Don Juan, whenever it was pertinent, used to tell me brief stories about the sorcerers of his lineage, especially his teacher, the nagual Julian. They were not really stories, but rather descriptions of the way those sorcerers behaved and of […]
The Manifestations of the Spirit – The First Abstract Core Read More »
In the Foreword and Introduction, Carlos Castaneda clarifies that his books document don Juan Matus’s unique teaching method for understanding the “sorcerers’ world,” a rigorous form of “oral instruction and manipulation of awareness” that is as complex as formal academic training. Don Juan, unable to find a perfect term, settled on “sorcery” to describe this knowledge, emphasizing that it’s not about learning new concepts but about “saving energy.” This conserved energy allows sorcerers to perceive a “modality of the time” beyond ordinary perception, tapping into “energy fields” inaccessible to average individuals whose energy is fully deployed in their everyday world. This “state of awareness,” or “silent knowledge,” is cultivated by a teacher (the “nagual”) who convinces the apprentice of their inherent power, facilitating a “direct knowing” without words, and is broadly categorized into the “mastery of awareness,” the “art of stalking,” and the “mastery of intent.”
– Write, write,” insisted Don Juan in a friendly tone. – Let’s say your notebook is the only sorcery you have. Tearing it up is one more way of exposing yourself to your fate. It will be one more of
But when he opened the bundle he got the surprise of his life. The bundle consisted of women’s clothes! “I felt stupid and lost,” don Juan said, “and was just about to put my own clothes back on when I
The four moods of Stalking and the art of creating disguises Read More »
“In a very low voice don Juan said that because I was in a state of heightened awareness, I could understand more readily what he was going to tell me about the two masteries: stalking and intent. He called them
The Masteries to Move the Assemblage Point: Stalking and Intent Read More »
The old nagual explained that the position of silent knowledge was called the third point because in order to get to it one had to pass the second point, the place of no pity. He said that don Juan’s assemblage
