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Great Bands of Emanations – The Fire from Within

Ancient Cycle, Authors, Carlos Castaneda, The Fire from Within / By Carlos Castaneda / 13 minutes of reading

Don Juan continues his explanation of awareness, introducing the concept of great bands of emanations. He explains that the Eagle’s emanations are grouped into 48 bands on Earth, with 8 producing awareness (one organic and seven inorganic). He elaborates on the three “bundles” of awareness (beige-pink, peach, and amber) that crisscross these eight bands, with humans being connected to the amber bundle. Don Juan emphasizes that true understanding comes from direct seeing rather than mere inventory. He describes inorganic beings and their unique characteristics, contrasting them with organic life. The conversation then shifts to the nature of different worlds assembled by the assemblage point and how surplus energy allows a seer to perceive other bands. Don Juan also discusses the special relationship between man and plants, noting the varying positions of their assemblage points and how old seers exploited this for sorcery, often transforming themselves to access deeper realms. He concludes by stressing the old seers’ aberrant focus on breaking perceptual barriers, even through dangerous transformations, which the new seers largely avoid.

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Silent Knowledge – The Recapitulation

Ancient Cycle, Authors, Carlos Castaneda, Silent Knowledge / By Carlos Castaneda / 4 minutes of reading

In this chapter, Castaneda details the third pillar of sorcery practice: the “Recapitulation.” He describes it as a procedure for reliving one’s entire life with two main goals. The first is cosmological: to satisfy a universal force called “the Eagle,” which seeks a being’s life experiences, not its life force. By offering a detailed account of their lives, sorcerers can retain their life force at the moment of death and embark on a journey of perception as inorganic beings. The second goal is pragmatic: to acquire “perceptual fluidity.” Reliving memories forces the “assemblage point” to shift to its past positions, and this repetitive movement grants the practitioner the flexibility needed to face the unknown. Castaneda also describes the practical method taught by don Juan: making a list of all known persons and using a specific breathing technique to inhale recovered energy and exhale unwanted feelings associated with each memory.

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The First Attention

Ancient Cycle, Authors, Carlos Castaneda, The Fire from Within / By Carlos Castaneda / 21 minutes of reading

Don Juan begins to explain the “first attention,” which he defines as the highly developed, complex awareness that handles our day-to-day world. He states that this attention is responsible for taking an “inventory” of the Eagle’s emanations within our cocoons, a process unique to humans. He differentiates between “reason,” which ignores external impulses, and “self-absorption,” which uses them to agitate internal emanations, shortening life. The new seers, through “seeing,” understand that the first attention blocks the unknown, making us “invulnerable” but also limiting our perception. Don Juan, with Genaro’s help, demonstrates this by opening a door to “weird creatures” that Carlos’s first attention initially blocks from his perception, highlighting how our ordinary awareness acts as a shield against other realities. This experience leads to a hasty departure from Genaro’s house, as Carlos’s “first attention” is overwhelmed by the unknown.

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