Where to start with the movie? I found it to be very interesting. I wondered why did all of the “journeys” take place during night? One thing that I could think of is maybe that is the most spiritual part of the day. Possibly they think that it is easier to focus while they are on the journey. I wonder if the people singing in the movie were really guiding the people on their journey or were they just trying to keep them calm. I know that I couldn’t understand the meaning behind the singing.

Don Juan must have a green thumb. He could probably be a botanist without any formal training. The reason I think this is because he really knows how to take care of his plants and knows all of the effects. It seems as if Castaneda would need some one to teach him all the ins and out of the plant. I think that Castaneda has transformed from some who just wants to learn about the drugs to someone who needs to learn about them. Because in order to learn about he needs to don Juan to tell him the dangers of the drugs. I found it hard to grasp the whole thing about the lizards. When he is on the journey he needs to decide to fallow the path or not even if it will take him to his death. That was probably the most intriguing part of chapter 5 for me.
Chapter 6 Castaneda must try to inquire the feelings about his root. I tried to keep an open mind about this but I found it very hard. It’s like how some people think that if they talk to their plant they will grow better or yield more fruit. I still find it had to believe. When Castaneda is on a journey, where he finds the dark made him fell sadness, I feel that he might be putting us on with this story because it suddenly ends.
When Castaneda began the smoking process he felt a confusing state. He kept on contradicting his thoughts like some he said was hot but he didn’t feel the heat then he said he felt a pain but he said it seemed to be a cold heat. I’m not sure what to think of this chapter because I found it hard to fallow because of the flip flop of feelings. I really couldn’t figure out the real feelings of the effects of the drugs.
I found that chapter 8 was a weird chapter because it was like an initiation into a club or something we would see in a movie. It was a long process of nights that involved ingesting of peyote. I started to wonder if Castaneda would die of taking to much of the drug. During the chapter it almost seemed as if the buttons interacted with the part of the brain that stores memories. Because he kept on having, what seemed to me to be back flashes to two years prior.