The Soul of Shamanism: Western Fantasies, Imaginal Realities (New York: Continuum, 1997) by Daniel C. Noel.
Robert J. Wallis, Shamans/neo-Shamans: Ecstasy, Alternative Archaeologies and Contemporary Pagans. London: Routledge, 2003.
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice: My Life with Carlos Castaneda by Amy Wallace (2003).
The Art of Stalking Parallel Perception — The Living Tapestry of Lujan Matus by Lujan Matus (2005).
The Four Yogas Of Enlightenment: Guide To Don Juan’s Nagualism & Esoteric Buddhism by Edward Plotkin (2002).
Encounters with the Nagual: Conversations with Carlos Castaneda by Armando Torres (2002) Spanish (2004).
"Awakened Imagination" by Neville Goddard heavily influenced the work of Castaneda.
Alice Kehoe, Shamans and Religion: An Anthropoligical Exploration in Critical Thinking. 2000. London: Waveland Press.
The Don Juan Papers: Further Castaneda Controversies by Richard de Mille (1973).
Carlos Castaneda: Academic Opportunism and the Psychedelic Sixties by Jay Courtney Hikes (1993).
Carlos Castaneda e a Fresta entre os Mundos: Vislumbres da Filosofia Anahuacah no Seculo XXI (Carlos Castaneda and the Crack Between the Worlds: Glimpses of Anahuacah Philosophy in Century XXI) by Luis Carlos de Morais Junior (2012).