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hypnosis in Castaneda's works
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"Don Genaro sat up straight and slid closer to me. He patted me on the shoulder repeatedly, and said that I was a rascal. Then he pulled my left arm with great force towards him. I lost my balance and fell forward. I almost hit my face on the hard ground. I automatically put my right arm in front and buffered my fall.
One of them held me down by pressing on my neck. I was not sure who. The hand that was holding me felt like don Genaro's. I had a moment of devastating panic. I felt I was fainting. Perhaps I did. The pressure in my stomach was so intense that I vomited.
My next clear perception was that somebody was helping me to sit up."

Anyone recognise this maneuver?
Here it is - couldn't find a shorter version:
http://www.youtube.com/v/Tz2GVcXg0Jw&sh ... oplay=0&ap
Another is the hand shake interrupt. This one has an explanation:
http://www.youtube.com/v/gJasYOtqNPY&sh ... oplay=0&ap

So was Genaro cheating? No. This is simply showing us howhypnosis is related to the second attention/dreaming.
And how thin the veil is. Shock is one way to shrink the tonal.
"The tonal shrinks at given times, especially when it is embarrassed. Once the tonal has shrunk, the nagual ,
if it is already in motion, no matter how small that motion is, will take over and achieve extraordinary deeds."
"The tonal is the organizer of the world. Perhaps the best way of describing its monumental work is to say
that on its shoulders rests the task of setting the chaos of the world in order."
So when we shock the tonal with a hand shake interrupt or arm pull, it shrinks and the nagual comes forth because
we have done something confusing and chaotic, unfamiliar to the tonal when it expected a hand shake.
This is one of many examples of hypnosis and NLP used in the books on Castaneda.
I haven't really seen this discussed anywhere and was wondering if others were aware of it.
I hope no one thinks this makes sorcery any less. It's really a decent alternative to power plants.
What's important is that Castaneda was shaken from his certainty of his world view as being final.
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Good points. I've read the books and dabbled in hypnosis and for some reason never connected the two.
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Things unexpected, shocking move the AP, especially when its really unexpected. Death is this too.
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