Castaneda and Don Juan
The manipulation of intent
Data da publicação: 21/10/2019
Unbending intent is a sort of single-mindedness human beings exhibit; an extremely well-defined purpose not countermanded by any conflicting interests or desires; unbending intent is also the force engendered when the assemblage point is maintained fixed in a position which is not the usual one. Sorcerers see unbending intent as the catalyst to trigger their unchangeable decisions, or as the converse: ...
Memories, Psychology, Psychiatry, Shamanism
II – The Meanders of Remembrance
Data da publicação: 18/10/2019
By the time I was 23 I had already graduated in history the year before and was working on my master’s degree. It was exactly this master’s degree that led me to taking the trip to Rio de Janeiro. At the time I also worked in a research project for the university and so, tallying my research interests with the needs of this project, I decided to go to Rio de Janeiro. This city has always captivated...
Poetry
Natureza morta
Data da publicação: 15/10/2019
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Daily, Nelson Rodrigues
Nelson Rodrigues Quotes – Part 2 – Marr...
Data da publicação: 04/10/2019
Marriage Marriage is not to blame for anything. We are the ones to blame for everything. The husband shouldn’t be the last to know. The husband should never know. In a marriage, importance should not be put on the wife, but on the mother in-law. A wife is bound to repeat the qualities and flaws of her own mother. Distrust the lovable, cordial and gentle wife. Such virtue is sad, sour and neurast...
Castaneda and Don Juan
Carlos Castaneda and Don Juan Matus – The...
Data da publicação: 03/10/2019
One of the most dramatic legacies handed down to us by the ancient seers was their discovery that the reason for the existence of all sentient beings is to enhance awareness. The old seers, risking untold dangers, actually saw the Indescribable Force which is the source of all sentient beings. They called that indescribable force the Eagle, because in the few glimpses that they could sustain, they saw ...
Memories, Psychology, Psychiatry, Shamanism
I – Disjointed Memories
Data da publicação: 27/09/2019
I woke up not knowing where I was. In fact, I realized that I had not been conscious of myself for some time. Some fleeting, disconnected memories, nothing to help me understand what had happened. I was in a room with two empty beds. I slept on a mattress on the floor beside the two beds. There was a bathroom, a closet. Surely I was not in a prison or a hospital. Little did I know that it was a cross b...
