Castaneda - promotor al miscarii New Age
Castaneda as a Promoter of the New Age Movement
Author(s): Dana DamianSubject(s): Anthropology
Published by: Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai
Keywords: Carlos Castaneda; Shamanism; Postmodernism; New Age; don Juan Matus; Fiction/ Non-fiction
Summary/Abstract: The article compares Castaneda's system of beliefs to the New Age movement, establishing that there is an obvious similitude between the two of them. In reference to the Post-Modern context Carlos Castaneda is seen as a remarcable figure of a typical new form of religion, based on a set of psychological, religious, philosophical, historical and anthropological elements.
Journal: Caietele Echinox
- Issue Year: 2005
- Issue No: 8
- Page Range: 148-153
- Page Count: 6
- Language: Romanian
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