5. SORCERER'S BLOW
 
WHAT IS HEIGHTENED AWARENESS'S PURPOSE FOR SORCERER'S?
 
HEIGHTENED AWARENESS PUTS US IN THE POSITION TO ENTER THE NAGUAL EASILY
HA is like a springboard. From it one could jump into infinity. POS,84...the portal of intent. POS,96.
 
HOW DOES A SORCERER GO INTO HEIGHTENED AWARENESS?
 
From a dent in the luminous egg
 
WHAT KINDS OF DENTS ARE THERE?
 
THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF DENTS: A CONCAVITY DENT AND A CREVICE DENT
There are only two types of dents. One is a concavity and the other is a crevice; each has a distinct effect. FFW, 129,130
 
THE CONCAVITY DENT IS TEMPORARY AND PRODUCES A TEMPORARY SHIFT
The concavity is a temporary feature and produces a temporary shift FFW, 129,130
 
THE CREVICE DENT IS PERMANENT AND PRODUCES A PERMANENT SHIFT
but the crevice is a profound and permanent feature of the cocoon and produces a permanent shift. FFW, 129,130
 
A PERMANENT DENT IS A HELP BUT ALSO A HINDERANCE BECAUSE IT MAKES YOU VULNERABLE AND MOODY
... a permanent dent in the luminous body is a great help but also a hinderance. It made all of them vulnerable and moody. EG,254.
 
WHAT DETERMINES THE KIND OF DENT?
 
THE DENT DEPENDS ON HOW PLIABLE THE COCOON IS: SOME COCOONS AREN'T AFFECTED WHILE SOME HAVE A CREVICE RUNNING ALONG ITS ENTIRE LENGTH
Usually a luminous cocoon hardened by self-reflection is not affected at all by the naugal's blow. Sometimes, the cocoon of man is very pliable and the smallest force creates a bowl-like dent ranging in size from a small depression to one that is a third the size of the total cocoon; or it creates a crevice that may run across the width of the egglike shell, or along its length, making the cocoon look as if it has curled in on itself. FFW, 129,130
 
HOW LONG DO THE COCOONS STAY DENTED?
 
IT RANGES FROM AN INSTANT TO A FEW HOURS OR DAYS TO A PERMANENT DENT.
Some luminous shells, after being dented, go back to their original shape instantly. Others remain dented for hours or even days at a time, but they revert back by themselves. Still others get a firm, impervious dent that requires another blow from the naugal on a bordering area to restore the original shape of the luminous cocoon. And a few never lose their indentation once they get it. No matter how many blows they get from a naugal they never revert back to their egglike shapes. FFW, 129,130
 
HOW DOES THE DENT CHANGE OUR PERCEPTION?
 
THE DENT DISPLACES THE GLOW OF AWARENESS AND MAKES IT FALL ON EMANATIONS THAT ARE USUALLY NEVER USED.
the dent acts on the first attention by displacing the glow of awareness. the dent presses the emanations inside the luminous shell and the first attention shifts its emphasis under the force of that pressure. The dent, by displacing the Eagle's emanations inside the cocoon, makes the glow of awareness fall on other emanations from areas that are ordinarily inaccessible to the first attention. FFW, 129,130.. When a naugal presses on that point of intense luminosity, the point moves into the disk of chedder cheese. HA comes about when the intense glow of the AP lights up dormant emanations way inside the disk of chedder cheese.FFW,140.
 
USUALLY THE DENT CREATES JUST A TEMPORARY HEIGHTENED ATTENTION BECAUSE THE EMPHASIZED EMANATIONS ARE SO CLOSE TO THE HABITUAL ONES
The glow of awareness created by the dent should rightfully be called temporary heightened attention, because it emphasizes emanations that are so proximal to the habitual ones that the change is minimal, yet the shift produces a greater capacity to understand and to concentrate and above all, a greater capacity to forget. FFW,130
 
THE DENT ALSO GIVES THE PERSON MORE CONTROL OVER THEIR PERCEPTION SINCE SOME EMANATIONS ARE NOW CLOSER TO THE PHYSICAL BODY.
a dent meant bringing a distant point in my luminous shell closer to my physical body, therefore closer to control.... (that dent if permanent will give someone) the permanent ability to focus their second attention.. EG,254...
 
WHAT IS THE MECHANISM FOR CREATING THE DENT?
 
THE DENT IS CREATED BY ONE BUBBLE OF ENERGY (NAGUAL) THAT MAKES A DENT IN ANOTHER BUBBLE OF ENERGY
In some inexplicable way, it is a matter of a glow that creates a dent in another glow... we are a bubble of energy. It isn't farfetched, then, that a bubble of energy would make a dent in another bubble of energy. FFW,130
 
FROM THE MOVEMENT OF THE AP
....The new seers say that the more resilent human beings are those whose internal dialogue is more fluid and varied. FFW,173,174. The position of the warrior's AP is infinitely stronger, because as soon as the AP begins to move in the cocoon, it creates a dimple in the luminosity, a dimple that houses the AP from then on. FFW,174.
 
IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET INTO HEIGHTENED AWARENESS BUT SOMETIMES HUMANS DO BY ACCIDENT VIA STRESS ETC.
...there is no survival value in HA, otherwise the whole human race would be there... They are safe from that, though, because it's so hard to get into. there is always the remote possibility that an average man might enter into such a state. If he does, he ordinarily suceeds in confusing himself, sometimes irreperably. POS,95
our natural tendency under unusual conditions of stress is to shift from the HA state to our normal one and visa versa. EG,235
 
SORCERER'S MANEUVER/THE NAGUAL'S BLOW
 
THE NAGUAL'S BLOW DISPLACES THE ASSEMBLAGE POINT
Don Juan helped me to experience inexplicable things in the second attention by means of what he called the sorcerer's maneuver: naugal's blow (FFW,128) TAOD,17 He explained that with his blows he displaced my assemblage point. TAOD,17
 
FOR THIS TO WORK, IT MUST BE DONE BY A NAGUAL
The procedure of shoving a warrior into another state of consciousness is utilizable only if both participants especially the one who shoves, are impeccable and imbued with personal power. EG,274. the naugal's blow has to be delivered on a precise spot, on the AP, which varies minutely from person to person. Also, the blow has to be delivered by a naugal who sees. It is equally useless to have the strength of a naugal and not see, as it is to see and not have the strength of a naugal. FFW, 128
 
A NAGUAL HAS THE STRENGTH TO PUSH A PERSON'S ASSEMBLAGE POINT
..the old seers realized that a naugal man or a naugal women, by the fact that they have extra strength, can push the emphasis away from the usual emanations and make it shift to neighboring ones. That push is known as the naugal's blow. With that blow they made their apprentices enter into a state of heightened, keenest, most impressionable awareness... FFW, 128
 
THE ASSEMBLAGE POINT END'S UP SOMEWHERE ALONG MAN'S BAND AFTER THE NAGUAL'S BLOW
When the naugal pushes that point.. the point ends up any which way along man's band, but it absolutely doesn't matter where, because wherever it ends up is always virgin ground. FFW,141
 
WHERE DOES THE NAGUAL HIT YOU?
 
THE NAGUAL HITS YOU BY TAPPING OR FORCEFULLY HITTING YOUR BACK AT THE HEIGHT OF THE SHOULDER BLADES WHICH CREATES A DENT IN THE COCOON KNOCKING ALL THE AIR OUT OF YOUR LUNGS
tapping my back gently or forcefully striking it at the height of my shoulder blades. TAOD,17 ...The naugal identifies that spot by its intense luminosity and pushes it, rather than striking it. The force of the push creates a dent in the cocoon and it is felt like a blow to the right shoulder blade, a blow that knocks all the air out of the lungs. FFW,128,EG,164
 
A HIT ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER BLADE ALTHOUGH THE BODY WAS NEVER TOUCHED
..a smack on the right shoulder blade- although the body was never touched-.. POS,14
 
THE BLOW WAS HIGH BETWEEN THE SHOULDER BLADES
...I always felt the blow on my spine, high between my shoulder blades. EG, 164
 
STRIKING THE BACK WAS A TRICK TO CAPTURE YOUR ATTENTION RATHER THAN A MANEUVER TO MANIPULATE YOUR PERCEPTION/ THE SPIRIT MOVES THE ASSEMBLAGE POINT, NOT THE NAGUAL
he replied that striking my back was more a trick to trap my attention and remove doubts from my mind than a bona fida maneuver to manipulate my perception. POS,129 .. the blow between the shoulder blades that I have delivered is only a pacifier. It serves the purpose of removing your doubts.. it doesn't do anything except give confidence to the apprentice who is being manipulated.. the spirit moves the AP (not the naugal) POS,168
 
HOW DOES HEIGHTENED AWARENESS AFFECT SOMEONE IN THE EVERYDAY WORLD?
 
HUMAN BEINGS COULD WORK AS IF THEY WERE IN THE WORLD OF EVERYDAY IN HEIGHTENED AWARENESS
..only the emanations surrounding those we use daily suddenly became bright after the naugal's blow. The more distant ones remain unmoved, which meant to them that while being in a state of HA, human beings could work as if they were in the world of everyday life. FFW,131
 
6. STORING POWER
 
HOW DO WE STORE POWER?
 
THE FIRST DELIBERATE STEP TO STORING PERSONAL POWER WAS TO ALLOW THE BODY TO "NOT-DO"
the first deliberate step to storing personal power was to allow the body to "not-do" JTI,181.
 
HUNTING POWER IS A PECULIAR EVENT..IT FIRST HAS TO BE AN IDEA, THEN IT HAS TO BE SET UP, STEP BY STEP, AND THEN BINGO! IT HAPPENS.
Hunting power is a peculiar event..it first has to be an idea, then it has to be set up, step by step, and then bingo! It happens. JTI,158.
 
THERE IS NO PLAN TO GETTING POWER, BUT A WARRIOR MUST ALWAYS BE READY
There's no plan when it comes to hunting power. Hunting power or hunting game is the same. A hunter hunts whatever presents itself to him. Thus he must always be in a state of readiness. JTI,122... Hunting power is a very strange affair, ..there is no way to plan it ahead of time. That's what's exciting about it. A warrior proceeds as if he had a plan though, because he trusts his personal power. He knows for a fact that it will make him act in the most appropriate fashion. JTI,159.
 
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE DELIBERATE ABOUT STORING POWER, BECAUSE POWER ALWAYS FINDS A WAY
Little by little you are plugging up all your points of drainage. You don't have to be deliberate about it, because power always finds a way. Just like you, I thought I wasn't doing anything in particular, but that was not so. JTI,177
 
IT MADE NO DIFFERENCE WHETHER POWER DESCENDS ON US IN A STATE OF WAKEFULNESS OR IN DREAMS; IT IS EQUALLY VALID IN BOTH CASES,
Clara emphasized that in the final analysis, it made no difference whether power descends on us in a state of wakefulness or in dreams; it is equally valid in both cases, the latter being, however, more elusive and potent. TSC,103.
 
WHAT REALLY COUNTS IS BEING AWARE, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER ONE IS AWAKE OR ASLEEP... WHAT COUNTS IS BEING AWARE.
What we experience in wakefullness, in terms of power, should be put into practice in dreams... and whatever power we experience in dreams should be used while we are awake. What really counts is being aware, regardless of whether one is awake or asleep... what counts is being aware. TSC,103.
 
TO MAKE A DECISION WAIT UNTIL AN INNER VOICE IS TELLING YOU SO IN THIS WAY YOU WILL GAIN PERSONAL POWER
The suggestion that I want to make at this point is that from now on you should let yourself perceive whether the description is upheld by your reason or your will. I feel that is the only way for you to use your daily world as a challenge and a vehicle to accumulate enough personal power in order to get to the totality of yourself. ..wait until you feel..that an inner voice is telling you so. TOP,98. Seers believe that if we let that happen (our emanations change by the emanations outside) we become what we really are-fluid, forever in motion, eternal. FFW,74..
 
IT INVOLVED MAKING ONE'S PRESENCE OBVIOUS BY A CONTAINED DISPLAY OF LOUD TALK OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF NOISY ACTIVITY, AND THEN IT WAS MANDATORY TO OBSERVE A PROLONGED AND TOTAL SILENCE.
it involved making one's presence obvious by a contained display of loud talk or any other type of noisy activity, and then it was mandatory to observe a prolonged and total silence. JTI,104.
 
HOW DO WE KNOW POWER IS BEING STORED?
 
POWER HAS THE PECULARITY OF BEING UNNOTICEABLE WHEN IT IS BEING STORED.
Power has the pecularity of being unnoticeable when it is being stored. JTI,178.
 
ONE STORES POWER IS AGAIN ANOTHER FEELING. IT DEPENDS ON WHAT KIND OF PERSON THE WARRIOR IS.
one stores power is again another feeling. it depends on what kind of person the warrior is. My benefactor was a man of violent nature. He stored power through that feeling. Everything he did was strong and direct. he left me a memory of something crushing through things. and everything that happened to him took place in that manner. There is no way to explain it.. you have to do it yourself...JTI,122.
 
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO STORE POWER?
 
IT TAKES A LIFETIME STRUGGLE TO BE BY ONESELF IN THE WORLD OF POWER
it takes a lifelong struggle to be by oneself in the world of power. JTI,137.
 
IT'S POSSIBLE, HOWEVER, TO STORE IT, LITTLE BY LITTLE, UNTIL ONE HAS ENOUGH TO SUSTAIN ONESELF IN A BATTLE OF POWER
It's possible, however, to store it, little by little, until one has enough to sustain oneself in a battle of power. JTI,135.
 
ONCE A CERTAIN LEVEL OF POWER IS REACHED, EXERCISE OR ANY TRAINING WAS UNNECESSARY
once one had arrived at a certain level of personal power, exercise or any training of that sort was unnecessary, since all one needed, to be in an impeccable form, was to engage oneself in not-doing. JTI,195.
 
WAYS OF GETTING POWER....
 
FROM THE EARTH.
 
WOMEN ROLLING AROUND WILL DISTRIBUTE THE ENERGY FROM THE WOMB OVER THE REST OF THEIR BODIES
...only women could roll because they have wombs and energy came directly into their wombs; by rolling around they distributed that energy over the rest of their bodies.
 
A TECHNIQUE FOR MEN
in order for a man to be energized he had to be on his back, with his knees bent so that the soles of his feet touched each other. his arms had to be extended laterally, with his forearms raised vertically, and the fingers clawed in an upright position. SRP,241,242.
 
FROM THE SUN
 
USING THE LEFT EYE
..the best way of getting energy is to let the sun inside the eyes, especially the left eye. It consisted of moving my head slowly from side to side as I caught the sunlight with my half-closed left eye... one could use not only use the sun but could use any kind of light that could shine on the eyes. SRP,241....we take the sunlight with the left eye. She began to move her head slowly from side to side as she glanced directly into the sun through her half closed eyes. SRP,251.
 
FROM THE WIND

USING THE WIND AS POWER

.during the twilight the wind becomes power...JTI,65..if it is convenient to him, the hunter hides from the power by covering himself and remaining motionless until the twilight is gone and power has sealed him into its protection..the protection of the power seals you like in a cocoon.JTI,65.
 
SENSES
when we train the senses we conserve vital energy, the very stuff of life. EE,M,161.
 
EMPTY GOURD
He uncorked the gourd again and handed it to me. I shook it and peered inside. it was indeed empty. But when I put it to my lips, I had a most unfamiliar oral sensation. Whatever flowed into my mouth was somehow liquid, but it wasn't anything like water. it was more like a dry, almost bitter pressure that suffocated me for an instant and then filled my throat and entire body with a cool warmth... I took another imaginary sip and was jolted nearly out of my shoes. Something electric flowed through me and made my toes tingle. TSC,207. The tingling went up my legs to my spine like a lightening bolt, and when it entered my head I nearly passed out. TSC,208. What's in it is called intent. TSC,208.
Emilito explained that in his gourd he had stored his impeccable feelings, and that he had given me that sorcerer's intent to drink in order to counteract my defeatist attitude and prepare me for his instruction. TSC,212...
 
JOGGING ON ONE SPOT
DJ made me jog on the spot facing the west. the idea was to draw the power from the impending twilight by raising one's arms to the sky with the fingers streched, like a fan, and then clasp them forcefully when the arms were in the midpoint between the horizon and the zenith. TOP,62.
 
WALKING IN A POWER PERSON'S FOOTPRINT
He said that if I would walk in his footsteps the power that he was dissipating as he walked would be tranferred to me... I should not concern myself with anything else except stepping in his tracks. I should not look ahead or to the side but at the ground where he was walking. JTI,141.
 
INORGANIC BEING WORLD
 
WE CAN ALSO GET ENERGY FROM THE INORGANIC BEINGS BY JUST GOING TO THEIR WORLD
To fly into other realms, to see energy, to forge the energy body etc., (you must get that energy from the inorganic being's world ...by the mere act of going there) TAOD,181,182
 
SEXUAL ENERGY
 
WHY DO WE NEED TO SAVE SEXUAL ENERGY?
 
SEXUAL ENERGY NEEDS TO BE SAVED BECAUSE IT IS NEEDED IN TERMS OF SAVING ENERGY. IT IS THE FIRST STEP IN THE JOURNEY TO THE DOUBLE
sexual energy is something of ultimate importance and that it has to be controlled and used with great care... it is needed in terms of saving and rechanneling energy. FFW,75 ...to have sex is a matter of energy.. some people should never have sex.. in this way we can store the little energy we have. FFW,76.. All warriors know is that the only real energy we possess is a life-bestowing sexual energy. This knowledge makes them permanently conscious of their responsibility. If warriors want to have enough energy to see, they must become misers with their sexual energy. FFW,78 Seriously.. storing sexual energy is the first step in the journey toward the ethereal body, the journey into awareness and total freedom. TSC,160.
 
SEXUAL ENERGY SHOULD BE SAVED FOR DREAMING
.. The naugal Elias believed sexual energy had been given to us so we can use it in dreaming.... he believed dreaming had fallen into disuse because it can upset the precarious mental balance (mb is nothing but the fixation of the AP on one spot we're accustomed to.) of susceptible people...because if you're not careful with your sexual energy, you will get erratic shifts of your AP... and maybe lose your mind. POS,50...
 
IMPECCABLE SORCERERS ARE NO LONGER INTERESTED IN SEX
by the time sorcerers eyes were really focused on intent, they were no longer interested in mesmerizing anyone. POS,140
 
GIFTS OF POWER
 
GIFT'S OF POWER ARE RARE,UNIQUE AND PRECIOUS
Gifts of power happen so rarely in one's life; they are unique and precious. take me, for instance, nobody has ever made me such a gift. SR,36 (NOT TRUE HE GOT TWO GIFTS OF POWER FROM THE OLD SORCERER)
 
A WARRIOR ALWAYS GIVES THANKS FOR THE POWER HE RECEIVES
A warrior never turns his back on power without atoning for the favors received. JTI,137. I had learned the magical act of paying back to the spirit of man. SRP,111. By helping that sick child I had merely paid back to the spirit of man for any help that my little boy may receive from strangers along his path. SRP,112
The money we gave them was a token; a warrior should give tokens like that all the time. They no doubt need the money, but need should not be an essential condsideration for a token. The thing to look for is feeling. I was personally moved by those three. TOP,137.
 
POWER SPOTS
 
WHAT ARE POWER SPOTS?
 
POWER SPOTS ARE CRACKS, PASSAGEWAYS INTO THE OTHER WORLD
power spots are cracks, passageways into the other world. EG,241
 
CERTAIN POWER SPOTS ARE HOLES IN THIS WORLD, IF YOU ARE FORMLESS THEN YOU CAN GO THROUGH ONE OF THOSE HOLES INTO THE UNKNOWN
.. The Naugal told me that there was a natural crack on that spot. He said that certain power spots are holes in this world; if you are formless you can go through one of those holes into the unknown, into another world. EG,83.
 
THESE SPOTS GAVE OUT IMPERCEPTIBLE JOLTS OF INVIGORATING ENERGY WHICH WARRIORS COULD USE
.....these spots gave out imperceptible jolts of invigorating energy, and he remarked that average men living in natural settings could find such spots, even though they were not conscious about having found them nor aware of their effects.... sorcerers watching men travel on foot trails notice right away that men always become tired and rest right on a spot with a positive level of energy. If, on the other hand, they are going through an area with an injurious flow of energy, they become nervous and rush. If you ask them about it they will tell you they rushed through that area because they felt energized. But it is the opposite- the only place that energizes them is the place where they felt tired....POS,165. a spot meant a place where a man could feel naturally happy and strong. TDJ,31. The sheer act of sitting on one's spot created superior strength;... the enemy weakened a man and could even cause his death. TDJ,36.
 
TYPES OF POWER SPOTS
 
THE GOOD (SPOT) ONE WAS CALLED THE SITIO AND THE BAD ONE THE ENEMY; HE SAID THESE TWO PLACES WERE THE KEY TO A MAN'S WELL-BEING.
The good (spot) one was called the sitio and the bad one the enemy; he said these two places were the key to a man's well-being. TDJ,35.
 
BURIAL POWER SPOTS
The more perfect its roundness (burial place, refers to a circle)..., the greater its power. JTI,106. Description of how to bury someone. JTI,107,108....they bury themselves for enlightment and power. JTI,108.
 
COLORS ASSOCIATED WITH POWER SPOTS
 
THE COLORS I HAD SEEN ASSOCIATION WITH EACH SPECIFIC SPOT HAD THE SAME OVERALL EFFECT EITHER OF GIVING STRENGTH OR OF CURTAILING IT.
..the colors I had seen association with each specific spot had the same overall effect either of giving strength or of curtailing it. TDJ,36.
 
MANY PLACES IN THE WORLD WOULD BE COMPARABLE TO THOSE TWO, AND THAT THE BEST WAY TO FIND THEM WAS BY DETECTING THEIR RESPECTIVE COLORS
many places in the world would be comparable to those two, and that the best way to find them was by detecting their respective colors. TDJ,36
 
CONDITIONS FOR USING A POWER SPOT
 
A POWER SPOT COULD BE UTILIZED AS LONG AS ONE HAS GATHERED ENOUGH STRENGTH IN THE SECOND ATTENTION
A power spot could be utilized as long as one has gathered enough strength in the second attention. EG,243.
 
YOU SHOULD NOT DISTURB THE POWER PLACE WITH UNNECESSARY FEELINGS OF FEAR OR HESITATION
I should not disturb the power place with unnecessary feelings of fear or hesitation. TOP,17.
 
ALL ANIMALS COULD DETECT, IN THEIR SUROUNDINGS, AREAS WITH SPECIAL LEVELS OF ENERGY. MOST ANIMALS WERE FRIGHTENED OF THESE SPOTS AND AVOIDED THEM.
all animals could detect, in their suroundings, areas with special levels of energy. Most animals were frightened of these spots and avoided them. POS,164
 
DANGERS OF POWER SPOTS
 
POWER SPOT CAN DRAIN PEOPLE WHO WERE DISTURBED
I had to act as if nothing was out of the ordinary, because places of power, such as the one in which we were, had the potential of draining people who were disturbed. And thus one could develop strange and injurous ties with a locale. JTI,138.
 
FINDING POWER SPOTS
DESCRIPTION OF HOW TO FIND POWER SPOTS
Sometimes it is necessary to find a beneficial spot quickly, out in the open...or maybe it is necessary to determine quickly whether or not the spot where one is about to rest is a bad one.JTI,51....it consisted of gradually forcing the eyes to see seperately the same image. The lack of image conversion entailed a double perception of the world; this double perception...allowed one the oppurtunity of judging changes in the surroundings, which the eyes were ordinarily incapable of perceiving. JTI,49... he assured me that it was not injurious to the sight.... I should begin by looking in short glances, almost with the corners of my eyes..taking in incredibly fast glances.... looking in short glances allowed the eyes to pick out unusual sights...they are not sights proper. They are more like feelings. If you look at a bush or a tree or a rock where you might like to rest, your eyes can make you feel whether or not that's the best resting place...I don't care what you see..you could see an elephant. How you feel is the important issue. JTI,50. The trick is to feel with your eyes. Your problem now is that you don't know what to feel. JTI,51..no one can tell you what you are supposed to feel. it is not heat, or light, or glare or color. It is something else...once you learn to seperate the images and see two of everything, you must focus your attention in the area between the two images. Any change worthy of notice would take place there, in that area...the feeling that you get is what counts. Every man is different. JTI,52..not everyone...would find their colors and their spots at the same time. JTI,54.
whenever he had asked me to find a resting place, that I had to look without focusing on any particular spot, squinting my eyes until my view was blurred. I began to walk, scanning the ground with my half closed eyes. JTI,160. Description of another way of scanning an area for a good spot. Using leaves, high body temp etc. JTI,161,162...He pointed to one of the areas he had isolated as being a spot of darkness. He explained that not-doing had allowed him to single out that spot as a possible center of power or perhaps as a place where objects might be found. JTI,203..I had not proceeded correctly.. I had not been using my eyes...one can feel with the eyes, when the eyes are not looking right into things. TDJ,33.
the darkness around me changed. When I focused on the point directly in front of me, the whole peripheral area of my field of vision became brilliantly coloured with a homogenous greenish yellow...at a place to my right, still in the periphery of my field of vision, the greenish yellow became intensely purple. The purple faded into a pale, but still brilliant, color which remained steady for the time I kept my attention on it. TDJ,33
I realized another change in coloration was taking place, again on the edge of my field of vision. The uniform chartreuse I was seeing all over the area turned, at one spot to my right, into a sharp verdigris. It remained for a moment and the abruptly metamorphosed into another steady hue, different from the other one I had detected earlier. TDJ,34.
sorcerers are capable of finding such spots by perceiving with their entire bodies minute surges of energy in their surroundings. POS,165.
POWER SPOTS CAN BE MOVED
(Power spots can be moved.).. EG,159
 
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO FIND A POWER SPOT?
 
IT TAKES YEARS TO PERFECT
...in order to find the proper place to rest all I had to do was to cross my eyes...it takes years to perfect..(it takes a long time to train the eyes properly. JTI,51)
 
POWER OBJECTS
 
THERE ARE CERTAIN OBJECTS THAT ARE PERMEATED WITH POWER
There are certain objects that are permeated with power. TDJ,21.there are scores of such objects which are fostered by powerful men with the aid of friendly spirits. these objects are tools-not ordinary tools, but tools of death. Yet they are only instruments; they have no power to teach....they are made to kill, to be hurled..they are not really objects,rather, they are types of power..anything can be a power object..the power of an object depends on its owner, on the kind of man he is. TDJ,21. A power object is fostered by a lesser brujo is almost a joke...a stong powerful brujo gives his strength to his tools...there are no preferences. they are all power objects, all just the same. TDJ,22. there are limitations on those types of powers... but such a point is, I am sure, incomprehensible to you. it has taken me a nearly a lifetime to understand that, by itself, an ally can reveal all the secrets of lesser powers, rendering them rather childish. i had tools like that at one time, when I was very young. (maiz-pinto, crystals and feathers... maiz-pito is a small kernal of corn which has a streak of red color in the middle..a brujo owns 48.) TDJ,22. You must bear in mind that maiz-pinto is merely an instrument, not an ally. ..they are mere toys in comparison with an ally..these power objects are only necessary when a man does not have an ally. TDJ,23.

Description how the maiz-pinto kills a man. TDJ,22.

Description of corn witchcraft. TDJ,23.
 
MAIZ PINTO, CORN WITCHCRAFT, QUARTZ CRYSTALS
 
the quartz crystals were weapons used for sorcery, that they were usually hurled to kill, and that they penetrated the enemy's body and then returned to their owner's hand as though they had never left it. JTI,205. Next he talked about the search for the spirit that would turn the ordinary crystals into weapons JTI,206 and said that the first thing one had to do was to find a propitious place to lure out the spirit. That place had to be on a hilltop and was found by sweeping the hand, with the palm turned towards the earth, until a certain heat was detected with the palm of the hand. JTI,206 A fire had to be made on that spot...it was at that point that one could make the ally touch the crystals to imbue them with power. JTI,206
DJ added that a brilliantly colored feather or some highly polished quartz crystals would attract the attention of an ally, but in the long run any object whatever would be equally effective, because the important part was not to find the objects but to find the force that would imbue them with power. JTI,206. What's the use of having beautifully polished crystals if you never find the spirit giver of power?..on the other hand, if you don't have the crystals but do find the spirit you may put anything in its way to be touched. JTI,206. a pair of beautifully polished crystals.... they were about five inches long and perfectly translucent. Their tips had been fashioned into a sharp point, and they seemed to shine with a light of their own. TSC,91. Perhaps the crystals will help you rechannel your intent and your trapped energy. TSC,93. I slid the crystals between my index and middle fingers. The crystals fit comfortably, as if they were attached to my hands.
It is believed that sorcerers of ancient times used to hold the mental image of their enemy while in a state of intense and pinpointed concentration, a unique state that is nearly impossible to attain and certainly impossible to describe. In such condition of mental and physical awareness, they would manipulate that image until they found its center of energy. They used to look for an opening, localized usually in the area of the heart, like a tiny vortex around which energy circulates. As soon as they found it, they would point at it with their dartlike crystals. TSC,101. Perhaps his body withered... or maybe the person met with an accident. It is believed that those sorcerers themselves never knew exactly what would happen, although if their intent and power were strong enough, they would be assured of success in destroying their enemy. TSC,102.
Weapons such as crystals became an extension of the sorcerer's own body. They were filled with energy that could be channeled and projected outward across time and space. TSC,102. The nagual gave you those crystals to help you destroy your enemies... if you had them with you this moment, you could make your sorcery passes with them and that would help dissapate your nagging self-pity. TSC,153. You should hold the crystals weapons in your fingers and make your sorcery passes at the heart of your elusive enemies, such as self-importance, that come to you disguised as self-pity, moral indignation or righteous sadness. TSC,153. The nagual gave you those crystals to round up your energy... they are extraordinary for gathering our attention and fixing it. It's a quality of quartz crystals in general, and the specific intent of these crystals in particular. To accomplish this, all you have to do is perform your sorcery passes with them. TSC,154. The nagual has many other reasons for giving you those crystals.. I know for certain is that you will have to make a pouch for them.. a sheath with whatever material you feel is right. You can use suede, felt or quilt or even wood if that is what you want to use. TSC,155.
A MOVEMENT OF POWER WITH THE CRYSTALS
 
Description of the movement. TSC,94. When you make the circles, be sure to keep your palms facing each other, And always begin by making large, smooth circles. This way you gather energy that you can then focus onto whatever you want to affect, regardless of whether it is an object a thought or a feeling. To move the crystals and point them the way I showed you takes the energy out of things... The effect is like defusing a bomb. This exactly what you want to do at this stage of your training. So never under any circumstances rotate your arms in a clockwise direction while holding the crystals... you would not only make a bomb, but you would light the fuse and cause a gigantic explosion. TSC,94.... the energy you would gather by moving the crystals in a clockwise direction is a virulent kind of energy, a devastating blast that you won't be able to withstand at the moment. TSC,95. The use of crystals was the domain of sorcerers of ancient Mexico.. they are weapons used to destroy and enemy. TSC,100 Once you hold crystals like these in your hands, you can't pass them on... it's not right; in fact, it's dangerous. These crystals must be treated with infinite care. They are a gift of power. TSC,101.
Formerly (used as weapons) they were, but not today (ancient Mexico) ... We've lost the knowledge of how to turn them into weapons. TSC,101.
 
THE HUMAN BODY AS A WEAPON/SOURCE OF POWER
Clara said that the ultimate weapon, however, is not a crystal dart, a sword, or even a gun, but the human body. For it can be turned into an instrument capable of gathering, storing and directing energy. TSC,102. We can regard the body either as a biological organism or as a source of power... It all depends on the state of the inventory in our warehouse; the body can be hard and rigid or soft and pliant. TSC,102