| Carlos Castaneda |
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CARLOS CASTANEDA: ENIGMA OF A SORCERER
A best-selling Author for 30 years, Carlos
Castaneda inspired millions to break free
from social dogma, fueling controversy over
his work's authenticity and assertions of
perceiving non-ordinary reality, during an
apprenticeship with Yaqui sorcerer, don Juan
Matus. Genius, guru, cult leader or fraud?
No one really knows. Over three years in the
making, this shocking expose' explores
Castaneda's mythic impact, controversial
teachings and cult following. Candid
interviews backed with dazzling animation and
experimental footage offer an intense visual
and intellectual experience.
Tags : magic carlos castaneda sorcerer mystery author new age quantum cult peyote occult Don Juan shaman reality yaqui drugs |
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Affichage : 110028
Durée : 153 s |
| Pases Mágicos- Carlos Castaneda [1/13] |
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Pases mágicos individuales
Las series para preparar el intento, parte A,
pases magicos individuales (parte 1 de 12).
1. All the magical passes of the six series
can be repeated as many times as desired,
unless otherwise specified. If they are first
done with the left side of the body, they
must be repeated an equal number of times
with the right side. As a rule, every magical
pass of the six series begins with the left
side.
2. The feet are kept separate by a distance
equivalent to the shoulders' width. This is a
balanced way to distribute the weight of the
body. If the legs are spread too far apart,
the balance of the body is impaired. The same
thing happens if they are too close together.
The best way to arrive at this distance is to
begin from a position where the two feet are
close together. The tips of the feet are then
pivoted on the fixed heels and opened in a
letter V shape. Shifting the weight to the
tips of the feet, the heels are pivoted out
to the sides an equal distance. The tips of
the feet are brought into parallel alignment,
and the distance between the feet is roughly
the width of the shoulders. Further
adjustment may be necessary here in order to
reach that desired width and to get the
optimal balance of the body.
3. During the execution of all the magical
passes of Tensegrity, the knees are kept
slightly bent, so that when one is looking
down, the kneecaps block the view of the tips
of the feet, except in the case of specific
magical passes in which the knees have to be
locked. Such cases are indicated in the
description of those passes. To have the
knees locked doesn't mean that the hamstrings
are injuriously tense, but rather that they
are locked in a gentle way, without
unnecessary force.Another issue to consider
in reference to the slightly bent knees is
that when the legs are moved forward in a
kicking motion, the knees are never whipped.
Rather, the whole leg should be moved by the
tension of the muscles of the thighs. Moving
in this fashion, the tendons of the knees are
never injured.
4. The back muscles of the legs must be
tensed. This is a very difficult
accomplishment. Most people can learn quite
easily to tense the front muscles of the
legs, but the back muscles of the legs still
remain flaccid. Don Juan said that the back
muscles of the thighs are where personal
history is always stored in the body.
According to him, feelings find their home
there and get stagnant. He maintained that
difficulty in changing behavior patterns
could be easily attributed to the flaccidity
of the back muscles of the thighs.
5. While performing all these magical passes,
the arms are always kept slightly bent at the
elbows-never fully extended-when they are
moved to strike, preventing, in this manner,
the tendons of the elbows from becoming
irritated.
6. The thumb must always be kept in a locked
position, meaning that it is folded over the
edge of the hand. It should never stick out.
The sorcerers of don Juan's lineage
considered the thumb to be a crucial element
in terms of energy and function. They
believed that at the base of the thumb exist
points where energy can become stagnant, and
points that can regulate the flow of energy
in the body. In order to avoid unnecessary
stress on the thumb or injury resulting from
jolting the hand forcefully, they adopted the
measure of pressing the thumbs against the
inside edges of the hands.
Tags : Pases mágicos magical passes carlos castañeda castaneda |
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Affichage : 23236
Durée : 471 s |
| Pases Mágicos- Carlos Castaneda [2/13] |
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El segundo Grupo
Strirring up energy for intent. mezclando la
energÃa para el intento. Segundo grupo de
pases magicos de Carlos Castañeda 8).
7. When the hand is made into a fist, the
little finger is raised to avoid an angular
fist in which the middle, fourth, and fifth
fingers droop. The idea is that in making a
square fist, the fourth and fifth fingers
have to be raised, thus creating a peculiar
tension in the axilla, a tension which is
most desirable for general well-being.
8. The hands, when they have to be opened,
are fully extended. The tendons of the back
of the hand are at work, presenting the palm
as an even, flat surface. Don Juan preferred
a flat palm to counteract the tendency
(established, he felt, through socialization)
to present the hand as a hollow palm. He said
that a hollow palm was the palm of a beggar,
and that whoever practices the magical passes
is a warrior, not a beggar in the least.
9. When the fingers have to be contracted at
the second knuckle and bent tightly over the
palm, the tendons on the back of the hand are
tensed to the maximum, especially the tendons
of the thumb. This tension of the tendons
creates a pressure on the wrists and
forearms, areas which sorcerers of ancient
Mexico believed were key in promoting health
and well-being.
10. In many Tensegrity movements, the wrists
have to be bent forward or backward to an
approximately ninety-degree angle by
contracting the tendons of the forearm. This
bending must be accomplished slowly, because
most of the time the wrist is quite
inflexible, and it is important that the
wrist acquire the flexibility to turn the
back of the hand to make a maximum angle with
the forearm.
Tags : carlos castañeda castaneda pases magicos magical passes. |
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Affichage : 12013
Durée : 512 s |
| Pases Mágicos- Carlos Castaneda [3/13] |
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Sacudiendo la vibración del intento
Como sacudir la vibración del intento, pase
qe se puede incluir en los ejercicios de
Tensegridad.
11. Another important issue in the practice
of Tensegrity is an act which has been termed
turning the body on. This is a unique act in
which all the muscles of the body, and
specifically the diaphragm, are contracted in
one instant. The muscles of the stomach and
abdomen are jolted, as are the muscles around
the shoulders and shoulder blades. The arms
and legs are tensed in unison with equal
force, but only for an instant. As
practitioners of Tensegrity progress in their
practice, they can learn to sustain this
tension for a while longer.
Turning the body on has nothing to do with
the state of perennial bodily tension that
seems to be the mark of our times. When the
body is tense with preoccupation or overwork,
and the muscles of the neck are as hard as
they can be, the body is not in any way
turned on. Relaxing the muscles or arriving
at a state of tranquillity is not turning the
body off, either, The idea of the sorcerers
of ancient Mexico was that with their magical
passes, the body was alerted; it was made to
be ready for action. Don Juan Matus termed
this condition turning the body on. He said
that when the muscular tension of turning the
body on ceases, the body is turned off
naturally.
12. Breath and breathing were, according to
don Juan, of supreme importance for the
sorcerers of ancient Mexico. They divided
breath into breathing with the tops of the
lungs, breathing with the midsection of the
lungs, and breathing with the abdomen.
Breathing by expanding the diaphragm they
called the animal breath, and they practiced
it assiduously, don Juan said, for longevity
and health.
It was don Juan Matus's belief that many of
the health problems of modern man could be
easily corrected by deep breathing. He
maintained that the tendency of human beings
nowadays is to take shallow breaths. One of
the aims of the sorcerers of ancient Mexico
was to train their bodies, by means of the
magical passes, to inhale and exhale deeply.
It is highly recommended, therefore, in the
movements of Tensegrity that call for deep
inhalations and exhalations, that these be
accomplished by slowing down the inflow or
outflow of air, in order to make the
inhalations and exhalations longer and more
profound.
Another important issue concerning the
breathing in Tensegrity is that breathing is
normal while executing the Tensegrity
movements, unless otherwise specified in the
description of any given magical pass.
13. Another consideration in performing the
Tensegrity movements is the realization that
has to come to practitioners that Tensegrity
is in essence the interplay between relaxing
and tensing the muscles of choice parts of
the body in order to arrive at a most coveted
physical explosion, which the sorcerers of
ancient Mexico knew only as the energy of the
tendons. This is a veritable explosion of the
nerves and tendons below or at the core of
the muscles.
Given that Tensegrity is the tension and
relaxation of muscles, the intensity of the
muscle tension and the length of time that
the muscles are kept in that state, in any
given magical pass, depends on the strength
of the participant. It is recommended that at
the beginning of the practice, the tension be
minimal and the length of time as brief as
possible. As the body gets warmer, the
tension should become greater and the length
of time extended, but always in a moderate
fashion.
Tags : Carlos Castaneda Castañeda Pases Magicos Mágicos Magical Passes |
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Affichage : 8778
Durée : 62 s |
| La Castañeda - Viejo veneno |
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Uno de los mejores videos de la Castañeda,
ganador en la segunda vienal de video (1992)
en la categorÃa de mejor video alternatÃvo,
rescatado de un viejo vhs para toda la banda
conocedora.
Tags : Castañeda el viejo veneno Casta |
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Affichage : 26561
Durée : 204 s |
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