06-25-2014, 12:00 AM
I was reading a post by Serloco and was reminded of this concept. I read the introduction of the book, The mists of dragonlore by Theun Mares and found it to be as I always find Theuns writing, to the point and rather awesome. I include it here as a whim, perhaps just so I end up reading it again.
As a result of feedback received from the readers of the firsttwo books, it is necessary to point out that not all Toltecs arethe same, nor is every person who is apprenticed to theWarrior's Path necessarily Toltec. However, considering thefact that Toltecs have been solitary birds for an awfully longtime, it is hardly surprising that the world at large knows verylittle, if anything at all, about us and our activities. In fact,some of those few who have heard of us have more or lesscome to think of us as nothing more than a myth, whilst someothers, that is, those who have come to know about usthrough the books written by Carlos Castaneda, tend to lookupon us as being sorcerers. It is indeed undeniably true thatCarlos Castaneda, as well as the other current writers whoclaim to be associated with the content of the Castanedabooks, all portray the Toltec tradition in terms of the practicesof sorcery. And yet, the true Toltec is not a man or a womanwho indulges in those pursuits of sorcery that are todayengendering so much curiosity.
Toltecs are men and women of knowledge, and although ourknowledge would not be complete if we did not also have aknowledge of sorcery, I must stress that the practices of sorceryform only a tiny fragment of the full extent of our knowledge.Furthermore, true toltecs know that sorcery does not leadpeople to freedom, but instead leads to their continuingenslavement.
As a result of feedback received from the readers of the firsttwo books, it is necessary to point out that not all Toltecs arethe same, nor is every person who is apprenticed to theWarrior's Path necessarily Toltec. However, considering thefact that Toltecs have been solitary birds for an awfully longtime, it is hardly surprising that the world at large knows verylittle, if anything at all, about us and our activities. In fact,some of those few who have heard of us have more or lesscome to think of us as nothing more than a myth, whilst someothers, that is, those who have come to know about usthrough the books written by Carlos Castaneda, tend to lookupon us as being sorcerers. It is indeed undeniably true thatCarlos Castaneda, as well as the other current writers whoclaim to be associated with the content of the Castanedabooks, all portray the Toltec tradition in terms of the practicesof sorcery. And yet, the true Toltec is not a man or a womanwho indulges in those pursuits of sorcery that are todayengendering so much curiosity.
Toltecs are men and women of knowledge, and although ourknowledge would not be complete if we did not also have aknowledge of sorcery, I must stress that the practices of sorceryform only a tiny fragment of the full extent of our knowledge.Furthermore, true toltecs know that sorcery does not leadpeople to freedom, but instead leads to their continuingenslavement.