Intent of the Spirit, the link and Silvio Manuel

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Sidarthur Prospero wrote:

All the Castaneda forums I have visited make it extremely clear that the Castaneda don Juan path is without heart. Unless the best of don
Juan's teachings are supplemented, as they were with Howard Lee, they will leave a person wasted and confused as Castaneda was after don Juan left and
before he found his martial arts instructor Howard Lee.



Spirit takes no volunteers. Castaneda created a volunteer cult. Of course it failed. They all fail.




Howard Lee saw "Castaneda's show" and didn't want to have anything to do with it. Now he is having a "cult-like" tendency with his
Light of Life thingy. They are not promoting paths. They are, at most, fountains of ancient, tangible knowledge.




As far as I can see, Castaneda was a little more than a "spokesman" for nagualism. He, as a nagual, was mediocre. The only thing worthy of his books
are his experiences with real, developed naguals.




It wasn't Don Juan's fault. He did all he could for him. He knew his line ended with him. He accepted it and did what he had to do.