| The ancient Toltec was a civilization that appeared | | | | they saw that when somebody dreams, their |
| around 850 CE. The Toltec were war-like people, | | | | assemblage point also shifts. In dreaming states the |
| expanded very quickly and conquered large areas that | | | | assemblage point moves more towards the domain of |
| were controlled by the Maya. They started to | | | | the will. Their dreaming practices became an important |
| dominate Mexico around the year 950 CE. They were | | | | factor in achieving their ultimate goal, to reach the |
| masters in architecture and one of the first to use gold | | | | totality of one Self. As their dreaming practices |
| and copper in their works. Although they were at war | | | | evolved they could move their assemblage point by |
| most of the time they also were exceptional spiritual | | | | intending it downwards to the domain of the will, not to |
| based people. Throughout southern of Mexico there is | | | | confuse with the will of reason. |
| still believed that the Toltec were "true men and | | | | It is believed that the Toltec, at the end of their age, |
| women of knowledge". | | | | transmuted to return back to their purest form, energy, |
| The basics of the Toltec spiritual knowledge consisted | | | | without losing their individual awareness. They intended |
| of three masteries: Awareness, Transformation and | | | | themselves away, back to the source of what we |
| Intent. They discovered that our perception of reality | | | | really are. |
| was merely a description, a description that could be | | | | Their knowledge and practices are still being used |
| altered. The Toltec believed that science and spirituality | | | | today and are available to anyone who is interested. |
| were one and the same that was ultimately | | | | Perhaps the most famous person who brought this |
| connected to only one force, energy. They became | | | | knowledge in to light again is Carlos Castaneda who |
| obsessed with this knowledge and started to develop | | | | was an American anthropologist. He has written a |
| techniques as well as using hallucinogens to change | | | | collection of books about this knowledge and takes us |
| their perception. They became experts in "seeing" | | | | on a journey to the realms of the unknown. He was |
| energy and saw that our perception is assembled at a | | | | the apprentice of an old Yaqui Indian named Don Juan |
| specific point in our luminous sphere (energy body), an | | | | Matus, a shaman warrior. Castaneda wrote in depth |
| arm length behind us at shoulder level. Scientific proof | | | | about his journey in a way of a diary and leaves us |
| of that was recently discovered. The Toltec "saw" | | | | with practical techniques on how to achieve such |
| that our current perception is assembled in the domain | | | | states of awareness. |
| of reason. When in states of heightened awareness | | | | |