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 '''VI. THE EAGLE’S GIFT'''

First English edition, 1981

We might well say that "the second ring of power" is the prologue to "The Eagle’s Gift". It corresponds to the adaptation period and hence Castaneda’s confusion. The experiences described in this book are the adventures lived during the encounter with his "group". In addition, describes how he saved evidence left by his teacher, but especially, marks the beginning of a new "processing" form for knowledge received.

In the book "The Eagle’s gift" this process is clearer and more productive for the reader. In the foreword, the author reiterates that it is not anthropological work despite the fact that for years he tried to deduce the cultural matrix of this "knowledge system", which could well be a biographical account of the encounter with this knowledge. The author reiterates that his stories are not fiction; that, on the other hand, by following the teachings and perform the practices and techniques, had radically transformed his personal and everyday life, because what he originally considered a primitive system and practices turned out to be an intricate, complex and sophisticated anahuaca knowledge system called Toltequity that "devoured" him, to convert him in a "Toltec" pretender. This book consists of three parts: The Other Self, The Reverie Art and The Eagle’s Gift, and an appendix. We shall discuss those chapters that in our opinion seemed more relevant to this work which, as noted, is designed to introduce the reader to the Carlos Castaneda works, but never intended to replace the valuable work of Carlos Castaneda.

FIRST PART

THE OTHER SELF

FIRMNESS OF THE SECOND ATTENTION

During a conversation between the “fat lady” and Castaneda, both touch on an interesting point about the past of the ancient Mexico and don Juan knowledge. The basis of the subject is the "firmness of the second attention". Don Juan had told them that some of the pyramids are huge NON-DOINGS where warriors practiced reverie and their second attention, thus for Don Juan, these were not accommodation sites. This is what occidental science aims to deduce in this regard, with their research, and has nothing to do with the history of these places. Let us remember that the Toltec of those times had "another tonal", and also men. Whomever tries to stop their internal dialogue before the Mitla friezes, will understand what Don Juan meant.

Don Juan recommended the "fat lady" not to stand at the archaeological zones because they were harmful to modern man. He also said that he knew all about the ruins because he was a Toltec cultural descent. Don Juan commented to her that witches of yesteryear fixed their attention on