Mythology is Substrate

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Don Juan was Casteneda's main character. His first book was titled, 'The Teachings of Don Juan: a Yaqui Way of Knowlege.' It might have been a fraud, a 'device.'

In any case the book became very popular back in the '70s and other books soon followed, including my other favorite Don Juan books, A Separate Reality, and Journey to Ixtland, which rounded out the trilogy.

These books (The Teachings of Don Juan, A separate Reality, Journey to Ixtland) provided me with a new mythology. This mythology replaced my inherited Judeo-Christian mythology which I had rejected. I used the ideas in these books to re-structure my life.