THE PHOTOS OF CARLOS CASTANEDA

 

Carlos Castaneda kept his identity very secret, but over time some photos of him have appeared.

 

 

This is the oldest photograph I've found of him, where he appears as a child with his parents and sister:

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the following photo, she appears with her mother:

 

 

 

 

 

 

A child more grown:

 

 

 

 

 

 

When he was a teenager:

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following photo was taken when Carlos Castaneda was living in the United States. The buildings that appear in the background belong to the Los Angeles City College (LACC) where Castaneda began studying psychology but did not finish his degree.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following photos were taken in 1959 (when Castaneda was 33 years old) at his graduation with a degree in anthropology from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA):

 

 

The BBC included this photo in its documentary, but did not specify when and where it was taken, although Castaneda still looks young in it.

 

 

This photo is said to have been taken in 1962, and the woman next to Castaneda is Mary Joan Barker, who was one of his many lovers.

 

 

 

 

 

I found this photo without any information where it appears to be Castaneda laughing:

 

This photo is said to have been taken in 1964, and the child accompanying him is the son Castaneda adopted of his first wife.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another photo with his son:

This is the only photograph that Castaneda presented to the public, but in which he covers his face with his hand:

 

 

 

 

 

 

From 1996 to 1998, a couple (Greg Mamishian and Gaby Geuter) were spying on Castaneda and managed to film him on several occasions, and below I will show you several photographs of those recordings.

1. Here Castaneda leaves his house on April 26, 1997 (when he was 71 years old) accompanied by his adopted daughter Nury Alexander:

2. Castaneda speaking with one of his students on July 6, 1997.

3. Here you can see Carlos Castaneda getting into a car:

4. This video was taken on March 29, 1998, and shows Castaneda very weakened by cancer, being helped by Nury to get out of a car to enter his house.

5. They published the book "Filming Castaneda: The Hunt for Magic and Reason" where they explained the detective operation they had carried out and the discoveries they made.

This photograph appeared in several newspaper articles announcing the death of Castaneda, which occurred on April 27, 1998, at the age of 72, but they were wrong because this person is the historian Carlos Eduardo Castañeda who died in 1958.