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The Teachings of Don Juan #4
袣邪蟹泻懈 锌褉芯 褋懈谢褍
Carlos Castaneda takes the reader into the very heart of sorcery, challenging both imagination and reason, shaking the very foundations of our belief in what is "natural" and "logical."
Don Juan concludes the instruction of Castaneda with his most powerful and mysterious lesson in the sorcerer's art鈥攁 dazzling series of visions that are at once an initiation and a deeply moving farewell.
Don Juan concludes the instruction of Castaneda with his most powerful and mysterious lesson in the sorcerer's art鈥攁 dazzling series of visions that are at once an initiation and a deeply moving farewell.
400 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1974
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February 10, 2019
Tales of Power (The Teachings of Don Juan #4), Carlos Castaneda
Castaneda's three earlier books, each of them the story of a triumphant and daring journey into the unknown, have been merely the long preparation for Tales of Power, in which don Juan's task of educating Castaneda, of making him: a man of knowledge, and a man of power.
鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮: 乇賵夭 蹖丕夭丿賴賲 賲丕賴 跇賵卅賳 爻丕賱 1992 賲蹖賱丕丿蹖
毓賳賵丕賳: 丕賮爻丕賳賴 賴丕蹖 賯丿乇鬲 (賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 丨賱賯賴 蹖 賯丿乇鬲)郯 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 讴丕乇賱賵爻 讴丕爻鬲丕賳丿丕貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 賲賴乇丕賳 讴賳丿乇蹖貨 賲爻毓賵丿 讴丕馗賲蹖郯 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 賮乇丿賵爻蹖貙 1362貨 丿乇 311 氐貨 趩丕倬 丿賵賲 1364貨 倬賳噩賲 1368貨 卮卮賲 1372貨 趩丕倬 賳賴賲 1382貨 卮丕亘讴: 9645998220貨 賲賵囟賵毓: 丿賳 禺賵丕賳 - 毓乇賮丕賳 爻乇禺倬賵爻鬲丕賳 蹖丕讴賵卅蹖 - 丿蹖賳 賵 丕爻丕胤蹖乇 - 爻丿賴 20 賲
賲鬲乇噩賲: 爻賵爻賳 丕乇丿讴丕賳蹖貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 賳诏丕乇爻鬲丕賳 讴鬲丕亘貙 1386貨 丿乇 449 氐貨 卮丕亘讴: 9789648155440貨
倬乇賳丿賴 倬賳噩 禺氐賱鬲 丿丕卮鬲貨 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳: 丕賵噩 丿乇 倬乇賵丕夭貨 爻倬爻: 倬乇賵丕夭貙 亘蹖 賴賲乇丕賴貨 爻賴 丿蹖诏乇: 亘賴 賲賳賯丕乇卮 賴丿賮 诏蹖乇丿 賮乇丕夭 讴賴讴卮丕賳賴丕 乇丕貨 趩賴丕乇賲: 乇賳诏 亘蹖 乇賳诏蹖 貨 賵 丿乇 倬丕蹖丕賳: 賳賵丕蹖卮 賴賲趩賳丕賳 賳噩賵丕
丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
Castaneda's three earlier books, each of them the story of a triumphant and daring journey into the unknown, have been merely the long preparation for Tales of Power, in which don Juan's task of educating Castaneda, of making him: a man of knowledge, and a man of power.
鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮: 乇賵夭 蹖丕夭丿賴賲 賲丕賴 跇賵卅賳 爻丕賱 1992 賲蹖賱丕丿蹖
毓賳賵丕賳: 丕賮爻丕賳賴 賴丕蹖 賯丿乇鬲 (賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 丨賱賯賴 蹖 賯丿乇鬲)郯 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 讴丕乇賱賵爻 讴丕爻鬲丕賳丿丕貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 賲賴乇丕賳 讴賳丿乇蹖貨 賲爻毓賵丿 讴丕馗賲蹖郯 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 賮乇丿賵爻蹖貙 1362貨 丿乇 311 氐貨 趩丕倬 丿賵賲 1364貨 倬賳噩賲 1368貨 卮卮賲 1372貨 趩丕倬 賳賴賲 1382貨 卮丕亘讴: 9645998220貨 賲賵囟賵毓: 丿賳 禺賵丕賳 - 毓乇賮丕賳 爻乇禺倬賵爻鬲丕賳 蹖丕讴賵卅蹖 - 丿蹖賳 賵 丕爻丕胤蹖乇 - 爻丿賴 20 賲
賲鬲乇噩賲: 爻賵爻賳 丕乇丿讴丕賳蹖貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 賳诏丕乇爻鬲丕賳 讴鬲丕亘貙 1386貨 丿乇 449 氐貨 卮丕亘讴: 9789648155440貨
倬乇賳丿賴 倬賳噩 禺氐賱鬲 丿丕卮鬲貨 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳: 丕賵噩 丿乇 倬乇賵丕夭貨 爻倬爻: 倬乇賵丕夭貙 亘蹖 賴賲乇丕賴貨 爻賴 丿蹖诏乇: 亘賴 賲賳賯丕乇卮 賴丿賮 诏蹖乇丿 賮乇丕夭 讴賴讴卮丕賳賴丕 乇丕貨 趩賴丕乇賲: 乇賳诏 亘蹖 乇賳诏蹖 貨 賵 丿乇 倬丕蹖丕賳: 賳賵丕蹖卮 賴賲趩賳丕賳 賳噩賵丕
丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
May 19, 2012
Awesome. Spectacular. My favorite Carlos Castaneda book by far. The lessons in this book have a similarity to many things I've been discovering lately that I've garnished from many different sources. It doesn't surprise me that philosophies the world over share many things in common.
This book makes me want to wander around the deserts of Mexico seeking out a teacher. It also encourages me to be more impeccable and to ground myself out more. My meditations become even more meaningful in light of the stories in this book, and clearing my head of its internal dialogue in order to perceive things outside of the story I have been telling myself for so long has been one of the most beneficial things that I've ever done in my life. This book just reaffirms the importance of that daily practice.
I do not dismiss the tales told in this book no matter how fanciful some of them might seem. I am not in a place to deny or confirm the truthfulness of the stories found in the Carlos Castaneda books. My own experience of the world tells me that there is much more to it than meets the eye, and I would be closing myself off to many possibilities by not keeping an open mind. Let's just say I believe without believing.
I would recommend this book to anyone who is exploring their spirituality, or who has an interest in a culture that is so far removed from the one they are familiar with. This book provides us with great insights into the nature of the human psyche and spirit, and leaves you with more than you had before you read it.
This book makes me want to wander around the deserts of Mexico seeking out a teacher. It also encourages me to be more impeccable and to ground myself out more. My meditations become even more meaningful in light of the stories in this book, and clearing my head of its internal dialogue in order to perceive things outside of the story I have been telling myself for so long has been one of the most beneficial things that I've ever done in my life. This book just reaffirms the importance of that daily practice.
I do not dismiss the tales told in this book no matter how fanciful some of them might seem. I am not in a place to deny or confirm the truthfulness of the stories found in the Carlos Castaneda books. My own experience of the world tells me that there is much more to it than meets the eye, and I would be closing myself off to many possibilities by not keeping an open mind. Let's just say I believe without believing.
I would recommend this book to anyone who is exploring their spirituality, or who has an interest in a culture that is so far removed from the one they are familiar with. This book provides us with great insights into the nature of the human psyche and spirit, and leaves you with more than you had before you read it.
December 27, 2012
If this is a fiction - it's amazing!
If this is real - it's amazing!
If this is real - it's amazing!
July 15, 2011
I think it is freaking hilarious when people find comfort in "proving" something like this to be a hoax. Even if it is completely what hoaxers say it is(n't?), I fully believe in Oscar Wilde:
Now, the value of an idea has nothing whatsoever to do with the sincerity of the man who expresses it.
August 16, 2020
Este es el cuarto tomo de la serie de 鈥淟as ense帽anzas de Don Juan鈥� publicado en el a帽o de 1974.
Si a estas alturas alguien contin煤a sin conocer el contexto, con gusto podemos abundar: Un estudiante de antropolog铆a oriundo de Los 脕ngeles California se adentra en la sierra mexicana para estudiar a los indios yaqui. Ah铆 se encuentra con un viejo cham谩n llamado 鈥淒on Juan Matus鈥� y posteriormente a un segundo llamado 鈥淒on Genaro鈥�, quienes fungir谩n como maestro y benefactor a lo largo de una peculiar jornada did谩ctica que tiene como fin convertirl a nuestro estudiante en un hombre de conocimiento. Tales ense帽anzas llegan a su fin en esta cuarta entrega, en la que el protagonista tendr谩 que demostrar el valor suficiente para superar las 煤ltimas y m谩s dif铆ciles pruebas.
Despu茅s de haber le铆do los primeros tres vol煤menes el lector sabe a lo que se atiene: la cr贸nica de una serie de experiencias bizarras y a veces terror铆ficas que se presume no corresponden a alucinaciones sino manifestaciones de una 鈥渞ealidad paralela鈥�, acaso m谩s reveladora que la que cotidianamente perciben nuestros sentidos. En esta oportunidad Castaneda va m谩s all谩, y su propuesta fant谩stica llega a niveles Borgesianos.
Dentro de este 鈥渕undo paralelo鈥� (cuyo acercamiento pretende revelar los secretos del universo), la raz贸n ser铆a un estorbo. En estas experiencias nada puede explicarse, los personajes simplemente deben asumirlas y sacar de ellas el aprendizaje adecuado. El viejo debate de que si estos hechos son reales o ficticios ya no tiene relevancia. Para m铆 esta literatura es ficci贸n... pero el mensaje es real. v谩lido y universal.
La de Castaneda es una literatura en toda la extensi贸n de la palabra, cuyo mensaje m铆stico debe ser interpretado como el de cualquier epopeya cl谩sica. Tomar al pie de la letra lo que aqu铆 se narra, o pretender que sus premisas salgan avantes frente a las exigencias el m茅todo cient铆fico, ser铆a un error. De esta manera, negar la veracidad y el supuesto valor antropol贸gico de estas narraciones no representa en modo alguno desprecio por al autor. Por el contrario ser铆a emparejarlo con las grandes glorias de la literatura de ficci贸n.
Est谩 claro que el personaje de Don Juan Matus habla de manera figurada. Por lo tanto el lector debe ser capaz de interpretar sus conceptos. A continuaci贸n comparto mis propias deducciones, las cuales no necesariamente tienen que parecerse a las suyas:
鈥淓l guerrero鈥� es una suerte de hombre iluminado que conoce las fuerzas de la naturaleza y pretende utilizarlas a su favor.
鈥淓l poder鈥� no es otra cosa que el conocimiento que permite ver la vida no como se nos presenta, sino como realmente es.
鈥淓l mundo鈥� es una manera de nombrar a la fugaz existencia humana.
鈥淓l doble鈥� es la otra parte de nuestra mente, la cual se mueve en el nivel subconsciente y se manifiesta por medio de la enso帽aci贸n.
鈥淪o帽ar鈥� equivale a silenciar el pensamiento y hurgar dentro de uno mismo para encontrar respuestas a los desaf铆os que enfrenta el 鈥済uerrero鈥�.
鈥淰er鈥� es desarrollar la conciencia que nos permita adentrarnos en la verdadera realidad y percibir lo que otros no pueden.
La 鈥渋mportancia personal鈥� es un obst谩culo en el aprendizaje del guerrero; aqu铆 entra la vanidad y el deseo de reconocimiento, los cuales solamente sirven para alimentar el ego.
鈥淟a voluntad鈥� es la intuici贸n o la capacidad para evaluar el desaf铆o, para de esta manera, convertir el conocimiento en una fuerza que opere al servicio del guerrero.
鈥淓l aliado鈥� es un ser o una imagen que nos avisa de la necesidad prepararnos para entrar en la batalla.
鈥淓l tonal鈥� es lo contrario a la importancia personal. Osea, la correcta valoraci贸n del mundo y de la propia val铆a, m谩s all谩 de las trampas del ego.
鈥淓l nagual鈥� es el concepto m谩s dif铆cil de entender. Se trata de una fuerza metaf铆sica descomunal, la cual tiene que ser enfrentada para poder acceder al anhelado plano superior de conocimiento al que aspira el guerrero. Una vez superado, el nagual se convierte en una energ铆a aliada.
A partir de esta valoraci贸n damos cuenta de que la narrativa de Castaneda toma inspiraci贸n del conocimiento m铆stico procedente de diferentes tradiciones. Mucho del fondo ideol贸gico parece proceder de un mundo muy antiguo (el estilo 鈥渞udo鈥� de transmitir las lecciones nos remite al lejano oriente). Sin embargo, el mensaje central se erige como una construcci贸n de car谩cter sincr茅tico. Se intenta explicar con una terminolog铆a mesoamericana la tradici贸n esot茅rica que persiste en muchas partes del mundo.
Cabe mencionar que en esta ocasi贸n el asunto de las plantas ente贸genas no se menciona en absoluto. Los eventos extraordinarios y las realidades alternas se hacen presentes gracias a otros medios. 驴Cu谩les? no sabr铆a decirle con exactitud. Sin embargo el resultado final constituye una explicaci贸n congruente y luminosa de los misterios de la existencia.
El narrador en primera persona describe de manera detallada las bizarras experiencias y las sensaciones que va experimentando en cada una de sus espeluznantes pruebas. Hasta ahora no hemos reparado en el hecho de que Castaneda redacta de manera impecable (y al mismo tiempo, el traductor logra que sus palabras queden fielmente registradas y f谩cilmente legibles en la edici贸n castellana). Los lectores parecen dejarse llevar solamente por los conceptos y por el natural debate que suscitan, pero esto hace que pasen por alto el talento literario y la desbordante imaginaci贸n que nuestro escritor despliega a manos llenas.
El titulo 鈥淩elatos de poder鈥� no significa que este libro este estructurado en forma de relatos independientes, sino que contin煤a con la din谩mica novel铆stica de los tres vol煤menes anteriores. Al final el autor propone otro concepto metaf铆sico bien conocido: "el salto al vac铆o". Y con ello logra consolidar un gran desenlace; el perfecto colof贸n para una saga de intensidad creciente, en el que cada volumen parece superar al anterior.
La literatura de Carlos Castaneda nos hace voltear a una forma de sabidur铆a que ha dejado de ser considerada por la intelectualidad del mundo occidental; una filosof铆a que queda relegada a un c铆rculo muy reducido de m铆sticos y antrop贸logos. Y por desgracia, completamente ignorada por los estudiosos de la literatura. Al igual que cualquier persona que clama poseer un conocimiento esot茅rico, Castaneda corri贸 el riesgo de ser tomado por un embustero. Sus libros son dignos, o bien de un iluminado, o bien de un merolico, seg煤n la vara con que se midan. Cada lector posee su grado de sensibilidad y la decisi贸n final es suya. Lo que est谩 claro es que todos debemos leerle alguna vez en la vida.
Y si alguien deseara saber mi opini贸n sobre cu谩l es el mejor de los cuatro vol煤menes, creo que me inclinara por 鈥淩elatos de poder鈥�.
Si a estas alturas alguien contin煤a sin conocer el contexto, con gusto podemos abundar: Un estudiante de antropolog铆a oriundo de Los 脕ngeles California se adentra en la sierra mexicana para estudiar a los indios yaqui. Ah铆 se encuentra con un viejo cham谩n llamado 鈥淒on Juan Matus鈥� y posteriormente a un segundo llamado 鈥淒on Genaro鈥�, quienes fungir谩n como maestro y benefactor a lo largo de una peculiar jornada did谩ctica que tiene como fin convertirl a nuestro estudiante en un hombre de conocimiento. Tales ense帽anzas llegan a su fin en esta cuarta entrega, en la que el protagonista tendr谩 que demostrar el valor suficiente para superar las 煤ltimas y m谩s dif铆ciles pruebas.
Despu茅s de haber le铆do los primeros tres vol煤menes el lector sabe a lo que se atiene: la cr贸nica de una serie de experiencias bizarras y a veces terror铆ficas que se presume no corresponden a alucinaciones sino manifestaciones de una 鈥渞ealidad paralela鈥�, acaso m谩s reveladora que la que cotidianamente perciben nuestros sentidos. En esta oportunidad Castaneda va m谩s all谩, y su propuesta fant谩stica llega a niveles Borgesianos.
Dentro de este 鈥渕undo paralelo鈥� (cuyo acercamiento pretende revelar los secretos del universo), la raz贸n ser铆a un estorbo. En estas experiencias nada puede explicarse, los personajes simplemente deben asumirlas y sacar de ellas el aprendizaje adecuado. El viejo debate de que si estos hechos son reales o ficticios ya no tiene relevancia. Para m铆 esta literatura es ficci贸n... pero el mensaje es real. v谩lido y universal.
La de Castaneda es una literatura en toda la extensi贸n de la palabra, cuyo mensaje m铆stico debe ser interpretado como el de cualquier epopeya cl谩sica. Tomar al pie de la letra lo que aqu铆 se narra, o pretender que sus premisas salgan avantes frente a las exigencias el m茅todo cient铆fico, ser铆a un error. De esta manera, negar la veracidad y el supuesto valor antropol贸gico de estas narraciones no representa en modo alguno desprecio por al autor. Por el contrario ser铆a emparejarlo con las grandes glorias de la literatura de ficci贸n.
Est谩 claro que el personaje de Don Juan Matus habla de manera figurada. Por lo tanto el lector debe ser capaz de interpretar sus conceptos. A continuaci贸n comparto mis propias deducciones, las cuales no necesariamente tienen que parecerse a las suyas:
鈥淓l guerrero鈥� es una suerte de hombre iluminado que conoce las fuerzas de la naturaleza y pretende utilizarlas a su favor.
鈥淓l poder鈥� no es otra cosa que el conocimiento que permite ver la vida no como se nos presenta, sino como realmente es.
鈥淓l mundo鈥� es una manera de nombrar a la fugaz existencia humana.
鈥淓l doble鈥� es la otra parte de nuestra mente, la cual se mueve en el nivel subconsciente y se manifiesta por medio de la enso帽aci贸n.
鈥淪o帽ar鈥� equivale a silenciar el pensamiento y hurgar dentro de uno mismo para encontrar respuestas a los desaf铆os que enfrenta el 鈥済uerrero鈥�.
鈥淰er鈥� es desarrollar la conciencia que nos permita adentrarnos en la verdadera realidad y percibir lo que otros no pueden.
La 鈥渋mportancia personal鈥� es un obst谩culo en el aprendizaje del guerrero; aqu铆 entra la vanidad y el deseo de reconocimiento, los cuales solamente sirven para alimentar el ego.
鈥淟a voluntad鈥� es la intuici贸n o la capacidad para evaluar el desaf铆o, para de esta manera, convertir el conocimiento en una fuerza que opere al servicio del guerrero.
鈥淓l aliado鈥� es un ser o una imagen que nos avisa de la necesidad prepararnos para entrar en la batalla.
鈥淓l tonal鈥� es lo contrario a la importancia personal. Osea, la correcta valoraci贸n del mundo y de la propia val铆a, m谩s all谩 de las trampas del ego.
鈥淓l nagual鈥� es el concepto m谩s dif铆cil de entender. Se trata de una fuerza metaf铆sica descomunal, la cual tiene que ser enfrentada para poder acceder al anhelado plano superior de conocimiento al que aspira el guerrero. Una vez superado, el nagual se convierte en una energ铆a aliada.
A partir de esta valoraci贸n damos cuenta de que la narrativa de Castaneda toma inspiraci贸n del conocimiento m铆stico procedente de diferentes tradiciones. Mucho del fondo ideol贸gico parece proceder de un mundo muy antiguo (el estilo 鈥渞udo鈥� de transmitir las lecciones nos remite al lejano oriente). Sin embargo, el mensaje central se erige como una construcci贸n de car谩cter sincr茅tico. Se intenta explicar con una terminolog铆a mesoamericana la tradici贸n esot茅rica que persiste en muchas partes del mundo.
Cabe mencionar que en esta ocasi贸n el asunto de las plantas ente贸genas no se menciona en absoluto. Los eventos extraordinarios y las realidades alternas se hacen presentes gracias a otros medios. 驴Cu谩les? no sabr铆a decirle con exactitud. Sin embargo el resultado final constituye una explicaci贸n congruente y luminosa de los misterios de la existencia.
El narrador en primera persona describe de manera detallada las bizarras experiencias y las sensaciones que va experimentando en cada una de sus espeluznantes pruebas. Hasta ahora no hemos reparado en el hecho de que Castaneda redacta de manera impecable (y al mismo tiempo, el traductor logra que sus palabras queden fielmente registradas y f谩cilmente legibles en la edici贸n castellana). Los lectores parecen dejarse llevar solamente por los conceptos y por el natural debate que suscitan, pero esto hace que pasen por alto el talento literario y la desbordante imaginaci贸n que nuestro escritor despliega a manos llenas.
El titulo 鈥淩elatos de poder鈥� no significa que este libro este estructurado en forma de relatos independientes, sino que contin煤a con la din谩mica novel铆stica de los tres vol煤menes anteriores. Al final el autor propone otro concepto metaf铆sico bien conocido: "el salto al vac铆o". Y con ello logra consolidar un gran desenlace; el perfecto colof贸n para una saga de intensidad creciente, en el que cada volumen parece superar al anterior.
La literatura de Carlos Castaneda nos hace voltear a una forma de sabidur铆a que ha dejado de ser considerada por la intelectualidad del mundo occidental; una filosof铆a que queda relegada a un c铆rculo muy reducido de m铆sticos y antrop贸logos. Y por desgracia, completamente ignorada por los estudiosos de la literatura. Al igual que cualquier persona que clama poseer un conocimiento esot茅rico, Castaneda corri贸 el riesgo de ser tomado por un embustero. Sus libros son dignos, o bien de un iluminado, o bien de un merolico, seg煤n la vara con que se midan. Cada lector posee su grado de sensibilidad y la decisi贸n final es suya. Lo que est谩 claro es que todos debemos leerle alguna vez en la vida.
Y si alguien deseara saber mi opini贸n sobre cu谩l es el mejor de los cuatro vol煤menes, creo que me inclinara por 鈥淩elatos de poder鈥�.
November 10, 2020
I read Castaneda's first three books--'The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge', '68; 'A Separate Reality: Further Conversations with Don Juan', '71; 'Journey to Ixtlan: The Lessons of Don Juan', '72--while on summer break from Grinnell College, one after another. Of the three, I most like 'The Teachings of Don Juan', his reworked doctoral dissertation.
In the years following I obtained a copy of 'Tales of Power' ('74), fourth book in the series. I also read an article in the 'NY Times' suggesting that all four books were hoaxes and that Castaneda's doctorate had been revoked upon discovery of the fraud. This was a great disappointment, like the day 'The Chronicle of Higher Education' revealed Martin Luther King's plagiarism in his dissertation.
Still, just as King's youthful academic dishonesty does not detract from his later political work, so Castaneda's does not detract from a certain authenticity to his work, however fictional. Having not followed the controversy since that initial 'Times' article I have no opinion about Don Juan or what Castaneda's actual fieldwork, if any, was based upon. I do, however, recognize that he at least had some substantial experience with altered states of consciousness, experiences one would assume were drug-induced. The popularity of his initial trilogy during the sixties was likely based to some considerable extent on the fact that many recognized in his experiences and insights some of their own.
In any case, having the fourth book anyway and recognizing this "certain authenticity", I proceeded to read it. Alas! It didn't work. I knew, perhaps, too much to be enchanted again. Besides, it was redundant...
In the years following I obtained a copy of 'Tales of Power' ('74), fourth book in the series. I also read an article in the 'NY Times' suggesting that all four books were hoaxes and that Castaneda's doctorate had been revoked upon discovery of the fraud. This was a great disappointment, like the day 'The Chronicle of Higher Education' revealed Martin Luther King's plagiarism in his dissertation.
Still, just as King's youthful academic dishonesty does not detract from his later political work, so Castaneda's does not detract from a certain authenticity to his work, however fictional. Having not followed the controversy since that initial 'Times' article I have no opinion about Don Juan or what Castaneda's actual fieldwork, if any, was based upon. I do, however, recognize that he at least had some substantial experience with altered states of consciousness, experiences one would assume were drug-induced. The popularity of his initial trilogy during the sixties was likely based to some considerable extent on the fact that many recognized in his experiences and insights some of their own.
In any case, having the fourth book anyway and recognizing this "certain authenticity", I proceeded to read it. Alas! It didn't work. I knew, perhaps, too much to be enchanted again. Besides, it was redundant...
April 11, 2017
I was reading Castaneda books at the age of 15 and i can't put into words how much they impacted me. I was always searching for answers about god and Castaneda series of books explained and delivered it all. But you need to read all of them to understand the whole picture. Many of the Don Juan teachings corelate with modern day quantum physics theories, energy vibrations and law of attraction. I found it fascinating, you can connect them also to many spiritual belifs around the world they are just put into different words.
5/5
5/5
April 2, 2021
Castaneda is either a genius, a madman or a fraud. I really enjoy all of the speculation about the insights that he provided in this series, I think it is all appropriate for his work to understand it in multiple lights at the same time, encompassing both the tonal and the nagual fully.
Though this was not my favorite of Castaneda's works (I far preferred the Teachings of Don Juan and A Separate Reality; thorough reads of which will undoubtedly aid in the digestion of this particular work), the way that the book ends is worth the journey. After many random and mundane encounters and adages, no doubt to help build the readers considerations of the tonal, and by intrinsic contrast, the nagual, we finally are faced with the true spirit of don Juan, don Garano, Castaneda, Pablo and Nestor. The final strings are woven together to put the capstone on the incredible, fantastic and painfully mind-bending adventure that Castaneda has provided for us in this book. We learn about all the secrets behind the mysteries that his readers are forced to experience second hand through Carlos's journals. Whether entirely fabricated and fictitious or a literal transcription of the journal that he is always said to be writing in, there is a mystic and informative kind of knowledge inscribed in these works which tries to take us into ourselves and beyond (at the same time-the totality of self).
We become warriors, men of knowledge and sight, we experience the luminous emersion of the totality of ourselves along side Carlos in his journeys that are undertaken under the sage-like guidance of his teacher and benefactor. Like the nagual itself, they simply must be experienced through the as-if-ness of this text. Likely not everyone will understand the true philosophical, and perchance anthropological, depth which is on display in these works. Hidden between the oddities and either overladen or lacking descriptions which are encoded here hide the sinisterly powerful message behind Castaneda's idea of Will and Power (which can just as well be a modality of ancient Northern American Indian traditions of shamanism, or a thoughtful recapitulation of motifs explored by modern and contemporary philosophy and developmental metaphysics).
I highly recommend this for anyone interested in the forgotten cultures of the North Mexican desert, mysticism, shamanism, contemporary metaphysics, or simply anyone too paralyzed with fear to venture far from their hometowns to experience what unknown treasures exist outside the island of the tonal for themselves. If you are curious what I am on about here, start in the beginning and read from the Teachings of Don Juan up through Tales of Power and you will have your best shot at beginning to formulate your own understanding from within the bubble while the spirits of the past begin to break through to you from the outside in.
Though this was not my favorite of Castaneda's works (I far preferred the Teachings of Don Juan and A Separate Reality; thorough reads of which will undoubtedly aid in the digestion of this particular work), the way that the book ends is worth the journey. After many random and mundane encounters and adages, no doubt to help build the readers considerations of the tonal, and by intrinsic contrast, the nagual, we finally are faced with the true spirit of don Juan, don Garano, Castaneda, Pablo and Nestor. The final strings are woven together to put the capstone on the incredible, fantastic and painfully mind-bending adventure that Castaneda has provided for us in this book. We learn about all the secrets behind the mysteries that his readers are forced to experience second hand through Carlos's journals. Whether entirely fabricated and fictitious or a literal transcription of the journal that he is always said to be writing in, there is a mystic and informative kind of knowledge inscribed in these works which tries to take us into ourselves and beyond (at the same time-the totality of self).
We become warriors, men of knowledge and sight, we experience the luminous emersion of the totality of ourselves along side Carlos in his journeys that are undertaken under the sage-like guidance of his teacher and benefactor. Like the nagual itself, they simply must be experienced through the as-if-ness of this text. Likely not everyone will understand the true philosophical, and perchance anthropological, depth which is on display in these works. Hidden between the oddities and either overladen or lacking descriptions which are encoded here hide the sinisterly powerful message behind Castaneda's idea of Will and Power (which can just as well be a modality of ancient Northern American Indian traditions of shamanism, or a thoughtful recapitulation of motifs explored by modern and contemporary philosophy and developmental metaphysics).
I highly recommend this for anyone interested in the forgotten cultures of the North Mexican desert, mysticism, shamanism, contemporary metaphysics, or simply anyone too paralyzed with fear to venture far from their hometowns to experience what unknown treasures exist outside the island of the tonal for themselves. If you are curious what I am on about here, start in the beginning and read from the Teachings of Don Juan up through Tales of Power and you will have your best shot at beginning to formulate your own understanding from within the bubble while the spirits of the past begin to break through to you from the outside in.
May 27, 2012
I finished the first four books in the series now. This is by far the best so far. The second book '"A Seprate Reality" had some incredible imagery in it. The third one "Journey To Ixtlan" had some of the best writing up to that point. This combines both of those qualities wonderfully. This one has the best plot, a fantastic section where Don Juan sits Carlito down and explains the unity of his teachings for over twenty pages. He does this becuase his aprentice is now ready for that. He even encourages him to ask any questions he wants and write everything down (something Don Juan previously mocked him for as trying to explain alternate realities when some things can't be explained using conventional wisdom). Also the ending is such a great climax to the book. This is truly one that you just don't want to end, it's that good. On to "Second Ring Of Power" now.
March 9, 2013
A philosophy book under the guise of the story about a man learning sorcery. I enjoyed it. I didn't feel like I'd missed anything having not read the previous books. In fact, I didn't know there were others until I started reading this one. Still, the ideas were clear, and it was a pleasant enough read. I liked that it was set in the Mexican desert. I don't know why, but a desert seems to me the most appropriate setting for a magical story set in the 20th century.
January 15, 2021
Mi reputo un razionalista e un materialista storico, questo libro mi descriverebbe come intrappolato nella bolla del tonal, non penso che al mondo ci sia posto per fenomeni che non possano essere spiegati con le leggi della fisica, eppure 猫 stato impossibile, per me, non farmi affascinare da Carlos Castaneda e dal suo maestro stregone Don Juan. L'isola del Tonal 猫 stato il mio primo incontro con l'antropologo sudamericano e sebbene non mi sia mai spinto, come alcuni fanatici new age, a considerare come precetti di vita, gli insegnamenti che Don Juan elargisce a Carlos, ad ogni pagina dovevo convincermi che ci貌 che leggevo probabilmente era solo fiction. Merito della scrittura di Castaneda, incisiva e profonda, capace di descrivere fenomeni straordinari cos矛 come di penetrare l'animo umano portandone alla luce le inquietudini. Un libro che consiglierei a tutti, anche solo come romanzo, lontano anni luce dalla spazzatura misticheggiante che 猫 sorta attorno alla figura dell'autore
April 6, 2024
Tales of Power is the fourth installment of Castaneda's interactions with don Juan and don Genaro. Like his other works, tough to rate. As a work of fiction it rates one star. There is no plot, no real story line and the characterizations are minimal. As a philosophical system it rates a little better. Castaneda describes a number of different mystical philosophies under the guise of the dialectic between him and don Juan, but he does not describe any of the actual practices that might be effective in leading to a real understanding of what he is trying to convey, other than it is a long road to follow. That is the main reason this series can be so disappointing in the end. The ideas are worthwhile and intriguing, but as a practice they are always shrouded in incompleteness. That being said, the last forty or so pages of this installment are a fairly comprehensive outline of the sorcerer's explanation. It is all about how we build our reality with our concepts, how we shape our perceptions and knowing that, changing them.
September 25, 2018
袣薪懈谐邪褌邪 芯锌褉械写械谢械薪芯 芯褌胁邪褉褟 屑薪芯谐芯 褌械屑懈 蟹邪 褉邪蟹屑懈褋褗谢. 袦芯卸械 写邪 褋械 泻邪卸械, 褔械 薪械 械 褟 褔械褌邪 胁 锌芯写褏芯写褟褖懈褟 屑芯屑械薪褌 芯褌 斜懈褌懈械褌芯 褋懈. 袨褑械薪褟胁邪屑 褟 泻邪褌芯 懈写械褟, 薪芯 褔芯胁械泻 褌褉褟斜胁邪 写邪 械 薪邪褋褌褉芯械薪 锌芯 褋锌懈褉懈褌褍邪谢薪芯, 蟹邪 写邪 泄 写邪写械 锌芯-胁懈褋芯泻邪 褋褌芯泄薪芯褋褌. 袙褋械 锌邪泻 斜懈褏 锌褉芯褔械谢邪 芯褖械 薪械褖芯 芯褌 袣邪褋褌邪薪械写邪.
November 21, 2023
definitely was finally convinced that I had traversed the rift in which casta帽eda started making up things for shock value until I got to the end that perfectly encapsulated the mystical metaphysics of beeeeiiiing鈥攊f it鈥檚 true it鈥檚 awesome and i鈥檓 almost confused as to why casta帽eda is sharing (passing the torch?) and if it鈥檚 fake it鈥檚 an interesting philosophical exercise
January 23, 2020
袛芯斜褉械 锌懈褕械
February 19, 2023
Carlos learns to split his nagual and tonal and use the light lines eminating from his belly. to jump off a cliff. Nicely written. Very believable. On to book 5.
April 24, 2023
賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 丿乇 丨丕賱 爻賮乇 亘丕 爻乇禺倬賵爻鬲蹖 亘賴 賳丕賲 丿賵賳 禺賵丕賳 丌卮賳丕 賲蹖卮賵丿 賵 鬲賵爻胤 丕賵 亘丕 丿賳蹖丕蹖 爻丕丨乇丕賳 丕卮賳丕 賲蹖卮賵丿 賵 乇丕賴 賵 乇爻賲 蹖讴 爻丕賱讴 乇丕 賲蹖 丕賲賵夭丿
March 19, 2013
The fourth book in Castaneda's tales of Don Juan is a brilliant blend of philosophy and story, somewhat inspired by Native American mysticism but made timeless through expertly woven undertones of eastern philosophy. It is both a weird and inspiring modern myth that pits some of man's most challenging psychological life lessons against the backdrop of a fanciful world of sorcery.
Unlike his first three books, the plot here evolves through a connected sequence and in a way such that odd concepts foreshadowed early on are revisited and fully developed in the latter half of the book. Concepts that mirror the eastern ideas of Qi, Dantien, Linga Sharira, Wu Wei and Bhumi-sparsha are all introduced early on and developed in incremental layers until they are fully incorporated into the main character towards the end of the book. Castaneda's struggle to battle his own immaturity, mental laziness, indulgences and fears, is heartwarming, humorous and deeply encouraging. The evolution of his protagonist is just as incredible to reflect on through the course of these books as his writing ability style and story structuring.
In years following the publication of these stories, the American culture may have taken a disapproving view of Castaneda's storytelling (calling them hoaxes with numerous inaccuracies concerning the traditions of the Yacqui and Mazatec Indians) but that probably just speaks to their near complete inability to understand and have practical purpose for mythology. In contrast, Taoism and Buddhism are packed with myths yet their practitioners as a whole don't seem compelled to view myth as literal recounting of events, and they don't throw out the baby with the bath water if those stories are indeed just myths. The late expert on mythology Joseph Campbell was deeply concerned with the flaw in his American culture's thinking that "myth" simply means falsehood; there is a functional power in myth & story and reminding his university students and readers of this was one of his aims. Yet to those who must believe in miracles and refuse to vacate the special place in their heart reserved for UFOs, ghosts, and men who die on crosses and come back to life, the labeling of "myth" is an action that lets the air out of their balloons.
So though the debate still continues as to whether the stories of Don Juan happened as described or whether they were merely stories, perhaps at least one can recognize the wonderful myth present in them and allow it to have an effect. When encountering weird and wonderful stories one doesn't have to place the mind in the kind of choke hold that says it has to "believe" them (ie, thinking that they actually took place) to get something out of them. Modern man is not so great that he has "outgrown" the use for mythology or worse, to de-classify as myth the stories of disembodied spirits, aliens or a man who walks on water, but have no use or place for stories of gods who hurl thunderbolts or Yacqui sorcerers who leap safely from cliffs.
Unlike his first three books, the plot here evolves through a connected sequence and in a way such that odd concepts foreshadowed early on are revisited and fully developed in the latter half of the book. Concepts that mirror the eastern ideas of Qi, Dantien, Linga Sharira, Wu Wei and Bhumi-sparsha are all introduced early on and developed in incremental layers until they are fully incorporated into the main character towards the end of the book. Castaneda's struggle to battle his own immaturity, mental laziness, indulgences and fears, is heartwarming, humorous and deeply encouraging. The evolution of his protagonist is just as incredible to reflect on through the course of these books as his writing ability style and story structuring.
In years following the publication of these stories, the American culture may have taken a disapproving view of Castaneda's storytelling (calling them hoaxes with numerous inaccuracies concerning the traditions of the Yacqui and Mazatec Indians) but that probably just speaks to their near complete inability to understand and have practical purpose for mythology. In contrast, Taoism and Buddhism are packed with myths yet their practitioners as a whole don't seem compelled to view myth as literal recounting of events, and they don't throw out the baby with the bath water if those stories are indeed just myths. The late expert on mythology Joseph Campbell was deeply concerned with the flaw in his American culture's thinking that "myth" simply means falsehood; there is a functional power in myth & story and reminding his university students and readers of this was one of his aims. Yet to those who must believe in miracles and refuse to vacate the special place in their heart reserved for UFOs, ghosts, and men who die on crosses and come back to life, the labeling of "myth" is an action that lets the air out of their balloons.
So though the debate still continues as to whether the stories of Don Juan happened as described or whether they were merely stories, perhaps at least one can recognize the wonderful myth present in them and allow it to have an effect. When encountering weird and wonderful stories one doesn't have to place the mind in the kind of choke hold that says it has to "believe" them (ie, thinking that they actually took place) to get something out of them. Modern man is not so great that he has "outgrown" the use for mythology or worse, to de-classify as myth the stories of disembodied spirits, aliens or a man who walks on water, but have no use or place for stories of gods who hurl thunderbolts or Yacqui sorcerers who leap safely from cliffs.
October 23, 2020
After the disappointing "Journey to Ixtlan", which was a book in limbo between two worlds (anthropology and fiction), Casteneda shows the best of his magic in this book. He completes the fictionalisation of Don Juan and Genaro (it's all "tales" now), revises (and changes) all the previous teachings, puts them all together anew and writes a number of wonderful magical and mystical scenes to illustrate his new syntaxis. We see a great magician with words at work, and as always with the best magicians, you start to wonder if it might be real magic they're performing. The role of Don Genaro becomes much clearer, and Castaneda pulls a few fascinating tricks with doubling up characters and concepts. Apart from the silly but fascinating theory of the warrior's "double", Don Genaro also becomes the full counterpart of Don Juan, Pablito becomes the full counterpart of Castaneda, the nagual becomes the full counterpart of the tonal. It's pretty skillful how Castaneda manages to jostle the concepts and makes everything binary. There are many inconsistencies in the teachings, but Castaneda pulls it off skillfully by creating a mist. The most blatant inconsistency would be that Castaneda needed 13 years of training before he was allowed to hear of the more advanced teachings learned in this book; Don Juan stresses that all the 13 years of training were meant to prepare the totality of his body/mind, rather than his mind. Otherwise, all this knowledge would be mortally dangerous. Nevertheless, the reader, who hasn't done any of the desert walks with Don Juan or witnessed any of the miracles by Don Genaro, can apparently safely digest all the teaching presented just by reading. In the book, the character Castaneda supposedly runs the risk to die of his exposure to the teachings time and time again, but for the reader there is clearly no risk at all. That would be the greatest inconsistency; if you take it literally, it means that the reader cannot learn anything from the book. Which is in itself a brilliant disclaimer on the part of the author. Castaneda is really the white falcon that can never be caught.
Anyway, I would almost be compelled to give it 5 stars because of the sense of philosophy, magic and mystic. But the repetitive slapstick, cheap frights, gratuitous insistence that everything witnessed is oh so very dangerous, the guru's rolling on the floor with laughter for no reason, this all diminishes the realness a bit. Nevertheless there's great storytelling, power of suggestion, and a spectacular reveal of the sorcerers' system, an explanation of all that went in three books before. It's a magical and mystical allegory with a lot of Buddhist teachings at the core, I would say. In the end, Castaneda leaves it all undecided, when, after the big jump off the cliff, he finds himself alone.
Anyway, I would almost be compelled to give it 5 stars because of the sense of philosophy, magic and mystic. But the repetitive slapstick, cheap frights, gratuitous insistence that everything witnessed is oh so very dangerous, the guru's rolling on the floor with laughter for no reason, this all diminishes the realness a bit. Nevertheless there's great storytelling, power of suggestion, and a spectacular reveal of the sorcerers' system, an explanation of all that went in three books before. It's a magical and mystical allegory with a lot of Buddhist teachings at the core, I would say. In the end, Castaneda leaves it all undecided, when, after the big jump off the cliff, he finds himself alone.
September 18, 2021
When I read about 1/3 of the book I had confronted feelings, not sure if I was liking it or not, and now that I鈥檓 almost done with it I still don鈥檛 know how I feel about it! I don鈥檛 even know how to describe this book鈥� but let me try it鈥︹仯
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September 8, 2016
Encontr茅 este libro muy interesante porque es toda una experiencia sensorial de la cosmogon铆a milenaria de las culturas ind铆genas Mesoam茅ricas, la comprensi贸n del Tonal y del Nagual son conceptos metaf铆sicos de dif铆cil comprensi贸n y determinan en buena parte la tem谩tica de este libro. Es sin duda una obra literaria compleja y tremendamente ilustrativa de un conocimiento ancestral con el que sent铆 gran conexi贸n y simpat铆a.
Me gustaron muchas de sus citas que resalte en mi lectura, el libro en general tiene gran sabidur铆a y me invito a una posterior reflexi贸n filos贸fica en referencia a entender cu谩l es camino del guerrero.
Me gustaron muchas de sus citas que resalte en mi lectura, el libro en general tiene gran sabidur铆a y me invito a una posterior reflexi贸n filos贸fica en referencia a entender cu谩l es camino del guerrero.
June 10, 2018
丕毓鬲賲丕丿 亘賴 賳賮爻 蹖讴 爻丕賱讴 蹖丕 蹖讴 賲亘丕乇夭 賲孬賱 丕毓鬲賲丕丿 亘賴 賳賮爻 丌丿賲鈥屬囏й� 賲毓賲賵賱蹖 賳蹖爻鬲
丌丿賲 賲毓賲賵賱蹖 丕胤賲蹖賳丕賳 乇丕 丿乇 趩卮賲 丿蹖诏乇丕賳 噩爻鬲噩賵 賲蹖讴賳丿 賵 丕爻賲卮 乇丕 賴賲 丕毓鬲賲丕丿 亘賴 賳賮爻 賲蹖诏匕丕乇丿 賵賱蹖 蹖讴 爻丕賱讴 賵 賲亘丕乇夭貙 丕毓鬲賲丕丿 亘賴 賳賮爻 乇丕 丕夭 丿蹖丿诏丕賴 禺賵丿 賲蹖亘蹖賳丿 賵 丕爻賲卮 乇丕 賮乇賵鬲賳蹖 賵 鬲賵丕囟毓 賲蹖诏匕丕乇丿
卮禺氐 賲毓賲賵賱蹖 賲鬲讴蹖 亘賴 丿蹖诏乇丕賳 丕爻鬲貙 賵賱蹖 爻丕賱讴 賵 賲亘丕乇夭 賮賯胤 賵 賮賯胤 亘賴 禺賵丿卮 賲鬲讴蹖 丕爻鬲
丌丿賲 賲毓賲賵賱蹖 丕胤賲蹖賳丕賳 乇丕 丿乇 趩卮賲 丿蹖诏乇丕賳 噩爻鬲噩賵 賲蹖讴賳丿 賵 丕爻賲卮 乇丕 賴賲 丕毓鬲賲丕丿 亘賴 賳賮爻 賲蹖诏匕丕乇丿 賵賱蹖 蹖讴 爻丕賱讴 賵 賲亘丕乇夭貙 丕毓鬲賲丕丿 亘賴 賳賮爻 乇丕 丕夭 丿蹖丿诏丕賴 禺賵丿 賲蹖亘蹖賳丿 賵 丕爻賲卮 乇丕 賮乇賵鬲賳蹖 賵 鬲賵丕囟毓 賲蹖诏匕丕乇丿
卮禺氐 賲毓賲賵賱蹖 賲鬲讴蹖 亘賴 丿蹖诏乇丕賳 丕爻鬲貙 賵賱蹖 爻丕賱讴 賵 賲亘丕乇夭 賮賯胤 賵 賮賯胤 亘賴 禺賵丿卮 賲鬲讴蹖 丕爻鬲
August 25, 2013
I read Castaneda`s books, oh about 30 years ago. They had a big impact on me back then and while I don't think of them consciously now, I KNOW they are part of the ME thats passed through all the filters- and makes up whatever constitutes the deepest part of my being.
February 13, 2010
The same like the rest of the series, wonderful.
February 22, 2018
賵 亘毓丿貙 賲賳 亘賵丿賲貙 鬲賳賴丕
July 22, 2018
Another book to read if you are on a path of Earth Spirit; and a whole lot more.
August 15, 2020
dnf p. 49. the writing style is too simplistic to keep my attn. i'm bored.
October 14, 2017
The books are about consciousness, awareness. The things happened, they didn鈥檛 happen, some happened, some didn鈥檛 happen 鈥� it doesn鈥檛 matter. As individuals we each move among many levels of awareness. What can be called real, what we think about it, what we think it is after we process it. What we dream when we are asleep, what we daydream about, the things we carry with us, saved movements in time that are as real in the present as they ever were in the past, all get bundled into what we know, what we perceive. Much of it is something we can鈥檛 explain, can tell to no one, as if it too complex, to a degree, but because, really, no one is interested in hearing about it. Castaneda allows that all of these levels exist and uses each of the separate realities in a linear fashion, coming and going among them.
They are books about a lot of things, but the uniting theme, among them, is a simple explanation of how most anyone perceives, thinks; how we form what is known as conscious thought, the inner voice. That he brought these books, and his life, into one expression, one way of saying things is the brilliant part of this art. The fact that he created the characters, and events, maybe molded them from bits and pieces, doesn鈥檛 matter. They become real are real, is the point. Each of us do this, when we imagine what we will say, should have said, would have done differently in the past, what would have happened if, when and why. I can just as easily reimagine a situation with a different outcome, and say it as such, an imagined thing, but as I am thinking it, it is as real as anything. I am imagining it as real. It is functionally no different than recalling something, something previously forgotten. Each are alternate scenarios, separate realities. We bundle these alternate version of our pasts, presents and futures together to create who we are, to become the conscious version of ourselves. They are a brilliant explanation of the common, everyday existence of anyone.
They are books about a lot of things, but the uniting theme, among them, is a simple explanation of how most anyone perceives, thinks; how we form what is known as conscious thought, the inner voice. That he brought these books, and his life, into one expression, one way of saying things is the brilliant part of this art. The fact that he created the characters, and events, maybe molded them from bits and pieces, doesn鈥檛 matter. They become real are real, is the point. Each of us do this, when we imagine what we will say, should have said, would have done differently in the past, what would have happened if, when and why. I can just as easily reimagine a situation with a different outcome, and say it as such, an imagined thing, but as I am thinking it, it is as real as anything. I am imagining it as real. It is functionally no different than recalling something, something previously forgotten. Each are alternate scenarios, separate realities. We bundle these alternate version of our pasts, presents and futures together to create who we are, to become the conscious version of ourselves. They are a brilliant explanation of the common, everyday existence of anyone.
April 4, 2020
[违蟺维蟻蠂慰蠀谓 蟿蟻委伪 蔚委未畏 魏伪魏苇蟼 蟽蠀谓萎胃蔚喂蔚蟼 蟺慰蠀 蟺伪蟻伪蠂蟻畏蟽喂渭慰蟺慰喂慰蠉渭蔚 蠈蟿伪谓 尾蟻喂蟽魏蠈渭伪蟽蟿蔚 渭蟺蟻慰蟼 蟽蔚 伪蟽蠀谓萎胃喂蟽蟿蔚蟼 魏伪蟿伪蟽蟿维蟽蔚喂蟼 蟿畏蟼 味蠅畏蟼. 螤蟻蠋蟿畏, 谓伪 蟺伪蟻伪尾位苇蟺蔚喂蟼 蠈,蟿喂 纬委谓蔚蟿伪喂 萎 苇纬喂谓蔚 魏伪喂 谓伪 谓喂蠋胃蔚喂蟼 蟽伪 谓伪 渭畏谓 苇纬喂谓蔚 蟿委蟺慰蟿蔚. 螒蠀蟿蠈蟼 蔚委谓伪喂 慰 未蟻蠈渭慰蟼 蟿慰蠀 蠁伪谓伪蟿喂魏慰蠉. 螖蔚蠉蟿蔚蟻畏, 谓伪 未蔚蠂蠈渭伪蟽蟿蔚 魏伪胃蔚蟿委 蠈蟺蠅蟼 渭伪蟼 蟺伪蟻慰蠀蟽喂维味蔚蟿伪喂 魏伪喂 谓伪 谓喂蠋胃慰蠀渭蔚 蠈蟿喂 尉苇蟻慰蠀渭蔚 蟿喂 蟽蠀渭尾伪委谓蔚喂. 螒蠀蟿蠈蟼 蔚委谓伪喂 慰 未蟻蠈渭慰蟼 蟿慰蠀 蟺喂蟽蟿慰蠉. 韦蟻委蟿畏, 谓伪 尾伪蟽伪谓喂味蠈渭伪蟽蟿蔚 伪蟺慰 '谓伪 纬蔚纬慰谓蠈蟼 蔚委蟿蔚 未蔚 渭蟺慰蟻慰蠉渭蔚 谓伪 蟿慰 蟺伪蟻伪尾位苇蠄慰蠀渭蔚 蔚委蟿蔚 纬喂伪蟿委 未蔚 渭蟺慰蟻慰蠉渭蔚 谓伪 蟿慰 未蔚蠂蟿慰蠉渭蔚 慰位蠈蠄蠀蠂伪. 螒蠀蟿蠈蟼 蔚委谓伪喂 慰 未蟻蠈渭慰蟼 蟿慰蠀 蟿蟻蔚位慰蠉. 螝喂 慰 未喂魏蠈蟼 蟽慰蠀 未蟻蠈渭慰蟼; 违蟺维蟻蠂蔚喂 苇谓伪蟼 蟿苇蟿伪蟻蟿慰蟼, 慰 蟽蠅蟽蟿蠈蟼, 慰 未蟻蠈渭慰蟼 蟿慰蠀 蟺慰位蔚渭喂蟽蟿萎. 螣 蟺慰位蔚渭喂蟽蟿萎蟼 蔚谓蔚蟻纬蔚委 蟽维 谓伪 渭畏谓 蔚委蠂蔚 蟽蠀渭尾蔚委 蟺慰蟿苇 蟿委蟺慰蟿蔚, 纬喂伪蟿委 未蔚谓 蟺喂蟽蟿蔚蠉蔚喂 蟽蔚 蟿委蟺慰蟿蔚, 魏喂 蠅蟽蟿蠈蟽慰 未苇蠂蔚蟿伪喂 魏伪胃蔚蟿委 蠈蟺蠅蟼 蟿慰蠀 蟺伪蟻慰蠀蟽喂维味蔚蟿伪喂. 螤慰蟿苇 未蔚 谓喂蠋胃蔚喂 蠈蟿喂 纬谓蠅蟻委味蔚喂, 渭萎蟿蔚 蟽维 谓伪 渭萎谓 蔚委蠂蔚 蟽蠀渭尾蔚委 蟺慰蟿苇 蟿委蟺慰蟿蔚. 螘谓蔚蟻纬蔚委 蟽维 谓伪 蔚位苇纬蠂蔚喂 蟿慰谓 蔚伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰蠀, 伪魏蠈渭畏 魏伪喂 伪谓 蟿蟻苇渭蔚喂 蟽蟿伪 蟺蠈未喂伪 蟿慰蠀. 螠' 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰谓 蟿蟻蠈蟺慰 伪谓 蔚谓蔚蟻纬蔚委蟼 蟽魏慰蟻蟺维蟼 蟿喂蟼 尾伪蟽伪谓喂蟽蟿喂魏苇蟼 蟽魏苇蠄蔚喂蟼禄.]
[螠蔚 蟿喂蟼 蟺蟻维尉蔚喂蟼 蟿慰蠀 维尉喂慰蠀 伪谓蟿委蟺伪位慰蠀, 慰 渭伪胃畏蟿蔚蠀蠈渭蔚谓慰蟼 萎 蟽蠀谓蟿蟻委尾蔚蟿伪喂 萎 伪位位维味蔚喂 蟻喂味喂魏维. ]
[螝伪蟿维 魏伪谓蠈谓伪, 蠈蟿伪谓 蟽魏苇蠁蟿蔚蟽伪喂 魏喂 蔚谓蔚蟻纬蔚委蟼 蟽伪谓 伪胃维谓伪蟿慰 蠈谓 蟺慰蠀 苇蠂蔚喂 蠈位慰 蟿慰谓 魏伪喂蟻蠈 蟽蟿畏 未喂维胃蔚蟽萎 蟿慰蠀, 未蔚谓 蔚委蟽伪喂 维蠄慰纬慰蟼. 危' 伪蠀蟿苇蟼 蟿喂蟼 蠋蟻蔚蟼 胃伪 '蟺蟻蔚蟺蔚 谓伪 魏慰喂蟿维蟼 慰位蠈纬蠀蟻伪, 魏伪喂 蟿蠈蟿蔚 胃伪 蟽蠀谓蔚喂未畏蟿慰蟺慰委慰蠉蟽蔚蟼 蠈蟿喂 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰 伪委蟽胃畏渭伪 蟿畏蟼 蠂蟻慰谓喂魏萎蟼 维谓蔚蟽畏蟼 蔚委谓伪喂 伪谓慰畏蟽委伪. 螝伪谓蔚委蟼 未蔚谓 蔚蟺喂味蔚委 蟽'伪蠀蟿萎 蟿畏 纬畏!]
["韦慰 尾位苇蟺蔚喂蟼 位慰喂蟺蠈谓, 蠂蠅蟻委蟼 蟿畏谓 蔚蟺委纬谓蠅蟽畏 蟿畏蟼 蟺伪蟻慰蠀蟽委伪蟼 蟿慰蠀 胃伪谓维蟿慰蠀 渭伪蟼 未蔚谓 蠀蟺维蟻蠂蔚喂 未蠉谓伪渭畏, 渭萎蟿蔚 渭蠀蟽蟿萎蟻喂慰" ]
[芦螒蠀蟿萎 蔚委谓伪喂 畏 蔚蠉魏慰位畏 未喂苇尉慰未慰蟼禄, 蔚委蟺蔚. "螣 未蟻蠈渭慰蟼 蟿慰蠀 蟺伪蟻伪蟽蟿蟻伪蟿萎渭伪蟿慰蟼. 螒谓蟿喂魏蟻委味蔚喂蟼 蟿慰谓 魏蠈蟽渭慰 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 伪委蟽胃畏蟽畏 蠈蟿喂 魏伪胃蔚蟿委 蔚委谓伪喂 尾伪蟻蠉 纬喂伪 蟽苇谓伪. 螖蔚 味蔚喂蟼 蟽伪谓 蟺慰位蔚渭喂蟽蟿萎蟼". ]
[螠蔚 蟿喂蟼 蟺蟻维尉蔚喂蟼 蟿慰蠀 维尉喂慰蠀 伪谓蟿委蟺伪位慰蠀, 慰 渭伪胃畏蟿蔚蠀蠈渭蔚谓慰蟼 萎 蟽蠀谓蟿蟻委尾蔚蟿伪喂 萎 伪位位维味蔚喂 蟻喂味喂魏维. ]
[螝伪蟿维 魏伪谓蠈谓伪, 蠈蟿伪谓 蟽魏苇蠁蟿蔚蟽伪喂 魏喂 蔚谓蔚蟻纬蔚委蟼 蟽伪谓 伪胃维谓伪蟿慰 蠈谓 蟺慰蠀 苇蠂蔚喂 蠈位慰 蟿慰谓 魏伪喂蟻蠈 蟽蟿畏 未喂维胃蔚蟽萎 蟿慰蠀, 未蔚谓 蔚委蟽伪喂 维蠄慰纬慰蟼. 危' 伪蠀蟿苇蟼 蟿喂蟼 蠋蟻蔚蟼 胃伪 '蟺蟻蔚蟺蔚 谓伪 魏慰喂蟿维蟼 慰位蠈纬蠀蟻伪, 魏伪喂 蟿蠈蟿蔚 胃伪 蟽蠀谓蔚喂未畏蟿慰蟺慰委慰蠉蟽蔚蟼 蠈蟿喂 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰 伪委蟽胃畏渭伪 蟿畏蟼 蠂蟻慰谓喂魏萎蟼 维谓蔚蟽畏蟼 蔚委谓伪喂 伪谓慰畏蟽委伪. 螝伪谓蔚委蟼 未蔚谓 蔚蟺喂味蔚委 蟽'伪蠀蟿萎 蟿畏 纬畏!]
["韦慰 尾位苇蟺蔚喂蟼 位慰喂蟺蠈谓, 蠂蠅蟻委蟼 蟿畏谓 蔚蟺委纬谓蠅蟽畏 蟿畏蟼 蟺伪蟻慰蠀蟽委伪蟼 蟿慰蠀 胃伪谓维蟿慰蠀 渭伪蟼 未蔚谓 蠀蟺维蟻蠂蔚喂 未蠉谓伪渭畏, 渭萎蟿蔚 渭蠀蟽蟿萎蟻喂慰" ]
[芦螒蠀蟿萎 蔚委谓伪喂 畏 蔚蠉魏慰位畏 未喂苇尉慰未慰蟼禄, 蔚委蟺蔚. "螣 未蟻蠈渭慰蟼 蟿慰蠀 蟺伪蟻伪蟽蟿蟻伪蟿萎渭伪蟿慰蟼. 螒谓蟿喂魏蟻委味蔚喂蟼 蟿慰谓 魏蠈蟽渭慰 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 伪委蟽胃畏蟽畏 蠈蟿喂 魏伪胃蔚蟿委 蔚委谓伪喂 尾伪蟻蠉 纬喂伪 蟽苇谓伪. 螖蔚 味蔚喂蟼 蟽伪谓 蟺慰位蔚渭喂蟽蟿萎蟼". ]
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