1. for instance, "Don Juan" of Carlos Castaneda's writings, taught cosmology according to which lizards and cacti were handy-- and there is nothing wrong with this approach, BUT... in order to learn DJ's sorcery, CC had to *become* like DJ.
2. the material... reminds me of so many instances of the internal gadgetry of the spirit accounting for more than, say, one old hermit's rather limited imagery could reasonably account for all the cosmos.
3. so! the gimmick is good.
4. and now I'm out of space.