The Toltec - Shaman Warriors of Ancient Mexico

The ancient Toltec was a civilization that appearedthey 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 thatassemblage point moves more towards the domain of
were controlled by the Maya. They started tothe will. Their dreaming practices became an important
dominate Mexico around the year 950 CE. They werefactor in achieving their ultimate goal, to reach the
masters in architecture and one of the first to use goldtotality of one Self. As their dreaming practices
and copper in their works. Although they were at warevolved they could move their assemblage point by
most of the time they also were exceptional spiritualintending it downwards to the domain of the will, not to
based people. Throughout southern of Mexico there isconfuse with the will of reason.
still believed that the Toltec were "true men andIt 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 consistedwithout losing their individual awareness. They intended
of three masteries: Awareness, Transformation andthemselves away, back to the source of what we
Intent. They discovered that our perception of realityreally are.
was merely a description, a description that could beTheir knowledge and practices are still being used
altered. The Toltec believed that science and spiritualitytoday and are available to anyone who is interested.
were one and the same that was ultimatelyPerhaps the most famous person who brought this
connected to only one force, energy. They becameknowledge in to light again is Carlos Castaneda who
obsessed with this knowledge and started to developwas an American anthropologist. He has written a
techniques as well as using hallucinogens to changecollection 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 athe apprentice of an old Yaqui Indian named Don Juan
specific point in our luminous sphere (energy body), anMatus, a shaman warrior. Castaneda wrote in depth
arm length behind us at shoulder level. Scientific proofabout 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 domainstates of awareness.
of reason. When in states of heightened awareness