A Toltec Witness Section 2

Section 2 The Recapitulation  Once Silence Is Attained Everything Is Possible

Section 2

June 9th … … September 8 th 

Continue and complete the reading program. Write essays  on : Not Doing & The 4 Moods of the Stalker. Exercise Program. Continue & amend, if and as appropriate. Stalking  Practice. Commence Recapitulation Process. Introduce the Sorcery Passes. Continue Not Doing and the application of  the 4 Moods of Stalking. Dreaming Practice : Continue Gazing and commence Setting Up Dreaming. Month 4 Read : The The Fire from Within Within & The Power of Silence. Begin essays on Not Doing & The 4 Moods of the Stalker. Exercise : 1 circuit + workout. Complete the Four Moods of Stalking – Sweetness. Commence Recapitulation Practice. Study The Sorcery Passes. Continue applying Not Doing & the 4 Moods of Staling. Gazing practice : 30 mins. + Commence Setting Up  Dreaming. Month 5  Read : The Art of Dreaming & The Sorcerer’s Crossing. Continue essays. 1 circuit + 30 mins. workout. Implement Sorcery Passes prior to performing the Recapitulation. Continue applying Not Doing & the 4 Moods of Stalking. Gazing practice : 30 mins. +  Continue Setting Up Dreaming. Month 6  Read : Being in Dreaming. Complete essays. 1 circuit circuit +  30 mins. workout. Continue Sorcery Passes, Recapitulation, applying Not Doing & the 4 moods of  Stalking. Gazing practice : 30 mins. + Continue Setting  Up Dreaming. Notes  Review and evaluate this section prior to moving onto  section 3. Essays : The Recapitulation & The Sorcery  Passes begin next section.

A Brief Synopsis of Sorcery  Procedural Stages  Stopping The World – Cessation of all  internal mapping processes. Sensory  Silence. Leads to- Collapsing The World –  Enabling the Sorcerer to Assemble other  Perceptual Worlds. The Formless Warrior – The conclusion. A  consequence of Losing The Human Form. The Abstract  Flight – The leap into the Abstract and Freedom.

Procedurall Requirements  Procedura Sorcerers Strategic Inventory – ordering of The Island of The The Tonal.

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Manipulation of The Assemblage Point –  Assembling Perceptual alternatives. Erasing Personal History – Inaccessibility  to self and others. Accessibility to power. The Recapitulation – A Stalkers methodology for accessing  Personal Power and The Double. Setting Up Dreaming – A Dreamers methodology for  accessing The Double. Losing Self Importance / Self Reflection – Redeployment of  energy into Impeccability. The Petty Tyrant – A Stalkers methodology for Losing Self  Importance. Not Doing – The Sorcerers methodology for widening  Perceptual Filters.

Gazing – The prelude to Seeing and Setting Up Dreaming  whilst storing Personal Power. Sorcery Passes – Supportive of all practices specifically The Recapitulation.

Sets of Principl Principles  es  The Four Enemies of a Man of Knowledge – Initiation across time. The Four Moods of Stalking, the Foundations of a Sorcerers behaviour. The Attributes of a Warrior – The  precursors of Sobriety and Impeccability. Impeccab ility. Comments concerning The Principles of Sorcery :  In making  comments concerning the abstract aspects of Sorcery and  how to develop strategies and procedures for encapsulating  them one meets a task of great proportion. During the the first section of the practice The Four Four Moods of  Stalking were addressed directly. Ruthlessness specifically  was congruently developed and in its description of  ‘discarding the superfluous’ is readily accessible. Cunning   proved to be more challenging challengi ng as it calls for covert activity, ac tivity, almost secretiveness. Patience which operates through and  across time is readily understood and of course it can be taken quite literally. Sweetness calls for maintaining  Multiple Descriptions in respect of others and oneself. It was  in the instance of Sweetness that Carlos Castaneda was   given some of his Sorcery tasks, such as being a chef in a  roadside eatery. This not only developed a different  description to the Sorcery pursuits he was engaged upon but  more importantly addressed the issue of Self Importance. All in all one can Intend ones life to fulfil the requirements  set by the Moods readily enough, it requires almost re-  inventing oneself in the light of them. To do this effectively,

I feel, requires that that one travel somewhere neutral, a place where one is unknown and in this way Erasing Personal  History can take place in a neutral environment. This takes  bravery for however adventurous one would like to be it  means entry into the unknown, granted this is the human  unknown. The Four Four Enemies of a Man of Knowledge : Fear, Clarity, Power & Old Age effectively unfold during a warriors  lifetime and as such serve as filters for assessing progress  along the path of Sorcery. The Attributes of a Warrior, again unfold across time as a  result of pursuing the practises and tenets of Sorcery. Control is arrived at through developing a sense of ‘the equality of all things’ which fosters the Indifference often  alluded to and ensures the development of Controlled Folly. Discipline is the practice of Unbending Intent in respect of  all that unfolds within a given pursuit or path. Forbearance shares the characteristics of Patience, both in respect of  oneself, others and the world generally. Timing lends itself  to the deliberations that a warrior addresses and then  rather than continuing to think and talk, simply acts, irrespective of the results. This engenders Impeccability  within ones acts. Will as we know is that mysterious   property that arises as a result of applying the previous  attributes and as such is emergent from a system set up to  enflesh it. Finally The Petty Tyrant operates directly in the world and through their cultivation one develops flexibility, the Moods of Stalking and of course as a result addresses Self  Importance directly.

Not Doing  Is performed by the body  Set up by Gazing and is a method of storing personal power  Sorcery is the the Cunning of the 1st  Attention  And serves as the interface Gazing is the Cunning of the 2nd  Attention  And facilitates Active Dreaming  Setting Up Dreaming is the Cunning of the Double It lures the one to flesh the other  Which one does what is open to conjecture For it is a matter of the Dreamer and the Dreamed 

Sorcery – The Not Not Doing Doing of human life When approaching Sorcery it is all too  easy to be human and attempt to  integrate its activities into the ongoing  life one has. Due to the amount of time and focus I have brought to bear this  tendency has, in the main been  circumnavigated. The essence of Sorcery  is the development of the energy equal to making the appropriate shifts from the everyday world to that of the world of Sorcery. Within the practice this has been  approached via the Rings of Power, namely unhooking that  of Reason and connecting to that of Intent. This is the  primary purpose, for Actualisation of The Dreaming  Attention is brought about in this way. To be human means to have a life, full as it is with the folly  we all individually generate and sustain in regard of the agreement we share as to the nature of reality. This is the Doing of human life. Who would not seek the comfort and  rewards of such? Only someone who has no choice and for  this reason reason Sorcery tricks those worthy of pursuing it. The The

Not Doing of human life, of the human inventory is fulfilled  when Sorcery itself is undertaken as a pursuit congruently. Sorcery is a Perceptual Art and the level of Perception is  dependant upon Personal Power and Personal Power is  dependant upon the elements outlined within the practice of  Sorcery itself. A very neat system indeed, teaching itself, as  it does by virtue of the amount of energy one can deploy  into Perception. Erasing Personal History is the Not Doing  of who you believe, and have been told, you are. This is   prefigured by Stopping The World. Not simply the world of  internal representations but also the world itself, this is how a Sorcerer effectively collapses the world and as a result  breaks the mould of man by becoming a formless warrior. Only then has one entered the world of Sorcery as all that   precedes it is prepatory. Losing Self Importance is an  essential aspect of this process for along with the Self  Reflection that accompanies it, represents the main stay of  maintaining the description of human life. And yet even Not Doing becomes a Doing at some point in  time. The pursuit of Sorcery itself can become a Doing. How to allow for this is the major challenge the apprentice faces  initially for 1st  Attention rules. An entire lifetime of   pursuing this path could mean little except formulating a  new mask, a new description. Again it is all a matter of  energy and its resultant perception. To break the mask of  the everyday world is challenging enough. To break the mask of Sorcery is a challenge almost beyond contemplating   for we are indeed caught within the thrall of The Ring of  Reason. As such the Not Doing of Sorcery is a necessary  stage of development. This is a subtle point and as such  requires a sophistication of perception, rare, if indeed   present at all. Multiple Description fulfils this in part, plus  the inaccessibility often spoken of. Inaccessibility attained   primarily by ‘Acting without Believing.’ This is the fulcrum  that overthrows the tendency to fixate and whilst holding  the double description of the world and of Sorcery itself, the Sorcerer slips between descriptions and begins to  rehearse the Freedom often spoken of. Not the Freedom that  arises by pursuing this path and entering the abstract but 

that of exercising perceptual freedom here and now which   presupposes the presence of the abstract. As Don Juan has  indicated on many occasions the Sorcerers task lies in  transforming the apparently concrete into the abstract. Only when the transference of consciousness to the Double has been attained can one even begin to contemplate the world of Sorcery beyond it being a description. Hence the practice of Not Doing at every conceivable level  is implicit in the tenets of Sorcery, elsewise one simply  maintains a new description of the world and little else. This  is one aspect of the ‘millimetre of chance’ sometimes spoken  of, for in truth the the universe does indeed stare back at us  indifferently. Impeccability, preceded and set up by  unbending Intent, the erasure of Human History, the loss of  Self Importance and finally the human form, enables us to  enter the world of Sorcery proper. The rest is rumour.

Behavioural Not Doing  Pattern interruption is the primary  outcome to this aspect of Not Doing. Pattern interruption involves taking an  inventory of ones habits and the ways in  which things are done and doing them  differently. This has two primary  outcomes. Firstly, becoming conscious of  ‘how you do who you are’ and secondly, by doing things  differently one establishes new behaviours in order to  connect neurology in different ways, thereby exploring new choices, Examples would be :  The breaking of routines. Changing your way of dressing or speaking. If you have a tendency to speak much, practice silence and vice versa.

As you notice elements of character that define you, to yourself and others, change them. Assume the characteristics and manner of someone else for a period of of time. Do five things that you regularly do, differently. Do five unique things which you would not usually  do. The list is inexhaustible, covering as it does all aspects of an  individuals actions. Energy is locked within the patterns of  our behaviour and as such to practice Not Doing frees this  energy by the breaking of established patterns. This  effectively generates the flexibility required to pursue this   path, opens the possi possibility bility of enter entering ing Mult Multiple iple Desc Description  ription  and of course begins the practice of becoming inaccessible. The hunter becomes unpredictable thereby becoming free to   perform  perfo rm action actionss which are both unique and unkno unknown wn to all  but themselves. Not Doing in this respect is a primary skill of  The Stalker, whose primary context is themselves. When explored at a deeper level the actions we perform and  how we perform them defines us both to ourselves and others, this effectively is what maintains Personal History and the Self Importance generated by evaluating our actions as being  important. The selection of one thing above another is a clear  demonstration of how we effectively evaluate ourselves  through the things we do and the way we do them. An  example would be : ‘it is important to me to do this in this   fashion  fashi on because because … … …’ …’ By breaking breaking the establis established hed patterns, patterns, which begins the process of Erasing Personal History we rearrange the items within our Personal Inventory and as  such not only become inaccessible to others but more importantly to ourselves. This is what underpins ‘relaxing  and abandoning oneself ‘ … … … ‘acting without believing’  and ‘Stopping The World’ of our previous description.

Perceptual Not Doing  The Art of Seeing  The description known as the everyday  world is formed by components of the human inventory. Self Importance and  Self Reflection are totally dependant  upon it. Personal History is formed by it. Perception itself is moulded by it. The question is : How do we go about   performing Perceptual Not Doings which in effect facilitate Seeing? That has been outlined clearly within the practices  of Sorcery, Stopping The World is the starting point which  in turn is facilitated by addressing the foregoing aspects of  the human inventory. It takes energy to do this, energy  which is, in the main accessed through the procedures  undertaken upon the Warriors path. For this reason, the Warriors path and primarily living Impeccably was  conceived of as a strategy by The New Seers. Don Juan clearly demonstrates throughout his teachings  and is very specific concerning how we assemble the world   perceptually and how it is maintained by both ourselves and  others. This is the power of The Ring of Reason, absolute monarch within its world. Discarding reason is suicidal, it is  wiser to hone and shine it into what it can be, effectively a   guardian, a 1st  Attention which is in and of itself Impeccable, only then can we refine the connecting link to The Second  ring of Power – Intent. Perceptual Not Doing is not dissimilar to its behavioural  counterpart. In some respects it could be said that the behavioural aspect of Not Doing pertains to Stalkers and  the Art of Stalking, whilst Perceptual Not Doing rightly  applies to Dreamers and The Art of Dreaming. It is in the holding of Multiple Descriptions that we  primarily begin to loosen the neural grip that one  perspective tends to create, as a result we gather 

information from different vantage points and begin to shift  our viewpoint accordingly. Gazing as a practice begins the  process of Seeing for it engages the total system, the larger  unit of mind in perceiving objects directly. directly. This is brought  about, by employing the components of the practice known  as Stopping The World. Assembling different Perceptual Worlds is, in effect the Not  Doing of this world, as is, as previously stated, holding  Multiple Descriptions. The fluidity of travelling from one description to the next exercises the Assemblage Point by  moving it from its habitual location to others. It is in   gaining the ability of living between descriptions that the Sorcerer begins to perceive what lies within and beyond  appearances and as a result begins to fulfil the criteria of  Seeing, namely, to perceive and experience the energetic  aspect of the world directly. This takes energy, energy which  is accessed by performing the Recapitulation, Erasing  Personal History, losing Self Importance and the Self  Reflection that attends it, becoming inaccessible to the human inventory and as a result becoming accessible to the aspects of power that are useful. All this commences with  Stopping The World, which leads to Collapsing The World  and finally the attainment of the state of being a Formless  Warrior.

Summary  In conclusion, I will explore explore Not Doing   from the perspective of Damian  Sinclair, having done so from the  perspective of Sorcery itself in its  behavioural and perceptual aspects. I  close with a simple thought. Whilst  engaged upon a series of activities  outlined by the Arts of Dreaming and Stalking the Sorcerer  is effectively performing the act of shifting awareness from  the everyday world to that of the Sorcerers world, by this 

act, and all that it takes to achieve it, the Sorcerer brings  into awareness and finally into existence the energetic  counterpart of a human being known as the Double or  Dreaming Attention. All procedures are aimed at this result  and it is through Not Doing that the path is accessed, traversed and fulfilled.

The Not Doing of Damian Sinclair  Beginnings are all important. More so  when in the process of creating and  realising a myth. It is an essential  component within the model of Sorcery to  explore and ‘Erase Personal History.’ The  purpose of doing so is clearly defined when  wh en  you begin to consider the ‘Social  Agreement’ that defines us. To break this agreement is  challenging enough, and is made more so by the innocent  actions of others, those who seek to constantly define us as  what we appear to be. For this reason it is a Sorcerer’s  manoeuvre to change identity labels. Affectation is   powerless and meaningless except that the Sorcerer   performs this act with ‘Intent.’ A new identity ideally  contains components of : new environments, behaviours  and skills. New Beliefs and at least the ability to act ‘As If’  one had a new Identity. Much of this activity could easily   fall into the area of simple drama and histrionics, h istrionics, except, except , to  repeat a most important statement, the gesture is  accompanied and empowered by ‘Intent.’ Parts of my   personal history are relevant at this juncture. During the last three years or so I have been developing in areas that  have both a personal and professional application. The world lay before me and I in my exhilaration reached out  and took hold tightly. A personal decision wiped all this  away overnight and the ensuing chaos that spanned a year  erased much of my life and world. In some respects I had  ‘Stopped’ and finally ‘Collapsed the world.’ An essential  undertaking in Sorcery. Upon returning to the world I 

made the observation that in part much of me and what I  had achieved thus far was now redundant. A strategy was  required, for I saw no way forward and certainly no way  back. Synthesis is a personal skill, pulling divers elements  towards cohesion, finding the golden thread woven through  the diversity. I spent spent a year wandering around in territory  unfamiliar yet commonplace. Then the myth began to  unfold. Damian Sinclair is a Being of Sorcery and is assumed with  the sole sole intention of manifesting the process outlined by this   practice period. The assumption of the Sorcerers identity, Damian Sinclair forms the heart of what has been called  ‘The Not Doings of Damian Sinclair.’ Sorcery itself is a   profound Not Doing in respect of ‘Everyday Perception’  each concept and practical skill effectively constitutes a Not  Doing of ‘Everyday Life.’ It is stated within Sorcery that  that  Awareness is Assembled in a specific way and is habituated  into patterns of familiarity. Magickal ritual, Intoxication, Intense emotional states and trauma generally are methods  of ‘shifting’ Awareness from its habitual locations and   placing it on new sites, sometimes called ‘Worlds.’ Yet the challenge remains, in order to transcend a purely  intellectual model of Perception it is demanded that we effectively ‘Stop The The World’ of human endeavour endeavour and all  that entails, and having done so redeploy the released  ‘Personal Power’ into the direction we take take as Sorcerers, namely: to enter Freedom. All other purposes, though  entertaining are effectively redundant and constitute an  aspect of indulgence. This is how the Sorcerer begins to  develop his or her Impeccability. Impeccability, which in  this specific instance is supported and upheld by The Four  Moods of Stalking, specifically Ruthlessness. Who would  undertake such a task? To answer personally, only someone who has no choice. Inflexibility in this instance being a  resource of great value. To reiterate Sorcery is the Not  Doing of human life and the pursuit of Sorcery, as outlined  constitutes The Not Doing of Damian Sinclair. All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream 

The Four Moods of Stalking  Ruthlessness  Ruthlessness is not harshness. Having set a  Context or Direction, Direction, it is useful to ask :  ‘What is of value to me in respect of this  Context or Direction?’ and ‘What is not?’  By performing this Personal Inventory the  possibility of ‘freeing up’ space and time  for something new arises, and the  possibility of experiencing the Context or Direction in a new way can take place. It also allows us to become aware of the appropriateness of Doing this Now, in which case we  proceed, or whether it is appropriate to withdraw, consolidate and make thorough preparations prior to  entering the Context or Direction. In order to do this it is  necessary to bring to bear the full focus of our  concentration, concentration which is normally trapped  within the superfluous. By eliminating the superfluous we are effectively enabled in respect of our powers of  concentration. Congruently performing this Personal Inventory and  recognising ‘What is useful and What is not’ permits us to  only ‘carry’ what applies in that Context or Direction and  to ‘drop’ as redundant the components of Behaviour and  Belief that exist as obstructions. In this way it becomes   possible to enter fully any Context or embark upon a   journey in any Direction fully focussed and unencumbered  by the superfluous. Not a moment is wasted in   prevarication once a decision has been made. For in any  action we can act ‘As if’’ it were our Last Stand.

Cunning  Sorcery is the Cunning of the 1 st  Attention  Gazing is the Cunning of the 2nd  Attention  The Energetic Matrix is the Cunning of the Double Cunning is not cruelty and has an  External and Internal aspect. Externally, our behaviours around others are made into deliberate acts in order to take control  of what is going on. This is not about  controlling others, rather it is about  controlling ourselves. In short developing  an awareness of the implications within what we are doing. This effectively makes us inaccessible to others and in this  respect is a component of Erasing personal History. Only  then can we abandon ourselves to our Controlled Folly. For  we relax, have no fear and can simply act. Only then can  we begin to connect to Intent and only then can we be  guided and aided by the powers that surround us. Internally, we stalk the self primarily and in this respect the inaccessibility spoken of above applies to ourselves. We act  secretly and deliberately in order to circumnavigate the established patterns of behaviour we continuously run, invariably unconsciously. This is challenging, for if  overdone we can create disassociation, which takes us   further from our Intent. Truly abandoning ourselves in  respect of Self Importance and our Personal History is the only way we can connect to the power of Intent. Only then  can it guide and aid us.

Patience Patience is not negligence. Timing is the key. We can evaluate a context and  irrespective of our findings proceed. This  is excellent if in possession of the necessary resources or information, which is itself a primary resource. Through Patience we develop a  connection to time and how we might begin to use it  usefully. When faced with circumstances that we lack  resources or sufficient information about, rather than  ‘fretting’ we retreat. Retreat in this instance does not mean  to ‘back off’ we simply do something else. This something else is a ‘shield’ through which we can re-assess the situation   from a vantage point and choose the appropriate time in  which to act. To act as a response to someone’s actions or  demands demonstrates a lack of awareness, accessibility and  the desire to protect ourselves, i.e. the bolstering of Self  Importance. Again there is an Internal and External aspect. Patience with the world and others and more importantly, Patience in respect of ourselves. It is a little like what arises  when we bang our head against a brick wall – it’s wonderful  when we stop.

Sweetness  Sweetness is not foolishness and is  connected directly and specifically to  addressing Self Importance. We mingle and act ordinary in order to remain  inaccessible. To prove ourselves, our  value and worth to others is time consuming and tedious. Let others draw attention to themselves and suffer the consequences. Only  when Self Importance is erased can we begin to practice Sweetness, for it is not about false humility, a breed of Self  Importance itself. Guiding from behind creates momentum,  pulling from the front can be an effort. Shielding ones  Personal Power means to store it rather than deploying it  within human contexts that are invariably trivial. Contextually, if you are always act as a sheep you will  become a sheep. When appropriate transform and through  that transformation demonstrate how little is really known  about you. This ensures inaccessibility for it leaves others  with questions in their minds in respect of you. And while they are busily attempting to answer them, quick as a flash  – you’re gone.

The Four Enemies of a Man of Knowledge Fear … Clarity … Power … Old Age Filtered through  The Four Moods of Stalking  Ruthlessness

Cunning

Patience

Sweetness 

Fear  However uncertain a fear may appear it  usually has its roots in something. The  primary  prim ary task is to disc discover over that  something and proceed from there. One of the characteristics of fear is the way  it hides itself behind a multitude of  masks and once exposed dissolves into  the air itself. It has been stated in many traditions that fear  is the first guardian the novice meets upon the path of  initiation. This is understandable given that it is a protector  in disguise, sorting and sifting our experience in order to  determine what we can and cannot handle at any given  time. In this respect it operates at the same logical level of   pain. That is, as a warn warning. ing. In pursu pursuing ing any path of  learning, in this instance, Sorcery, it is commonplace to set  beliefs about what we are doing. This is understandable given  the nature of 1st  Attention, however these beliefs stand in the way of of learning for two specific specific reasons. First, they they code the the limitless within a limited description and secondly they bring  a halt to the progress we make upon the path of learning by  creating the possibility of disappointments. Disappointments  which are effectively contradictions to our expectations. We doubt our learning and as a result invariably leave our   pursuit  pursu it of know knowledge ledge behind in favou favourr of someth something  ing   perceived  percei ved to be of more value. value.

In pursuing Sorcery it is wise to remember that what we are doing and what we think we are doing are invariably two  different things. This awareness ensures that whilst fulfilling  the overt outcomes of of Sorcery we are also also able able to fulfil the the covert outcomes. As a result, this approach and attitude dispels our our fears in in respect of the progress we are making making for  it clearly distinguishes between 1st  and 2nd  Attention pursuits. Only the unknown strikes fear into us for once it has been   faced and unde understood rstood it enters the realm of the known and  as such can no longer rule our emotions and thoughts the way  it did previously. This is true both conceptually in respect of   pursuing  pursu ing the path of knowle knowledge dge and actua actually lly when faced  with the various masks that fear presents itself through  within our everyday world. Within Sorcery Fear is challenged by each of the practices, examples being : Erasing Personal History – thereby  attaining inaccessibility. Stopping The World – the description or descriptions descriptions that hold the the masks of Fear. The The Four Moods Moods of Stalking – by turning the context context of Fear Fear into   prey for the hunter. Losing the Human Form – for only the human aspect of the apprentice knows Fear as the Sorcerer  knows only Ruthlessness. Not Doing – specifically challenges  Fear by performing the behavioural and conceptual actions  that faces each mask squarely, thereby eradicating it. Accessing and storing Personal Power – eliminates Fear, for  as a perception it can only operate at a specific energetic  level. Once that energetic level, which constitutes a  description of the world world is transcended so is the the Fear Fear or  or  Fears that are isomorphic to it. Losing Self Importance –  eradicates Fear in one step, for we can only hold Fear within  us in respect of expectations and our need for a sense of  security. Only when we enter the freedom of inaccessibility  do we experience experience the 'place of of no pity' which requires that that no  self reflection is taking place. With no self reflection there is  no evaluation in respect of our personal human inventory. Fear itself can become an ally, one which serves us by  indicating an area or areas which require Attention. Attention which when applied appropriately will address the

issue or issues in question. For this reason it takes power to   pursuee Sorcery in the first place, for from the outset it   pursu challenges each and every presupposition we make in respect  of our perception of the world and Sorcery itself. The important consideration is the blend of Moods that are applied. As always this is dependant upon the context. However :  Ruthlessness  applied here is simply a matter of proceeding in  Ruthlessness applied the light of ones fear. To be afraid and know that you are afraid and yet to proceed is the true nature of courage. Fears  concerning a decision often occur after the decision has been  made and one has regrets. It is the role of Ruthlessness to  evaluate what is useful, given the context, consider the implications and once committed – act. There is no room for  indecisiveness, especially in the light of the phantoms that   fear often mani manifests fests throu through. gh. Fear can only manifest in the instance of protecting the Self, as such it is also the role of  Ruthlessness to address Self Importance / Self Reflection. Only  where these exist can one hold a place for fear to make its  home. Ruthlessness in addressing the issues of Self eliminates  them and as such leaves no territory in which fear can take root. The concept on its way to being a reality of ‘living in the moment’ can only occur in the light of having faced Death  and in doing so having already died, symbolically. What is  their to fear in the the light light of this. Death as an advisor  eliminates the little fears that mask it and leaves the Warrior   free to to go about about the the major issue of entering entering Freedom. Freedom. Cunning  applied here is about strategy, overt and covert. Acting in the light of ones fear or fears rehearses bravery. This is overt behaviour a little like singing a song whilst  being pursued by an enemy of superior strength and ability. Covertly it is about the recognition that in the light of the immensity that awaits us beyond the gates of death, what is  their to fear here? Yes there are questions of survival, a   future and dreams and yet what do they amount to in the light of eternity? Abandonment to the powers that aid and   guide us can only occur when inner silence arises, elsewise the wisdom that exists all around us is drowned by the

static of our thinking and feeling natures. It is Cunning that  erases Personal History. Cunning that Stops The World. Cunning that employs Sorcery as a 1 st  Attention strategy to  enter upon the path of freedom. Cunning in this instance is  more specifically Trickery. How else could we circumnavigate the description/s we hold that are coded  with fear. In this instance it is Cunning that recognises that  he or she has that fear, it is bound within that description, I  am elsewhere. Patience applied here develops awareness and  understanding. Challenges, which are masked opportunities  often give rise to grounded or ungrounded fears. The lesson  of Patience is to evaluate what we are able to do at a  specific time clearly. If we have the resources to face a   particular fear, we do. If not, retire until such a time tim e as we have the requisite resources and then enter the arena. There is no wisdom in an untimely death, if such a thing could be said to exist. Preoccupying ourselves with something  different – anything sets a new direction and with it a new Perception arises. Patience is about timing. Timing is about  Perception and Perception is dependant upon energy. Evaluate clearly and rather than deploying energy into  wasteful contexts one gathers energy instead which can, at  the appropriate point in time be applied in the appropriate direction. This in itself gathers energy and as such the  process is generative. Sweetness  applied here acts and looks ordinary and in so  doing studies the nature of fear. Its strategies and masks, its   patterns and cycles. May even choose to act as if one has  succumbed and at the vital moment – act. It is almost as if  one could create a vessel for fear to inhabit, a description or  world in itself, occupy it congruently and having lured and   finally trapped all of ones fears there, in an instance leave and enter a description or world where fear has no place. It  would take Sweetness to shield power long enough to achieve this outcome and in many respects this could only occur  within dream. The question here is : How specifically do you  define dream? Fear like Death is an advisor and the

Sweetness contained in performing, as an example The Recapitulation serves to eliminate fear/s at root by  disconnecting the hooks and regaining the Personal Power  contained within the context. Whilst doing this what you  are in effect is a simple human being facing the immensity  alone and applying what little skill you have, effectively.

Clarity  Clarity itself itself dispels fear by virtue of the  perceptual insights it grants, for fear can  only exist in the presence of ignorance. Learning itself dispels fear in the light of  the knowledge attained. There are effectively two distinct classes of Clarity. For simplicities sake I shall write them as  a large [ C ] and a small [ c ]. The large C of Clarity carries  its own self monitoring system and in this respect could not  be considered an enemy in any respect. Not withstanding, clarity, the small c of which Don Juan Juan speaks, is the distinct  belief of thinking one knows. It is this order of clarity that that I  shall address with my comments. Clarity itself banishes Fear   for it is in the light of our own minds and the reason it  contains that creates the ambience in which Fear has no   place. Clarity which gives rise to Knowledge dispels the Ignorance that effectively serves as the vessel in which Fear  manifests. Clarity in all respects is to be considered a true  friend in the th e light of this and yet contextually, as described, a friend who can turn and become a mortal enemy. This  occurs as a result of the certainty that arises and in its wake learning ceases, for one knows, or at least believes that one knows. It has has been said that a wise course of action is to doubt, specifically the self that generates such limited  understanding, for this understanding invariably lies within 

the domain of 1st  Attention. And yet where is the fine line between doubt and building upon ones developing  understanding? A possible answer to this is simple, it has  been said that a Warrior proceeds, acts without the need of  believing and in this way practices Not Doing. This  indifference has been described as a characteristic of Sobriety  and rather than being a cynical attitude of mind, demonstrates clearly and succinctly freedom. In this instance  freedom  freed om is of of a perceptual perceptual nature nature as as it permits permits the limitat limitations  ions  within ones own awareness to be circumnavigated to a great  extent. How many times do we arrive at a point of  understanding in respect of a specific only to find that with  the passing of time that understanding is transcended in the light of new information and the learning that follows on   from this? this? This is the natura naturall flow of learnin learning g and without without it  we stand still just as easily as when we make no effort at all. The guideline is to recognise this natural tendency, celebrate ones learning and yet be aware that even in the light light of this, there is so much more to learn, so much more to explore. In  this manner Sobriety is cultivated and the path of knowledge becomes a joy to pursue rather than a task which is  dependant upon the ‘what’s in it for me’ attitude which is  dependant upon Self Importance. It is Self Importance itself  that brings us to the conclusion that we know anything, for  we measure ourselves in the light of of what we have, in this  instance knowledge becomes a commodity. The practice of Sorcery circumnavigates clarity becoming an  enemy, for when applied appropriately it carries its own  monitoring device, as previously stated this is the true nature of Clarity [ large C ] and not not the indulgence that is human, clarity with a small c. The practice without equal in the tempering of clarity is the Stalkers predilection of recognising  the Mystery that surrounds us and the Mystery that we are, equal to all things. Along with this our duty to unravel the Mystery knowing full well the futility of our efforts in the light of the immensity that surrounds us. This is acting  without the need of believing and represents, as previously  stated true perceptual freedom. The rest is 1 st  Attention  indulgence brought about in the main by human vanity and 

ignorance. True Clarity effectively unseats itself by  monitoring itself as it develops. This is the nature of useful  circumspection which is achieved by applying The Sorcerers  Strategic Inventory at regular intervals. Ruthlessness  applied here is recognising that however much  Ruthlessness applied we think we know, in the light of Mystery and the immensity that awaits us it amounts to little, if anything. This is the nature of humility and stands as our only  resource when facing the onset of Clarity. It is the ability of  holding the paradox, whilst knowing so much, relatively  speaking, compare it to what there is to know and find  yourself realistically only a little wiser, if at all. This  Clarity, Certainty and Knowledge fuels Self Importance, for  we are supported by our beliefs about ourselves, filtered  through the expectations of societies agreement and  consensus. Address Self Importance and in many ways  Clarity, as an enemy is defeated. It is Ruthlessness alone that achieves the end result of facing and and defeating Clarity   granting the Warrior the opportunity to cast aside petty  Self supporting knowledge and belief in order to enter the wider arena of all that is possible. Ruthlessness that   perceives, all but dimly the direction and its attendant   perceived goal and embarks, unencumbered unencumber ed by thinking thinki ng and  talking, the hand maidens of Reason. To unhook the Ring of  Reason is a primary requirement within the pursuit of  Sorcery for only then can we even dream of what the Ring  of Intent might be. To make this possible we require inner  silence. This inner silence can only occur in the light of ‘all  things being equal and therefore meaningless.’ It takes  Clarity to perceive this and Ruthlessness to achieve it. Cunning  applied, as always is about strategy. How does one Cunning applied, use Clarity [ big C ] to to defeat clarity [ small c ] ? Yes we know that takes Power. Cunning grants us many resources, inaccessibility being the primary one. For one to be inaccessible presupposes that we do not and cannot take ourselves seriously. For this reason Sorcerers not only laugh  at the antics of others but more importantly they can laugh  at their own. Cunning specifically develops the strategies 

that address the perceived fear or fears we manifest, this  itself takes Clarity. In situations where the power of Clarity  is in excess of our own ability to match it we need Cunning  in order to turn the tables. At this time, when we are likely  to experience the inflation that knowing brings to us it is the true humility of the Warrior that comes into play. Not the narrow modesty of the average human being but the white hot flame that burns away the dross exposing the pure gold  of knowledge. A Knowledge which once again cannot be considered an enemy, for it guides us truly, irrespective of  our ongoing perceptions of it. It is in the territory territory of Clarity  with a large C that this takes place, the rest is sham and  human Self Importance. Trickery as always with Cunning   plays a vital role here in as much as one proceeds acting as  if one knows whilst harbouring the insidious and useful  thought that at the realistic level one is in fact a little stupid. In this way we trick the self. Yes this can be done with Cunning for as I once said : ‘Sorcery is the Cunning of  the 1st  Attention and serves as the interface. Gazing is the Cunning of the 2nd  Attention and facilitates Active Dreaming. And Setting Up Dreaming is the Cunning of the Double, it lures the one to flesh the other, which one does  what is open to conjecture for it is a matter of the Dreamer  and the Dream’. Holding the paradox is the key. The inaccessibility one attains in respect of ones thinking and  beliefs matched by the accessibility to Power. The natural  domain of Clarity with a large C. Patience as always is an ambience and relates directly to  time and timing. In the presence of Clarity one can say in  effect, ‘oh! yes, thank you you very much, much, however I think I will   get on with this for now’ this is the ‘do something else’  approach we adopt when faced with the inflation that arises   from knowing or thinking we know. Yes we can rejoice in  the knowledge, however, as is mentioned by Don Juan on  many occasions if we fall to the emotional state of ‘Wow’ we are lost, caught up in the throes of a Human Inventory. Patience permits us to recognise through its relationship to  time that whatever we think we know in the present will  always amount to little in respect of what we can come to 

know once we begin to practice Sobriety. Patience and  Sobriety in this respect walk hand in hand. Patience also   grants us the ability to recognise that overwhelmed in the short term by Clarity we can retire as indicated in the above passage and do something different, in the certainty  that ‘this too will pass.’ The ability to do this takes profound  Sobriety and detachment. It would be like walking through  the fields of paradise and remarking ‘ that is a little interesting.’ Rather than being swept away which is a  human tendency. This sounds a little cold, however when  you consider what we have made of the ‘mould of man’ man’ it  should not be surprising that I manifest this attitude. It is  strategically appropriate. Patience in a word is Timing. Timing is the recognition that to all things its season and as  the Warrior walks into Freedom, nothing and I mean no  thing, concrete or abstract will detain them. It takes  Patience to be compassionate with oneself in the light of  Clarity as it unfolds, masks the way and distracts us. Fortunately Sorcery knows this, allows for it and moves on. This is the Clarity with the large C spoken of many times. A  true friend and with Patience cultivated into becoming a  true ally. It takes Patience to become aware of this and  Patience to make it, a dream, reality. Intent grants this in  the light of Personal Power and Personal Power arises from  Clarity which is dependant upon Patience. Sweetness applied becomes : ‘and in the light of all this one is  Sweetness applied a simple human being.’ Sweetness defeats all inflation  whether that inflation arises from Clarity or elsewhere. The humility to say yes, that is indeed marvellous however ‘how does it compare to a nova burning in the starlit night in the area of space around Orion?’ Sweetness is true humility and  true humility circumnavigates the pitfalls that arise when  the onslaught of Clarity takes place. These words are simple, short and sweet and suffice to convey my meaning, a  meaning I have no Intention of burying beneath mere verbiage. Simplicity is the key to Sweetness and in this way  Clarity cannot become an enemy but one more guide on the  path of becoming a Man or Woman of Knowledge. Knowledg e.

Power  Nations rise, bask in the splendour of  their heyday and then fall, diminish and  enter the realm of obscurity from whence they came. Such is human history and  such is the nature of being human, for  our history is simply an extension of our  nature, collectively speaking. True Power  vanquishes Clarity for it takes Personal Power to see through  the veil of our own sensory coding of the world to the true mystery that lies all about us. Sadly this Power also inflates  our Self Importance – the blessing and and curse curse of of the Ancient  Sorcerers. A blessing for it made it possible for them to  explore and scale unimaginable heights, heights we in the  present can only specul speculate ate upon. A curse for f or it bound them  within descriptions that did not permit the existence of, or  the entry into Freedom. It has been said that ultimate power  corrupts ultimately. We have only to see how detractors act  when it is there time of power. How the quiet liberal, out of  of  necessity, becomes the despot when put in the position of  being able to express what was previously, circumstantially  repressed. Let Power be the Power of Wisdom, then and then  alone can it truly be transcendent and of value to the Warrior. The Sorcerer hunts Power for the sole purpose of  Perceptual redeployment. The Man or Woman of knowledge  perceives  percei ves it as simply a means to an end. A metap metaphor hor best  illustrates this : You have a vehicle [ life itself ] you have a  map [ Sorcery ] and you have the requisite skills onboard  with which to undertake your journey. Yet the engine of  your vehicle, has no fuel, like the petrol you would place in a  cars engine, the fuel here is power. Power is invariably perceived as being power over things or   people, the only thing thing to have power over is the pursuit itself, itself, outlined succinctly by The Art of Stalking and the only   person  pers on is the Sorce Sorcerer rer him or herse herself. lf. The rest is human  vanity, which is certainly curtailed by death. As a model of   perception  percept ion Sorcery is predis predisposed posed towa towards rds perceptu perceptual al power,

 for this reason alone are most of its procedu procedures res unde undertaken. rtaken. The Recapitulation reclaims what has been deployed into an  individuals Personal History. Impeccability ensures that the the optimum is achieved with minimum effort. Not Doing, effectively stores power by creating diversity and  inaccessibility. Setting Up Dreaming grants the opportunity  to access new and divers worlds wherein power is plentiful. The guideline lies in the recognition of what one wants power   for. Power over thin things gs or people is trans transitory. itory. Power over  the self permits the Sorcerer to pursue their path  unencumbered by the pettiness that is characteristic of the human condition. A condition which in the main is based  upon fear. Fear which the Warrior defeats with Clarity and  Clarity itself itself is defeated by Power, for it follows that power  or energy if you prefer is the difference that makes makes the the difference. The distance between one perception and another  might be microscopic and yet from one perspective they  might as well be light years apart. Consider for a moment  what a truly traumatic memory is like, at the time how close to you was joy? And if you could measure, how far apart did  they seem at the time?  Within Sorcery, Power is contained by the application of two  of the attributes of a Warrior, namely : Control and  Discipline. These are effectively supported by the Sobriety  which is engendered by the the pursuit of Sorcery itself. The attitude of indifference, stemming as it does from the recognition that ‘all things are equal and therefore meaningless’ enables the Sorcerer to attain Sobriety, the means of remaining sober in the light of the onslaughts of   power. It takes power to know this and it takes power to  resist power for the question is, How does one remain  inaccessible to the indulgent aspects of power whilst  remaining accessible to its useful aspects?  Ruthlessness  applied here takes a number of directions. Power, true Power that is, can be employed to defeat itself. For Power to defend itself is indeed weakness and simply  Self Importance being exerted. To have passed through the  portals of Fear and Clarity it would be presupposed pres upposed that the

Warrior by this time had sufficient resources to defeat the insidious nature of Power. Sadly in the majority of instances  this is not the case. Self Importance is so deeply ingrained  into the human system, primarily as the means of personal  survival that to circumnavigate it requires nothing short of  accessing and utilising the Double or Energetic Being which  is our true nature. This all but improbable task is facilitated  by Sorcery, yet there are many stop over points on the way. Power is one of them, perhaps the most challenging of all?  Grant a person all that they want with the opportunity of   gaining more. Give them their hearts desire. Lay at their   feet untold riches, abstract and concrete and who would, who could say, this is not enough? Only a fool or someone with no choice. In this respect it is the Ruthlessness of  Sorcery itself that enables the Warrior to perceive the Mystery and the potential it implies and turn away from  the human description. What is promised in return?  Nothing, only the opportunity to explore the unknown. Exploration which promises no reward. How does that sit  with the ‘what’s in it for me’ attitude of the average human? The average human in this instance covers covers the entirety of humanity, without a single exception. Ruthlessness alone handles Power by saying ‘how useful is  this in the context of my present pursuit?’ As previously  stated it takes Power to take the abstract flight, Power to  embark upon the path of Sorcery and Power alone sets ‘The Fire From Within’ into motion. These are very different  applications to to inflating ones self worth or values which is  the province wherein Power is truly an enemy. Applied  where appropriate like the preceding cases of Fear and  Clarity, rather than than being an enemy it becomes a friend  and ally. Ruthlessness alone sets this up for it cuts to the heart of things and dispenses with the superfluous superfluous retaining  only what is vital for the journey to hand – The journey into  Freedom. Cunning  applied is indeed trickery. How else can one remove oneself from the all but orgiastic orgiastic reality reality of bathing  in ones sense of Personal Power? Power? It is in the sense sense of  ‘abandoning oneself’ that one can become sufficiently light 

enough to float free of human tendencies. The relaxation  spoken of naturally arises as a consequence. There is an  aspect of Power which is minor and purely personal. Like Fear it masks itself in a form most easily recognised by us  individually. Calls to us. Seduces us. There is no fall from   grace, there is no success. There is only Power. Cunning here deploys Power into appropriate contexts in order for it to  become generative. A little like spending money to make money. There is an attitude prevalent within Sorcery that  one has to be all but miserly with the use of ones energy. This is true after a fashion and yet the attitude is  reminiscent of the miser hoarding money in fear of the day  when he or she will have none. The universe may very well  be predatory that is no reason to act as the hunter or the victim, for this is only a perception. I say only a perception  knowing full well that all there is only Perception. A   paradox to fathom. Cunning as always tricks the self, redeploys Power as previously described and remains light  as a consequence. It was a tendency of The Ancient  Sorcerers to hoard and I suspect the case with many of their  modern counterparts. The ‘New Mood’ beckons and what  has been said in respect of Power and in this instance Cunning is an intrinsic aspect of this ‘New Mood.’ It takes  lack of Fear to say this. It takes Clarity to perceive the implications of saying it and it takes Power itself to realise it. Cunning indeed. Patience in the face of Power has little difficulty for it  recognises the antics of a small child calling for attention. A  small child it cherishes and it promises that ‘this too will   pass.’ It is only in the instance of not resisting can power be allowed to flow freely without taking on the personal aspects  outlined by an individuals Personal History. In this respect  only a Formless Warrior can truly handle the onset of  Power. For only a Formless Warrior, by simple definition  can supply a suitably neutral Energetic Matrix which is  depersonalised sufficient to using Power in the appropriate way. This is an idea all but abstract, and yet concrete in  time. The time in question when one has the resource of  Formlessness. A time which visits us in the present as a 

 friend and guide. This is the quality of Patience, the ambience that permits time to unfold according to its  energetic requirements and level. To not interfere is all but  impossible to the human being, who by their very nature is  a creature creature of wants. wants. Formlessness itself is the only only logical  application of Power, if Power is to be useful to the Warrior  in their chosen pursuits. Patience here serves the role of  counsellor as well as guide for the Power in question is not  Personal but rather the Power of Intent. For this reason the majority of individuals who succumb to this enemy are clearly seen to distort and in some respects pervert the natural flow of Power from Intent to the more personalised  aspect called Will. Will in this instance is purely human and  in application is demonstrated by the entirety of human  history. Draw your own conclusions. Patience is the ambience that permits the child growing strong in Power to  mature into the Formlessness which is its natural state. All  other manifestations of Power are a sham. The ‘do  something else’ in this instance refers to holding at least a  Double Description, the everyday world and the world of  Sorcery being sufficient to achieve the outcome of not  succumbing to the seduction of Power. Multiple Description  is ideal for it permits the Warrior to ‘live between  descriptions' thereby being inaccessible to the aspect of  Power that defeats them and yet accessible to the aspect of  Power that facilitates the Warrior into Formlessness. The only application of Power which is generative and hence useful given the Sorcerers pursuits. This takes Power and  more importantly it takes Patience, manifesting through  time, to achieve. Sweetness  applied again returns to simplicity. In the light of  Sweetness applied this unfolding drama one is simply one human being   pursuing a Mystery all but unattainable. Using whatever  resources one has, and the ones that develop as a  consequence. As a simple human being the humility this  engenders is the only resource one has in the light of the onslaught of Power. The arch seducer. There are instances, numerous to recall of ‘burn out’ victims, individuals without  sufficient ability to handle what is going on. Power in this 

instance inflates them to the point of of implosion. They They are are damaged by effectively rending the veil of the everyday  world which expels them, and yet, ironically they have insufficient Power to access the world of Sorcery outside of  it being a 1st  Attention description. This is sad indeed and  yet these instances serve as examples, as lessons of what can  happen. Sorcery selects its own. They are the survivors, few in number and yet for them the myth unfolds truly and in a  balanced way. This is not to say that their path is easy, quite the contrary, the instances of burn out are  paradoxically easy options. The Warrior, true, is alone at  this time and it is only their perception, paradoxically   fuelled by Power that stands as a support and guide. The  point made here is subtle and all but abstract and yet rings  true. Humility is the key to facing the onset of Power, as  humility truly aspects the principle that ‘one is indeed equal  to all things, whether one is a mountain, an ant or a human  being.’ Power here becomes a friend and is vanquished as an  enemy by the gentleness that is intrinsic in maintaining  such an attitude congruently. There is no place for deception  or self deception for one is dealing primarily with the abstract principles of Intent and The Great Spirit in the face of which humility is our natural recourse. The Shields which  constitute our Path With Heart play a major role in respect  of granting us the opportunity for transformation, for the Warrior selects the items purposefully, fully engaging in  their pursuit until such a time as it is appropriate to enter  the arena of Sorcery directly. This is yet another method for  off setting the onslaught of Power for once again it deploys  Power into useful directions. This is the hallmark of  Patience which operates primarily through time and  timing.

Old Age The last of the enemies, that which  unseats, even Power. Old Age need not be viewed as the accumulation accumulation of years, for  there are many younger people who  clearly demonstrate the onset of Old Age in as much as their attitudes, beliefs and  behaviours are so set that only Death  awaits them. them. Returning to to the concept of Old Age as spoken  of by Don Juan, this can only exist exist as a reality within the everyday world, for should the Warrior reach an ancient  age, a lifetime of Impeccability circumnavigates the pitfalls   presented  present ed by Old Age – the desire to rest. The accumu accumulation  lation  of Power Power through through a lifetime of practice, congruently applied  leaves no place for the infirmity which invariably  accompanies Old Age. Death, the natural consequence of  advancing years serving as an advisor addresses how the infirmities of Old Age arise and can be circumnavigated. In  our arrogance arrogance we act as if we are immortal, this Don Juan   pointss out on numerou  point numerouss occas occasions. ions. The trut truth h is we have little time, faced as we are by the immensity of the Mystery that  confronts and surrounds us. A lifetime of Impeccability  leaves no place for the infirmities commonly associated with  Old Age. In this instance Old Age, like Death becomes an  advisor. And yet at times we grow tired, would seek rest from our  labours and yet there is no opportunity for rest, only the Dramatic Exertion and Unbending Intent that has been  cultivated over a lifetime can serve as a resource in the light  of the ultimate enemy that defeats us at the end. Sorcery  suggests The Abstract Flight, the means of entering Death  consciously as one way of defeating, even Old Age. Time itself  is the only witness to the validity of this concept or not. The rest is pure rumour. Yet throughout life, each moment, each thought, each action  is a rehearsal for our impending death. We have choices : The models of spirituality assuage us with the promise of 

immortality. Designed to placate what is at root our deepest   fear and to furnis furnish h the few with the power over the many, the few in this instance are called teachers. The question is :  what do do we wish to rehearse? Sorcery applied effectively effectively is  designed to arouse our curiosity as to the nature of what we are and are capable of becoming and the nature of the Mystery that surrounds us. This insatiable curiosity alone could almost keep us so preoccupied with our explorations  that we forget or overlook overlook getting old, for Old Age is part of  the program that is engendered and supported by The Everyday Description of The World. Few, if any escape and  yet we are driven to make the effort. This perspective alone, applied appropriately ensures that the desire to rest and take it easy never occurs and for this  reason is the metaphor of the battle and the battlefield  applied when speaking of the Sorcerers world and its pursuit. Others are granted the appearance of possessing immortality,  for a Warr Warrior ior this this is nonsense nonsense for they have only only the here here and  the now. The rest is human indulgence, meaningless and  trivial in the light of the passing of time. Life itself itself is The Abstract Flight Flight and for the Warrior upon  the path of becoming a Man or Woman of Knowledge there is  no time or inclination to be diverted by the merely  entertaining. This This again, is the result of attaining Sobriety  and more importantly the application of the first principle of  Sorcery, namely, Ruthlessness. Ruthlessness is Sobriety and Sobriety is Ruthlessness and in  the light of the presence of such resources is Old Age defeated. This is the ultimate proof of the validity of the  pursuit  pursu it of Sorcery Sorcery itself. itself. Ruthlessness  applied recognises what is required in terms of  Ruthlessness applied maintaining ones youthfulness irrespective of whether one is  twenty five or sixty five. The cultivation of health and well  – being through a balanced approach to life can and does  offset many of the consequences of living a chaotic life. Diet, exercise, environment, work, relationships, the shields we call A Path With Heart and the pursuit of Sorcery itself are

significant ways of defeating the last of the enemies. We are as old or as young as we feel. This is a matter of attitude supported by the practical considerations that make it   possible. Ruthlessness is the application of the strategies  necessary to achieve this. The elimination of what creates  and fosters harm in the life of a Warrior demands that  Ruthlessness be applied at the appropriate times within the appropriate contexts. For this reason the Warrior performs  regular Strategic Inventories in order to sort The Island of  The Tonal on a regular basis. It is a continuous and ongoing   process. Old Age can also be referred to as a loss of vitality  or energy. The Ruthlessness of The Recapitulation with its  outcome of reclaiming energy spread across our Personal  History ensures that vitality is maintained. The practice of  Controlled Folly likewise is Ruthlessness applied within the world. Sorcery itself is Ruthlessness for as the first principle it pervades every every aspect of the pursuit. When When faced with  those occasions when one is called upon to stop, it is the Ruthlessness of Control and Discipline that remind the warrior of their pursuit and and its goal – the path to Freedom. Cunning  is again the application of strategies Intended to  trick the 1st  Attention into ‘breaking the mould of man.’ A  mould which contains the concepts of Old Age and Death. Cunning here lies within the practice of The Recapitulation, offering as it does a surrogate history to the Eagle at the  point of Death and thereby passing by intact. This is  referred to as conscious death, where the Warrior enters  Freedom as defined by their predilection. It is Cunning  indeed to pursue a path without a destination, for one is  always travelling, always encountering newness and  difference. It is almost as if one forgets to grow old. The everyday world is set up in such a way as to fulfil the expectations of those who signed the agreement. The Warrior has broken the agreement and all that it entails. Mystery, complete and inviolate is their only quest, a quest  that leaves no room for the infirmities associated with Old  Age. At this time these may be simply words, fortunately  there is an appropriate evidence procedure, for were I to  choose to stay around until I was eighty or so, my being and 

state of being would serve as the evidence that corroborated  or denied these words. Sorcery as described is the Cunning of  the 1st  Attention for in its application one ultimately ceases  to be human in the mundane sense of the word, this offers  the opportunity of transcending the human condition and  evolving into new and different abilities. This, evolution  demands of us. With so much at stake and so little time, how could the Warrior permit Old Age to unseat them at this  crucial point in time? Preparing to leave the world and all  it entails, to embark upon a journey without equal is surely  sufficient to maintain the energetic level this quest  demands. Cunning is applied as strategy throughout the Warriors lifetime and facilitates the Impeccability which  itself results from connecting to Intent Intent which in turn arises  through the pursuit of the Art and Science of Sorcery. Energy, Awareness and Perception being its focus points. Cunning indeed facilitates a vital approach within the Energetic Matrix consisting as it does of Mind – Body and  Double which maintains and sustains vitality. Within this  reality there is no room for Old Age as commonly  experienced within the everyday world. It is all dependant  upon skill and strategy and this takes the application of  Cunning. Patience is the ambience, the field through which all the above is permitted to unfold. It is time and the relationship  we have to time. Sorcerers manipulate time through  manipulating Perception, living entire lifetimes within  what could be judged to be a relatively short time. The distortion of time also enables the Sorcerer to face the oncoming time differently. Rather than moving towards the  future, an average persons approach to the continuum of  time, the Sorcerer stands still, as it were and the future moves towards them. This nuance of difference facilitates  Awareness unfolding in distinctly different ways compared  to the norm. The application of Patience, the ambience of  time unfolding, permits the development of Impeccability  which calls for the sum total of ones energy being available in the instance to hand. There is nothing new in this idea  accept that within Sorcery it ceases to be an idea and is 

made concrete simply through the practice of The Recapitulation. A process which is dependant upon time and Patience. For what commences as an abstract becomes  concrete as sufficient Personal Power is released into ones  Perceptual abilities. The difference between one perception  and another being the amount of energy available at the time. If this were not the case we would become enlightened  beings overnight simply by reading about the possibility of  becoming so. Time is a man made concept which though  measured objectively in days, months and years is  experienced subjectively. Hence a moment can contain an  eternity when experienced from a Core State perspective. Likewise years can fly by and the seduction of youth awakes  one day to the horrors of Old Age and infirmity. All a  dream. Old Age likewise is mans expectations being fulfilled  by the consensus that reality imposes. A reality we in effect  have set up as part of the socialisation process we have been  educated into. Few, very few escape the inevitable and yet  there are those who dream and when we consider dreaming, have not all things commenced with a dream? Patience and  its relationship to time is the means of unseating Old Age by  never actually arriving at this Perception. For at the end of  the day there is only Perception. Sweetness  in this instance again lies in humility. Of leading  Sweetness in a life which engenders vitality by Erasing Self Importance, Erasing Personal History and effectively Stopping The World in which time unfolds in a linear fashion. The indescribable feats spoken of in Sorcery are effectively   performed by the Double, the Energy En ergy body. This aspect when  actualised grants untold abilities to the Sorcerer who all but  takes up permanent residence in the Double. And while all  this takes place the man or woman in question simply lives  in the world. As a Stalker, apparently no different from the average person, yet possessed of skills and energy that has  made the inconceivable an everyday reality. This is the transformation spoken of, for it manifests in two parts. First it is the simplicity of having erased Self Importance in  order to attain the Inaccessibility required to fulfil ones   path uninterrupted. Secondly S econdly it is the transformation of the

human into the Sorcerer. For the Sorcerer lives at least two  lives. The The everyday world of the man or woman and then  there is the Sorcerer proper. Human beings are not  Sorcerers. It is the Double that is the Sorcerer and in this  way transformation is taking place continually. It is  relatively easy to act and look commonplace when in effect  one is just that. It is the Sorcerer that is extraordinary. There is nothing human about a Sorcerer as there is nothing  Sorcerous about a human. The question of Old Age viewed in  this way is simply a matter of where you place your energy. For it to be contained within the human construct leads  ultimately to death, this is currently a certainty. For it to be transferred to the Double, as in Dreaming is surely the way  the Abstract Flight is undertaken. A task indescribable in  its implications and yet presupposed by the entire structure called Sorcery. Old Age is unseated and defeated by  Sweetness through the application of the only  transformation possible. Entry into the 3 rd  Attention, when  the Fire From Within takes place and one leaves this world  total and complete. In this way Sorcerers cannot die for  their energy has been transferred to an almost inaccessible aspect of our being that we call the Double. All speculation  concerning spirituality is a sham and insurance against   fear. There is only one form of immortality and that is, not  to die. Transcending death by retaining ones consciousness  is only possible in the light of the Double. This  transformation lies at the very heart of Sorcery and it is  through Sweetness that even Old Age is defeated.

The Recapitulation  I  Introduction  According to Toltec tradition, transformation is the only true purpose a human being can have. Transformation entails a total change of  one’s habitual ways of thinking and  behaving and is a task that must be accomplished in a Warrior’s lifetime. This task is accomplished by the Recapitulation. Once old  habits, thoughts, expectations and feelings are reframed as a  result of the Recapitulation, the Warrior is in a position to   gather enough energy to live by new rationales and to  substantiate these rationales by directly Perceiving a  different reality. Recapitulation is the apex of the Art of  Stalking and is the act of reclaiming the Personal Power  invested in past actions, in order to redeploy and enhance the reclaimed energy for extraordinary feats of Perception. The act of recalling experiences - starting from the present,  going back to the earliest memories, using the Sweeping  Breath, to sweep the memories clean one by one -  encapsulates the Warrior’s Recapitulation. The Recapitulation is an ancient renewal process developed  thousands of years ago. It is a Magical act in which Breath  and Intent play an essential role. In the Recapitulation, the Breathing gathers energy and circulates it and the Intent of  the Recapitulation guides it to free Warriors from their  biological and and social ties. The Intent of Recapitulation is  having an unbending desire to perform it, and its end result  is Freedom. Imagine yourself as a giant memory warehouse. From the moment you are born, parents, teachers, the socialising and  educational structures etc. have stored feelings, ideas, mental dialogues, behavioural patterns and beliefs into that 

warehouse: the conditioning that forms and moulds you into  what you become. It is through the Recapitulation that  Warriors discard items that are no longer useful from their  warehouse, to reclaim the Personal Power lodged within  these items and make room for different Perceptions. The human body can be transformed into a tool capable of   gathering, storing and directing energy, for Warriors  regard the body as a source of Power, not merely a  biological organism. Through the Recapitulation, the warrior becomes aware that as the warehouse becomes  empty, energy from infinity can flow through it, which in  turn leads to Freedom. Freedom. In Don Juan’s tradition, Freedom is  to be free from Humanness and Freedom is not possible if  the Warrior’s warehouse is filled with desires, feelings, ideas, objects that are part of a Human inventory. Through the Recapitulation the Warrior realises that there is an aspect within them that knows indisputably the outcome of any action they are about to perform. The Warrior calls this moment of direct knowing, the Seer. By  undertaking the act of Recapitulation, Warriors grant the Seer the freedom to See and deliberately turn it into a force that is both mysterious and effective which eventually   guides them into Freedom. Warriors sink into a state of   profound Recapitulation to achieve the emptying process so  that energy can flow unimpeded. Then the Seer in them has   full reign enabling them to transform the energy of the universe into the force of Intent. Karys Orsini 

II  Guidelines & Structure Make a list of the people you have met  during your life, starting from the  present and going back to your earliest  memories. The list forms a matrix for the mind to hook on to and does, in part  commence the process of Recapitulation. It is useful to start the Recapitulation by   focusing your attention on past sexual activities as the bulk  of your energy is caught up in these events, so free those memories first. Take the first item on your list and set up  the scene by experiencing all the details pertinent to the event that you are going to to recall. Recall everything you  experienced with that person from the moment you met  them to the last time you interacted with them. Once all the elements are in place, use the Sweeping Breath. The movement of the head is like a fan that stirs everything in  that experience. A Recapitulation is complete when several  ‘layers’ of the experience have been accessed and ‘swept’  clean and when all emotional turmoil [ positive or negative ]  within the memory has been released and neutralised. neutralised. It is  said that with time and expertise, an event can be Recapitulated within the moment it is occurring.

Procedure 1. Place the chin on the Right shoulder and  slowly inhale until you reach the Left  shoulder. Once the inhalation is  complete, look forward and exhale. 2. Take the first item on the list. Whilst   focusing ahead, fully re-experience the  person and a nd event/s. See them, Hear them and Feel them. [ take time to do this effectively ]  3. When the memory has been fully recalled, inhale slowly  by moving the head from the Right to the Left shoulder, Intending to breathe in all the energy fibres left behind in  the event and the person/s involved. 4. Now, exhale moving the head from the Left to the Right  shoulder, Intending to breathe out all the energy fibres  left in you by others. 5. Repeat the cycle as many times as necessary so that all  the emotional turmoil within that event is released. 6. Finally move your head from Right to Left and back  again without breathing to sever all ties with that   particular event.

III  The Recapitulation  1st  & 2nd  Attention  Whilst the cognitive practice is taking   place, 1st  Attention is engaged. The system, the 2nd  Attention, employs its  own methodology which differs from the cognitive method. Where they combine is  in the Breathing Pass itself. The 2nd  Attentions methodology is to use the breath as as a carrier carrier wave. This This is an example of the 1st  Attention being engaged in the process, as such distracted, whilst the 2nd  Attention, The Sorcerer goes about the Intended  business. Much that has unfolded during the practice in  respect of how it has taught itself is based upon upon a simple  premise : There Ther e is the cognitive process p rocess which consists of the list of contexts to be employed, this is the normal and formal  structure of the Recapitulation and consists of two phases. The first phase is lineal and sequenced in respect of time. A  little like A then B then C etc. The second is random, is  lateral and works with a different methodology or  structure, one more in keeping with the system as a whole, a  system that does not in the main code time the way we do, consciously. It was this last consideration that led me to considering that   perhaps as we set up the cognitive aspect of the process  through working with the itemised list, the system following  this direction, [ the function of 1 st  Attention is to set  directions ] sets up its own methodology for engaging in the Recapitulation, in its own way. It is to be remembered that  no aspect of Sorcery can be examined in isolation, however  apparently insignificant, all components are essential. A   point infinitely more applicable when addressing something  as significant as the practice of the Recapitulation.

The Intent of Sorcery  Expanding the limits of normal perception is a concept that  stems from the Sorcerers’ belief that our choices in life are limited, due to the fact that they are defined by the social  order. Sorcerers’ believe that the social order sets up our list  of options, but we do the rest: by accepting only these choices, we set a limit to our nearly limitless possibilities. This limitation, they say, fortunately applies only to our  social side and not to the other side of us: a practically  inaccessible side, which is not in the realm of ordinary  awareness. Their main endeavour, therefore, is to uncover  that side. They do this by breaking the frail, yet resilient, shield of human assumptions about what we are and and what  we are capable of becoming. Sorcerers’ acknowledge that in our world of daily affairs  there are people who probe into the unknown in pursuit of  alternative views of reality. They contend that the ideal  consequences of such probings should be the capacity to  draw from our findings the necessary energy to change and  to detach ourselves from our definition of reality. But they  argue that unfortunately such probings are essentially  mental endeavours. New thoughts, new ideas hardly ever  change us. One of the things that I learned in the sorcerers’ world was  that without retreating from the world, and without  injuring themselves in the process, Sorcerers’ do accomplish  the magnificent task task of breaking the agreement that that has  defined reality  Florinda Donner Grau Being in Dreaming 

Structurall Metaphor of The Recapitula Structura Recapitulation  tion  The following visual metaphor and its  accompanying comments concerns a  little known sensory modality known as  the Vestibular System. It occupies the same territory as the coded senses of  sight, hearing, touch, smell, taste and the sensory system loosely referred to as feelings. As a sensory  system it governs ‘orientation in time and space’ and its   primary organ of reception is the inner ear, commonly  connected to the sense of balance. Concerns in the Present 

The I  In The Present  Past Experiences

Future Expectations 

This albeit simplistic graphic representation allows for three components that impact an individual in the present  moment. Past experiences held within the system as memories. Memories which depending upon their level of intensity and  the current context can all but fixate an individual at a   point along the continuum con tinuum of time which is effectively, effectiv ely, Past  called the Present. Concerns in the present. An example of which would be, whilst attempting to focus upon some immediate task other  elements call to our Attention. Future expectations, dreams and goals. Those elements  which serve the purpose of drawing us onward. The above is simplistic yet represents ongoing human  experience and the processing that we engage in most of the

time. This is acceptable within the description of the everyday world and is considered as being normal. Within  Sorcery however the sum total of ones energy is consumed  by holding the description of the world we have in place. To   free up sufficient energy for Perceptual Diversity is a   primary outcome within a model that is concerned with  Awareness and Perception. The Sorcerer addresses this in  many ways. The Recapitulation itself being primary. Also  utilised are the Erasure of Personal History, the loss of Self  Importance, the Arts of Stalking and Dreaming, Not Doing  and of course Stopping The World. The Recapitulation posits that any and all interchanges   perform two major functions :  Energy from another is deposited within our energetic field. We leave our energy in anothers energetic field. This energy is said to be held in place by hooks [ a metaphor  ? ] The purpose of the Recapitulation is to free the hooks left  in us by others [ foreign energy ] and reclaim our energy  hooked into the energetic fields of others. This is achieved by  ‘fanning’ the experience with the breath whilst reliving, in  an associated way the experience being Recapitulated. A   practice of this kind is the only way we have of accessing  Personal Power locked within the contexts of our Personal  History. Then and only then can we begin to think of what  acting in the moment moment with the the totality of our being means. This we call Impeccability. It is to be reiterated that the question of performing the Recapitulation is not to be viewed as a matter of morality or ethics. Like all Sorcery  Manoeuvres it is simply a matter of strategy. Returning  briefly to to ‘orientation in time and space.’ space.’ ‘Where’ and for  that matter ‘When’ is someone in any given instance? The Recapitulation ensures that once the Intent of the procedure has been realised, then and only then can we act  continuously from and within the moment. It is for this  reason that a Stalker primarily Stalks the self and the Recapitulation is the primary procedure of this in action. As a consequence, the Assemblage Point Point is continuously and 

 gently shifted from one location to another thereby  exercising its fluidity rather than reinforcing its fixity. It   follows that all components of Sorcery are fully dependant  upon this singular and vital practice.

A Path with Heart  The only important question is : Does this Path have a  Heart? All paths are the same : They lead nowhere. They  are paths going through the bush, or into the bush. In my  own life I could say that I have traversed long, long paths, but I am not anywhere. My benefactors question has  meaning now. If the path has a Heart, the path is good. If it  doesn’t it is of no use. Both paths lead nowhere, but one has  Heart, the other doesn’t. One makes for a joyful journey, as  long as you follow it, you are one with it. The other will  make you curse your life. One makes you strong, the other  weakens you.

Time Coding The Recapitulation  &  The Erasure of Time Past

Present

Future

Level 1 Recapitulation  Level 2 Recapitulation  Level 3 Recapitulation 

The List / s

Items arising in the moment

Expectations 

Present contexts  Cognitive Process Sweeping the Context  Future Intimations  The present moment [ Concerns ]  1st  / 2nd  Attention  System Process  Recapitulating the previous day  Recapitulating The moment of Recapitulation  Terminates the process 

The schemata demonstrates  Engaging the entire continuum of time within the Recapitulation practice. Thereby ensuring a thoroughness. The opportunity to Recapitulate recognising that at the  point when you Recapitulate the previous day, in some respects you begin to Erase Time. As a result of Erasing Time a new relationship with it  arises. Rather than experiencing the future as you move towards it, you begin to experience the future moving  towards you. It is a Perceptual difference that enables the Sorcerer to focus upon Intent in a way which is more appropriate to their methodology and outcomes. The following comments are taken directly from The Witness, a journal that has been kept throughout the year  long practice period. The comments are presented verbatim  and sequentially in respect of time in order to demonstrate the developing awareness that arose through performing the  practice itself. The conditions of a solitary bird are five First, that it flies to the highest point  Second, that it does not suffer for company  not even of its own kind  Third, that it aims its beak to the skies  Fourth, that it does not have a definite colour  Fifth, that it sings very softly  St. John of the cross 

IV  Comments – the Recapitulation Recapitulation & Lists  Comments concerning the Lists  To focus upon the components of ones life that ‘Bind’ energy is essential to the  process of gathering sufficient energy to   perform such tasks as Setting Up  Dreaming. As a model of Perception it  could be said that the only difference between one Perception [ or World ] and  another is simply the difference in the amount of ‘Personal  Power’ operative within that world. If energy is scattered  within the matrix of an individuals ‘Personal History’ it is  here and here alone that ‘The New Seers’ of Sorcery seek to  claim, or reclaim what was and is essentially theirs. The alternative is to access energy through the relationships   formed in Transmundane dimensions. [ See The Art of  Dreaming by Carlos Castaneda ] This methodology, though  more than valid is far more in keeping with the methodology employed by The Ancient Toltecs and again, though valid is of no interest to The New Seers whose only  interest is The Path to Freedom. Personal Power is vital in  the pursuit of Sorcery and The Recapitulation is the most  effective and elegant method of accessing it. The process  itself is dependant upon the list. For Sorcery to be anything  other than an intellectual pursuit it is vital to ‘unhook’  Awareness from the ‘Ring of Reason’ where it has been  habitually fixed for most if not all of our life. The Recapitulation is the jewel in the crown of The Stalkers Art  and the means of securing Personal Power equal to the tasks  that face The Sorcerer. This Process commences with a list. What I refer to as the first pass takes the form of a detailed  over view. The second pass will chunk down a level in order  to identify key Anchors which will serve as mnemonic  devices, this stage will be a refinement of the raw material,

as it were. In the third and final pass I shall filter for   priorities, the method of elimination will be utilised and  upon completion I will have a detailed list, containing what  will be the core components of experience to submit to The Recapitulation Process itself. Recognising the sensitive nature of some of the contexts explored one has to be Ruthless in not giving way to indulgence. The Recapitulation is the way Sorcerers access their Personal  Power. The universe simply stands by and witnesses. The Sorcerer reclaims what is rightfully theirs by taking it back   from the places it was left, across the vast tapestry of their  Personal History. The erasure of this Personal History is a   primary outcome of Sorcery and without this piece in place all else is academic. The Recapitulation is designed  specifically to achieve this through its simple yet powerful   procedure. The implications are vast in respect of ones  Perception. Perception which is effectively fuelled by  Personal Power. Impeccability can only be applied when the sum total of ones Personal Power is available in the now. The list now exists in three forms  1 Its original form. 2 A form using the filter ‘Intensity’ What feels appropriate to the final list  3 A form using the filter ‘Location’ Events listed by What  occurred Where Rather than complicating the process it appears to break a  massive amount of information into more usefully accessible  pieces. Examining the information in this way can give a  different perspective and as such a different evaluation of  the instance/s being viewed. It is interesting to note that not only do the lists set up the  practice itself, they also serve to rehearse the process and  also begin Recapitulation of events occurring live in the world in the instance in which they are occurring.

One of my major beliefs concerning Sorcery is that in all  instances there is an overt and a covert outcome behind the  practice, any practice. In respect of the Recapitulation the overt outcome is to process the Past with the Intent of  reclaiming Personal Power sealed into past contexts. In this  way Power is accessed and stored for redeployment, Perceptually. It effectively pulls into the present the sum  total of ones Personal Power and in this respect is a  Prerequisite for Impeccability. How can one begin to think  of what that that means when ones Personal Personal Power Power is scattered  across time and as such, such, all but inaccessible? inaccessible? The covert  covert  outcome, one of equal importance is rehearsing in the  present – Recapitulation. Instead of deploying Personal  Power into ongoing experiences one stands aside and  remains within the Mood of Sobriety. This is not  disassociation, a common enough phenomena but rather, whilst fully engaged in an experience, totally abandoned to  it as it were the Sorcerer knows they are living within the  parameters of their Controlled Folly and as such go ahead. All things being equal, therefore meaningless, in the light of  ones Death what else can a Sorcerer do but laugh?  The time I have spent forming the lists has given me  permission to look into things I would otherwise shy away   from, an understandable behaviour given the amount of  indulgence that can ensue. An excellent spin off has been  rehearsing the non deployment of energy into present  contexts. I have explored this notion elsewhere and can only  endorse the value of this prepatory process as a means of  acquiring the Sobriety which arises from treating ‘all things  as equal.’ The Recapitulation is essential to Sorcery, for  Stalker and Dreamer alike.

The Sorcerers Strategic Inventory  Applied at the everyday level it   facilitates one into the Inaccessibility  required by fulfilling the criteria of  Erasing Personal History. Acting  deliberately is how it begins. Filtering  through The Moods of The Stalker, specifically Ruthlessness achieved in a  short time what might have taken much longer. Simply put, what did, and does not meet my Energetic requirements and  level is simply eliminated. This I call focus. This is also a   part of the procedure of ‘Ordering The Island of The Tonal.’  A Sorcerer acts strategically at all times and thereby fulfils  the criteria established by and known as, practising  ‘Controlled Folly.’ The result, a simple and organised   personal life which creates few if any ripples within the matrix of the Practice itself. Applied to Sorcery itself the Inventory consists of the deliberate acts performed. That is the components of the Practice period employed. In its practical elements, what I  might call ‘The Shadow of the Practice.’ The 1st  Attention  becomes engaged and is kept occupied, supported and   prepared for what follows. Here the Hunter applies  Cunning in Stalking primarily the Self in preparation for  latterly Stalking The Dreaming Attention itself. If these statements have the appearance of ambiguity I make no  apology for that is the nature of Dream and Dreaming. A  Sorcerers Strategic Inventory in this instance consists of  working within the higher logical level frameworks of   practice. This approach and its methodology I would call  ‘The Body of the Practice.’ In this way the Sorcerer  circumnavigates a fall into ‘The Conceit of Sorcery.’ A fall  which in the main is unobserved, as it forms an essential   part of ‘Ordering and Maintaining the Description of The World.’ The The outcome of this fall is simple simple to describe. Rather  than pursuing Sorcery as a Perceptual Art the would be Sorcerer simply succeeds in strapping a new mask to their 

 face in the form of a new description of the world, the Sorcerers description itself. It is here, in this context that  Cunning plays a crucial role. We are easily flattered, being  human and often inflate ourselves out of proportion with  what can best be described as realistic. We act as if we know and as a result hold close to our hearts the cherished beliefs  we all but clutch in the face of our impending deaths. This, the Mask of Self Importance which, supported by speech  and thinking, in effect supported by all we can possibly ever  know. The Sorcerers task, if not duty : To unravel the Mystery knowing full well the folly we execute in so Doing. This, the Sorcerers only advantage, the folly is at least  Controlled Folly. This is one way in which the Sorcerer  applies to Sorcery, the Sorcerers Strategic Inventory. The key is simple. Cease to talk about things. Cease to think  about things. Simply Act and in so doing notice the difference that makes the difference, whatever the context.

Comments concerning the Recapitula Recapitulation  tion  Day 1 and a gentle beginning. More a  matter of familiarising myself with the technique. I have made some observations. As the experience is   fanned with the breath there comes a  moment when the system knows it has  achieved the Intent of the practice and  one comes to a natural conclusion, prior to moving on to the next item on the list. This This also occurs at at the end of the  practice period. The system knows when it is appropriate to 

end the session and does so in a most direct manner. I have also had further information arise from within the practice concerning the context being explored. This was then added  to the list. The outcome, initially is to shift the Assemblage Point to the event and the time in which the event took   place in order to perform the Recapitulation in an  appropriate fashion. I am at this juncture acquainting myself with The Recapitulation procedure in respect of the intricacies that  arise when one is practically applying something rather  than viewing it and offering opinions as a detached  observer. Suffice to say that I am learning the subtle  procedural nuances that makes for a cohesive and  sophisticated practice. I am absolutely thrilled and delighted  to be undertaking this spell binding practice and recognise it   for what it is – unique. Today I experienced an acute form  of association. When engaged upon a specific context I  briefly, very briefly assembled consciousness in the back of  a cab travelling to a specific destination. This is clear  evidence of two things. Association into the event [ 1st  Position ] is preferable to simply viewing the situation from  a distance [ 3 rd  Position ] It is an absolute requirement, how else could one gather the deployed Personal Power still  locked within within that context? The second second point is that for a  Recapitulation to to be effective in respect respect of of its outcome, a  shift of the Assemblage Point takes place, a minor shift  which enables the practitioner to assemble the world of the context and enter it fully. To find myself, in a manner of  speaking, in the back of a cab conversing with the driver  was astounding. The process, now into its second week has been a revelation  in many respects. Firstly, the list I am currently working  with is equal to the task and yet it is interesting to note that  once engaged within the process itself the list is actively  updated. The list, sequenced in terms of time can be superseded by what I can only refer to as ‘Intensity.’ The experience is one of being swept from the item being  Recapitulated to an item, within the same context, that calls 

to the Attention. There are also instances where an item  outside of the context calls upon the Attention. Sometimes  this is a wandering mind, mind, sometimes it is not. Knowing  when the item being Recapitulated is complete or when it is  time to complete the session is another element I have noted. Mention has been made of this, yet over the past few days I have noticed that it is the breath itself that controls  the practice and at the appropriate time it softens and  detaches itself either from the item or from the context  itself. I have all but completed the first context of the first  list and now will address the context using the secondary  methodology. The first is strict lineal experience, the second  is random. The second pass picks up any residue energy that  the first pass has left behind or within oneself. The random  list is formed by entering a relaxed state, focussing on the context and noticing what arises, what does is then  Recapitulated in turn. This is a systemic approach unlike the first pass which is purely cognitive. I am of course referring to the list and not to the process. A previously Recapitulated context is generating content in  the present, as such such I have to Recapitulate on an ongoing  live basis. This will eventually cease, however at present I  must become even more aware of how the everyday world  uses the contexts of ones life to alert you to its presence. Challenging to say the least. To be expected. There is a fine line between performing the Recapitulation and simply  indulging in reveries that stem from the past, be those memories pleasant or not. The present calls for much in the way of Sobriety. I have begun to employ an interesting strategy. Whilst  working in the present context, as much as I choose to chunk  the items into blocks there is a tendency, because of the intensity of the context, to experience residual energy in  the system. This comes from items in the list not yet  Recapitulated. Rather than continuing I need to complete the process process cleanly. cleanly. How I have facilitated facilitated this for myself  is simple. Upon completion I take the present moment in 

time and what is present within the system and briefly  Recapitulate, thereby clearing the residual energy so that it  does not attach itself to me throughout the rest of the day. This has proven to be most effective so far and as such I will  continue to to employ this closing procedure. I view it as a  development within the practice, one of refinement and  sensitivity. It works, that is sufficient. Tomorrow I complete the first phase of the Recapitulation  having worked my way through List 1 [ 3 contexts ] and  Lists 2, 3 and 4 which covered the same same context. I shall  complete by sweeping the entire context. With the completion of phase 1 complete with its final sweep  I perform the last step, which is to burn the lists and  tomorrow immerse them in river water as a final act of   purification and severance. I have also deleted the lists   from my computer ‘C’ and ‘A’ drives, as such nothing  remains of the original lists and once the ashes ashes have been   purified that will be the completion compl etion of phase 1 I am engaged upon upon Phase Phase 2, a phase I take relatively slowly  as the items on the list list cover a span of time. It is is fascinating  to set up the practice with the breath, travel to the beginning  of the context and then proceed to sweep what in some instances covered weeks if not months. I am also  Recapitulating the events of the previous day, the moment in  time and also the Recapitulation itself as previously outlined. This strategy certainly develops a depth and richness within  the practice that I suspected and I am now gratified that  the System released this information to me. I find Recapitulating the previous days events very useful  useful  and in the time that that I have spent doing it, a few sessions, I  note that next to nothing has hooked me and as such  conclude that rehearsing Recapitulating in the moment is  coming about. At least in this way creating present  Personal History is addressed appropriately. I am currently Recapitulating the dreams of before.

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I have now now practised practised The The Recapitulation Recapitulation for for three three months   plus and find myse myself lf satis satisfied fied with its deve development. lopment. I have been taught much in respect of its conceptual basis and its  applications and this has certainly fulfilled the criteria and  outcomes of the practice itself. I am delighted delighted with the amount amount of of work I have done and the insights and learnings gained. The first section was formal  and for three months I compiled lists. The second section saw me complete those lists over the prescribed three months. The third section finds me having completed this and working in  a less lineal way. By Recapitulating the previous day I begin  to erase time in its lineal flow. By Recapitulating the moment  I enter more congruently congruently into the heart of the practice and  by Recapitulating the Recapitulation, I ensure that the  practice  pract ice is performe performed d acros acrosss all aspect aspectss of time and  completed appropriately. Once Silence Is Attained Everything Is Possible I notice that at present I am spending much time Recapitulating dreams. This I find very useful as in  dreaming content arises from deeper in the system and to  Recapitulate this is very beneficial. Throughout the remainder of this section I shall focus on dream activity as  the main context for Recapitulation.

IV  Summary  The preceding text was written within  the first eight months of the practice  period and what follows is written  during the concluding month of Section  3, that is month nine. It is to be recognised that at this time, with three  further months of practice and  experience to unfold that what is written now is part of a  continuing process. One that will continue beyond the confines of this year long practice. However for the record it  is appropriate to write a summary at this time. It has been reported by individuals who have experienced  ‘near death’ death’ that ‘their life has flashed before them.’ Whether  this is true in all cases is debatable and yet if it were true it  would give the Recapitulation a meaning that not only  validates its procedure but would also make sense of of ‘The Eagle devouring awareness at the point of death’ often  alluded to in the texts of Carlos Castaneda. By Recapitulating  ones entire life whilst living, perhaps, has some bearing upon  the experience one has or might have at the point of death. It has also been said that ‘what we forget we are condemned  to repeat.’ The evidence is clear enough when we begin to  notice the cyclic nature of some of the experiences we undergo during life. Again by performing The Recapitulation  it is possible to break the repetitive patterns we run in  respect of our behaviour and as a result run more useful  alternatives. These two reasons alone would make performing  The Recapitulation vital to our ongoing and developing  being. Yet we are aware of the place of The Recapitulation  within The Toltec Tradition itself. Described as ‘The Jewel In  The Crown of Stalkers’ it is to be realised that The Recapitulation is vital given any of the specific predilections  we encounter during our pursuit. At the the outset of this essay I  listed a number of overt and covert outcomes in respect of the  practice.  pract ice. At this time, upon reflect reflection, ion, the trut truth h of this has 

been fully experienced as also has the idea of ‘The Process  Teaching Itself.’ Each successive pass of The Recapitulation  has released sufficient energy, energy which has been  deployed into developing an awareness of the next stage and  steps within the process itself. Taisha Abelar, whose experience of The Recapitulation, succinctly described in ‘The Sorcerers Crossing’ states that she has, to date, completed four Recapitulations of her life. Given that her initial description implies that she sank into a   profound  prof ound state of Recapit Recapitulati ulation on by practis practising ing seve several ral hours  a day. Along with this this she had the ongoing ongoing support of skilled  beings and secondary practices, such as The Sorcery Passes to  support her. These facts are stated in order that we, operating from a radically different position, in all respects  are profoundly challenged when we undertake a practice of  this nature, for we have our everyday lives to live, the absence of initiated beings and of course, The The New Mood  Mood  which permits of no Nagual. In short we are Apprentice and  Nagual alike. A challenge beyond challenges. And yet we  proceed  procee d armed with the Pers Personal onal Power at our disposal, disposal, with  Unbending Intent and the desire to enter Freedom. We may, as is our tendency as human beings intellectualise the practice, its value and what it means to us conceptually. We may even convince ourselves and others that we have sufficient Personal Power to recall our energy, scattered as it  is across our Personal History. This is conceit, for nothing  compares to performing The Recapitulation in all its aspects. The act of forming the List grants us the opportunity, albeit  superficially, to connect to our lives in a way that was   previously  previ ously unheard of. This aspect of The Recapit Recapitulatio ulation n has  a profound effect in itself. To spend several months  cognitively examining ones life sets up the process and in this  respect the importance of the List cannot be overstated. As to  the process itself, it is a unique experience and what unfolds  is therefore unique. We have procedural guidelines, we have the technique, the only other thing we require is the Intent to   perform  perfo rm The Recapitulation. Recapitulation. Havin Having g arrive arrived d at this decision  and consequently commenced the practice, Sorcery begins to 

unfold in a way inconceivable to us at times, and at others  simplistic and clear. This is our nature, to seek complexity  where, in truth, truth, simplicity is the order of the the day. The  pursuit  pursu it of Sorcer Sorcery y itsel itselff is dependa dependant nt tota totally lly upon the  performance  perfo rmance of this practice and anyone enterta entertaining ining the thought of undertaking this pursuit is advised to bear this in  mind. The Recapitulation facilitates all other processes, supplies the Personal Power we need to pursue this path and   grantss us insights beyond  grant b eyond the curren currentt descri description ption we have of  the world and Sorcery itself. In closing Sorcery is a Perceptual Art, totally dependant  upon the amount of Personal Power Power we have available to us  at any given time. The entire process of Sorcery is geared to  shifting awareness from the concrete world of things to the abstract world of energy. All its processes move in this  direction. Stopping The World, a prerequisite, sets the wheels  in motion. Erasing Personal History and losing Self  Importance accelerate this process. The Arts of Stalking and  Dreaming flesh out the Double. Not Doing creates the Perceptual Diversity demanded by this pursuit and finally  and most importantly The Recapitulation supplies the energy  with which to do this. Whilst we possess Personal History we remain accessible to the world and those within it. To erase our history and make our Personal Power available for  Perceptual redeployment is the outcome of The Toltec  Tradition. This can only occur in the light of commencing  the process of Recapitulation for to pursue the path of  Sorcery having not done so is like wishing to swim without  the presence of water. The essence of Sorcery is  The mystery of the Assemblage Point  Point 

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