The Castaneda phenomenon is incredible. There has never been a writer on our planet who would so change humanity’s view of the familiar world. Who was he - Carlos Castaneda? Disciple of the greatest Teacher or greatest hoaxer? But what does it matter! If the old Nagual don Juan is his invention, then the great teacher is Castaneda himself. The man who shifted the assemblage point of all humanity. There are and, perhaps, there will not be books on Earth equal in Power and mystery to the books of Carlos Castaneda. “A Separate Reality,” like the first book, is a description of an experience that he does not yet understand. Reader, listen to good advice: for a more accurate perception of the Toltec teachings, start getting acquainted with it from the third book, “Journey to Ixtlan,” and only then return to the first two, because it would be too sad, on the one hand, to be afraid of an inaccurate description of the Path and discard him, on the other hand, not to become familiar with those most important provisions of the Teaching that were included in the first two books.