The Eagle's Gift

Who is Zuleica in the novel, The Eagle’s Gift?

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Don Juan Matus' westerly dreamer, Zuleica is "weird-looking," tall, muscular, homely, with red, beady eyes, thoroughly unkempt. In a parrot-like voice, she calls Don Juan the "dearest little old man" and admonishes author Carlos Castaneda for pounding on her door while she is in bed. Exposing to Carlos her vagina, she thoroughly embarrasses him. He never fully overcomes his terrible first impression. Nevertheless, Zuleica, after teaching la Gorda and Josefina the fine points of dreaming in order some day to come to Carlos' aid, proves effective at guiding Carlos into the second attention, always working in total darkness. Her sessions are "imbued with mysterious overtones."

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The Eagle’s Gift