Marc:

The things that I have read by Carlos Castaneda have all matched my own experiences --- as far as the spiritual stuff is concerned.

All the hallucinogenic stuff also matches past experiences --- now, I am not talking about personal specifics, but the mechanics of the revelations and how they affect the individual's pysche.

I will take your suggestion under advisement, and read the whole thing in order. I also want Paula to read it, as she is into this as well.

No, I do not believe that these books by Carlos Castaneda are fiction. In the days when I owned a medium sized printing company --- I acquired the account from the SENECA NATION HISTORICAL SOCIETY --- which was run by a really lovely woman named TWYLA NITSCH. As it turns out, she was this really famous woman --- I have run across her name in several of the spiritual books I have read and owned.

Mother Twyla shared with me many legends and stories --- the kind of stories that are never written down --- but the ones that stay in the oral tradition --- I am absolutely convinced that this is the truth that someone doesn't want us to uncover in a VERY BAD WAY!

Another book that I had just finshed is the book on LILY DALE, a great place with which I am proud to be associated. It is primarily a historical book --- but author CHRISTINE WICKER had been extremely honest and forthright about the things she doubted --- and other things about which her opinion changed --- after talking to the great people who live there.

One of my friends at Lily Dale --- a gentle spirit named Bill Fleeman --- has seen his Anger Management Group take off, and it looks like it might go national. It is called PATHWAYS TO PEACE. I have been reading his course manual, and it is some interesting stuff.

When my book is published --- I will most likely do a book signing and lecture at the Lily Dale Assembly Hall.

Chistine's book has been a really fun project to be involved with --- plus it makes a great thing to add to my Cirriculum Vitae!

Peace and Prayers,

Kent Daniel Bentkowski Buffalo, New York USA