One morning in Zipolite, Oaxaca, I saw an Italian friend drown before my eyes. We had played football together just the day before, laughing like brothers. Then, in an instant, he was gone — swallowed by the ocean. The shock […]
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In this chapter, Don Juan finally delivers the long-awaited “sorcerers’ explanation,” which turns out to be not an abstract theory but a meticulous, hours-long recapitulation of the narrator’s entire apprenticeship. He reveals the hidden strategy behind every lesson: to systematically “clean and reorder the island of the tonal” to prepare for the encounter with the nagual. After laying out the complete theoretical framework of his teachings—including the roles of the teacher and the benefactor and the nature of the “bubble of perception”—the chapter pivots from words to a terrifying, direct experience, as Don Juan and Don Genaro guide the narrator to leap into an abyss, forcing him to finally unfold the “wings of perception.”
Our rational convictions, the affirmations we make about the world, may seem harmless, but they are the dividing line between clarity and power. From the perspective of clarity, our convictions may seem like just impartial observations about reality. But by
When a warrior overcomes Clarity, he awakens, recovers, and begins to make functional, something that was previously dormant, forgotten, and obscured by it and by Fear: his second attention, his nagual perception. “There is an incalculable power within our reach,”
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Among all the traps of the human mind, self-importance is the most subtle and devastating. It seduces us with the idea that we are unique, protagonists of a cosmic story tailored just for us. Fed by praise, propaganda, and comparisons,
Towards the end of his lecture he gave a definition that I considered very important, because he touched on what I felt was a sensitive topic. He said: “Dreaming is not something impossible, it is just a kind of deep
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There comes a moment on the warrior’s path when attention begins to turn inward. The world ceases to be merely what strikes us through the senses — it starts to be perceived as a hall of mirrors, where outer reflections
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
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
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
