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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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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
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  • The J-Curve
  • Darkroom Games
  • Shifting Perception
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  • Experiences
  • Places of Power
  • Buddhism - ANALYSIS
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  • Instruction Sub
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  • 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-

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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

Links

Discord Server

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Instruction Subreddit

Private Practice Subreddit

Private Women's Subreddit

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Questions about Carlos late in life.

u/Olucon 2018-06-21 06:35 6 comments
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The Active Side of Infinity Quotes by Carlos Castaneda

u/SantoMuerto 2018-06-05 10:36 9 comments (link)
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What is The Eagle's Gift? Castaneda quotes of the day...

u/AllThingsFTW 2018-05-28 09:50 2 comments (link)
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"The island of the tonal has to be swept clean and maintained clean. That's the only alternative that a warrior has. A clean island offers no resistance. It is as if there were nothing there."

General Knowledge u/thisgreatusername 2018-05-16 22:01 7 comments
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it could be said that they intuit everything unerringly and accurately. Reading omens is commonplace for sorcerers. Mistakes happen only when personal feelings intervene and cloud the sorcerers' connecting link with intent.

Intent u/thisgreatusername 2018-05-08 17:21 0 comments
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"the spirit reveals itself to everyone with the same intensity and consistency, but only sorcerers, and naguals in particular, are attuned to such revelations."

u/thisgreatusername 2018-05-08 17:13 2 comments
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" 'I can't repeat often enough that every man whose assemblage point moves can move it further,' he began. 'And the only reason we need a teacher is to spur us on mercilessly. Otherwise our natural reaction is to stop to congratulate ourselves for having covered so much ground.' " deleted

u/thisgreatusername 2018-05-08 15:15 0 comments
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We are pieces of the Sun

u/suicidsally 2018-05-06 15:14 1 comments
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" A sorcerer asks the question, 'If we're going to die with the totality of ourselves, why not, then, live with that totality?' "

u/thisgreatusername 2018-04-29 21:48 3 comments
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" 'An immortal being has all the time in the world for doubts and bewilderment and fears. A warrior, on the other hand, cannot cling to the meanings made under the tonal's order because he knows for a fact that the totality of himself has but a little time on this earth.' "

u/thisgreatusername 2018-04-26 20:48 0 comments
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"One of the sources of your bafflement and discomfort is that your tonal doesn't let go of your eyes. The day it does your nagual will have won a great battle. Your obsession or, better yet, everyone's obsession is to arrange the world according to the tonal's rules."

u/thisgreatusername 2018-04-25 19:22 0 comments
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" 'A warrior cannot be helpless,' he said. 'or bewildered or frightened; not under any circumstances. For a warrior there is time only for his impeccability; everything else drains his power. Impeccability replenishes it.' "

u/thisgreatusername 2018-04-25 17:30 0 comments
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"The key to all these matters of impeccability is the sense of having or not having time."

u/thisgreatusername 2018-04-25 17:26 0 comments
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"To maintain order means to be a perfect tonal, and to be a perfect tonal means to be aware of everything that takes place on the island of the tonal."

u/thisgreatusername 2018-04-25 17:24 0 comments
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"A warrior could not possibly leave anything to chance. He actually affects the outcome of events by the force of his awareness and his unbending intent."

u/thisgreatusername 2018-04-20 22:11 1 comments
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"It is useless to get angry and feel disappointed with oneself."

u/thisgreatusername 2018-04-20 19:36 6 comments
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"A warrior is self-oriented, not in a selfish way, but in the sense of a total and continuous examination of the self."

u/thisgreatusername 2018-04-17 21:28 1 comments
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"Any man who has an iota of pride is ripped apart by being made to feel worthless."

u/thisgreatusername 2018-04-17 20:48 0 comments
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The Human Body: A Miniature Universe

u/rocco2121 2018-04-09 05:29 4 comments
4

Teaching the nagual: claiming knowledge as power

u/suicidsally 2018-03-27 00:45 2 comments
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I need someone to guide me on my path of knowledge. deleted

u/snaiiman 2018-03-11 23:52 4 comments
3

Recapitulation and regrets

u/suicidsally 2018-03-01 22:48 8 comments
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A Warrior is in the hands of power and his only freedom is to choose an impeccable life

u/suicidsally 2018-03-01 22:08 5 comments
3

Tap The Glowing Coat Of Awareness

u/AllThingsFTW 2018-02-26 11:14 0 comments (link)
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Someone knows the meaning of the cover of the book or who drew it? thanks of advance

u/juandealbera 2018-02-21 03:53 2 comments (link)
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