Carlos Castaneda is an American writer and anthropologist, ethnographer, thinker of esoteric orientation and mysticism, the author of 12 volumes of best-selling books devoted to the exposition of the Shamanic teachings of the Yaki tribe, don Juan Matus. His name is widely known in esoteric circles and his grave unexpectedly showed up in Omsk.

On the territory of the Old-Northern cemetery of Omsk in the area of the 16th avenue, a cemetery employee found an anonymous grave with a photograph of Carlos Castaneda on a granite slab of the tombstone.

The story of the alleged death of Carlos Castaneda is shrouded in mystery. However, as well as his life. He lived in accordance with the concept of "the way of war" described in his books, which assumes maximum non-publicity and closeness. Carlos never gave an interview to the camera. In his speeches, he forbade recording his voice on a dictaphone, and making video footage. According to the writer himself, he was a disciple of the Indian shaman of the Yaki tribe, who appears in books under the name of Don Juan. The teaching of Don Juan says that when many know about your life, they deprive you of freedom. They pin you like a butterfly pin in a collection of insects. They make it their own opinion, which is expressed and their thoughts about you. Therefore, the "warrior" must be secretive. So it is not attainable for others.

Even the wife of Carlos, Margaret Runyan Castaneda - I thought I knew him well enough, but I did not know much about him.

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Officially, the date of death of Castaneda on April 27, 1998. But the public was informed about this with a delay of two months on June 18. No one saw his body. According to his confidants, he died of liver cancer. His body is cremated and ashes are taken to Mexico. That is, the facts are unknown. It was a mysterious life. And a mysterious death.
Even more mysteriously is the discovery of the grave in Russia in Omsk. Journalists tried to appeal to the archives of the cemetery about the documents accompanying this burial, but the archive was burnt in the fire of 2003.
As I am personally near this place, in the near future I will be there with a video camera.