The Time of the Nagual
You open your eyes… and you don’t seek the reflection in the mirror of the mind.You don’t chase the clock.You don’t ask what time it is, nor if today is a useful day.The time of the tonal no longer dictates […]
New Cycle
Gateways of Perception:
A Bridge Between Don Juan’s Hallucinogens and Contemporary Entheogenic Paths There comes a point when the known world begins to dissolve—not as illusion, but because the perceptual structures that held it in place begin to shift. That point is not
Stalking as Invisible Kindness
On the warrior’s path, stalking is a subtle art, often misunderstood. Associated with inner vigilance, the control of automatisms, and mastery of behavior, it may appear at first glance to be a solitary exercise — a technique aimed solely at
Daydreaming –When the Intent Speaks in Images
On the Toltec path, what we call devaneio in Portuguese corresponds exactly to what Don Juan called ensueño in Spanish and to what Castaneda’s books translate in some passages into English as daydreaming. Although, in everyday usage, these terms might
The Art of Total Freedom
” Freedom is the quintessence of Toltec Arts.I call it Art because it is more than a state of consciousness.It is a dive into our link with the Intent, the universal force that is at the origin of our perception.
The beginning of the loss of the human form
The beginning of “losing the human form” is the attention of the perfect tonal: being able to capture with one’s attention the entire worldview that presents itself in the present moment—the totality of sensory information. This type of attention in
The totality of tonal and the nagual “under the island
After a male or female warrior, through their efforts to stalk themselves, clean their island, expand their field of attention, and be present, becomes accustomed to living for longer and longer as a “perfect” or full tonal, aware of everything
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Controlled folly
Controlled folly isn’t something a person can practice and learn progressively. In the challenge of learning to control folly, the key point is to understand what folly is, and to discover what controls it. Naturally, it’s not the tonal that
When the Will Reveals Itself
There’s a secret that breathes in the space between two breaths. There — in that silence that doesn’t fit into any clock — we perceive that the body is merely the visible edge of something vaster. The skin vibrates like
The naming of a person in the Toltec tradition
The naming of a person in the Toltec tradition means Seeing. To understand the luminosity of the candidate, to be aware of the surrounding omens. When sorcerers are confronted with a potential Core member, the Seeing of a new name