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The world of inorganic beings – The Art of Dreaming

Ancient Cycle, Authors, Carlos Castaneda, The Art of Dreaming / By / 29 minutes of reading

This chapter details Castaneda’s first intentional journey into the world of inorganic beings. He learns to identify their “scouts”—incongruous elements in his dreams—and, following the ancient sorcerers’ method, voices his intent to follow one. He is pulled into a vast, spongy, tunnel-filled dimension, which the dreaming emissary explains is the interior of a massive inorganic being. The emissary acts as a guide, teaching Castaneda how to navigate this new reality and revealing that this is how the sorcerers of antiquity learned the secrets of dreaming. Don Juan warns him of the dangers, explaining that the inorganic beings are predators of awareness who imprison dreamers by catering to their desires. He recounts the cautionary tale of the nagual Elias and his partner Amalia, who were bodily transported to that world and became its prisoners, emphasizing the supreme risk of trusting these entities or becoming overconfident in one’s own control.

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The shadows’ world – The Art of Dreaming

Ancient Cycle, Authors, Carlos Castaneda, The Art of Dreaming / By / 35 minutes of reading

In this text, Carlos Castaneda recounts his increasingly intense and perilous experiences with dreaming under the guidance of his teacher, don Juan. Carlos Castaneda is warned about the manipulative nature of inorganic beings who inhabit a separate universe accessible through the gates of dreaming. As Castaneda delves deeper, particularly into the “shadows’ world,” he encounters an “emissary” and other energetic entities, eventually discovering a “prisoner scout” in the form of a little girl. Don Juan expresses grave concern, emphasizing the dangers of becoming trapped by these beings, who covet human energy and use elaborate drills to ensnare dreamers. Despite the warnings and escalating anxiety, Castaneda finds himself inexorably drawn to this other realm, culminating in a desperate attempt to free the prisoner scout by merging his own energy with hers.

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The Blue Scout – The Art of Dreaming

Ancient Cycle, Authors, Carlos Castaneda, The Art of Dreaming / By / 19 minutes of reading

Following a perilous dream experience, Carlos Castaneda wakes up severely depleted of energy in don Juan’s home, discovering he was pulled out of the inorganic beings’ world. His companions, especially Florinda Grau, explain his “energetic wounding” and how he became “charged again” but with a disturbing new energy. Don Juan eventually reveals that Castaneda’s physical body was abducted by inorganic beings after his energy body entered their realm to free the **blue scout**. Don Juan, along with Carol Tiggs and others, intervened to rescue him by displacing their assemblage points. The chapter highlights the unprecedented nature of this event within their lineage and the grave implications for Castaneda’s future, as he is now tasked with freeing the scout, a challenge don Juan suggests he can resolve by consulting the emissary.

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The Third Gate of Dreaming – The Art of Dreaming

Ancient Cycle, Authors, Carlos Castaneda, The Art of Dreaming / By / 38 minutes of reading

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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The New Area of Exploration – The Art of Dreaming

Ancient Cycle, Authors, Carlos Castaneda, The Art of Dreaming / By / 25 minutes of reading

In this chapter, Carlos Castaneda progresses to the “new area of exploration” in dreaming, focusing on **seeing energy** by voicing his intent. He recounts his initial struggles with this practice, as items in his dreams would vanish or change. Don Juan explains that his previous dreams were merely “phantom projections” and that true seeing occurs when the **energy body** perceives energy-generating items in a real world. Castaneda describes a vivid dream where he saw objects glow and encountered an aggressive, hateful energy. Don Juan reveals this was a real journey to another layer of the universe, where an entity attacked him due to his “availability.” Don Juan further reveals the profound and disturbing truth that the energy sorcerers use to move their **assemblage points** comes from the **inorganic beings’ realm**, a legacy from ancient sorcerers. Despite the danger, Castaneda is urged to continue his practices, maintain **impeccability**, and strive for **freedom** by subtly “stalking” the inorganic beings and taking their energy without succumbing to their influence.

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Stalking the Stalkers – The Art of Dreaming

Ancient Cycle, Authors, Carlos Castaneda, The Art of Dreaming / By / 25 minutes of reading

Carlos Castaneda recounts his struggles with the collapsing boundary of the **second attention**, leading to fatigue and a need for don Juan’s aid. Don Juan proposes “stalking the stalkers” as the final task of the **third gate of dreaming**, which involves deliberately drawing energy from the **inorganic beings’ realm** to perform a sorcery feat: a journey using awareness as an energetic element. Carol Tiggs joins Castaneda for this dangerous endeavor. Their attempt results in an unexpected, terrifying abduction of their physical bodies into an unknown world by the inorganic beings, a trap previously set for ancient sorcerers. Don Juan explains that their combined energy, though substantial, wasn’t the primary factor in their journey; the inorganic beings’ manipulation was. He warns them that their unique situation makes them targets and advises them to avoid each other to prevent future abductions. Castaneda’s dreaming practices are then re-focused on **seeing energy** in various states.

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The Tenant – The Art of Dreaming

Ancient Cycle, Authors, Carlos Castaneda, The Art of Dreaming / By / 32 minutes of reading

In this chapter, don Juan Matus informs Carlos Castaneda that his formal instruction in dreaming is over, but he must outline the fourth gate of dreaming. He takes Castaneda to a town in southern Mexico for a final lesson, which is to be delivered by a mysterious visitor. This visitor is revealed to be the “tenant,” an ancient sorcerer also known as the death defier. Castaneda is overcome with panic and revulsion when he discovers the tenant, who he had previously met as a man, is now a woman. Don Juan explains that for such a powerful sorcerer, gender is a matter of choice, achieved by shifting the assemblage point. Castaneda must now face the tenant alone to make a decision about accepting or rejecting the tenant’s “gifts of power,” a choice that every nagual in their lineage has had to make.

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