07-14-2008, 12:00 AM
The most dangerous and powerful Nagual of Julian's heirs (Don Juan words here), Silvio Manuel, was also the most simple and mysterious of them all.
In one of the books of CC La Gorda (if I remember well) tells that while Don Juan had to manipulate his intent to take the AP to a certain position to fly
around or do wonders Silvio Manuel didn't have to do anything.
He was one with the intent of the spirit. If he wanted to, he could transform himself into anything.... yet he didn't do things like that: He just sat in heightened awareness... permanently.
This tell us two things:
1. The "gifts of power" (positions of the AP and how to achieve them) of the Death Defier are rather crappy and distracting in comparison. (Don Juan
says in this matter that those gifts made the naguals of his line very indulgent in nature)
2. To get true power we need to loose our tonal ambition for lesser, indulgent power.
As for the question itself (To shape-shift or not to shape-shift) I agree that it may be a very useful power to remain anonymous in the tonal world. If you are
formless you can truly become unknown.
In one of the books of CC La Gorda (if I remember well) tells that while Don Juan had to manipulate his intent to take the AP to a certain position to fly
around or do wonders Silvio Manuel didn't have to do anything.
He was one with the intent of the spirit. If he wanted to, he could transform himself into anything.... yet he didn't do things like that: He just sat in heightened awareness... permanently.
This tell us two things:
1. The "gifts of power" (positions of the AP and how to achieve them) of the Death Defier are rather crappy and distracting in comparison. (Don Juan
says in this matter that those gifts made the naguals of his line very indulgent in nature)
2. To get true power we need to loose our tonal ambition for lesser, indulgent power.
As for the question itself (To shape-shift or not to shape-shift) I agree that it may be a very useful power to remain anonymous in the tonal world. If you are
formless you can truly become unknown.