Arquivos Seeing - Nagualismo

The Eagle’s Gift – The Nagual Woman

Ancient Cycle, Authors, Carlos Castaneda, The Eagle's gift / By Carlos Castaneda / 28 minutes of reading

This chapter recounts the intricate story of how don Juan met his own Nagual woman, Olinda. It details his benefactor’s masterful stalking strategy, which involved posing as a devout Catholic for nearly a year to orchestrate their meeting. After a failed abduction attempt by his warriors, an even more elaborate ploy is staged, resulting in Olinda joining don Juan’s world. The narrative also delves into the nature of double beings, the despair and ultimate freedom of his benefactor’s party, and concludes by explaining how don Juan eventually found and secured Carlos Castaneda and his corresponding Nagual woman, using similar principles of controlled folly and stalking.

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The Active Side of Infinity – Inorganic Awareness

Ancient Cycle, Authors, Carlos Castaneda, The Active side of Infinity / By Carlos Castaneda / 21 minutes of reading

In this chapter, don Juan reveals that he is the leader of a group of fifteen sorcerers and did not actually live in the shack where they first met. He then introduces Castaneda to the concept of “inorganic awareness.” He explains that our world is a twin world, coexisting with a complementary world populated by “inorganic beings”—entities that possess awareness but no organism. He further classifies these beings, distinguishing between the “first cousins” from our twin world and the “scouts” or “explorers” from the depths of the universe, some of whom sorcerers call “allies.” To give Castaneda a direct experience, don Juan guides him on another journey from inner silence. In the Sonoran desert, Castaneda meets two beings who identify themselves as his allies. By staring at them, he is able to see past their humanlike appearance to their true form: vibrating, shapeless blobs of luminosity. Don Juan explains this is seeing energy directly, and that our normal cognition limits our perception by interpreting everything. He instructs Castaneda to henceforth gaze at any apparition with an inflexible attitude to see its true energetic nature.

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Sorcerers of antiquity: an introduction – The Art of Dreaming

Ancient Cycle, Authors, Carlos Castaneda, The Art of Dreaming / By Carlos Castaneda / 28 minutes of reading

In this chapter, Carlos Castaneda recounts don Juan’s explanation of the foundational principles of sorcery, established by brilliant but obsessive “sorcerers of antiquity.” Don Juan contrasts their focus on concrete power with modern sorcerers’ search for abstract freedom. The core discovery of the ancients was the ability to perceive energy directly, which they called “seeing.” This led to the identification of the human energy form as a “luminous egg” and its crucial feature: the “assemblage point,” a spot of brilliance that assembles filaments of universal energy into our perception of the world. Castaneda learns that displacing this point—either as a “shift” within the luminous egg or a “movement” outside of it—is the key to perceiving other worlds and is the basis for the “second attention” and the art of “dreaming,” which is defined as the willful displacement of the assemblage point during sleep.

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Journal of Applied Hermeneutics – Queries about the Warriors’ Way: What is the point of doing all those Practices?

A Journal of Applied Hermeneutics, Ancient Cycle, Authors, Carlos Castaneda, Nagualism, Warrior Path, Way of the Warrior / By Nagualismo / 4 minutes of reading

In this section, Castaneda addresses two common questions. The first concerns when a practitioner will achieve “seeing,” the direct perception of energy. He explains that while practices are important, the crucial element is to “intend” the outcome—the state sorcerers call “stopping the world,” which is achieved by obliterating self-importance. The second question is about fear over strange physical sensations during Tensegrity. Castaneda recounts how don Juan Matus explained such feelings not as external manipulation, but as natural physiological responses or a product of one’s own victim mentality. Don Juan’s advice was to counter fear by being “impeccable”.

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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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The Rolling Force – The Fire from Within

Ancient Cycle, Authors, Carlos Castaneda, The Fire from Within / By Carlos Castaneda / 19 minutes of reading

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

Ancient Cycle, Authors, Carlos Castaneda, The Fire from Within / By Carlos Castaneda / 22 minutes of reading

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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Journal of Applied Hermeneutics – Readers of Infinity

A Journal of Applied Hermeneutics, Ancient Cycle, Authors, Carlos Castaneda / By Carlos Castaneda / 3 minutes of reading

In this author’s note, Castaneda reaffirms the journal’s goal: to disseminate the ideas from don Juan Matus’s cognitive world. He recounts his early, unsuccessful attempts to publish the work, which was rejected for not fitting conventional formats. He then announces a significant change: the journal’s name is changed from “The Warriors’ Way” to “READERS OF INFINITY”. This new title is inspired by don Juan’s concept of “reading infinity,” a state of perception achieved through “inner silence” where a seer can read the infinity that reveals itself on the horizon. The journal is presented as an invitation for everyone to take up this challenge.

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Journal of Applied Hermeneutics – A New Area for Philosophical Inquiry

A Journal of Applied Hermeneutics, Ancient Cycle, Authors, Carlos Castaneda / By Carlos Castaneda / 7 minutes of reading

Castaneda proposes a new area for philosophical inquiry based on two core concepts from ancient Mexican sorcerers: “seeing” and “intent”. He defines “seeing” as the human capacity to directly perceive energy as it flows in the universe, using the entire organism. “Intent” is described as a conscious, universal force that sorcerers can engage with through the act of “intending”. Castaneda argues that the direct perception of energy can create a new form of subjectivity, free from the limits of language, allowing for a pragmatic and active intentionality that could transform philosophy into a practical discipline.

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Journal of Applied Hermeneutics – What is Tensegrity?

A Journal of Applied Hermeneutics, Ancient Cycle, Authors, Carlos Castaneda / By Carlos Castaneda / 5 minutes of reading

Castaneda explains Tensegrity’s origins as a modernized version of “magical passes” from don Juan Matus’s lineage. He recounts don Juan’s teachings about ancient sorcerers who could perceive energy directly (‘seeing’), which revealed the human ‘assemblage point’ where perception is assembled. By studying this point’s movement, they developed the ‘art of dreaming’ and the magical passes. Castaneda notes that after learning these passes in secret, he and his fellow disciples decided to make them public as Tensegrity, a name signifying the tension and integrity that are the driving forces of the movements.

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