The Origin of the Nagual

[Bob May]

"The energy necessary to move the assemblage points of sorcerers comes from the realm of inorganic beings. This is the truth and the legacy of the old
sorcerers to us."




"The inorganic beings have us pinned down to this day. This is the reason I don't like them. I resent having to dip into one source alone. Personally,
I refuse to do it. And I am trying to steer you away from it."




"The reason sorcerers have to take energy from the realm of inorganic beings is because there is no other viable energy for sorcerers."




"All the sorcerers of our line have to do this."




All of these statements are Carlos' relating Don Juan's advise to Carlos after he began dealing with inorganics against the recommendations of Don
Juan.


And more importantly, all of these statements are referring specifically to a SORCERER'S limitations. Don Juan said that he REFUSED to do that.


The answer is simple. Carlos should not have practiced sorcery in the first place. Or he could have used the practices to stop the world and after that he
could have stopped any time he chose to.




If his system of knowledge required him to need inorganics to supply him energy, all he had to do was change his system of knowledge.




I lived the first four books of Casaneda and followed Don Juan's teachings to their inevitable end. Especially the recommendations contained in Journey to
Ixtlan. I stopped the world even before his fifth book was published.


So, I know it works. And according to Don Juan's definition I am a sorcerer because of having experienced that. But I took to heart Don Juan's warning
of not becoming enmeshed in the "sorcerer's world." What do I need with more illusion?


I have had enough of that.




From there I looked into other things.




Grandspeculator is correct. There are deeper systems of knowledge and greater sources of power than what Carlos was caught up in.