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 '''VII. THE FIRE FROM WITHIN'''

First English edition, 1984

In this book the author achieves greater clarity on second ring of power issues. He has spent more than 10 years "remembering" the left side teachings along with his group warriors. Castaneda can offer a clearer text about his experiences to its readers on increasing awareness states. "The fire from within" can be compared with "Journey to Ixtlán", which starts to unravel the chaos caused by the right side teachings, as they become clear from the coherent exposure of techniques to sweep the tonal island. Similarly, fire from within clarifies knowledge of enhanced consciousness as it is being "remembered" by Castaneda, ever since his teacher Don Juan and his benefactor Don Genaro "departed from this world", which is described in the book "Tales of power". From "The second ring of power" and "The Eagle’s gift", Castaneda tries to explain and make the left side teachings coherent, but he achieves this in the Fire from Within.

The title of this book is not a poetic creation of the author; it is definitely Toltequity related. Don Juan is who uses the term, as well as others, for its accuracy and precision produce a devastating effect in some cases and enlightening in others. However, the terms managed by Don Juan and described by Castaneda as Toltequity, Toltec, nagual warrior, tonal and Eagle among others, belong to the peoples and cultures of "ancient Mexico" and have survived in what Bonfil Batalla calls "Profound Mexico".

Professor Lopez Austin notes in his aforementioned book, page 378: "historical sources pay much importance to four worlds of the dead: Mictlán, Tonatiuh Ilhuícac, Tlatócan and Chichihualcuauhco. However, it must be considered they believed that men holders of divine fire in their heart and those who had died under the influence of some God, were driven to their protectors abode." And on page 370 notes: "it is preferable retaking the idea of fire as a transforming element of everything that exists, that can break down the barrier between the world inhabited by man and the places where the gods dwell. López Austin cites Molina in his dictionary (page 181). As well as "tonemmiqui" means "ignite from internal heat", "'llemiqui" and "tonalmiqui" mean "burning from the Sun". Don Ángel María Garibay, in his book "Nahuatl literature history", volume 1, says: "I cannot see in all the literature I have been able to find in this regard, a comprehensive study on the nature, origins and purposes of the so-called Sun Knights order or with other names, eagles and tigers. To be succint I will take fundamental data from the Duran rich and valuable information. "The Sun was for the ancients, the  ____________________