| Year | Publication | Other |
| 1925 - 1935 | Castaneda was born | |
| 1960 | Castaneda met don Juan in a bus depot in Nogales, Arizona, during the summer. | |
| 1960 | December 17, saturday, CC visits the home of don Juan for the first time [cc3]. | |
| 1961 | First field note dated June 23, CC 'formally' begins his training. | |
| 1961 | November 23- December 12, The La Catalina incident [cc1][cc2, ch14][cc3] | |
| 1961 | December 12, Last note in first part of Journey to Ixtlan [cc3]. | |
| 1962 | May 14, CC visits Sacateca [cc2, intro] | |
| 1965 | September, CC ends his training for the first time. | |
| 1968 | April 2, CC pays a visit to don Juan to show him a copy of his first book. This reopens CC's aprenticeship, what he calls 'the second cycle' [in the intro of cc2]. | |
| 1968 | The Teachings of don Juan, A Yaqui way of knowledge | [cc1] People introduced: Juan Matus, don Juans teacher, |
| 1970 | October 18, last record in [cc2]. Castaneda says that at this point a new phase begun in his training [cc2, ch 17]. | |
| 1971 | A Seperate Reality | [cc2] People introduced:
don Genaro, Sacateca
General notes: First mention of the 'eight points'. |
| 1971 | May 22, CC pays what he in [intro and ch18 in cc3] calls 'his last visit' to don Juan and don Genaro. He says that it was his intention to end his training. | |
| 1971 | Autumn, CC visits don Juan again [ch1 cc4]. | |
| 1972 | Journey to Ixtlan | [cc3] People introduced: |
| 1973 | The events in 'Art of dreaming' [cc9], chapter 11 and onwards, takes place this year. | |
| 1973 | don Juans party 'leaves', burns with 'fire from within' and crosses over to the 'third awareness'. | |
| 1974 | Tales of Power | [cc4] People introduced: |
| 1977 | The Second Ring of Power | [cc5] People introduced: |
| 1981 | The Eagle's Gift | [cc6] People introduced: Carol Tiggs, Florinda, Silvio Manuel, |
| 1982 | Shabono | [fdg1] Not a castanedian work. |
| 1984 | The Fire from Within | [cc7] People introduced: |
| 1988 | The Power of Silence | [cc8] People introduced: |
| 1991 | Being-in-
Dreaming |
[fdg2] |
| 1992 | The Sorcerers' Crossing | [ta1] Taisha Abelars first (and so far only) book. Describes 'magical passes' for the first time. |
| 1993 | The Art of Dreaming | [cc9] People introduced: Taisha Abelar, Florinda Donner-Grau. Carol Tiggs again. |
| 1993 | July 23, the first Tensegrity workshop | |
| 1997 | The Witch's Dream | [fdg3] |
| 1998 | Magical Passes | [cc10] People introduced: |
| 1998 | Carlos Castaneda dies the 27'th of april. His death is kept a secret until june. | |
| 1998 | The Active Side of Infinity | [cc12], december. People introduced: |
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