Desc: The Secret of Carlos Castaneda: Directed by Vladimir Maykov. With Carlos Castaneda, Sven Doehler, Stanislav Grof, Michael Harner. Carlos Castaneda (1925-1998) is often called the "godfather" of the human potential movement. His name and life are surrounded by many contradictions, fictions and legends. This film feature Castaneda's closest apprentices as well as major experts in modern spiritually oriented psychology who lift the veil on the greatest mystery of his life: the stormy search of how to become real.