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Posted by Bill Gann (209.221.205.138) on 07/12/05

You Carlos Castaneda fans and desert lovers might enjoy a story I just posted on my Walt Bickel pages about Alex Apostolides.

Alex was a friend of Castaneda's back in the Sixties at UCLA. People have actually implied that Apostolides is Don Juan of "The Teachings of Don Juan" but I knew him fairly well and find that unlikely.

He did discuss the life of a shaman with Castaneda long before he published his many books so one might, at best, find a primary source for Carlos' work in his story. Apostolides was a close friend of Walt Bickel, of Bickel Camp fame, and was also a hiking buddy of Gary Jennings the late author of "Aztec.

He lives in a stone water tank in El Paso, Texas, tells stories on public radio for a living, and is a great piece of work whoever he is.

Bill Gann



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