assemblage point

The Third Gate of Dreaming – The Art of Dreaming

Carlos Castaneda enters the **third gate of dreaming**, where the goal is to merge his dreaming reality with daily reality by consolidating his **energy body**. He struggles with the compulsion to be absorbed by mundane details within his dreams, a challenge don Juan attributes to the energy body’s inexperience. Don Juan emphasizes the role of the **assemblage point** in this process and reveals that Castaneda’s physical body was abducted by inorganic beings, only to be rescued by don Juan and his companions, including Carol Tiggs, who collectively shifted their assemblage points. Castaneda learns that his struggle to move in dreams is due to his trying to “walk” his energy body, when it should glide or soar. Don Juan then sets the next task: to practice **seeing energy** in his dreams, the true measure of whether he is in a real world or a mere phantom projection.

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Taisha Abelar – exclusive interview with Keith Nichols

“Reflections on don Juan by Carlos Castaneda”by Keith Nichols Real root expansion of thought is one that causes us to reevaluate the way that we interpret our reality. Although at first it may only affect our intellectual perspectives, its repercussions

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Journal of Applied Hermeutics – Fourth Principle of the Warrior’s Way: The Energy Body

The fourth unit of the warriors’ way is THE ENERGY BODY Don Juan Matus explained that, since time immemorial, sorcerers have given the name of energy body to a special configuration of energy which belongs to each human being individually.

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Stalking, Intent and The Dreaming Position – The Fire from Within

Don Juan continues his teachings on the mastery of awareness, introducing the three cornerstones of the new seers’ practices: the mastery of stalking, the mastery of intent, and the mastery of dreaming. He explains that stalking, a systematic control of behavior, subtly shifts the assemblage point and was uniquely developed by the new seers to handle people. The mastery of intent involves understanding and purposefully guiding “will,” the energy of alignment that shapes perception. Don Juan then elaborates on dreaming, revealing it as the most effective way to move the assemblage point, starting with its natural shift during sleep. He details the dangers of dreaming, stressing the necessity of sobriety and the warriors’ way to cultivate the inner strength needed to guide the assemblage point. Castaneda witnesses Genaro’s dreaming body in action, a non-human luminous blob, and learns that true mastery allows one to wake up in different “dreaming positions.” The chapter emphasizes that impeccability and unbending intent are key to achieving these shifts and the full potential of a warrior, enabling even collective dreaming among seers.

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The Nagual Julian – The Fire from Within

Don Juan continues his teachings, emphasizing that the approaching time for his party to leave necessitates completing his explanations of awareness. He describes how nagual Julian moved his assemblage point countless times, preparing him for the ultimate task of realigning all emanations to achieve total awareness. Castaneda, initially surprised by his own joy at don Juan’s impending freedom, learns that emotional reactions are secondary to the actual energetic shifts of the assemblage point. Don Juan then delves into the stalkers’ method of teaching, which, unlike his own verbal explanations, involves compelling apprentices through strategic “dramas” to move their assemblage points by direct experience and catalytic fright, rather than intellectual understanding. He recounts his own traumatic yet transformative initiation under the nagual Julian, who, despite appearing as a frail old man, was a master stalker and conjurer. Castaneda struggles with his judgments of nagual Julian’s methods, but eventually grasps the profound impact of these non-conventional teachings on cultivating will, unbending intent, and impeccability, which are crucial for a warrior’s path to freedom and navigating the position of the assemblage point. Don Juan highlights the unique power of nagual Julian to manipulate perception and the assemblage points of others, even making himself appear young or old at will, and shares his personal realization about the high price paid for human life through the shift of his own assemblage point. The chapter concludes with don Juan’s playful yet serious promise to retrieve Castaneda should he ever find himself lost on the path.

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The Earth’s Boost – The Fire from Within

Don Juan resumes his teachings by revealing the ancient seers’ discovery that the Earth itself is a sentient being with its own luminous cocoon. He explains that the Earth can provide a tremendous boost to warriors, a key impulse for shifting the assemblage point and entering other worlds. Castaneda, with Genaro’s help, experiences such a shift, entering a terrifying “hellish” world through the gait of power and the Earth’s emanations. This experience, driven by internal silence, highlights that the unknown is not merely internal but exists in the vastness of the Earth’s emanations. Don Juan and Genaro, revealed to Castaneda through “seeing” as master stalkers, demonstrate how they manipulate his perception for teaching. Castaneda also witnesses Genaro vanish by fully entering another world, underscoring that the position of the assemblage point defines reality. The chapter emphasizes that only disciplined warriors with complete internal silence can safely utilize the Earth’s boost to assemble and navigate these other worlds, a feat the old seers often misunderstood.

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The Rolling Force – The Fire from Within

Don Juan continues his instruction by prompting Castaneda to see the Eagle’s emanations and the cocoon of man through a controlled shift of his assemblage point. He explains the interplay of will and intent in moving the assemblage point, guiding Castaneda into a dreaming position to observe luminous beings. Castaneda experiences a startling encounter with the rolling force, or “tumbler,” perceived as fiery balls that hit him, revealing the protective function of human “shields” (consuming interests) against this lethal force. Don Juan explains that losing the human form is an inevitable stage for warriors, marking a permanent shift of the assemblage point away from its original fixation, leading to irreversible disaffiliation from the force that makes one a “person.” He elaborates on the rolling force as the means by which the Eagle distributes life and collects death, distinguishing between its destructive (“tumbling”) and life-sustaining (“circular”) aspects. Castaneda vividly recalls seeing the tumbler during a previous event in Mexico City, prompting further discussion on its nature and the vulnerability of the gap in the cocoon. Don Juan concludes by contrasting the old seers’ fatal obsession with the destructive aspect of the rolling force (which led them to become absorbed into it, or even transform into trees to evade it) with the new seers’ aim for total disintegration into the Eagle’s emanations through balanced understanding and impeccability.

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The Mold of Man – The Fire from Within

Don Juan concludes his explanation of the mastery of awareness by assigning Castaneda the task of breaking the barrier of perception unaided, emphasizing that failure would render his learning mere words. He explains the barrier as a “wall of fog” and the importance of an internal dialogue-free state for the assemblage point to move. The true key to shifting the assemblage point, don Juan reveals, is the mastery of awareness itself, which frees the point by discarding one’s inventory. He then instructs Castaneda to see the mold of man, a crucial step to release all ties from his assemblage point. Castaneda recalls a previous experience of seeing the mold of man as a radiant light and a masculine deity, a “chance seeing” that don Juan clarifies is a “static prototype of humanness without any power.” He struggles with the sacrilegious implications but is ultimately swayed by a direct experience of the mold as an infinite, amber light, feeling profound, selfless affection. Don Juan explains that such shifts, especially those induced by power plants, highlight the provisional nature of perception. He clarifies that seeing the mold as a man is a lateral shift, while seeing it as light (which Castaneda achieves independently) signifies a deeper, more significant shift in the midsection of man’s emanations, leading to a profound, unbiased understanding of its true nature as a pattern, not a creator.

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