I read that Castaneda kept on the lookout for songs, poems etc. that evoked the "mood of a warrior." I found this one very fitting...
I read that Castaneda kept on the lookout for songs, poems etc. that evoked the "mood of a warrior." I found this one very fitting...
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Yea, he did that. I seem to recall they even had a record player, and the men wheeled it in on at least one occasion to play something for him.
It was the low tech early 90s.
But if you want the bonanza, I suspect you have to find someone who participated in Infinity Theater, out at the compound.
I was lucky to be left out of that, because it was naked infinity theater at times.
He'd like the longing and mystery in the lyrics, but there's a tingle of "poor me" in it.
A good question to ask of any potential warriors song would be, would you like to be listening to that when an ally shows up?
The allies don't care, but the mood it evokes in you might not be so compatible.
Agreed. There is a sense of resignation in the song, but you can also sense a sense of humor.
I'm not sure which song I would name, let alone expect as a "conjuring"
I was thinking about this more. I suspect Carlos had more in mind than meets the eye, with the idea of a song having the "mood of a warrior". He used to close his eyes and shake his whole body, toss his hands back and forth along with his head, while he said, "uuuuhhh....", as if the mood of the song had overcome him and he was shivering from it.
Beats me what deeper meaning it could have though. The only thing I can think of is that intent is an odd thing. A slight hint of something, even years before, and you run into it in waking dreaming. It just appears, even though you'd forgotten about it.
Sort of like what he said about the Eagle having nothing to do with an actual Eagle, except that someone saw it that way, and everyone is stuck with that view now.
Maybe when you're having trouble getting the assemblage point to move, a warriors song could help.
If you get silent, the big issue becomes how to get the assemblage point to move in less than several hours.
The several hours is a burden. I'd listen to Captain Crunch theme songs if it helped.
"Eat Captain Crunch, it moves your assemblage point!" wonder if there's a parallel universe/reality out there where that's their marketing slogan! One where the human world developed very, very differently..
Good song.
Beyond the Sea by Bobby Darin also fits. The "lover" he is longing for is the other self/the double/the nagual/the dreaming body etc... someone he is estranged from. They are "far beyond the star" and "near beyond the moon," implying a non-ordinary "place" he can't reach, one beyond the normal world.
And "never again I'll go sailing" as a vow; if I can reach it again, I'll never be lured back to these lonely shores.
The Ghost on the Shore, by Lord Huron:
"...I'm the lord of the lake and I don't want to leave...for the ghost on the shore."
Imposed mind's reluctance to leave the comfort of the known (tonal) for the mystery of the unknown (nagual).