- The Art of Dreaming
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name = The Art of Dreaming
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image_caption = Cover of HarperPerennial edition(paperback)
author =Carlos Castaneda
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country =United States
language = English
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genre =Memoir
publisher =HarperCollins
pub_date =1994
media_type = Print (Hardcover &Paperback )
pages = 260
isbn = 0-06-092554-X
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preceded_by = The Power of Silence
followed_by = Magical PassesThe Art of Dreaming is an allegedly non-fictional book written by author/anthropologist
Carlos Castaneda and published in 1993. [Castaneda, Carlos. "The Art of Dreaming." New York: HarperCollins, 1993.] The book reportedly describes the events that took place during an apprenticeship he claimed to have served with a self-proclaimed Yaqui Indian Sorcerer,don Juan Matus , between 1960 and 1973. The authenticity of "The Art of Dreaming", as with the rest of his books, has been a topic of debate since they were originally published.ummary
The Art of Dreaming is said to describe the steps needed to master control and consciousness of dreams. The
Toltec s of Don Juan Matus' lineage believed that there are seven barriers to awareness, which they termed theThe Seven Gates of Dreaming . In "The Art of Dreaming" Castaneda describes extensively how a state called "Total Awareness" can be achieved by means of dreaming.According to Castaneda there are 7
Gates of Dreaming , or obstacles toawareness , which when overcome yield total awareness. Four of the Gates of Dreaming are discussed in "The Art of Dreaming". What follows is not so much a technique in achieving lucidity, but rather the practical application oflucid dreaming . By acting a certain way while dreaming, one can causepsychosomatic changes in one's being, including an alternate way ofdying .What follows is a point-form summary of the
philosophy surrounding Toltec dreaming as a way of "Sorcery that is a return toParadise ".* 1st Gate (stabilization of the
dreaming body ): Arrived at when one perceives one's hands in a dream. Solved when one is able to shift the focus from the hands to another dream object and return it to the hands, all repeated a few times. Crossed when one is able to induce a state of darkness and a feeling of increased weight.* 2nd Gate (utilizing the dreaming body): Arrived at when one's dream objects start changing into something else. Solved when one is able to isolate a Scout and follow it to the realm of Inorganic Beings. Crossed when one is able to fall asleep without losing consciousness.
* 3rd Gate (traveling): Arrived at when one dreams of looking at oneself. Solved when the dreaming and physical bodies become one. Crossed when one is able to control the
Dreaming Emissary .* 4th Gate of Dreaming (Seeing): Arrived at when one is able to perceive the energetic essence of every dream item. Solved when one falls asleep in a dream, in the same position in which one has gone to sleep. Crossed when one wakes up in this reality, only not in the physical but in the energy body.
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Carlos Castaneda
* Castaneda Bibliography
*Dream argument
*Lucid dreaming References
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