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r/castaneda

The Sorcery Lineage of Don Juan Matus & Carlos Castaneda

The purpose of this subreddit is to aid in the pragmatic application of the works of Carlos Castaneda, Florinda Donner, Taisha Abelar, & Carol Tiggs to how we experience existence. Core topics include: sorcery (a.k.a. the mastery of intent), awareness, & non-ordinary reality (magic). Here, you can: learn ABOUT sorcery, what has and has not worked over thousands of years, decide to empirically embark on your own "definitive journey," and altruistically document your challenges and discoveries.

Created Feb 11, 2011

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Wiki
Introduction
  • Introduction
  • The Reputation of CC
  • Darkroom Practice
  • How To See Energy...
  • Simple Silence...
Resources
  • FAQ
  • Terminology
  • Booklist & Media
  • Additional Resources
Practices
  • Overview
  • Tensegrity
  • Recapitulation
  • Silence
  • Womb Dreaming
  • 4 Gates Dreaming
  • Stalking
  • Misc. Practices
Misc. Categories
  • The J-Curve
  • Darkroom Games
  • Shifting Perception
  • Illustrations
  • Audiovisual Content
  • Experiences
  • Places of Power
  • Buddhism - ANALYSIS
Links
  • Discord Server
  • Instagram Feed
  • TikTok
  • Instruction Sub
  • Private Practice Sub
  • Women's Sub

Frequently Asked Questions

FAQ Purpose of This Sub? Are You A Bad Player? Inventory Expert?

r/castaneda Rules

  1. Accounts newer than 10 days old cannot comment, and must reach 21 days before posting is allowed.

    4 commenting upvotes (in any subreddit) are also required in order to post after those 21 days.

  2. Do your best to tag new posts with a relevant Flair category. Otherwise, select General Knowledge.
  3. Please be familiar with the terminology used in here before posting. See the Wiki's Terminology page

    Astral Projection is the most problematic term, along with OBE. Please use Dreaming Double, or Dreaming Body instead.

  4. Any post that diverts away from the implied purpose of this sub, will be marked SPOILER or removed.

    The stated purpose of this subreddit is to aid in restoring the reputation of Carlos Castaneda and the knowledge he imparted, by pragmatically applying that knowledge IN PRACTICE. This means that we are sticking to what really works, as proven by direct experience by long-practicing members.

  5. No low effort posting, pretending, or wasting people's time.

    Especially problematic posts, ex. questions that could be answered by either practicing or by reading more posts or from the books, will be removed and users who make similar repeated posts will be banned for a minimum of 3 months. Pretend sorcery which does not emphasize silence, and is based only on thinking and mood, will not be tolerated.

  6. Self-centered promotion, jockeying for a "top-dog" position, & grandstanding are bannable behaviors.

    Persons promoting behavior over effort to get silent and the necessity to move the assemblage point, and who won't give up that activity, are likely to be banned for a minimum of ONE YEAR.

  7. Those being overly disruptive will be temporarily or permanently banned, at the mods discretion.

    This is a blanket rule, meant to give mods a more broadly applicable option for a ban or content removal. Banned users still have access to the subreddit, wiki, and all its resources (except the group chat).

  8. Please report content in violation of any of this subreddit's rules to the mods to be evaluated.

    This will make it publicly unviewable until it can be assessed.

Wiki

INTRODUCTION

The Reputation of Carlos Castaneda


NOTABLE POSTS:

Darkroom Practice - (Waking Dreaming)

How To See Energy in 3 Weeks

Simple Silence Technique


RESOURCES:

FAQ

Terminology

Booklist, Publications & Media

Additional Resources


CATEGORIES OF PRACTICE:

OVERVIEW OF THE PRACTICES

Tensegrity

Recapitulation

Silence

Womb Dreaming

4 Gates Dreaming

Stalking

Misc. Practices


MISC. CATEGORIES:

The J-Curve

Darkroom Games - (waking dreaming)

Shifting Perception

Detailed Illustrations

Audiovisual Content

Experiences

Places of Power

Buddhism - analysis & arguments


COMPLETE POST INDEX: 2018-2024

COMPLETE POST INDEX: 2025-

Community Chat

MEGATHREAD Discord Server

Booklist

Carlos Castaneda's books in chronological order:

  1. The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge (1968)

  2. A Separate Reality: Further Conversations With Don Juan (1971)

  3. Journey to Ixtlan: The Lessons of Don Juan (1972)

  4. Tales of Power (1974)

  5. The Second Ring of Power (1977)

  6. The Eagle's Gift (1981)

  7. The Fire From Within (1984)

  8. The Power of Silence: Further Lessons of Don Juan (1987)

  9. The Art of Dreaming (1993)

  10. Magical Passes: The Practical Wisdom of the Shamans of Ancient Mexico (Jan. 20, 1998)

  11. The Wheel of Time: The Shamans Of Ancient Mexico, Their Thoughts About Life, Death And The Universe (Jun. 1, 1998)

  12. The Active Side of Infinity (Sep. 1, 1998)

Florinda Donner's books:

  1. Shabono: A Visit to a Remote and Magical World in the South American Rain Forest (1982)

  2. The Witch's Dream: A Healer's Way of Knowledge (1985)

  3. Being-in-Dreaming: An Initiation into the Sorcerers' World (1991)

Taisha Abelar's book:

  1. The Sorcerer's Crossing: A Woman's Journey (1992)

  2. Unpublished Manuscript - Stalking With The Double (restored version) (March, 1996) - file includes a link to the original scanned version, older file links

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Discord Server

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Instruction Subreddit

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Private Women's Subreddit

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I’ve had worse birthday presents! 🤤 these should keep me going.

Audiovisual u/1solve_et 2020-12-22 11:40 11 comments (link)
23

Academically sane documentary about the known history of sorcery, wizardry and shamanism.

Audiovisual u/1solve_et 2020-11-30 22:06 7 comments (link)
27

Dark room on shrooms (pretty much🤷‍♂️)

Audiovisual u/1solve_et 2020-11-26 20:13 12 comments (link)
10

What is happening to my assemblage point here?

New Practitioners u/1solve_et 2020-11-18 12:31 2 comments
4

La Gorda on losing the human form and “the eye that pulls you into dreaming,”. Interesting to note she mentions you don’t have to be asleep to go into dreaming.

General Knowledge u/1solve_et 2020-11-17 19:37 18 comments (link)
51

3 hours into Darkroom and chill...

Inorganic Beings u/1solve_et 2020-11-04 10:52 15 comments (link)
19

Nice bit on impeccability from Tales of Power.

General Knowledge u/1solve_et 2020-10-29 13:39 9 comments (link)
14

On Don Juan’s tailored suit. Absolutely brilliant. 😂🙇‍♂️

General Knowledge u/1solve_et 2020-10-26 21:07 17 comments (link)
8

Another 3 hour torture session

Darkroom Practice u/1solve_et 2020-10-22 23:23 21 comments
27

Nice double whammy from the postman 🤗

Darkroom Practice u/1solve_et 2020-10-16 13:34 23 comments (link)
7

You know what’s worse than intrusive dialogue when attempting to force silence?

Silence u/1solve_et 2020-10-13 21:53 5 comments
12

Don Juan talking about spirits. Is this belief about there being 3 kinds of IOB’s still maintained?

Inorganic Beings u/1solve_et 2020-10-06 22:40 12 comments (link)
11

Excruciating attempt at a practice.

Darkroom Practice u/1solve_et 2020-10-06 09:13 15 comments
14

Nice wee introductory bit on silence from “A Separate Reality,”

Silence u/1solve_et 2020-10-05 16:39 3 comments (link)
6

Really trying my almost damndest with orthodox open eyed dark room gazing.

Darkroom Practice u/1solve_et 2020-09-29 08:58 7 comments
2

Fever Ray 'When I Grow Up'. - She has called herself a “Noadi,” before, the Noadi were Nordic/Siberian sorcerers.

Audiovisual u/1solve_et 2020-09-26 23:26 0 comments (link)
6

BIG break through last night for me, that I can’t damn remember that well! 🙇‍♂️

Experiences u/1solve_et 2020-09-23 08:14 13 comments
4

Is this Carlos Castaneda Interview with Theodore Rosza in 1969, the only audio recording of Carlos Castaneda’s voice which exists?

Audiovisual u/1solve_et 2020-09-21 22:39 2 comments (link)
3

Do we know this guy? This is all about Castaneda and Don Juan. He is promoting a book deal by the way.

General Knowledge u/1solve_et 2020-09-17 22:31 9 comments (link)
8

25 minutes gazing in a bright room

Shifting Perception u/1solve_et 2020-09-17 10:56 42 comments
1

Effects of substances on dark room gazing/dreaming.

Darkroom Practice u/1solve_et 2020-09-16 20:29 17 comments
6

Joe Rogan suggests the reality of shared dreaming in this clip and explains some of his experience with lucidity.

Dreaming u/1solve_et 2020-09-14 20:13 2 comments (link)

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