Carlos Castaneda (previously Castañeda) was born in Peru on December 25, 1925 and died in Los Angeles on April 27, 1998. In the US, he wrote a controversial series of books that claimed to describe his training in traditional Native American shamanism (ancient Toltec sorcery). Castaneda claimed to have met a Yaqui shaman named Don Juan Matus in 1960. Castaneda's experiences with don Juan allegedly inspired the works for which he is known. He claimed to have inherited from don Juan the position of nagual, or leade ...

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There are three main elements to Castaneda's description of Toltec beliefs: a. mastery of awareness - nagual (2nd attention) and tonal (1st attention), art of dreaming, description of the seers perception of luminous energy and bubbles of energy around living things (luminous cocoon) and ultimately the source of these energetic lines which are consciousness itself. b. art of self-stalking - dealing with the world and actions in it. c. mastery of intent - dealing with the primary force of ...

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Carlos Castaneda

(1931-1988) Author of The Teachings of Don Juan series. He helped popularize Native American shamanism, the hallucinogenic peyote, and New Age occultism.

(See also: Carlos Castaneda , New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

In the stillness of the night, when not a sound breaks the hushed silence, they timorously creep into your mind. Fragile, flittering forms—often more real than reality—seek you out from the deepest abyss of your soul and open for you a vista of visions—nonsensical, terrifying, fantastic—and sometimes, just sometimes, hauntingly beautiful. You wake up with a lump in your throat that threatens to cascade down your eyes, a lingering nostalgia for something near, yet eternity away. But weren't you closer to believing, even then, that somewhere, all that you saw was real; that, beyond the tangible truth of ticking time, you had lived one moment of timeless infinity? Perhaps that's the secret. The chance to glimpse beyond. Why else should we take a dream, those phantasms of the chaotic unconscious, so seriously?

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Carlos Castaneda

Anthropologist, apprentice sorcerer, author of The Teachings of Don Juan; 1935-

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This is the second part of three articles covering Kiara Windriders many experiences of many teachers and spiritual traditions.

Ever since I can remember stories of holy men and women in the mountaintops and forests of India living in enlightened states of divine union have fascinated me. I looked to them with admiration and some envy, recognizing the longing deep in my heart to achieve a similar state of enlightenment, yet convinced I did not have the discipline nor stamina required to spend years in a cave hidden away from the world seeking this most precious of all pearls. In this article, Kiara Windrider share his experience from his personal journey and quest for Awakening.

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CASTANEDA, CARLOS

Author of many books on Mexican brujería, centering on the Yaquí sorceror, Don Juan Matus, a healthy championer of mescalito and peyote.

Don Juan considered himself a "warrior", patiently awaiting the opportunity to use his will. He taught that we must learn how to see correctly. His four overcomings for the warrior are: Fear; Power; Calrity; Old Age. We still ignore the lesson of the success of Xtianity, which failed to historify Jesus, yet prevailed all the same. Similarly, critics attempt to prove that Don Juan never existed, hoping thereby to discredit the teachings. Perhaps it's time we admitted that fiction can take many forms, including philosophy and metaphysical initiation.

Don Juan is much like Jesus Christ: an entity of tremendous mythic power who is only diminished by attempts to over-authenticate or historicize him.

(See also: CASTANEDA, CARLOS , Magick, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul,)

All psychic phenomena is available to all of us equally. We will each interpret it in ways that serve our own purposes. This may include ignoring it, or discounting it, according to a logical, scientific framework. When interpreting such phenomena ask yourself what your purpose is in the way you interpret it. Being honest about your intention is the best protection from foolish conclusions and actions.

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Tensegrity: Series of twelve movements advanced by author Carlos Castaneda, Ph.D., reportedly born Carlos Cesar Arana Castaneda in 1925, in Peru. Castaneda learned these movements from his teacher, Juan Matus (Don Juan), a reputed Yaqui sorcerer (brujo). (Don is a courtesy title that means nobleman or gentleman.) The design of Tensegrity is to gather energy and promote well-being. Its theory posits an energy body. (According to Castaneda, his teacher was born in 1891. But the reality of Castaneda's Don Juan is doubtful.)

(See also: Tensegrity , Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

CAPRICORN

The tenth sign of the Zodiac (Dec. 22 - Jan. 20). As symbolized by the mountain-top, the Fish-Goat is the culmination of all the signs (as its opposite, Cancer, is the origin and Nadir of all the signs). At this point materialization is complete and it is time to enter the spirit. It is the sign of kings and messiahs who sacrifice themselves for the common people.

Famous Capricornians: Tycho Brahe, Carlos Castaneda, Alan Watts, Humphrey Bogart, Marlene Dietrich, Gurdjieff, Mao-Tse-Tung, Matisse, Nostradamus, Paracelsus, Pasteur, Woodrow Wilson, Stalin, Loyala, Joan Baez, Nixon, Albert Schweitzer, Joan of Arc, Martin Luther King, Benjamin Franklin, Poe.

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In Tibetan mysticism, a tulpa is a being or object which is created through sheer willpower alone. In otherwords, it is a materialized thought that has taken physical form (a thoughtform). The concept was brought to the West in the 19th century by Alexandra David-Neel, who claimed to have created a tulpa in the image of a jolly, Friar Tuck-like monk which later developed a life of its own and had to be destroyed. Many authors and artists have since used tulpas in their works, both in the context of fiction and in writing about mystici ...

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The phrase "altered state of consciousness" was coined in the 1970s and describes induced changes in one's mental state, almost always temporary. A synonymous phrase is "altered states of awareness". An altered state of consciousness can come about accidentally through fever, sleep deprivation, starvation, oxygen deprivation, nitrogen narcosis (deep diving), or a traumatic accident. Intentionally it can sometimes be reached by the use of a sensory deprivation tank or mind-control techniques, hypnosis, meditation, prayer, or dis ...

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Creativity is a human mental phenomenon based around the deployment of mental skills and/or conceptual tools, which, in turn, originate and develop innovation, inspiration, or insight. Creativity - Scope. For some people, the word creativity conjures up associations strictly with artistic endeavours and with the writing of literature. Some other have also linked creativity with moments of sudden scientific or engineering insight since at least the time of Archimedes in Ancient Greece. Pop psyc ...

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The term New Age describes a broad movement of late twentieth century and contemporary Western culture, characterised by an individual eclectic approach to spiritual exploration. Collectively, New Age has some attributes of an emergent religion, but is currently a loose network of spiritual teachers, healers, and seekers. The movement is most visible where its ideas are traded—for example in specialist bookshops, music stores, and New Age fairs. The name "New Age" also refers to the market segment in which its goods and servi ...

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April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 248 days remaining. April 27 - Events. 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated by Edward I of England. 1509 - Pope Julius II places the Italian state of Venice under interdict. 1521 - Battle of Mactan: Explorer Ferdinand Magellan is killed by natives in the Philippines led by chief Lapu-Lapu. 1565 ...

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When spelt with a capital A, Allies usually denotes the countries that fought together against the Central Powers in World War I and against the Axis Powers in World War II. For more information, see the related articles: Allies of World War I and Allies of World War II. Allies - Other uses. In general, allies are people or groups that have joined an alliance and are working together to achieve some common purpose. In general English usage, those who share a ...

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In mechanics and biomechanics, tensegrity or tensional integrity is a property of objects with components that use tension and compression in a combination that yields strength and resilience beyond the sum of their components. Animals and other biological structures are made strong by their tensioned and compressed parts. Muscles and bones act in unison to strengthen the other. This kind of strength exists also at the cellular level, and it is a somewhat new understanding of biological structures. Tensegri ...

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see text Datura is a genus of herb and shrub plants belonging to the Solanaceae. Originally from the American continent, different species now grow throughout the globe. Some of them are now classified under the name Brugmansia; commonly called angel's trumpets, for their large (in some varieties up to 1 foot long) trumpet-shaped flowers. All members of the genus, under whichever name, contain the highly toxic anticholinergic alkaloids hyoscyamine, scopolamine, and atropine. One annual species ...

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According to New Age beliefs, an aura is a set of cascading colored outlines emanating from the surface of a person or object. It is a result of the emergence of chakra and it mirrors the supernatural energy field that surrounds and penetrates everything. In addition, an aura can be viewed by the naked eye. Training can improve one's ability to see auras. Many psychics, as children, such as Edgar Cayce assumed that everyone could see auras until they became older. Each layer of aura is separate and distinct yet connected to all the re ...

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Dave Sheridan was the underground cartoonist who is best-known for his characters Dealer McDope and The Leather Nun. He was born and raised in the Cleveland, Ohio area and by the early 1970s had arrived in San Francisco, California. There he collaborated with fellow midwesterner Fred Schrier on three issues of Mother's Oats Funnies and a one-shot title called The Balloon Vendor. These were all published by Rip Off Press, the pioneering underground comix publishers founded in San Francisco in 196 ...

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