic in the New Thought movement. He grew up in Barbados and moved to the United States as a young adult. He taught self-help methods for...
Juan Valdez is a fictional character who has appeared in advertisements for the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia since 1958, representing a Colombian coffee farmer. The advertisements were designed by the Doyle Dane Bernbach ad...