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The dark legacy of Carlos Castaneda
The godfather of the New Age led a secretive group of devoted followers in the last decade of his life. His closest "witches" remain missing, and former insiders, offering new details, believe the women took their own lives.
By Robert Marshall [2007-04-12]

  • Christopher1988...

    To clarify, I was one of those would-be hangers-on to that over-hyped, hippy-nostalgic bend in the late 80s as well...and having seen the same kind of new age spiritual con-game play out back then amongst friends I used to hang out, I turned my back on all that when I finally discovered that most of that hippy-nostalgic stuff was a lie as well...including the transcendental mumbo-jumbo that sprang from it.

    The hippy culture was a nice, trendy cultural blimp on the radar screen, but Gen Xers like us wouldn't have known otherwise back then, based on a steady diet of classic rock stations and propaganda from the Boomer Generation. So like you, I wised up...haven't looked back since.

    So no, Slacker and Clerks doesn't define our generation, I know this already. I didn't like Slackers anyway...Dazed and Confused was much better (and much easier to identify with).

    -- David L.
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    Tuesday, April 17, 2007 10:19 AM
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