Teachings as a mental artifice to raise energy above cheekbones?

Did Castaneda (or somebody of his circle) say something similar to this: teachings correlate with raising energy above cheekbones and thus they are sort of equivalent to that plain fact? I could find only this statement: One of the formidable attainments of sorcerers is that in the end, they push out whatever exists in the center of energy located at the top of the head, and then they anchor the tendon energy of the rest of their bodies there. Thank you.

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u/Bilissss 1 points 2026-05-22 07:14

In the book Magical Passes there is the last quote regarding the energy of the tendons which is placed in the energy center in the head.

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u/Live-Blacksmith2439 1 points 2026-05-22 07:34

yes. But did Castaneda ever refer to it as a goal of the teachings?

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u/danl999 10 points 2026-05-22 12:05

Maybe you're remembering that we need to raise our energy above our ankles, before we'll stop being food for a specialized inorganic being which is using mankind as a global cattle ranch?

There's a pdf containing all lecture notes and all books, so you could research in there. But I doubt you'll find it.

And those specialized inorganic beings feeding off of us are using the Allies too, it would seem. Someone posted a lecture quote on that topic just this week.

Normally our energy is down at the level of our big toe.

And visibly so! It's no theory. Sorcery has only observations, and Olmec technology.

No beliefs. Beliefs are for people who never get to see real magic and are mostly motivated to self-sooth, rather than to learn.

But actually, the flier's don't leave you alone until your energy gets above your knees. Raising your energy to your ankles is barely even noticeable. So it's not going to stay raised, because you have no motivation to keep it there until you can directly perceive the benefits.

Carlos was always pleased when his private class managed to save enough energy for it to rise above their ankles, so he praised us. But in fact that's easily lost, and we never managed to keep it more than a week. At which point he chastised us.

You aren't on the right track until you get it much higher than the ankles, indicating you've practiced stopping your internal dialogue steadily, over months.

So between the top of your ankles, and your knee, it's a big struggle not to deplete your glow of awareness on your daily life.

In this animation, you can see what we're talking about. That glowing spot at the bottom of the luminous shell is our normal energy level. Eaten down by those beings licking the shiny outer coating like it was sugar on a donut.

Hopefully you aren't trying to equate sorcery to any other system.

It's not compatible, and stops working if you aren't following the precise rabbit trail discovered by the old seers, 8000 years ago. You won't even get 1/100,000th of the way if you try to use some other system to learn it.

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u/Dry-Shallot-1756 2 points 2026-05-22 12:12

Sometimes there is a feeling of tension over the cheekbones, as if a headband appears in this place, extending over the ears to the back of the head.