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Recapitulation (Castaneda)
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Recapitulation is a term
used by Carlos Castaneda in his book, The Eagle’s Gift, published in 1982. In
The Eagle's Gift, Florinda, one of don Juan's party of warriors, teaches
Castaneda about the process and purpose of recapitulation. She explained that
recapitulation consisted of "recollecting one's life down to the most
insignificant detail" and that when a woman's recapitulation was complete
she "no longer abided by the limitations of her person."[1] She
further explained that in the process of recapitulation one recounts all the
feelings they invested in whatever memory they were reviewing.
Florinda told Castaneda
that recapitulation often began with a list of items to be recalled. One then
proceeded to work through the list one item at a time staying with the item
until all of the emotions around the event had been felt. The recapitulation
was done with the breath. While recalling the event, one inhaled slowly, moved
their head from the right shoulder to the left. The next breath moved from left
to right and was an exhalation. The purpose of the breath was to restore energy.
When breathing from right to left one would "pick up the filaments they
left behind" and when breathing from left to right they would "eject
filaments left in them by other luminous bodies involved in the event being
recollected."
Following Castaneda's introduction
of the term recapitulation, Víctor Sánchez, author of The Toltec Path of
Recapitulation: Healing Your Past to Free Your Soul, published in 2001, also
wrote about a technique by the same name. For Sanchez, recapitulation is a
procedure of self-healing. It is done by reliving the events on one’s past. The
damage is caused by repetitive emotional conflicts. When these conflicts
persist they drain one’s vital energy. Sanchez says he developed and adapted
techniques of recapitulation described in his book from procedures he learned
from his time with the Wirrarika people, whom he calls the surviving
Toltecs.[2]
Lujan Matus, author of The
Art of Stalking Parallel Perception, regards the traditional method of
recapitulation as being too rigid whereby it can actually hinder the
practitioners ability to establish a direct connection with spirit. He takes an
alternative approach to the recapitulation technique which is less structured
and more spontaneous in its application.
According to Kristopher
Raphael, author of The Mastery of Awareness, Seeing Through the Eyes of a
Jaguar, published in 2003, emotional charges blind one from perceiving reality
as it truly is. Recapitulation is used to discharge one’s emotions so that they
do not react and one can perceive clearly.[3]
[edit]References
^ Castaneda, Carlos
(December 1, 1991). The Eagle's Gift. Washington Square Press. pp. 287–288.
ISBN 978-0671732516.
^ Sanchez, Victor (July 1,
2001). The Toltec Path of Recapitulation: Healing Your Past to Free Your Soul.
Bear & Company. pp. 13–16. ISBN 978-1879181601.
^ Raphael, Kristopher
(September 1, 2003). The Mastery of Awareness: Seeing Through the Eyes of a
Jaguar, Part I. Lightwurks, LLC. pp. 1. ISBN 978-0972295659.
[edit]See also
Nagualism (Carlos
Castaneda)
Carlos Castaneda
Bibliography of Carlos
Castaneda
From Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia
Recapitulation is a term
used by Carlos Castaneda in his book, The Eagle’s Gift, published in 1982. In
The Eagle's Gift, Florinda, one of don Juan's party of warriors, teaches
Castaneda about the process and purpose of recapitulation. She explained that
recapitulation consisted of "recollecting one's life down to the most
insignificant detail" and that when a woman's recapitulation was complete
she "no longer abided by the limitations of her person."[1] She
further explained that in the process of recapitulation one recounts all the
feelings they invested in whatever memory they were reviewing.
Florinda told Castaneda
that recapitulation often began with a list of items to be recalled. One then
proceeded to work through the list one item at a time staying with the item
until all of the emotions around the event had been felt. The recapitulation
was done with the breath. While recalling the event, one inhaled slowly, moved
their head from the right shoulder to the left. The next breath moved from left
to right and was an exhalation. The purpose of the breath was to restore energy.
When breathing from right to left one would "pick up the filaments they
left behind" and when breathing from left to right they would "eject
filaments left in them by other luminous bodies involved in the event being
recollected."
Following Castaneda's introduction
of the term recapitulation, Víctor Sánchez, author of The Toltec Path of
Recapitulation: Healing Your Past to Free Your Soul, published in 2001, also
wrote about a technique by the same name. For Sanchez, recapitulation is a
procedure of self-healing. It is done by reliving the events on one’s past. The
damage is caused by repetitive emotional conflicts. When these conflicts
persist they drain one’s vital energy. Sanchez says he developed and adapted
techniques of recapitulation described in his book from procedures he learned
from his time with the Wirrarika people, whom he calls the surviving
Toltecs.[2]
Lujan Matus, author of The
Art of Stalking Parallel Perception, regards the traditional method of
recapitulation as being too rigid whereby it can actually hinder the
practitioners ability to establish a direct connection with spirit. He takes an
alternative approach to the recapitulation technique which is less structured
and more spontaneous in its application.
According to Kristopher
Raphael, author of The Mastery of Awareness, Seeing Through the Eyes of a
Jaguar, published in 2003, emotional charges blind one from perceiving reality
as it truly is. Recapitulation is used to discharge one’s emotions so that they
do not react and one can perceive clearly.[3]
[edit]References
^ Castaneda, Carlos
(December 1, 1991). The Eagle's Gift. Washington Square Press. pp. 287–288.
ISBN 978-0671732516.
^ Sanchez, Victor (July 1,
2001). The Toltec Path of Recapitulation: Healing Your Past to Free Your Soul.
Bear & Company. pp. 13–16. ISBN 978-1879181601.
^ Raphael, Kristopher
(September 1, 2003). The Mastery of Awareness: Seeing Through the Eyes of a
Jaguar, Part I. Lightwurks, LLC. pp. 1. ISBN 978-0972295659.
[edit]See also
Nagualism (Carlos
Castaneda)
Carlos Castaneda
Bibliography of Carlos
Castaneda