08-20-2008, 12:00 AM
That sounds far fetched. He wasn't impeccable enough to do an act of controlled folly of that degree.
Now, if you say that it was the Intent of the Spirit... that's a whole different subject.
Things worked in spite of Castaneda, not because of him. The Nagual teachings are a living tradition, but that particular line ended with him.
The Eagle, it seems, can do without him. A new wave of independent seers is now feed by his works.
But, as I said on another tread:
Carlos, with his training, could have done far better, live to be a hundred and twenty and write a dozen more books. Julian lived that long, and he was eaten
by the eagle!
Now, if you say that it was the Intent of the Spirit... that's a whole different subject.
Things worked in spite of Castaneda, not because of him. The Nagual teachings are a living tradition, but that particular line ended with him.
The Eagle, it seems, can do without him. A new wave of independent seers is now feed by his works.
But, as I said on another tread:
Carlos, with his training, could have done far better, live to be a hundred and twenty and write a dozen more books. Julian lived that long, and he was eaten
by the eagle!

