Richard de Mille bol literárny kritik a psychológ, ktorý sa preslávil svojím podrobným skúmaním diela Carlosa Castanedu. Vo svojich spisoch odhaľoval, ako autor za svojimi dielami zneužíval a plagioval, a odhaľoval, že don Juan je fiktívnou postavou. Jeho práca však tiež skúmala širšie spektrum pohľadov na Castanedovo dielo, čím čitateľom ponúkol komplexný pohľad na tento fenomén. Okrem toho napísal biografiu svojej matky, scenáristky Lorn Moon, čím preskúmal jej život a tvorbu.
Carlos Castaneda was a brilliant scholar but legitimacy bored him. At UCLA he got a Ph.D. in anthropology by turning the latest social science theories into conversations with a mushroom-smoking hermit and feeding them back to his professors as ancient Indian wisdom.
Carlos Castaneda was a brilliant scholar but legitimacy bored him. At UCLE he got a Ph.D. in anthropology by turning the latest social science theories into controversies with a mushroom-smoking hermit and feeding them back to his professors as an ancient Indian wisdom.Careful, balanced, and scholarly definitive work.Weston La Barre, Journal of Psychological Anthropology Should satisfy anyone still in doubtNew York Times Book Review