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"Shamans are not spiritual at all," don Juan said. "They are very practical beings. It is a well-known fact, however, that shamans are generally regarded as eccentric, or even insane. Perhaps that is what makes you think that they are spiritual.
"They seem insane because they are trying to explain things that cannot be adequately described with words. In the course of such futile attempts to give complete explanations that cannot be completed under any circumstances, they must touch on matters outside the understanding of the average man. So of course their explanations seem to be senseless."
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Castaneda, Carlos
Magical Passes : the practical wisdom of the Shamans of ancient Mexico / Carlos Castaneda : photographs by Photo Vision and Graphics in Van Nuys, California. - 1st ed. p. cm.
ISBN 0-06-017584-2
1. Shamanism - Mexico. 2. Exercise - Religious aspects. 3. Juan, Don, 1891- . 4. Castaneda, Carlos. 5. Mexico - Religion. 6. Indians of Mexico - Religion. I. Title. BF1622.M6C37 1998 97-26884
98 99 00 01 02 +/KKH 10987654 U I
The two practitioners of Tensegrity demonstrating the magical passes throughout the rest of the book are Kylie Lundahl and Miles Reid.
To every one of the practitioners of Tensegrity, who, by rallying their forces around it, have put me in touch with energetic formulations that were never available to don Juan Matus or the shamans of his lineage. -CC