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Road Warrior

“A warrior-hunter deals intimately with her world, and yet she is inaccessible to that same  world.  She taps it lightly, stays for as long as she needs to, and then swiftly moves away, leaving hardly a mark.” — don Juan Matus from Journey to Ixtlan by Carlos Castaneda. It’s nearly time for Cat Black, my […]

Want to Learn Controlled Folly? Take Acting Classes

In A Separate Reality, Don Juan said to Castaneda, “A warrior must know first that his acts are useless, and yet, he must proceed as if he didn’t know it.  That’s a shaman’s controlled folly. ” What does it mean to know that your acts are useless and yet proceed as if you didn’t know […]

Step Into the Edifice

Don Juan told Castaneda that “Spirit sets up an edifice, and the warrior walks into it.”  The difference between an “average man” and a warrior, in don Juan’s view, which was the sorcerer’s view, was that a warrior has dusted his link to Spirit and is always in communication with Spirit. This is a kind […]